Visiting Vauclair Abby
Students from Chauny, France and students from Auckland, New Zealand in a group photo at Vauclair Abby.
This Abby was a Cistercian abbey founded in 1134 by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. It managed to survive until the French Revolution in 1789, when it was finally demolished and sold as "national property". Its geographical location very near to the Chemin des Dames led to what was left of its buildings being almost totally destroyed in 1917 by direct artillery bombardment during the First World...
The village of Craonne
The village of Craonne is on the Californie plateau which was the site of bloody fighting on 16 April 1917 during Nivelle's failed 1917 Offensives. It was these disastrous offensives that pushed the French Army over the edge and led to the 1917 Mutiny. The village was immortalised in the song called La Chanson de Craonne (English: The Song of Craonne). This song was sung by the 68 divisions of French soldiers (out of 110 French Army divisions) who mutinied. The song was prohibited in France...
A day at the Chemin des Dames
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.
Students enjoy the park
French and New Zealand students enjoy the park after school in Chauny.
Proud of our posters
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.
Hanging the Exhibition in Chauny
Today the French and New Zealand students hung the exhibition.
Easter Chocolate in Belgium
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.
Ypres Museum - Display concerning Victor Spencer
Memorial to Victor Spencer at the Ypres Museum in the Cloth Hall. The carved box contains the pardon from the New Zealand government.
In the trenches
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.
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The Grave of John King. First New Zealand soldier executed in 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.
Execution post
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.
Imperial War Museum
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.
Conscientious Objectors Monument in London
"To all those who have established and are maintaining the right to refuse to kill". Students from Baradene College of the Sacred Heart from Auckland standing in front of the Conscientious Objectors Monument at Tavistock Square in London.
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