Year 5
Soldier Letter Project
In 2019, Year 5 boys worked on writing letters to French Airmen based in Jordan for airstrikes in Syria. The boys worked with French language to describe themselves over three paragraphs, using “I am, I like and I have” sentences and also created questions for the soldiers. Every boy also included a drawing with their letter.
Ms Vinton contacted the French embassy in Canberra and asked for help in making certain the letters would be delivered. She was put in contact with Lt Col Arnaud Lafolie who assured her that they would reach the secret base in Jordan.
Last year, the 70-odd letters were posted off to Lt Col Lafolie as soon as they were completed. The French Embassy was very happy with the project and felt it honoured a century-old relationship between our forces that was commemorated in 2019, the end of WW1.
Replies from the French Airmen
In June 2020, Mr Miles Armitage, the Australian Ambassador to Jordan tweeted about receiving a package of letters written by those French Servicemen to our boys. (CLICK the image on the right to view the video tweet). How exciting for the boys!