St Margaret's IB French students found the grave of a young soldier from Canterbury on the Cimetière de Saint-Sever in Rouen. His name was R.H.I. Norton, he died on May 9th 1918.

The girls wore the poppies the students from the collège Etouvie in Amiens had made for them for ANZAC Day, and left them at the grave. The students were overwhelmed by the size of the cemetery which holds 11,436 commonwealth graves, 185 of which are New Zealanders. While the girls mainly looked for soldiers from...

Comment les Parisiens ont-ils vécu la guerre de 1914 - 1918?

Le reportage inédit d'un millier d'images réalisé par le photographe Charles Lansiaux (1855 - 1939) donne un témoignage exceptionnel de la vie de tous les jours pendant toute la durée de la guerre.

During our French trip in April 2014 I discovered this wonderful photo exhibition in Le Marais, organised by la Marie de Paris - completely par hasard! Charles Lansiaux is a photographer whose pictures were purchased by la Bibliothèque...

Our little friends in Amiens crafted poppies for year 8 and sent them together with a video where they all introduced themselves. Year 8 at St Margaret's will wear their poppies made in France proudly on ANZAC Day and are now about to craft some for their French buddies.

Each student in the 2014 Year 11 class has created a fictitious teenager as part of their 1.5 Writing portfolio. Their task is to research every day life in the period from 1914 - 1918 and write letters in French to a partner in Amiens who will respond in English. The students incorporate a variety of text types such as articles, brochures and recipes in their letters so they meet the criteria for the 1.3 Achievement Standard. As part of their research, they read a number of old school...