Le Monde de Valmy: La 4e section européenne à Londres

Hello!

We are the 4e "European Section".

We were very lucky to participate to a trip to London for 2 days in December, with Mr Nouvet and Miss Havas.

We had the pleasure to see many things and this was a memorable moment. Stay with us for an English experience!

Kamil and Wassim

The underground

In London, we took the underground several times.

The teacher told us that this underground was the first underground to be built in the world !!! We were very surprised.

A group of students played guides and it was very funny !

The ticket doen't look like the French one: it is bigger and pink on the other side.

This underground is very small but it's cute and we had a good time in it.

Joyce and Angelica

Lunch at Leicester Square. Sunny, isn't it?

We wern't on holiday: we had a lot of work to do : information to gather, questions to ask, solutions to find and photos to take!

So we asked people in the street to help us.

In English of course!

Big Ben

During the visit of London with our class we saw Big Ben.

Big Ben is a famous clock tower, located in the center of London, and next to the Thames and the Parliament. Big Ben is a symbol for London, so with our group we shouted when we saw it, and we took loads of photos, it was funny! We saw it just for a minute but it was a perfect moment and we will never forget it. Our dream to see this popular monument had just come true!

Mélissa and Miya

The London Eye

We saw the London Eye which is situated on the banks* of the River Thames: it is very big and beautiful. We were very happy because we all got into the same cabin for a tour.

We had a wonderful view when we were at the top: we could see most of London's monuments and we saw an open air ice-rink. We were amazed!!!

The teacher asked us how many bridges we think there are on the Thames and we all gave lots of numbers at random*, it was funny!

We took lots of photos and there were some digital touch tablet with information about the monuments we could see.

Angelica and Joyce

* bank = rive

amazed : stupéfait

at random : au hasard

Dunraven School

In London, we were invited to visit a school: Dunraven.

Dunraven is a very big school with students aged from 11 to 18. Of

course, they wear a uniform: a blue one with a yellow emblem.

First, we met in a classroom to make a quiz about Paris and London with our pen friends.

After that, we visited the school and went to different classes.

Lucky ones, they have cooking lessons too!

Delicious "mince pies"

I went to a English class and I didn’t understand anything J !

an art class

the gym

Then, we interviewed the sixth form students. The sixth form are the students who are preparing the A- Level (=baccalauréat). They don’t have to wear uniforms! They have special badges to go to their classrooms, where other students can't go!

We helped them with their French homework.

Then we interviewed them in English!

Finally, we had lunch in a classroom with our pen friends. It was very funny but we also spoke a lot of English!

Jeanne

Harrods

Harrods is a very big shop in London created in 1849.This shop is very famous all over the world. In the shops there are many floors and every floor has a special theme...

In Harrods, there is a very big food’s hall known all over the world. Over there, we can admire the mosaics on the wall, on the ground and on the ceiling*.

There are some Harrods products but other brands too (coca cola...)

We went to Harrods just before Christmas in the evening so the front was illuminated and the lights were sparkling* and everything was very lovely.

Harrod’s windows were very beautifull too.

They represent all the different Wall Disney's princesses.

We especially liked Cendrillon’s pink dress and Snow White’s golden dress. Lots of people stopped in front of these windows to look at them.

We really liked this department store* but we didn’t buy anything because it was very expensive!

*Ceiling = plafond

*Sparkling= étincelant
*department store = grand magasin

Marie et Lucile

The Youth Hostel

When we were in London, we spent one night in a youth hostel close to Picadilly Circus.

It was next to a theater, and when we where there, there was a Spice Girls concert!

In the hostel, there were people from a lot of different countries. It's a big, very colourful hostel: there are lots of paintings on the walls, the design is a bit strange but funny.

After a long day in London, we had chicken and French fries for dinner at the hostel, then we prepared our beds. After that, we had a walk to see London by night.

The next day, we had an English breakfast at the hostel: bacon, tomatoes, beans, eggs, and tea of course! It was delicious!

We really enjoyed this moment in London.

Anouk, Anaïs, Célia and Annah

The M&M's store

When we went in London, we immediately paid a visit to the best store in the wooorld : The M&M’s center !!!

This was in a beautiful place, with a big T.V. screen.

The M&M’s center has a very cool architecture: glass walls with lightning everywhere.

When we got in we could even see a double decker !

The smell was delicious and sweet ! There were 3 floors:

1*: on the ground floors, many T-shirt, cups, golf balls and some picks with the face of M&M’s !!! The distributors were hanging on the wall, there was a flag of England made in M&M’s !!!