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Nous nous appellons Alexia, Cristina, Emily et Nicola. Nous avons toutes quatorze ans et nous habitons dans le Northamptonshire en Angleterre. Notre collège s’appelle The Ferrers Specialist Arts College.

Voici un peu d’information sur nos vies:

• Le grand magasin préféré de Cristina, c’est Harrods.
• Le sport préféré d’Alexia, c’est la Formule 1.
• L’animal préféré de Nicola, c’est un chat.
• Le bâtiment préféré d’Emily, c’est un grand bâtiment bleu à Leicester.

Nous avons toutes visité la France en decembre dernier. A notre avis, la France est un lieu magique, pétillant et bonne pour le shopping! Nous aimons aussi la culture et la cuisine française!

Higham Ferrers est dans l’est de l’Angleterre. C’est une petite ville. À Higham Ferrers il y a un café qui s’appelle Beans, il a redoutable milkshake a malteser. Bien.

Le weekend nous rendons visite á nos copains.

À wellingborough on peut aller au bowling, on peut aller faire les magasins et, on peut aller le théâtre.

Merci d’avoir lit notre présentation ! Nous esperons que vous avez aimé la présentation.

FERRERS answers our questions :

1) How many hours of lessons have you got per day?

We have six lessons of fifty minutes.

2)Do you have to bring your meals to school for lunch?

There is a choice, we can bring our meals or we can buy them at school.

3)When do you start school in the morning? When do you finish school in the afternoon?

8:47 in the morning and 15:20 in the afternoon.

4)Have you got a GYM ?

Yes, we have a GYM as well as a sports hall.

5)Do you have prefects, and what do they do?

NO

6)Is your school a boarding school?

No.

7)Do you go to school on Saturday?

No, we go o school Monday to Friday.

8)Have you got computers in your school?

Yes, we have four I.C.T. suites.

9)Have you got study time in your week?

Only the higher years.

10)Do you go to the swimming pool during your sports lessons?

Only the year sevens.

11)Does your school organize trips abroad during the year?

Yes, we can go to Germany, France, Belgium, Italy, America, Japan, Spain and Romania

12)Are mobiles allowed in your school ?

Yes, but not during lesson times

13)Have you got your own lockers to put your personal things in?

Yes but you have to pay £5 and they’re tiny.

14)Is there a choir in the school?

Yes

Questionnaire compiled by Thibault and Rodrigue.

About our European Section

In the European Section, we learn lots of interesting things. It’s not a subject like another because we help each other and we work together.

Last year, first we spoke about the British Isles and every group had to do a presentation about a British Isles country. Then we made a little session about the Royal Family. After that, Christmas came and we started to speak about Australia: Did you know that in Australia, Father Christmas is in a swimsuit? This session was very funny. We talked about Australia's discovery (James Cook, 19^th April 1770). And then we came to a very good subject: the aboriginals and their traditions.

Some of us did a dreamtime story, that's an aboriginal story about how the world was created. And the others had to do a travel brochure about Australian's different states.

On the one hand, the travel brochure presentations was very interesting and we wanted to go to Australia; and on the other hand the dreamtime stories were super too! You can read them on the blog.

Conclusion the European section is a great subject …

Text written by Juliette, Louise M. and Nicolas.

What we found out about Ferrers...

During E.S we did a web quest to find information about our partner school in England. This is what we found:

The Ferrers School is in the middle of England in Rushden. The nearest big town is Northampton. We can see on the map, they play a lot of sports like Tennis, baseball, longjump , diskus, football and cricket. The name of the principal is Dr Rosemary Litawski.

They learn a lot of languages , first they learn German, then French and Spanish. After two years , they can learn to speak Russian , and Chinese. The specialist subjects are dancing, art , music , drama and design technology. There are 1091 pupils in the school. The colours of the uniforms are white and dark blue. The summer holidays start on the 20^th of july. The grade which corresponds to 4ème and 3ème in France are year 10 and year11.

Next May we hope to meet them and visit London and Paris with them.

Auriane, Elise ans Louise S.

Introducing ourselves...

Presentation of our school

"Bernstein High"

by Damla and Cornelia

Our school’s name is “Bernstein High”. There are between 400 and 450 pupils. Bernstein High is a normal school; we have school from 8.00am to midday then we go to eat in the canteen. Next we return to school from 1.30pm to 4.30pm but Tuesdays it’s till 5.30pm instead of 4.30pm. We have school on Saturdays morning too that’s why we don’t have school on Wednesday.

We stay at Bernstein High for four years. The first years, we can begin to do more sports than the other people if we want. It’s the UNSS (Union National des Sports Scolaire). The Second year, we can begin to learn Latin. And the third year, we can have two hours more English in the European Section where we learn the history of English countries. Our school is cool, dynamic with a very good atmosphere.

