The 6th meeting in FRANCE May 2015

The geography of an area, the mineral resources, the climates, etc. influence the economic and the human geography.

The teachers at the Townhall

at Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse

at the quarry (Izeau)

the last group photo

FRANCE

FINLAND

Our trip to France was everything that we expected! The welcome to the families and to the school was extremely warm. French hospitality is really beyond compairing. We had so much fun with families and we learned much about the culture.

The activities were also well planned. Halle Bocuse was so nice place that we want that in Finland too! To us Finns the mountains were the best thing, because we don't have mountains in Finland. Also the quided tour in Lyon was great. We learned important things about the areas history. Basically we liked everything about the trip and we learned really much about culture and language. But still the most important thing to us was making of new friends! And we want to thank all of the people partisipating this trip. We had fun!

Sincerely

Finnish team

GERMANY

The sixth COMENIUS meeting which was the first one for everybody in the German team was a great experience! We learnt a lot about the daily life in a French family within a few days, e.g. French people use a bowl for drinking J.

It was amazing to see how fast six completely different countries connected in such a short time.

We are better informed now about the importance of ground resources in our partner schools and in particular in the area of Bourgoin-Jallieu. Thanks for the visit in a quarry! We are convinced that we are more aware of saving resources and the meaning of clean water.

We were happy to realize that our language skills improved while working together and communicating in the families.

One highlight was our trip to Lyon: The tasting of “macarons” in the “Halles Bocuse” was fantastic! We are sure that there is much more to discover. But unfortunately, the six days passed so fast. We will never forget these days and hopefully we will have the opportunity to come back! Thank you for everything – it was awesome!

POLAND

The week in France was amazing!

We got to know new, nice people. Our hosts were very friendly, kind and they show us their culture, food and habits. We saw a lot of monuments and interesting places e.g. the old part of Lyon, the Town Hall in Bourgoin – Jallieu. We also had some fun with people from other countries and we could practice our English. For each of us this meeting was a really big adventure and a memory for the whole life.

We will miss our new friends and hosts and we’ll never forget about time we spent in France!

Thank you very much for everything! And we hope we will see again!

ITALY
My own experience with this project was great. I visited France and everything was brilliant: the host family's kindness, the village and all the activities. In fact, they permitted us to learn a lot about the other countries involved (Germany, Finland, Turkey, Poland and France) but always with fun and sharing information each other. So a lot of deep relationships could rise among all students and teachers making the time spent together more and more interesting. In particular, the workshops were focused on these two points - relationships and sharing of knowledge- perfectly combined.
The trips in France have been unusual, like the one to the quarry, but very interesting, or the one to Lion. I particularly enjoyed that trip because of the very well organized guide tour in the city, to the roman theatre and to the Cathedral.
I'm still in contact with some students met in France, including the French girl who accomodated me there and probably I will also stay another week in Bourgoin- Jallieu this summer.
Carola A.

PROGRAM

Monday 18 (8h00-16h40)

08h15 Welcome ceremony

School presentations

09h30 Coffee break

10h15 French lesson

11h05 Introduction games

12h00 Lunch break

13h45 Group 1: Boules lyonnaises /Group 2: visit of the town

15h15 Group 1: visit of the town/Group 2: Boules lyonnaises

Tuesday 19 (8h00-16h40)

08h15 From Bourgoin to Izeaux

09h15 Visit of a quarry (Izeaux)