Picture: Private Thomas in front of the Le Hamel Memorial With July 4 marking 100 years since the famous battle of Le Hamel, the Bears to School Charity Ambassador and National President of the Returned and Services League of Australia (RSL), Mr Robert Dick, wants your help to make it a milestone month for Bears [...]

The final limited edition collector bear in the Australia in the Great War commemorative series, to be released for the 100th Anniversary of Armistice, will reflect all who served. Head of the Australia in the Great War design team, Lindsey Davie, says selecting a character for the final bear was a big challenge for the [...]

When the Great War started in 1914 few could have imagined the critical role aeroplanes would eventually play.  The early flimsy aircraft, with their poor armaments, were as much a risk to our pilots as were the enemy. Pilots of both sides who understood the perils of flying developed a strong respect for each other [...]

Picture: National President of the National Servicemen’s Association, Earle Jennings Proceeds from Bears to School donations made without a charity code are provided directly to a special Returned and Service League of Australia and National Servicemen’s Association “All Schools Fund” to provide bears to schools that have missed out. Stephen Davie of Australia in the [...]

Picture: Jo and Quentin Tomkies with private Harvey Cootamundra is well known as the birthplace of the great Australian batsman, Sir Donald Bradman.  He was just three weeks shy of his sixth birthday when war broke out in August 1914. The “Don” would grow-up in a town decimated by the Great War. Of the young [...]

Picture: Tom Magill with Head of AIE Lea Michael (left) and students Chrysa Kipourou and Dylan Martin Your favourite Great War bears are coming to life.  Staff and students at Australia’s premier school for computer animation, AIE, are working extra hours to create amazingly detailed 3D animations of our Great War bears and soon the [...]

A big thanks to the students at Caloundra Christian College in Queensland who were quick to send in this wonderful picture of the bears in action in their classroom.

Even before Bears to School started these little uniformed bears were helping kids connect to history. For students on the Western Australian Premier’s Anzac Study Tour to Singapore last year, Private Ernest Harvey was a comfort and an ice breaker. Samantha Boswell, Education Officer with the WA Department of Education, says Private Ernie went from [...]

The already strong connection between Australia and children of the tiny French village of Pozieres was boosted recently with the donation of a complete set of Bears to School bears The 10 bears will be part of the new Charles Bean School, which was built with funds raised by Australian students. On the eve of [...]

When Redbank Plains RSL Sub Branch asked locals to support Bears to School they were overwhelmed by the response. In just a matter of days they had 17 bears on their way marching off to help kids connect with history. Branch President, Florence Scott says the team approached several local businesses and families and asked [...]