Presentation of the European Section Class

In our class, we are 24 pupils. We often work in groups and we discover lots of things about English-speaking countries. In the European Section we work less than in the other subjects, for example last year we did presentations about the British Isles, it was funny and every group did one of the British countries. Then we talked about Australia and some of us (seven pupils) had an Australian pen friend. Australia is as beautiful a country as British Isles. When we did Australia we did Dreamtime stories with an Aboriginal drawing or a Travel Brochure of the states or territories of Australia. And this year we are going to work on America and Great Britain because we are going to go to London and Paris with you. When Mrs Stenger said that we could have English pen friends we were very happy because maybe we will have new friends!

So, we like our class because all hours we have a good time!

OUR PARTNER SCHOOL IN ENGLAND : THE FERRERS SPECIALIST ARTS COLLEGE

Bonjour!
Nous sommes douze filles âgées de treize ou quatorze ans. Nous allons au « Ferrers Specialist Arts College « . Nous habitons près de Higham Ferrers ou Rushden.
Nous ëtudions le français depuis un an et demi. Nous avons toutes visité la France sauf Verity. Nous savons que vous êtes près de l’Allemagne mais c’est tout. Nous sommes très différentes. Nous aimons toutes apprendre les langues. Nous étudions le français depuis dix-huit mois et l’allemand depuis deux ans et demi. Laura et Hollie sont filles uniques mais nous autres, nous avons des frères et des sœurs. Nous espérons faire de nouveaux amis. Nous sommes membres de la section européenne parce que nous voulons améliorer notre français et nous voulons apprendre de la culture française et savoir parler le français. Nous sommes toutes très amicales.


Notre college
Higham Ferrers

WE ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS :

On se connaît

By : Elodie, Camille, Sylvain, Athénaïs, Adeline, Marine.

Au college

Pourquoi est-ce que votre collége s’appelle Collége Bernstein ?
Because near the college there is a castle called Bernstein.

A quelle heure commence et finit votre collége ?
We start at 8 am and we finish at 4 :30pm

Vous avez combien de pauses par jour ?
We have 3 breaks. The morning at 10 am
(20 minutes) ; at lunch (1 hour half) ;
and the afternoon at 3 :30 (10 minutes).

Vous avez combien de cours par jour ?
We have 4 lessons in the morning, and 3 lessons in the afternoon.

Qu’est-ce que vous portez au collége ?
We don’t have a uniform.

Quelles matières aimez-vous ?
We like English, art, sport and music.

Comment sont vos profs ?
We have funny teachers, bad teachers
and SCARY teachers !!!
Mrs Stenger is a funny teacher !!!


Le Temps Libre

Que fais tu le week-end?
Some of us play basketball, football, handball and judo. Sometimes we go see friends, we go walk in the village or we go to the cinema.
The nearest town is called Sélestat.

Quel est le sport le plus populaire ?
In our class the popular soports are basketball and horse-riding.

Quelle est l’émission la plus populaire ?
The most popular programme is « Plus belle la vie » (but not everyone in the class likes it!) “Pblv” is a French series in Marseille. Koh Lanta is good too – it’s a competition on a desert island.

Quel est le magasin d’adolescents le plus populaire ?
The most pomular sops are clothes schops – Esprit, Alias, EDC, H&M and Jules too.

Il faut avoir quel âge pour pouvoir conduire ?
We must be 16 years to drive ! And 18 to have a licence.


La Région

Est-ce qu’il y a beaucoup de touristes qui visitent votre région ?
Yes, in the summer there are lots of tourists in Alsace. !

Quelles activités y a-t-il dans le quartier ?
Some people do sport, or go to friends after school or during the weekend.

Quel temps fait-il ?
In the summer it’s often hot, and in the winter it’s very cold.

Est-ce qu’il y a des magasins dans votre ville ?
No, there are no big shops ! If we want to go shopping, we must go to a city like Sélestat, Colmar or Strasbourg.

Est-ce que votre ville se trouve à la campagne ?
Yes, of course. Our town is in the countryside !

Comment sont vos maisons ?
Some houses have « colombages » (wood decoration), and some are normal. They are colourful.

Qu’est ce que vous aimez en particulier dans votre région ?
In Alsace we like the sun and the vines. We like eating “kouglopff” and drinking wine! It’s also a calm region, which is not like the others, and it’s alright ^^

OUR LETTER TO FERRERS : June,2008

Hello everybody !

Thank you for you letter, it made us happy!

In our European section class, we are eleven girls and eight boys! We are 13 or 14 years old. We live in (or around) Dambach-la-ville, which is a little town south of Strasbourg, in Alsace, near the Vosges Mountains.
In our region there are many vineyards. Our school is small and there are twenty-seven classrooms. We’ve got a canteen and a gym, a stadium. There are nearly four hundred pupils in the school.
In our European section class, just some people went to England; most of us learnt English for three years, and German too. We have all got brothers and sisters. During this year, we have study; The British Isles, America: the Indian life and Pochahantas, and Australia. Seven Australian pen friends are here at the moment.

