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Friday, 31 July 2015 00:00

What have we been been up to?

Very excited to read the research documents from our partners at the Val de Seine and enjoy continued contact between students and their partners.
We are preparing to letters in response to research into Richmond soldiers.

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Thursday, 19 February 2015 00:00

Somewhere in a trench, unable to write...

Imagine you are a soldier somewhere in a trench; unable to write, you have to dictate your letter to another soldier...

Students' recordings, with their interpretation and empathy,  are attached to this post.

Download them to listen.

 

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Sunday, 07 December 2014 00:00

French pupils starting working on our project

French pupils starting working on our project

French pupils started to work on our project this week. They had to study the biographies of two soldiers from Nelson and buried in our local cemetery. We have access to their military and medical information thanks to the Archives New Zealand website. Pupils experienced a new kind of exercice. They had to work on primary sources in history, and, since documents were partly legible, the first task was to decipher them. They took it like a game, as if they were investigators of the past. Even if...

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