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In 2018 an exchange of Young Ambassadors between New Zealand and France concluded a 4-year government-to-government program in commemoration of the Great War: Shared Histories / Mémoires héritées, histoire partagée.

Wellington College is partnered with the Lycée Européen de Villers‐Cottêrets.

Togethether we have been working on a creative project centered on theme of rugby during the war ‐ Au Coeur de la Mêlée / In the Heart of the Scrum. 

In 2014, the first group of students undertook research linked to World War 1 and worked at a distance with students in France.

In April 2015, a group of 18 from this class traveled to France to the Lycée Européen de Villers‐Cottêrets to see sites associated with the...

Looking back at 2014, all I can think about is how lucky I have been. I feel so inspired by the generosity that was shown to me by so many amazing people and that took me on the journey of a lifetime. I have developed a great love for remembrance and history and have thoroughly enjoyed participating in French culture, language, and history. The Young Ambassadors tour really made me connect authentically with the spirit of those who served a century ago. Being there, where they were. Where they...

Bonjour tout le monde. j'ai eu la chance à faire un discours à mon classe sur le sujet du voyage de Jeunes Ambassadeurs, et voila un vidéo de mon discours pour vous.

If reading through blog posts isn't your thing, then here is a video of my Young Ambassadors Tour speech that I was able to use for my English internal that give a day-to-day account of what we did on the trip back in July.

Young Ambassadors Tour Speech

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...

                                                     The origins of the Anzac Day...

Comment se souvenir et ne pas oublier? Le devoir de mémoire...

Les élèves ont travaillé sur les origines de " l'Anzac Day" et ont produit cette petite vidéo.

 Les 3°EURO du Collège Jean Fernel (Clermont)

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Who is this man?  The dusty kaki coloured shirt framing a tanned face and the blanched periwinkle blue of the sky in behind the camel brown tent all suggest a war. But, which one? Perhaps it doesn’t matter as much as we might think...

This man is novelist, Tim O’Brien, during his service in Vietnam, lasting from 1969-70. I am currently in the midst of reading his most critically acclaimed novel, “The Things They Carried,” which, like this photograph, presents an aspect of...

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Je vais évaluer deux clips vidéo qui montrent de façon saisissante le changement dans les attitudes envers la Première Guerre mondiale à travers l'ouverture des archives et le développement de la technologie.

 Video 1) http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/archive-kiwi-soldiers-in-world-war-one-video-5706908   “Kiwi soldiers in WW1” Courtesy of TVNZ archives

 Video 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWOrzp5KcCw 

“WW1: Slaughter in the Trenches” by Sony Pictures Television International...

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.

 

Merci!