December 7th to December 11th report and photos

Wednesday, December 7th 2011 Arrival of our partners The students introduced themselves to each other and worked on the questionnaire on Carbon footprint

The adults talked about communication in the group and the programme for the next two days

 Thursday, December 8th 8. 30 Welcome breakfast together . The Headmaster ,teachers, students and  Philip Simmonds from the French European agency and Arielle François, the deputy Mayor welcomed all our European partners

 10.30 a.m. visit of the Palace of Compiègne in English for adults and students

12.00 a.m. lunch at school or in town 1.30 - 5.00 p.m. Making the questionnaires ; explaining the software Some teachers and their students chose to visit Compiegne , filling in the quiz All the teachers were invited at French teachers 'homes

 

Friday, December 9th 9.00 The Deputy Mayor of Compiegne , Arielle François welcomed our partners at Compiegne's townhall ( salle du Conseil) and introduced Compiegne's region recycling programme

12.00 lunch at school or downtown 1.30 - 5.10 p.m. The teachers planned all their coming activities

 The students attended 2 to 4 classes ( in English, French , Portuguese, Spanish, German and Japanese)
 In the evening the teachers were invited by Lycée Pierre d'Ailly at a famous restaurant for a typical French meal

 

Saturday, December 10th A day in Paris : The coach left Compiegne at 8.30 to Paris. We all visited Notre Dame de Paris
Then we had a one-hour trip in a bateau-mouche on the river Seine with audioguides in different languages.

 

Then we took a photo of the Eiffel Tower , went to the Champs Elysées , where we had lunch ( picnic lunches given by the families ) Then we all walked down the Champs Elysées to have a glimpse of the Louvre Museum

We rushed into the metro to go to Montmartre but unfortunately time flies and we did not have time to go up there .

Sunday Farewell Some teachers and students chose to leave the French families earlier in order to spend some more time in Paris in the morning before their departure.

Thank you to the parents who were so kind with our Europeans guests and to all the teachers and educational team.
Thank you for coming to us and sharing these unforgettable moments