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A short look back on what we did in France and Belgium in July while we were there for First World War commemorations.
Music is Trojans by Atlas Genius

The Fourteen sent to France - Research by Stephanie Upston and group

 We have begun to research who the fourteen men were and how were these conscientious objectors were treated in New Zealand and France?

There were 14 men who were not prepared to fight these men include:

-Fred Adin

-Garth Ballantyne

-Alexander, John and Archibald Baxter

-Mark Briggs

-David Gray

-Thomas Harland

-Lawrence Kirwin

-William Little

-Daniel Magurie

-Henry Patton

-Lewis Penwright

-Albert Sanderson

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This is research that we have started on Anti-Militarism in New Zealand at the time of the First World War. By Rose Stoddart, Claudia Wollaston, Indiya Dawson-Myers, Bella Hannah, Rewa Kendall.

An English language translation follows the French version of our update.

Définitions:

Pacifisme: La croyance que la guerre et la violence sont injustifiables.

Privation des droits civiques: l incapacité de voter.

Le fond de l'anti-militarisme

De petits groupes de Néo-Zélandais étaient contre les...

Fresh crêpes, cobbled streets, photo booths and Parisiens smoking with cool refinement. Polished marble floors with a glassy sheen, wrought-iron lattices and metro stations flashing by in lights of dull grey. These are the things I remember about Paris. As soon as the Young Ambassadors touched down on French soil, we entered a place where history and modernity walk alive in the streets.

Our first week of the tour was a whirlwind of tourist attractions and grand military parades along with...

It’s been around 3 weeks since we returned from the Young Ambassadors Tour, and the hectically busy life of school has been a bit of a shock after such an amazing trip.

I updated my Tumblr blog for every day of our trip, and all the entries can be found on the following link: http://ailishjean.tumblr.com/tagged/ya_tour 

I can honestly say that the two weeks we spent away were the best weeks of my life- I learnt so much about the war, and I made a new family in the other Young Ambassadors. The...

The Year 10 French World War 1 Remembrance assignments  have been displayed in the school library this week. It is giving the whole school the opportunity to remember with us. 

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...

This video recaps what we did with our students in the Somme!

This day trip was the most important part of our partnership with New Zealand this year. The students finally realised the impact of WW1 even today.

They really enjoyed looking for the NZ soldiers' names and took their role very seriously. Many thanks to them....

For us it's the end of the school year now and other students will be involved in the project at the beginning of September.

See you soon on Shared...

VERDUN

A short view of the most important moment of French WW1 history. The attrition battle of Verdun in 1916 and now the most sacred place in French memory of that war. It is studied in all the classes and some pupils of 3e visited those sites with Mrs Jacquot & Mrs Strub. Among them some 3e euro: they want to share it with you !

Un aperçu du plus important moment de l'histoire française de la Grande Guerre. La bataille d'usure de Verdun en 1916 et désormais l'endroit le plus sacré dans...

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...