VISITS
AND EXCHANGES
Year
7 French
Approximately
fifty pupils in each year half are given the opportunity to participate
in a one-day study visit to the Pas-de-Calais region in northern France
on the first two Fridays in June. A coach is chartered from the school
and back, using the Channel Tunnel Le Shuttle service which maximises
the time pupils have in France. Pupils are required to complete a number
of different transactional language tasks in groups using a specially designed
workbook and are given the opportunity to speak French in a number of the
different situations.
The visit includes:
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A typical market
scenario with the opportunity to buy from the stalls and to purchase postcards
and stamps from the main street in the small town of Wimereux, in addition
to asking directions and buying postcards and stamps in the town.
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A cultural and
historical quiz in the seaside resort of Wissant where pupils can purchase
food and drink.
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A trip to the
Nausicaä seaworld museum in Boulogne.
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The experience
of a modern shopping centre at Cité de L'Europe, Les Coquelles,
near the Channel Tunnel terminal where pupils can visit a typical French
hypermarket.
Considerable
emphasis is placed on the educational, linguistic and cultural value of
the visit, although the experience must be made enjoyable for pupils. Take
up for the visit has been high and demand has exceeded supply.
Year
8 Spanish
Cantabria
Visit
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We would like to enable Year 8
pupils studying Spanish to have the opportunity to participate in a cultural and linguistically
educational residential visit to Cantabria, Northern Spain, during the May half-term holiday 2000.
The tour planned will include return travel by executive coach fitted from Charters School, full board
accomodation in a three star hotel in 3-4 bedded rooms with private facilities, all excursions and insurance.
The journey will be by coach through France, however on the outward journey we shall stay overnight in a hotel in France.
The return journey will be overnight through France.
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The Visit is intended primarily as a holiday, but would prove to be most beneficial to pupils studying Spanish.
The proposed itinerary will include a visit to the Cabarceno Natural Reserve, the medieval
town of Santillana del Mar, a visit to a cake factory, shopping assignments, and one or two treats
not usually available to the average British tourist! The three-star family run hotel is across the road
from a blue flag beach. There will be time for supervised beach activities during the visit.
The dates of the visit are from Sunday 28th May 2000 to Saturday 3rd June 2000.
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Years
9 and 10 French
Pupils studying
French are encouraged to consider participating in the annual exchange
with C.E.S Les Bréguières, in Cagnes-sur-Mer near Nice on
the Côte d'Azur which has been running since the early 1980's.
Some 25-30 pupils,
principally from Year 9, (although the exchange is also sometimes opened
to Year 10 pupils taking French), usually depart on the outward leg of
the exchange just before the beginning of the Easter school holidays and
return some ten or eleven days later. The return leg usually takes place
in May for a similar length of time.
Two members of
staff, (at least one of whom is a member of the Faculty of Modern Languages),
accompany the exchange party. The preferred mode of travel is air as this
affords the maximum amount of time in the area for pupils and also both
locations (Sunningdale and Cagnes-sur-Mer) are well placed as regards the
airports used (London Heathrow and Nice Côte d'Azur). Excursions
are made to Cannes, Nice, Antibes, Monaco, Monte Carlo and Grasse and documentation
is prepared in advance on these visits and a diary (written largely in
French) is kept by each pupil.
Years
10 and 12 Spanish
Pupils studying
Spanish in Years 10 and 12 will encouraged to consider participating in
the Spanish Exchange with the I.E.S Marianao in Sant Boi near Barcelona
in the Cataluña region. This exchange has been running successfully
since 1998and is led by Mrs. P. Rentería. There are places for between
20 and 30 pupils for the week long exchange with pupils departing just
before the February half term holiday and returning the following week.
The return leg of the exchange take place in early May for a similar length
of time.
Two members
of staff, (at least one of whom is a member of the Faculty of Modern Languages),
accompany the exchange party. The preferred mode of travel is air as this
affords the maximum amount of time in the area for pupils and also both
locations (Sunningdale and Sant Boi de Llobregat ) are well placed as regards
the airports used (London Heathrow and Barcelona, El Prat de Llobregat).
Excursions are made to Barcelona, Sitges, Cadaqués, the Cordoniú
Cava factory, Montserrat Mountain, the Dalí Musuem at Figueras and
the Cataluña en Miniatura Museum.
Years
12 and 13 French and Spanish
'A'-Level
students in both languages are fully informed of the vital importance of
spending some time in France and/or Spain, either on an individual basis,
or exchange visit, or as part of a work experience arrangement.