Today the French students and the New Zealand students went on a day trip to the Chemin des Dames. They visited the underground museum called the 'Dragon's Cave' and walked to places on the battlefield. They learnt about the war and the 1917 Mutiny of French soldiers.
Lucy and Rosie stand with the posters they created for the exhibition. Their topic was the Wanganui Detention Barracks where objectors were brutally punished. Today we hung the exhibition in Chauny, France.
Belgium Chocolate is a favourite for all of the students. On Easter Sunday we started the morning in the town of Tournai where we shared Easter Eggs. Happy Easter.
Libby and Lucy role play being soldiers in the trenches at Bayernwald, near Kemmel in Belgium. This is where Adolph Hitler fought as a soldier during the First World War.
The Baradene College students placed a wreath on the grave of a New Zealand soldier named John King in a cemetery in northern France. He was executed because he deserted. He was the first New Zealand soldier to be executed during WWI.
We visited the execution post in Pomeringe and then we went to the cemetery and found the graves of the soldiers who had been shot at dawn. This included a 17 year old Jamaican.
French students from Lycee Professionnel Jean Mace in Chauny, France and New Zealand students from Baradene College of the Sacred Heart in Auckland at the WW1 exhibition in the Imperial War Museum in London. The students looked at the exhibition together.
Students from Lycee Professionnel Jean Mace in Chauny and Baradene College of the Sacred Heart in Auckland, standing in front of the New Zealand War Memorial at Hyde Park Corner in London. A little wet from the rain but enjoying making friends on their first day together.
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