By Justine Fabre

1. Travel to England By Justine Fabre

2. Introduction • I left for England on Friday 8th February with 11 other pupils of fourth form and two english teachers. • We stayed one week to improve our English. During the day we went to a primary school to speak with pupils. At night we went to our correspondents’.

3. School description • My school’s name is St. Sidwell. It is located in the north east of Exeter. • There are six classrooms, six teachers and ten assistants.

4. A pupil's day • 8.45am – Pupils arrive. • 8.55am – School starts. • 9.05am – « Whake up, Shake up » exercises. • 9.10am – Pupils go back to their classroom. • 10.10am – Playtime • 10.30 – 10.45am – Assembly and Worship. • 10.45-12am – Pupils go back to their classroom. • 12.00-1.00 : Lunch Hour • 1.00-3.30 : Class • Differences with France : French pupils finish school later at 16.15, they have playtime in the afternoon. They don’t pray at school. In England pupils must have lunch at school. Either they eat at the canteen or they bring their own lunch. In France pupils may either eat at the canteen or eat home. In France pupils don’t have wake up shake up exercises.

5. Personal activities • Primary school School badge • Group photo Some French pupils

6. Friday 8th • We met at 6.30 at Arcachon train station. We took the train to Bordeaux where we took another train to Bergerac. There we took a taxi to the airport. • We took off at 1.35 and landed at Exeter airport at 2.00 pm local time. • A bus picked us up and took us to St Peter, our correspondents’college. • Once at St Peter each one left with his/her family. • My correspondent’s name is Pip. She welcomed me with her father. • When we arrived at their house Pip introduced me to her mother and sister and then showed me my room. • After dinner we watched TV.

7. Saturday 9th • Alice, Samantha and Alice’s correspondent Louise came to Pip’s around 10 am. • We then took the bus to Exerter center • There we met Doriane and her correspondent Hannah to have lunch together. • After lunch we went shopping. • At 2pm we had to meet with the rest of the group in front of Exeter cathedral. All French went for a guided tour. • We visited the town’s main buildings and places. • After the visit we met again our correspondents and Jeanne, Briony, Jessica, Doriane, Hannah, Samantha, Alice, Louise, Oriane, Hannah, Benjamin, Ceri, Nathan, Vicky, Pip and I went bowling. • Then Pip and I went to Louise’s for dinner and played cards. • At 10 pm Pip’s father took us home.

8. Sunday 10th • We went to Louise’s. • At 10.15 Louise’s mother took us all to the attraction park where we met the same people who were at the bowling with us as well as Raphaëlle and her correspondent. • We spent all day at the park. • At 5 pm Pip’s father picked us up and took us back home. • I lied down because I was feeling sick. • We had dinner around 7 pm.

9. Monday 11th • Pips’s father drove us to his workplace. From there we walked to school. • At school I had to sign in. The lady at the desk gave me a « visitor » sticker. Then she took me to my classroom – year 5 – where I spoke with the professor Mr Keith McLeod. • At 8.45 pupils arrived in class. Mr McLeod introduced me to them. He then called the roll. • We then went to the sports room for the « wake up, shake up exercise. • We went back to class with the pupils who started studying maths. • At 10.10 pupils had playtime. We went back to the sports room to pray. • Back in the classroom pupils continued their maths until noon. • At 1 pm I gave a hand to the French teacher. We taught French to 4 classes all afternoon long. • At 3 pm I signed out and walked back to Pip’s father’s work place. Pip’s father drove me back home. • Alice and Louise came over to dinner for my birthday.

10. Tuesday 12th • The day went along the same way as the previous day except that pupils studied English and had a Sciences test. • At noon I had a picnic with the pupils in the canteen. • At 1 pm I went to Raphaëlle’s theater class because my class was having a test. • At 3.30 I signed out and walked back to Pip’s father’s work place. • Pip’s father drove me to our correspondents’ college where I met Jeanne, Briony, Jessica, Doriane, Hannah, Samantha, Alice, Louise, Oriane, Hannah, Benjamin, Ceri, Nathan, Vicky, Pip and Raphaëlle in a classroom where we celebrated Pip’s birthday and mine. • At 5 pm Pip’s father picked us up and took us back home. We had dinner around 7 pm.

11. Wednesday 13th • The day went along basically the same way as the previous day, pupils had an English test. • My teacher gave Raphaëlle and me some instructions and questions to ask the pupils so we could speak with them. • Raphaëlle and I translated the questions (to understand) given by the teacher and we asked the questions in Enlish to 3 pupils. • At 1.am Raphaëlle came to my class and we helped the pupils with their painting course. • At 3.30 I signed out and walked back to Pip’s father’s work place. • Pip’s father drove me to our correspondents’ college where I met Jeanne, Briony, Jessica, Doriane, Hannah, Samantha, Alice, Louise, Oriane, Hannah, Benjamin, Ceri, Nathan, Vicky, Pip and Raphaëlle • We left to the train station where we took a train to the beach. • In the evening we ate. We took the train to go to Vicky, Nathan’s correspondent. We chatted and around 10 pm Ceri’s father picked Benjamin, Alice, Pip, Ceri and me up. He dropped us all and when I got home I went to bed.

12. Thursday 14th • The day went along basically the same way as the previous day. • As the pupils had a test I had time to enter in the computer the pupils’ answers to the French test I had given them the previous day. • When I finished Raphaëlle was cleaning up a wardrobe so I went to help her. Then we moved paint pots around. It took us all morning. • At 11 o'clock a trumpet teacher came to give a trumpet lesson to my class, and Raphaëlle and I played the trumpet too. • At noon I had a picnic with the pupils and Raphaëlle in the canteen. • During the afternoon I prepared a Power Point presentation about France and at 3 o'clock p.m. the teacher showed it to the class. • At 3 pm I signed out and walked back to Pip’s father’s work place. Pip’s father drove me back home. • Then I worked on the computer. I dressed up, did my luggage, and at 7 p.m. Pip's father brought us to Louise's house. • Then Louise's mother drove us to the pizzeria where we had to meet at 7:30 with all the French and English students and teachers. We ate, and then Louise's mother picked us up and brought us back home.

13. Friday 15th • I got up, finished packing up my suitcase and at 7.15 Pip’s father, Pip and I left to Louise’s house. • When we arrived Louise and Alice were waiting for us and Alice’s mother took us all to Exeter airport where we had to be at 8.00. • We registered and boarded around 10. • We landed in Bergerac at 1 pm local time. • Taxis took us to Bergerac train station. We waited there until 5 pm to take a train to Bordeaux. • In Bordeaux we got off and took another train to Arcachon. We arrived at 7.50 pm in Arcachon where our families were expecting us.

14. Conclusion • I wouldn’t like doing this job because I am impatientbut the timetable is pleasant. • Food is fatter than in France • The English People were very good hosts.

15. Thank you • I wish to thank St Elme for allowing us to travel to England. I wish to thank all the teachers who came along. I wish to thank my host family and my correspondent Pip. I wish to thank all the teachers and pupils who took care of me during this whole week.

16. Lexicon • Page de garde p.1 • Introduction p.2 • School description p.3 • A pupil’s day p.4 • Personal activities p.5 at p. 13 • Conclusion p.14 • Thank you p.15