We invited all Year 5 and 6 students to participate in the Lone Pines, Peace and Friendship Poetry Competition, where they explored the powerful themes of peace, friendship, and the enduring legacy of the lone pines. We thank all the students for their insightful contributions and creativity. Congratulations to the winners Sienna Blacksell Year 6 Heywood Consolidated School, Ava Morrison Year 6 Sale Primary School and Oscar Spinelli Year 5 Sale Primary School Sale Primary School.

Sophie Voigt
Year 5 Heywood Consolidated School
The Lone Pine

On a far away hill,
A lonely pine stood still,
It's roots run deep where soldiers lay,
Great stories are told every day.

Loved ones hearts were bruised,
From the damaging news,
As children's nightmares gave them a fright,
They cried all night,

But the Lone Pine still stood,
Remembering you, it would,
So when you see this tree reaching into the sky,
Think of those who did their part,
And hold them gently in your heart.

Sasvindee KUMARAPPERUMA
Year 6 Sale primary school
Lone Pine

Across the seas and over caves grew a forest of pine,
wise and strong.

Untouched for century's they lied sturdy and tall,
But war would reach the trees before long.

Men came rushing, line by line and all but one tree would stand,
Lonely and forgotten but still strong.

In remembrance of those me we lone pine tree,
And sing our song."

Kayal Saravanan
Year 6 Sale primary school
The Lone pine tree

Many years ago, an old pine tree stood alone.
Gallipoli's fight in the pine
Stands as courage through the nighttime.
Sacrifices were made for this awful day
Said goodbye to their loved ones forever away.
Mother of solders tears did fall
for her son's Sacrifice a story tall.
Now the pine tree stands as time goes by
Under the vast endless sky.

Lest we forget

Annabelle Barr
Year 5 Heywood Consolidated School
Lone Pine

As a solider found a pinecone he planted it on the battlefield. In remembrance of his friends and fallen comrades. As the soldier's spirts live on today, all across Victoria the Lone Pine stands no more alone. A sign that friendship and love has grown. The branches swayed in the winds of war. Now we will stand in peace, no longer a sentinel of sorrow.

Bayley Maltzahn-Lewer
Year 5 Sale primary school
Lone Pine

The Lone Pine tree is a remembrance of the soldiers that have fallen
The soldiers that have sacrificed their lives to let us live
Thanks for peace
Thanks for care
Thanks for sacrificing your lives.

Ben Pusey
Year 5 Sale primary school
Lone Pine

Hidden
Looking
Broken
Fallen Pine Made Into Many More
Planted
Branches
Pine
Sends To Place
Remembrance
Fallen
Pines
Lone Pine

Tate Kay
Year 6 Sale primary school
Lone Pine

It is alone
Pine trees are
Big tall thick strong
Pine cones are
Tach thick strong bumpy
Anzacs are brave soldiers strong
lone

Katie Mole
Year 5 Sale primary school
Lone Pine Poem

The sky darkens, the ground is covered in shadows,
Rain pours down over the meadows.

The Lone Pine stood tall in the rain,
Feeling lost, in overwhelming pain.

And on this day, we remember the soldiers,
Who fought in the war to help us, as we grow older.

We wear poppies, to be respectful, on ANZAC day,
We stand in the rain and commemorate."

Jessica McGrath
Year 6 Sale primary school
A Lone Pine Poem

1915, the trees were chopped down,
The lone pine, only tree around.
For shelters were built, weapons were made,
Trees and people didn't make it 'til day.

Twisted roots, leaves fall,
Waiting to see the daylight of dawn.
All around, dust, ash,
Soldiers everywhere, didn't make it back.

A new year arrives, people look well,
The war is forgotten, no tree has fell.
But memories pass, of great war,
Hoping it never happens again, on earth's core.

Ishana Darru
Year 6 Sale primary school
The lone pine

The lone pine stands with unease
As battles surround it mercylessly

gunshots fired firecely striking anyone in its path
Day and night it stands, fallen soldiers circling it

The lone pine remembers those screams and cries that filled the air

Every truce that was broken, every drop of blood that shed

The branches hold the forgotten and hidden truth, swaying as the days go by

The lone pine stays standing
Alone, forgotten and still…
Lest we forget

Earlene V
Year 6 Sale primary school
The lone pine

On a land which there once was peace,
But now a lack of grace,

The pine which holds memories,
In the year 1930,

But never forgotten

Brooke Edwards
Year 6 Sale primary school

poppys fill every hill and bullets is all they know

with every mouth full a pinch of dirt reminding us of the past

the dedly sent of reality is the victory to smell fresh air

the ringing of gun fire drowns the horable screams of angwish

those who survived and to those we lost , less we forget

Layla Reeves
Year 5 Sale primary school

Anzac Day is a day to remember the brave.
They fought and died and ended up in a grave
Those men sacrificed their selves for me and you
We are free and safe thanks to their loyalty,
They landed in a town in turkey called Gallipoli,
They marched hoping and looking back thinking
That they will survive the war even though it is such a boar

Jessi Scott
Heywood Consolidated School
Lone Pine

In the short grass there was a lonely pine tree, standing there looking over the graves.
As the soldiers lay there to rest under the shade of the Lone Pine tree they felt a sense of peace carried through the breeze of that tree.
It's weird how the tree was so small now it is standing so tall and has a lot of good and bad memories.

