This term Year 6 students have been investigating the main events that lead up to World War 2 in the Pacific Region. They have been learning about the Japanese occupation in Malaya and Borneo and linking this to the main events of World War 2 in Europe.<\/p>\n
On January 9th 1942\u00a0 Jessleton (Kota Kinabalu) fell under the Japanese occupation with the Japanese forces taking control of North Borneo for 3 years. In 1943 a group of resistance fighters was formed by Albert Kwok, called the Kinabalu Guerillas. Hampered by a lack of quality weapons, the Kinabalu Guerillas were disbanded, imprisoned and executed on January 21st 1944 at Petagas. A memorial now stands at the place where they lost their lives and every year a ceremony for families and government officials is held to remember their sacrifices. Year 6 students attended this year\u2019s ceremony on the 21st<\/sup> January and gave a floral tribute to show their respect and to remember the efforts made against the occupation.<\/p>\n After the ceremony Year 6 took a walking trip around Gaya Street in order to understand how Kota Kinabalu has gone through many changes. The guides took the students back in time and as a result they now have a deeper understanding of the city they live in. Finally, Year 6 sampled some local delicacies in the oldest shop house, which was built after the war.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This term Year 6 students have been investigating the main events that lead up to World War 2 in the Pacific Region. They have been learning about the Japanese occupation in Malaya and Borneo and linking this to the main events of World War 2 in Europe. On January 9th 1942\u00a0 Jessleton (Kota Kinabalu) fell […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4769,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kis-news"],"yoast_head":"\n