Hello everyone back in Australia, Today was a very emotional day, as all of you know, today was Anzac Day. This morning we woke up at 1:00 am for the dawn service at Villers Bretonneux. It was very cold. I had 7 layers on and as the sun was coming up the temperature started to get colder. It was an amazing experience for me and I had never thought that I would be representing Australia when I first started learning the trumpet in Year 7. This trip has been ama...

Would like to share some more photos with you all. The students are doing an outstanding job!!! Thinking of you all at home. Thank you all for your messages and words of encouragement. Mrs Altmann and Sarah Day!!

Here's our Poppies Hotel in Albert! Bit different to the Ieper one!!!

Hello Families! Tomorrow Channel 10 will be doing a story on the band. They will be interviewing students at Villers Bretonneux tomorrow afternoon (local time). They will also be focussing on 2 of our students: Shelley C and Kristin H. Please tune into Channel 10 news over the next few days. Au revoir! Jan Hewerdine

The students performed at this church in Dernancourt this afternoon. It was a beautiful day in the French countryside as we drove around Amiens and Albert to Dernancourt. The students performed very well again and the local audience were so appreciative of their performance and impressed with them as young Australians. The mayor was a wonderful host, who made sure we paid due attention to the connections between Dernancourt and the Australian efforts to assist du...