Some little questions…

Ø Can you send us your photo?
Ø How long is the school day?
Ø Have you got a canteen or do you eat at home?
Ø How many holidays do you have in a year?
Ø Have you got lots of homework?
Ø What is the weather like in England?

Here is a photo of our group.

We hope your answer comes fast!
From the European Section class,
Constance, Anaïs and Marine.

SOME EMAILS FROM FERRER STUDENTS

Bonjour!
Je m’appelle Meghan et j’ai quatorze ans. Mon anniversaire est le 15 mai. J’ai une sœur cadette qui s’appelle Rebecca et elle a neuf ans. Ma mère s’appelle Mary et mon père s’appelle David. J’ai les yeux brun clair et les cheveux bruns, mi-longs et raides. Je suis de taille moyenne. Je suis très sportive, assez active et travailleuse. J’aime jouer au football, basket et golf. Je joue au golf quatre fois par semaine à Wellingborough Golf Club. Je fais partie d’un concours le week-end. Je voulais vous rencontrer, mais malheureusement je vais en Espagne pour jouer au golf.
Meghan.

Bonjour! Je m’appelle Vandan et je suis quatorze ans et je suis indien.

Mon anniversaire c’est le 18 février. Je suis fils unique.

Je suis assez grand avec les yeux marron et les cheveux noirs et courts.

Je ne suis pas très sportif mais je suis travailleux.

Ma mere s’appelle Usha et mon père s’appelle Bipin. Ils sont indiens.

Ma mère est de taille moyenne et mon père est très grand.

Je joue au cricket cinq fois par semaine depuis 5 ans.

Je voulais vous rencontrer, mais malheureusement je vais en Indien pour jouer au Cricket.

Merci pour lire ma lettre. Vandan

Bonjour!
Je m’appelle Ellie. J’ai 14 ans et j’adore le ballet et la musique. J’habite à Higham Ferrers ,près de Rebecca, avec mes parents et mes deux frères cadets, qui s’appellent Alasdair et Kieran. Nous nous entendons bien mais quelquefois nous nous disputons! J’aime jouer du piano et j’adore jouer de la clarinette. Aussi j’aime faire de la danse parce que c’est amusant. Le week-end, je préfère faire les magasins avec mes copines parce que c’est amusant également. J’attends notre rendez-vous en février avec impatience.

Bonjour,

Je m’appelle Rachael Chambers. J’ai quinze ans, mais j’aurai seize ans au mois de novembre. Mon anniversaire c’est le 5. novembre. Je suis assez grande avec les cheveux bruns et longs. J’ai les yeux verts. Je suis intelligente, sympa est rigolote. Ma matière préférée c’est l’histoire, parce que le prof est sympa. J’adore aussi la natation.

Voici mes amis et moi le jour de mon anniversaire.
Fiona, Sarah, Rachael et Alice

J’ai une soeur cadette, qui s’appelle Emma, et un frere cadet, qui s’appelle Matthew. Je n’ai ni frère aine ni soeur ainée. Je suis la plus âgée. Ma soeur, s’appelle Emma et elle a dix ans. Elle est bavarde et rigolote et très travailleuse. J’adore ca.

Voici ma souer cadette, Emma

Mon frere s’appelle Matthew et il a douze ans. Il est sportif et intelligent mais très ennuyeux.

Voici mon frère cadet, Matthew avec un chien, qui s’appelle Barney

J’habite dans une assez grande maison avec cinq chambres.

Mon père et ma mère sont profs. Ils travaillent dans un collège a Rushden.

Au revoir.

Rachael x

Bonjour,
Je m’appelle Lauren. J’ai quinze ans. Mon anniversaire est le vingt – neuf octobre.
J’habite à Higham.
J’ai une sœur cadette qui s’appelle Steph. Ma sœur a douze ans.
Ma mère s’appelle Tracey et mon père s’appelle Ashley.
J’ai un grand chien noir s’appelle Bruno. Il a onze ans.
J’aime jouer au basket. J’y joue deux fois par semaine au collège.
J’attends notre rendez – vous en février avec impatience.
Lauren.

Ferrers Arts College

The Ferrers Specialist Arts college :

In the middle of England ,near Northampton,there is a small town called Higham Ferrers and in this town there is the Ferrers Specialist Arts college.This school specialises in arts, the pupils do a lot of arts! They can do singing,drama,dancing and painting or sports like football, baseball, cricket and football.
The principal is Dr R.Litauski, in the school, there are 1091 pupils and they study German, French, Spanish, Russian and Chinese.
They have a blue and white uniform.
Then in February we will go to London to see them, and visit London!

By Athénaïs.

Videoconference with Ferrers

Just before the holidays, we made a videoconference with our teacher : Mrs Stenger.

Some people of the class were here but not all. We were on the computer and we etablished contact with an English class. It was very difficult to do because once we saw them but we didn't hear them. At the and , finally, we asked them different questions and they did the same thing? It was interesting and fun too !
Camille.