Project Teams Blog

Thursday, 18 August 2016 12:11

Shared Histories exhibition Opening in Wellington. Baradene College students Olivia Mendonca and Genevieve Bowler with the Governor-General of New Zealand, Sir Jerry Mateparae.

Baradene College students Olivia Mendonca and Genevieve Bowler with the Governor-General of New Zealand, Sir Jerry Mateparae,

The Queen Elizabeth II Pukeahu Education Centre at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park was opened in Wellington with the Shared Histories project by Baradene College of the Sacred Heart in Auckland and the French school Lycée Professionnel Jean Macé, in Chauny, France on display. The centre is the birthday gift from New Zealand to Queen Elizabeth. We were very pleased...

Published in Disobedience and Rebellion of Soldiers and the Treatment of Conscientious Objectors in the First World War in France and New Zealand – a comparative historical study. La désobéissance et la rébellion des soldats et le traitement des objecteurs de con

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Thursday, 04 August 2016 16:02

Our project makes it to Elizabeth II Pukeahu Education Centre [Wellington] launch - wow

The success of our Shared Histories Partnership project has been acknowledged by the Ministry of Culture and Heritage in Wellington.

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Tuesday, 26 July 2016 19:42

Sharing Memories in Australia

Bowed head, arm reversed - pose of respect for the fallen

Can you see the ANZAC soldier?

My family and I just spent two weeks in Australia catching up with my sister and her children; making memories together to see us through the next few years that we will spend apart. We passed our time at the theme parks but we also visited ANZAC memorials and talked about our ancestors who had left Australia as young men and women (yes, nurses served in the Army too) and either returned to be...

Published in Great War Explorations

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Friday, 15 July 2016 02:40

Great War Recipe Book is now printed!

Yeah! It took almost three years, three Year 11 French classes, a trip to France, a bunch of teachers involved (History, French, Art, Food technology) and two student designers, and now it's here!

Thanks to the generous funding we received from the Shared Histories Programme, we could print 120 recipe books.

It's in colour, it's in French and English, and it contains some information about the historic background as well. Some of these books will shortly make their way to France. Others will...

Published in Poppelicot

Monday, 11 July 2016 02:28

Exposition au collège de Meyssac

Notre exposition a pu être présentée au collège dès la mi-juin. Tous les travaux ( français comme néo-zélandais ) réalisés dans le cadre de notre partenariat depuis un an et demi ont été affichés. Cettte exposition, de très belle qualité, a eu un grand succès auprès des parents. Elle sera présentée à la mairie de notre commune pour le 11 novembre. L'objectif final serait qu'elle voyage jusqu'en Nouvelle-Zélande, de manière à ce que nos partenaires de Long Bay College puissent aussi en...

Published in Shared Destinies

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Monday, 11 July 2016 02:09

Création de mini mémoriaux , collège de Meyssac

Les élèves de troisième du collège de Meyssac, après leur voyage dans la Somme, devaient réaliser des mini mémoriaux en arts plastiques.Les contraintes étaient sévères : petits et pas trop lourds, pour pouvoir être envoyés en Nouvelle-Zélande à nos partenaires de Long Bay College à Auckland. Finalement, les élèves s'en sont bien sortis. Leurs travaux sont actuellement exposés dans notre collège mais les meilleures réalisations partiront à Auckland à l'automne. Voici quelques...

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