Form II trip to Brittany, June 2011

Some have all the luck! On the morning of St.Columba's Day, instead of polishing their shoes and tidying their houses, twenty-seven pupils and staff headed off for Cork and the ferry to Britttany. A native of Brittany, Mrs Annaig Stone has resurrected a trip that last took place four years ago. As you can see from the itinerary below it should be a fascinating trip and we look forward to regular reports and photos on this blog. We wish all a safe journey there and back.

Sunday 5th June - 07.00 arrival in Roscoff - visit Le Faouët (La Chapelle de St Barbe and covered market etc.), lunch in crêperie. - visit Bronze Age megaliths of Carnac - arrival at the hostel in Le Pouliguen in the early evening

Monday 6th June: Batz-sur-mer and Le Croisic - visit Batz-sur-Mer (including WWII bunker, church tower), lunch on beach (?!) - visit snail farm in Le Croisic, free time for exploration of town - dinner in Le Pouliguen

Tuesday 7th June: The Brière (large swamp area) and St Nazaire - visit Village de Kerhinet - exploration of the Brière marshes on a punt - St. Nazaire (visit naval submarine, cruise liner ‘adventure’ - shopping in Auchan, and evening meal

Wednesday 8th :Medieval town of Guérande and its salt marshes - guided tour of medieval city of Guérande, followed by free time and lunch - salt making museum and salt pan in Saillé - free time in Le Pouliguen and supper

Thursday 9th June: - Morning walk along coastal path - adventure park “Monkey Forest” - supper in Piriac

Friday 10th June: - visit Le Pouldu or Concarneau en route to Roscoff - free time in Roscoff, supper - departure by ferry 21.15 (overnight crossing)

Saturday 11th June - arrival in Cork 10.00 - arrival in SCC early/mid-afternoon.

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TY modern languages evening

pupils doing French and/or Spanish in Form IV give a short presentation on a topic of their choice in either French or Spanish. The purpose is to encourage the pupils to do some research on their own which very often involves working through the target language. The topic they choose is a topic that interests them and they learn how to express their interest orally to a group. Because they are a wide range of abilities and some who do not speak the other language, some element of the presentation can be given in English. The whole class produces a topic and from those a selection are taken for the evening itself. The field was once again very strong.There is a French winner, a Spanish winner and an overall winner. By clicking on the topic it should bring you to the slide presentation.

The topics this year were:
Le Champagne - Marie Schlüter
Las cuevas de Altamira - Victor Colom
Les Champs Elysées - Marta Perez-Pla
Las fiestas de Espana - Pia Klippgen
Le skieur Richard Permin - Hamish Law
La corrida - Selina Birke
Les plages du débarquement - Kezia Wright
Pablo Picasso - Jay Kim
Le Roi Soleil - Leticia de Colmenares

The interval was an opportunity to view a video prospectus of the college created,to everyone's great amusement, by Mr Morris' set and directed by Archie Macaulay. Many congratulations to all concerned and especially to Hamish Law, the overall winner (French) and to Victor Colom

(Spanish winner).

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