Bonsoir,
Another successful day completed here at La Roche. The morning was spent at our partner school, Collège Edouard Herriot, until lessons finished at lunchtime (something our students are always surprised by!), and all students headed off to spend an afternoon with their correspondant français.
On arrival, we were greeted by the headteacher and by mountains of brioche and pain d'épice (local artisanal gingerbread)! Our eager students participated in 2 lessons each, including le sport, les arts plastique, l'anglais and la musique. They noticed quite a few differences between lessons here and at home! The register in music, for example, consisted of every student standing in turn and singing their name to the whole group. Miss Lang and I are looking forward to putting this to the test on the coach tomorrow!
Students spent the whole day with their partners and began friendships that could last a lifetime. The Year 8s came back to the hostel buzzing with tales of mini golf, swimming, beach, La Rochelle, shopping and pizza! Perhaps the most intriguing of all was 'la Fête de la Sardine', a street party dedicated to... the sardine. A night of dancing, music, joviality and, well..., sardines. Harrison and Jacob seemed to have the time of their lives there anyway, their French partners assuring us that it was le super cool événement de l'année à ne pas manquer (the event of year not to be missed!).
Nos élèves spoke loads of French, or so they reassure us, so what more could we have asked for? They have had a fantastic attitude a sense of adventure all week.
We snapped some pics of them with their partners and souvenirs from the day, before we sent them to recover from the day and get an early night.
Tomorrow au Futuroscope, a theme park, and the promise of an even hotter day! We'll keep you posted.
Miss Harris
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