Jessica McMillan
Year 5 Sale primary school
Will you forget?

The ANZACS were brave and worthy of their noble position, as they went on a risky mission. To save us and our freedom,
to give us food like beautiful ripe plum.
They're the reason you're alive. So, when you have a bad day
think of the last five ANZACS, and they grew their wings and flew.
The people's praise is new and we'd forget the people who made the rail tracks.
But you wouldn't forget the ANZACS, well, would you?"

Skyla Steele
Year 5 Sale primary school
A symbol of peace

Dig the trench, load the guns get the bombs the big ones.
Cut down every tree in sight we must get ready for the fight.
March, march, march some more this is life in the dreaded war.
Deep wounds, sour eyes they took us ANZACS by surprise.

Alone in the great field of battle stood a pine nature's own castle.
The ANZACS won, though this was not fun, but still we made it through. Blood stains called out names a sad time this was.

Lots survived and many died, the ANZACS are heroes.
The lone pine lives on, surviving our darkest times, a seed to a sapling to a mighty tree the symbol of peace to put us at ease.
Lest we forget."

Milla Anderson
Year 5 Sale primary school
A mother's loss

A mother's loss.
A hero gone.
It went from night, through to
dawn.

A mother, a brother, a sister, a father.
Another soul lost.
Now a ghost.
To watch upon those who crossed.

Forever gone but still in heart.
But has now made a start.
A mother's loss."

Madison Stanbridge
Year 5 Sale primary school
Lone Pine

Bullets whistled through the sky
many innocent souls have died,
As we thank the ones who risk their lives
For us to be here alive,
We plant a lone pine to remember
the ones who were here
and the ones who got left behind,
Now we look up at the lone pine
That you had left behind
So we can remember you by
Your Lone Pine."

Flynn Burton
Year 6 Sale primary school
Lone Pine Poem

Two lone pines as strong as oak
Caring the memories of old, somethings that
We cant forget so I say lest we forget.

In the fields long and old
There's always a story to be told
For there they sleep, memories we must
Keep.

For a bond true and told
For secrets we must hold
With loyalty and honor
We have told our mother.

Mya Barnfield
Year 5 Sale Primary School
Lone Pine

To the soldiers who fought for us.
You sacrificed your life so we can live ours.
You fought through blood sweat and tears.
You sacrificed your life to make our country free and safe.
You went to war while it was hot, cold, raining, storming and dry
Always remembered never forgotten
Lest we forget

Jackson Harris
Year 6 Heywood Consolidated School
The Lone Pine (A symbol of peace and pride)

The pine stood alone,
On a land of sand and stone,
Only one stood tall,
Watching many soldiers fall.

This tree starts frail,
But it's hope will not fail,
There's not only one,
It's legacy is still not done.

The war could not hide,
A symbol of peace and pride,
The spirts won't frown,
While a lone pine is around.

Beau England
Year 5 Sale primary school

Standing alone tall and strong.
Through muds and snow, dryness for long.
Growing towards the sun as if it is young.
For some are old and some are young like knowledge passed down from many to one.
From the fiery of bullets to the force of an axe.
The days of dread embraced by its cracks.
Though it has witnessed bloodbaths and prosperity.
It resembles their and our spirt like a parody.

All these things exist in one man and a cone.

Archer Quirk
Year 5 Sale primary school
The Lone Pine

Hand to hand lets harmonise
Peace for everyone in the line
Friendship, sacrifice and love
To see what's hiding beneath the roots

Spikey needles, solid branches
Hard cones that look like bones
A sigh in freedom that's very true
Love for everyone, even you

Side by side it stands with pride
With peace and prosperity
In your mind
Through day and night

Lest We Forget

Olive Requadt
Year 5 Sale primary school
Lone Pine

War has begun
The brave have taken up the challenge
Detached
Strong
Battle
Hope
Dry
They Are prepared to sacrifice
The survivors live in peace passing on the memories and experience generation to generation
Memories will be cherished
Lest we forget
Lone Pine"

Tyler Dooley
Year 5 Sale primary school
Lone Pine

The lone pine makes us together with peace in our hearts, we should all have freedom in the world to make good connections around each other,

Since 1930 the lone pines glede with pride for a ride around the world to glow, the lone pines remind us when Turkey invaded Anzac in Gallipoli but if the Anzacs didn't stand up are world will fall apart with the pines to represent the war

Layla Lucier
Year 5 Sale primary school
Lone Pine

I stand alone on a smoky hill.
I stand like a stature very very still.

