New Zealand and French students read poetry as a way of paying respect to the New Zealand soldiers who died in the Somme. Poems were read in Maori, French and the English language. We then laid a wreath and the New Zealand students sang a song in Maori. It was a great way to end the day and it was good to do this together. The students now understand very well that we both share a history for the First Wirld War.
This afternoon we went on a literary tour of the Somme battlefield. We visited the village of Frise, saw where German and French soldiers had trenches and discovered stories about the war written by the author Blaise Cendrars.
French and New Zealand students enjoy the sun while having lunch after collaborating in workshops at the Peronne War Museum.
Students from Chauny, France and students from Auckland, New Zealand in a group photo at Vauclair Abby.
This Abby was a Cistercian abbey founded in 1134 by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. It managed to survive until the French Revolution in 1789, when it was finally demolished and sold as "national property". Its geographical location very near to the Chemin des Dames led to what was left of its buildings being almost totally destroyed in 1917 by direct artillery bombardment during the First World...
Lucy and Rosie stand with the posters they created for the exhibition. Their topic was the Wanganui Detention Barracks where objectors were brutally punished. Today we hung the exhibition in Chauny, France.
Belgium Chocolate is a favourite for all of the students. On Easter Sunday we started the morning in the town of Tournai where we shared Easter Eggs. Happy Easter.
Memorial to Victor Spencer at the Ypres Museum in the Cloth Hall. The carved box contains the pardon from the New Zealand government.
Libby and Lucy role play being soldiers in the trenches at Bayernwald, near Kemmel in Belgium. This is where Adolph Hitler fought as a soldier during the First World War.
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