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Making new friends
Heaton Avenue Primary School South ParadeCleckheatonBD19 3AEENGLAND
Ecole Fundamentale LEON MAISTRIAUJurbiseMonsBELGIUM
Aims of this visit:• To build pupils’ life skills• To add value to the learning of foreign languages,
i.e.French• Improves ICT skills. Children to produce presentations
about themselves. • To broaden children’s horizons and understanding of other
countries and cultures. Improves skills, knowledge and motivation.
• Develops a greater understanding of people and places outside the UK.
• To provide a practical and lively context for learning, as children enjoy finding out about life in other countries by communicating directly with their peers. Partnership work also improves pupils’ ICT, language and social abilities.
• To help our school become eligible for the DCSF International School Award for curriculum-based international work
4.55 Meet at school. Minibus leaves at 5.00am
07:50 Ryanair Flight FR3238 from Manchester
10:15 Arrive in Charleroi
11.00 Minibus to Holiday Home La Ligule Rue Léon Polart 40, 7070 Mignault, Belgium
12.00 Lunch and unpack
13.00 Eco walk around the area
14.00 Prepare gifts, write letters, quick catch up on conversational French
16.00 Games on the field
17.00 Minibus to the local town for dinner, Mignault
19.00 Return to Holiday Home La Ligule
19.15 ‘Late night’ swim Diary/Workbook
20.15 Shower, hot chocolate, bed, diary
Wednesday 17th June
When we arrived at the gites we were very tired but excited. We left our cases and went straight outside to explore. We walked into the village where there was a tiny school, a church and a boulangerie – but nothing else. It was beautiful!!!
… the first little pig built his house of straw…
The gites looked very old but were, in fact, only three years old.
Everything fitted in with our ECO-PALS project. The gites were made from wood and straw. These benches were cool!
The grounds were of the gite were simple but pretty, but there was nowhere to eat. So, we got dressed up and went into Mons. We had a typical Belgian meal … pizza! Well, almost typical!
7.00 Up, wash, dress
7.15 Continental breakfast
8.30 Minibus to the school
9.00 European classroom – to be arranged
12.00 Packed lunch with the children
13.00 European classroom – to be arranged
14.45 Drink and snack before leaving the school
15.30 Train to Mons
16.00 Cultural evening with photo opportunities. Walk to the town of Mons, the European city of culture 2015
Visit Van Gogh’s house (museum) showing some of his works of art
Visit ‘the monkey’ and hear the story
Walk back into town, climb the many steps up to the belfry and the garden of the Mayor.
Sit in the town square and listen to the story of the Doudou Fest, this took place on the weekend beginning the 29th May 2015.
If it is open, visit the collegiate church to see the carriage.
Time to shop for Belgian chocolate
19.00 Dinner in a local restaurant
20.30 Return to Holiday Home La Ligule by minibus
21.00 Shower/pack, hot chocolate and bed
Diary/Workbook
Thursday 18th June
At school we mixed with our new friends.
In maths we made origami frogs. What a great way to learn about angles.
To share our languages we played
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We had to count in French and they had to count in English. It was good fun.
Christopher had prepared a presentation about his family and about places of interest near Cleckheaton.
It was very interesting. He had written in both English and French and read it out in both languages.
Madame Anne-Sophie said, ‘Tres bien!’
Alicia never stopped talking all lunchtime! It’s amazing how we can all still communicate even though we do not speak the same language.
Games can be played by anyone and everyone.
For lunch we had: soup; fish, rice and beans and finished with a fresh peach. It was lovely!
This is the town hall in Jurbise. It was just across the road from the school.
Because there isn’t a field at L’ecole Leon Maistriau, they have their games lessons in the park behind this lovely building.
We shared the park with children from a special school. They had a barbecue and played a game that looked like rounders.
We played beach volley ball on a sandy court.
At the end, we sank down into the sand and laughed and laughed. We had had a busy but exciting time.
We were sad to leave the school but we all agreed that this was an experience we would never forget.
In the evening we went shopping and sight seeing in Mons. We heard all about the Doudou fest and looked at some photographs of the huge dragon.
We shopped for chocolates for our families and friends and stroked the monkey’s head with our left hand to bring us luck.
Finally, we finished our day with a huge steak, chips and mayonnaise - this time a typically Belgian meal!