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Something special for Anzac Day 2018  is underway!

The group had a great four days in Paris to explore, adjust to the culture and get to know each other.

Our group of 17 Wellington College and 2 Wellington girls College students are very excited for this excellent learning opportunity, going to France for a month. We’re writing from Auckland International Airport after our 1 hour flight from Wellington leaving late by about 25 minutes. A small group of us had a quick bite of sushi during the 2 hour wait until boarding our Cathay Pacific flight to Hong Kong.

After giving up on finding the gate to Hong Kong, our trip to France ‘ended’, we spent...

I was a crazy francophile back in 2014 and I’m proud to say that nothing has changed, nearly three years later.  

Je ne crois pas que ça fasse maintenant presqu’un mois depuis le moment où nous avons pris l’avion pour la France! J’ai l’impression d’avoir dit à ma mère d’accueil un jour que “nous sommes déjà à la moitié” et le prochain, c’était un “à bientôt” à la place Guy Mollet. Comment le temps passe vite! Alors, voilà quelques reflections…

Nous avions une grande occasion de visiter des nombreux sites importants — les cimetières, les monuments et les musées y compris. Pourtant, mes souvenirs les plus...

Aujourd’hui j’avais le plaisir d’être l’invité au petit-déjeuner de L’Alliance Française d’Auckland. Je suis arrivé vers dix heures, et c’était très sympa de parler un peu de français avant de commencer. Avec une vingtaine de gens comme audience, j’ai commencé mon petit discours vers onze heures. D’abord je me suis présenté, et j’ai parlé un peu à propos de mon école et mon rôle comme Député Jeune avant de décrire le projet de Histoires Partagées et ses buts — l’amitié des jeunes basée sur la...

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...

Students from Baradene College of the Sacred Heart in Auckland, NZ and Lycée Professionnel Jean Macé, Chauny, France have worked together on a joint ambitious project to mark the anniversary of the First World War. The local  newspaper in Remuera, Auckland called "The Hobson" published an article about our project, book launch for "The Battle of Conscience" and the recent exhibition linked to this project. In the article the newspaper quoted the Principal of Baradene College, Mrs Sandy...

Monsieur Jean Louis Valentin, the principal of the high school named Lycée Professionnel Jean Macé, in Chauny, France. He wears the greenstone taonga that was presented to him as a gift from Ms Sandy Pasley, the principal of Baradene College of the Sacred Heart, in Auckland, New Zealand. The hospitality that Baradene College students received  in Chauny was greatly appreciated.