Research Progress by Annie Kane, Louise Piggin, Danielle Mitchell, Laura McRae, Rewa Kendall and Mikayla Eruera
How were the conscientious objectors treated in NZ and France?
Conscientious objectors in NZ were not treated lightly. A conscientious objector is person who for reasons of conscience objects to serving in the armed forces.
Conscientious objectors in New Zealand were first sent to prison camps or were forced into hard labour as sentences for refusing to fight or responding to...
I just posted this on student notices and sent it to France for them to publish, just in time for la rentrée to get back into Active mode!
Hi students at St Margaret's College in Christchurch and Collège Étouvie in Amiens!
You know that our school takes part in the French - New Zealand history project "Shared Histoires" (Histoire partagée) which commemorates the centenary of World War I. In the context of this exciting 5 year project, a partnership between le collège Etouvie in Amiens and...
Bonjour à tous!
So I’m back in New Zealand after an unforgettable trip to France! I had the time of my life with the other Young Ambassadors, creating lifelong memories and friendships in France and Belgium.
Here are some highlights from the trip.
5 jours à Paris :
On the 14th of July, we were lucky enough to be accepted as official guests to watch the Bastille Day Military Parade on the Champs Elysées. It was awesome to be part of such a wonderful event. Later that night we watched the...
Salut!
This last week at school has been a harsh reality after the incredible experience of the Shared Histories Young Ambassadors tour to France. It was an opportunity that will stay with me for a long time being able to represent my country, visiting the sites and memorials of the First World War and most of all making great friends and having a great time with the other 10 ambassadors.
Now when I look back to my first blogs, I realise how much the meaning and the importance of this...
Meeting the young ambassadors in Péronne!
We were very glad to meet the young ambassadors in Péronne last Friday. We met in front of the museum of the Great War that they were about to visit. Among them there was Huia, a young student from our partner school ( Stratford)! So, we were lucky to meet her!
It’s a shame that we are actually on summer holidays otherwise we’d have liked to take a few of our students to meet them.
Vendredi dernier nous avons eu la chance et le plaisir de...
Bonjour a tous!
This is going to be a short little blog just to cover some of the more recent exciting events. As I write this there are only 4 more days until we all jet off to France which is beyond exciting. I cannot believe how quickly it has crept up!
Meeting everyone for the day in Wellington seems like eons ago but it was great to put names to faces and get to know everyone. I can’t wait to be spending a full two weeks with everyone; particularly due to the wonderful opportunities we...
Here are copies of articles from the local newspaper about our school trip to the Somme and especially relevant places for New Zealand.
One article from the "Courrier picard" and a similar one from the "New Zealand Herald / Stratford Press".
It shows how important it is for the French and New Zealand local communities even if we are so distant !
Voici des extraits d'articles de la presse locale à propos de notre sortie dans la Somme, tout spécialement sur les lieux de mémoire...
My great-great-great-grandfather was one of those out of many who gave his life in order to bring peace for later generations. Although I could not find many records of my great-great-great-grandfather I do have a few. I asked my grandmother if she had anything that could be of help for this report and she sent me a box that my great-great-great- grandfather’s sister kept during The Great War. Although there is only two letters in the box I also found the death telegram for my great-great-great...
From Year 9 to Year 13, we have integrated components of the WW1 Commemoration project into our curriculum and assessment. Year 10 students have just completed a cultural project where they have explored the historical links between New Zealand and France through a RAFTS assignment. Several of the girls researched a soldier who was a relative and explored through family history his life before and after the war. Then they responded with a product of some sort.
Following this post we feature...
C'était fantastique de rencontrer tous les jeunes ambassadeurs du jeudi et maintenant je suis encore plus excité de représenter la Nouvelle-Zélande en France.
Over the last month my project has picked up pace and I have learned a lot in regards to my topic of the recognition of war and the role of the media. This was heavily boosted by the day we spent in Wellington and I have now three key developments I want to share.
The first involves our visit to the New Zealand portrait Gallery in...
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