Thursday 19^th January was a very special day at Collège Jules Ferry : We had the privilege to welcome Christina Schilling FSL Teacher from the Upper Grand Board in Ontario, Canada and Henri Duran, IPR of English in Académie de Clermont-Ferrand.

Le jeudi 19 janvier était un jour très spécial au collège Jules Ferry : Nous avons eu le privilege d’accueillir Christina Schilling Professeur de Français Langue Seconde du Upper Grand Board en Ontario au Canada ainsi qu’Henri Duran, IPR d’Anglais de l’Académie de Clermont-Ferrand.

Our special reporters from 4e ExEL Jeanne, Roméo, Ewan, Léa, Clara and Tiffany were happy to meet them. They participated to the guided tour of our school where we showed them the different activities involving the students and their teachers.

Nos reporters spéciaux du dispositif ExEL 4e Jeanne, Roméo, Ewan, Léa, Clara and Tiffany étaient très heureux de les rencontrer. Ils ont participé à la visite guidée de notre école où nous leur avons présenté les différentes activités impliquant les élèves et leurs professeurs.

Here is their report:

Voici leur reportage :

We met Christina Schilling who is Canadian: She was very happy to see us, she smiled all the time. She has wavy hair and brown eyes. She is nice, helpful, a good listener, open-minded and funny. She took many photos during her visit. She is a FSL teacher and lives in the countryside.

We chatted and asked her some questions :

Ewan: What is the temperature in Canada at the moment?

Christina: It’s snowing and it’s cold. I live in the countryside and there is snow up to the knee. It is about minus 10°C.

Léa : How do the pupils have lunch in your school ?

Christina: They take their lunch box with them.

Clara: What time do they start and finish school?

Christina: They start at 9 and finish at 3:30

Jeanne: Do Canadian pupils learn other languages at school than French and English?

Christina: Not in Middle School but in High School they can choose another language.

She also asked us some questions:

Elle nous a aussi posé des questions :

Christina: What languages can you choose to learn in your school?

Roméo : English is compulsory and we can choose between Spanish, German and Chinese as a second foreign language.

Christina: What is your first thought when you hear “Canada”?

Ewan : Maple syrup

Jeanne : A different accent

THE VISIT : 

EPI "Estampes"

Mini Entreprise "Fourteen Players" creating a boardgame that is going to be played at John Mac Crae School in Guelph, Ontario!

Mrs Mermet showing the 6e projects about their dream cities with beautiful hand made models

Le dispositif Alternance with Mrs Diffalah and Mr Lemeunier

Christina gave us presents: maple syrup, a pen with her school logo and candies. We thanked her and she gave us some tips to learn English : watch movies or series in English with French subtitles, read books in English, listen to English songs…

 We had a very good afternoon with a delicious "café gourmand" and we were very happy to show our school and meet her.

Our group with Christina, Sandra Campagna and Cécile Brugerolles the ExEL English Teachers