An amazing MFL French trip to Paris...

This has been an amazing French trip to Paris. Three members of staff from the MFL Department of King’s Bruton (Mme Webb, Mr Loveless and Mr Gordon) took 23 4^th & 5^th Form pupils to Paris for 7 days at the end of March 2023.

Our hotel was located in Porte d’Italie (South of Paris), and we travelled by tube/bus and tramway every day to the wonders of Paris. The trip was a cultural and linguistic trip, and we successfully visited many beautiful and famous places in Paris. On our first day, we started off walking around the Parc de Bercy, walked across the bridge named Simone de Beauvoir and ended up in La Place de la Bastille. On our second day, we visited the museum in the Pompidou Centre and, as it was a few metres away, we spent a few moments in the Church Saint-Merri. After having our picnic in the gardens of the Palais Royal, we spent the afternoon visiting the memorial of those who had been deported to Auschwitz during WW2, a very poignant visit. We finished the day by admiring the Eiffel Tower that sparkles with lights every hour. I am sure it will live long in the memories of the pupils who were also enjoying singing along with a singer who was performing at the Trocadéro with the background of the Eiffel Tower.

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On our third day of the trip, we spent the morning in the Musée d’Orsay, and then, after our picnic in Les Jardins des Tuileries, we spent the afternoon in Montmartre to visit le Sacré Coeur, the second most visited monument in Paris after the Eiffel Tower. On our fourth day, we spent the morning in Les Champs Elysées and the afternoon in Le Château de Versailles. The fifth and sixth day of our trip was filled with visits to Paris: Le Musée du Carnavalet (which holds the story of the French Revolution), La Maison de Victor Hugo in the heart of La Place des Vosges (Le Marais), Le Champs de Mars, La Tour Eiffel and Le Musée du Louvre. On Sunday night, we decided to finish off the week by admiring Paris by night from the top of the Pompidou Centre, topped off with an ice-cream. On the last day, we had a lazy day while we were getting ready for our flight back to Bristol Airport, we went shopping in the morning and spent the afternoon in the Parc de Montsouris where the children could play football and enjoy a walk. 

Every evening before dinner, the children spent time writing in French in their cahier d’exercices, summing up the day's events. We also ensured  that we spoke French to the pupils at every opportunity. We also had an ‘animateur’ from Tuesday to Friday who spoke French to all the pupils, and he became a firm favourite of the pupils.

The pupils of King’s were extremely well-behaved and respectful during the trip and a credit to the School. I thank them for all their hard work and it was a pleasure for the teachers to take them on the trip.

Mme Agathe Webb - Head of MFL