The document outlines the schedule for a week-long visit by students participating in the Comenius exchange program. The week includes activities like sports competitions, school lessons with host students, cultural site visits to places like Aix-en-Provence and the geological reserve, and meals highlighting French cuisine. Reflections at the end of the week found that large group sizes prevented much student mixing, but participants generally felt the exchange helped improve language skills and cultural understanding while furthering the goals of the shared Comenius project on health and nutrition.
2. MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
9h00 : Appointment at the hotel in
Marseille
7h15 : Breakfast at school 7h15 : Breakfast at school 7h15 : Breakfast at school 8h00 : Breakfast at
school with the nurse
10h30 :
Welcome at the school :
School visit
Settling (pupils in the boarding
school )
9h00 : Departure to Aix en
Provence, a famous city of
France.
9h00 – 12h00 : Sports Day
- Group 1: Handball
tournament
- Group 2: multiactivities
(swimming pool, hike,
mountain bike, rugby)
8h30 – 11h30 : Class
activities in the school
Show about food
8h30-12h15 :
Class activities:
assessment of the week
with the activities
exercise books
12h30 : Lunch at school Lunch in Aix en Provence 12h15 : Lunch at school 11h30 : Lunch at school 12h15 : Lunch at
school
14h00 : Visit of Sisteron Castel Graney Museum (Art
Museum with Van Gogh)
visit to Aix en Provence.
13h30 -16h30 :
- Group 2: Handball
tournament
- Group 1: multiactivities
(swimming pool, hike,
mountain bike, swimming
pool, rugby)
13h30-16h30 :
Visit of the « geological
reserve » in Digne-les-
Bains
Afternoon : Spare time
or shopping
17h15 : Welcome party +
COMENIUS exhibition
19h00-20h15 : Welcome dinner :
Provençal buffet cooked by our
school cook chef
19h00 : Dinner at school 17h00 : Handball
tournament final phases
18h00 : Adults Handball
match
19h00 : Pupils dinner at
school
19h00 : Dinner at school 19h30 : Good-bye
dinner.
Evening at
boarding school
Evening at
boarding school
Evening at
boarding school
Evening at
boarding school
Evening at boarding
school
3. For hosting our Comenius partners,
our cook had prepared a very
French aperitif
(foie gras, salmon toast, glasses goat, ...)
and a Provençal meal (aioli).
5. Historical monument, spanning 10 hectares, it
carries eight centuries of architecture and
history. Dungeon walkway built on the narrow
rocky spine, dating from the thirteenth
century, the staging of the sixteenth century
bastions pregnant. Vauban project, designed in
1692, was only carried the magazine. Major
revisions were made on the north side in the
middle of the nineteenth century. It was at this
time that was carved out of the rock
6. Weather conditions do not allow to visit
the island of Friuli in Marseille. We
visited the city of Aix en Provence
formerly the capital of Provence.
Founded in 122 BC. BC under the name of
Aquae Sextiae, it is part of the urban
area of Marseille is the third largest
urban area in France.
Spa town, Aix-en-Provence is
particularly known for its cultural
7. On Thursday, we visited the National
Museum of Natural geological reserve
of Haute-Provence. This reserve is an
area labeled in the Alpes-de-Haute-
Provence and the Var for the
diversity of landscapes, witness the
geological past of this massive and
Earth.
It is the largest reserve of its kind in
Europe.
8. The educators had organized onWednesday
a day of sport. All students in the school and
Comenius students participated. They were
mixed in a team and have several activities
on the day: hanball tournament, pool, hike
9.
10. "Sport will look fear to dominate, to
triumph over fatigue, difficulty to
overcome it. "
Pierre de Coubertin
11. Students also participated in Comenius school
hours with our students. Teachers were taught
in English. They saw several courses: arts,
geography, mathematics, French, …
12. During the workshop, several points
were discussed:
- All Comenius partners exchanged
recipe books,
- A schedule of the blog was set up,
- The dates of the next trip to
Spain were established
- Upcoming events in the context of
our project "Eat smart, work more,
be healthy" were fixed schedule:
sports day presentation of countries
and athletes each country day bike
...
13. For the good bye meal,
we ate at a restaurant
school. Students learn
the gastronomical food
and service.Menu
Jacques scallops on a
bed of leeks
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Brandade de morue
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Chicken stuffed with
dried tomatoes
and tapenade
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Cheese
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14. Because of students number, we’ve noticed differences in pupils
involvement and exchanges.
A big group prevents pupils to mix with other students, it acts as an entity.
Pupils managed to go beyond language gap, they used verbal and body
language.
They realized how important learning English was, and they felt more
confident in their communication skills.
Thanks to this week, they realized that food and health was a common goal
for all partners, they
understood that our activities from the beginning of school year were the
same in all countries.
They enjoyed sharing activities with foreigners
and discovering other cultures.
Comenius project:
Our purpose was to include students in as many
activities as possible; we think we manage to do so.
We also tried to make you taste French gastronomy.
We organized our week respecting the project goal, we are
sorry if we couldn’t offer you more tourism activities.
Adults exchanges:
The stay was too short for adults exchanges, we did not