Transnational Learning Network Ein Schulentwicklungsprojekt im Comenius-Förderprogramm

Semaine Européenne 2003
Jeudi 3 avril - Thursday, April 3rd

     
Common Report : European Week In France

Sunday

Day with host families

Monday

 The day started with the whole group meeting in the amphitheatre for introductions and a welcoming speech by headmistress, Mme Paré. Then we had a tour of the school, including a very “detailed” visit of the CDI (Library). Then we returned to the amphitheatre for the presentations of the different schools. The Romanian presentation was particularly excellent. After lunch, we went to some lessons, then, after a short break in the sun we played some “getting to know you” games, involving proverbs. This included describing your country using proverbs, and translating into as many languages as possible.

Tuesday

 We took the bus to Valençay, which took about two hours. The château was owned for a long time by a man named Talleyrand. People took a lot of photos in front of the very beautiful château. After the audio tour, which was very interesting and detailed, we went outside and stood as a group for about 10 minutes while a photo was taken with every camera the group possessed. Next we did the maze (Labyrinthe)  in the grounds which was very good. Made a bit easier by someone stood on the tower giving us directions…

 Next we went to Chambord, although we did not go inside. The château was only lived in for 12 days, which seems a bit crazy. Inside, there is a set of two staircases next to each other because the relations at the time between the English and Spanish kings was so bad that they did not want to see each other. We played a lot of “action ou verité” (truth or dare) on the bus.

Wednesday

 On Wednesday the delegates were let loose on the town of Montargis for the morning without their correspondants (hosts). We were given maps and a sheet of questions, and the idea was that we would split up into small groups and do the orienteering separately. However, excepting 4 people, everyone stayed in one big group, who rather unsurprisingly won. This was aided in no small part by the fact that Alina speaks excellent French and so she managed to find almost all the answers just by asking people, such as a very nice woman who stoppped riding her bike to help us, and the priest in the church. The weather was very changeable, raining one moment and shining the next, forcing us to return to the school a bit sooner than we had intended. The questions involved finding the missing writing on plaques, finding various stained glass scenes in the beautiful church, and finding the location of the statue of the “Dog of Montargis”. We had a lot of trouble translating the Latin on the back of a stone though. We got “built with agreement” when the answer was “Let peace spread”. Our Latin needs more work I think. The main group got back about 10 minutes before one group (Matt and Alex), and about 20 before the other (Marius and Bogdan). The actual winner was decided by guessing when the school was built (1960) and was a tie between Alina and Sina. The afternoon was free, and spent doing various activities, including touring Montargis and going bowling.

Delegates and Hosts

Romania

Alina hosted by Sarah
Marius hosted by Morgane
Bogdan hosted by Viviane

Finland

Maarit hosted by Gwendoline
Anna hosted by Laura

Germany

Sina hosted by Marie-Floriane
Kristina hosted by Floriane
Natalia hosted by Chloe

Poland

Malgorzata hosted by Julie
Maria hosted by Marine

England

John hosted by Cindy
Alex hosted by Charline
Matt hosted by Helen

 By John (typist), Alina, Gwendoline, Marie-Floriane, Sina, Maarit, and Malgorzata.

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