The first few days in France
We left NZ on the 25th of September for a mammoth 40 hour journey. We stopped in Melbourne, then on to Dubai and finally to Paris. The flight was longer as we had to avoid the usual route over Syria and Iraq. Instead the plane flew across the mountains of Afghanistan giving the students a marvellous view. On arriving in Paris we had 2 hours until the train left for Bordeaux. Then we finally arrived and could sleep in a bed. At breakfast the students thought they had died and gone to...
Making Dolores Cross
The students at AJHS have also been involved in the Dolores Cross Project.
This is a project started by Dolores Ho, Chief Archivist at the Waiouru Army Museum.
Her vision is to have every NZ grave in foreign cemeteries visited and a Dolores Cross placed there. The grave is then photographed. The Dolores Cross is a harakeke (flax) cross with an ANZAC poppy.
Our students feel privileged to be part of this and see this as a service that they can provide as they are lucky to be traveling to...
French Lessons
Preparation for travel
Bonjour!
We have a small group of 10 students - Year 9 and 10 - who are off to France in September this year. At present they are meeting once a week at lunchtime to have some basic french lessons. As we don't offer French as a subject at Albany Junior High School, the daughter of a staff member has come in to teach some basic french vocabulary to them. I have uploaded a couple of videos of our session this week - introducing members of the family and family animals.
We have been...
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