They fight fight around, shooting and smoking,
They fly around, shouting and taking.

I stand tall and wide,
I stand with feelings inside.

I miss the grace I miss it all, and there stand there I stand strong and tall.

Kash Sullivan
Year 6 Sale primary school
Lone Pine

The Lone Pine scattered across the land,
The Pine Cones resting on the sand,
Famous trees left forgotten in the battle field,
Famous soldiers go back to remember the time they yield,
People visit the Lone Pine to think of peace,
People remember the time it ceased,
Family's go visit their grave,
Family's remember the time they saved"

Jackson Breddels
Year 5 Sale primary school
Lone Pine

The lone pine is in an empty place,
But will soon take up space.

People pour out of ships,
Cutting trees leaving wood chips.

At the beginning of the day they tie up their boots,
While they hear both sides rifles shoot."

Evie Whittaker
Year 6 Sale primary school
The Lone Pine

For the soldier who fought and survived.
For the soldier whom picked the lone pine.
For the brave souls who were forgotten.
For whom made it home.
your fire lay beneath our feet.
Lest We Forget.

Fletcher Smith
Year 6 Sale primary school
The Lone Pine

The lone pine grows throughout the empty land.
If it was not there it would look so bland.
It sees tanks it sees solders it sees planes.
The forgotten battlefields are remembered with the lone pine.
The look sends shivers up your spine.
The soldiers who protected they are connected.
Come together for peace forever.

Mahalia Wamoana
Year 6 Heywood Consolidated School
Lone Pine Haiku

The Lone Pine stays still
As it captures memories
On the tallest hill
Watching all the enemies
Take the ANZACs lives
But we are still standing strong
They cry for their wives
We try not to say so long
Lest we forget them
All was standing bravely
Living in their den
As they lay there quietly
Legacies live on
Of the amazing Lone Pine
We'll sing our song.

Nico Kolak
Year 5 Sale primary school
The Lone Pine

The lone pine peacefully flows with the wind
The pinecones slowly hit the ground with joy
The roots of the lone pine hold strong like friendship

Kai Sweeney
Year 5 Sale primary school
THREE TREES

In the ground three seeds are planted
Growing towards the light
They grow and grow as granted
Fighting their own fight

The saplings pop right out of the soil
Growing big and strong
But one dies and starts to coil
With the others living on

Through storms they weather
With hope at heart
They live great lives
Through light and dark"

Logan Hallworth
Year 6 Sale primary school
Always Remember

Never old always young,
Men have died with punctured lungs,
Peace, freedom, and, love is
All represented by the dove.

We are now safe and free,
Reminded by the lone pine tree,
Think of the good memories,
It's not that bad you'll see,

We listen to the last post,
And learn about your outpost,
They all experienced mayhem,
So, we shall remember them."

Annabelle Barr
Year 5 Heywood Consolidated School
Lone Pine

As a solider found a pinecone he planted it on the battlefield. In remembrance of his friends and fallen comrades. As the soldier's spirts live on today, all across Victoria the Lone Pine stands no more alone. A sign that friendship and love has grown. The branches swayed in the winds of war. Now we will stand in peace, no longer a sentinel of sorrow."

Hayden Pritchett
Year 5 Sale primary school
The Lone Pine

We honor the men and women
that fought for the long days.
We remember the men and women
that couldn't make it back alive
Kind of forgotten kind of not
we honor anyone in the war and respect them
There in the middle of the battle field
a pine cone no other pine cone insight.
In the town park a new pine tree was being planted they called it The Lone Pine.
That stands proud for the soldiers."

Mack burke
Year 6 Sale primary school
Lone pine poem

I am a lone pine
remembering the fallen,
Standing with bravery lest we forget.

Michael Johnston
Year 6 Sale primary school
UNDERNEATH A LONE PINE TREE

Under the shadow of a lone pine tree a battle bleeds on underneath a lone pine tree.
People cry begging for help underneath a lone pine tree.
Mateship and courage flare underneath a lone pine tree.
Both friend and foe lie forever sleeping underneath a lone pine tree.
Forever hoping for peace underneath a lone pine tree.

Michael Johnston
Year 6 Sale primary school
UNDERNEATH A LONE PINE TREE

Under the shadow of a lone pine tree a battle bleeds on underneath a lone pine tree.
People cry begging for help underneath a lone pine tree.
Mateship and courage flare underneath a lone pine tree.
Both friend and foe lie forever sleeping underneath a lone pine tree.
Forever hoping for peace underneath a lone pine tree.