Is this the best behaved class ever???
Anyway here we are demonstrating various classroom instructions from Logo 1 Ch 2
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June 2009
06/25/2009
06/17/2009
MFL History Trip - Wednesday 17th June
Last Day. A Day in Paris.
Straight up the Eiffel Tower, then onto the boat trip up the Seine.
Interspersed with driving around in Parisien traffic...fun.
Music
Thallaxia by Nexus
Waiting So Long by Metisse
Chillin by Outsider
Trance Planet by Nexus
MFL History Trip - Tuesday 16th June
WHAT A DAY.
A fantastic day today on the metro. First stop Montmartre and the Sacré Coeur.
Next L'Arc de Triomphe...all the way to the top. After that it was luch (in McDonalds for some) staff had a great lunch watching the world go by on the Champs Elysées.
Then a walk. Down to Place de la Concorde, through the Tuilerie Gardens and on to the famous Louvre. Here Mr Davidson decided to leave his backpack.
Then we trundled along the Seine before turning up to the Pompidou Centre where we went for our Flunch.
After dinner it was off to Notre Dame and then home...via an extra couple of stations due to Mr Sutcliffe getting confused about which Fontenay to go to.
06/16/2009
MFL History Trip - Monday 15th June
It rained today, but that didn't stop our brave adenturers from enjoying Parc Asterix.
Watch out for the rides!!!!!!!!!!!
Music:
All available to download freely and legally at Jamendo
06/15/2009
MFL History Trip - Sunday 14th June
Another full and hectic day.
Unfortunately this one didn;t start out too well. It was tipping it down. Never let it be said that it got this hearty bunch down.
Off we went down the road to the IJzer Peace Tower, a monumnet to the Mouvement Flamand and to peace. A fantastic museum which everyone seemd to enjoy.
Then to the Trench of Death. The fact that it had rained gave the students a bit of an idea what it must have been like in those trenches, especially when all the cly stuck to their shoes.
The weather was still not great as yet and we had learned that the swimming pool was closed due to leaky roof so we went to have a look along the prom at Nieuwpoort, where the boys decided to become bike riding tubers.
Then the sun cam out and Mr Davidson took an executive decision to abandon history and go to the beach. Well done that man.
Music
06/14/2009
MFL History Trip - Saturday 13th June
Another day of varying emotions. Started with a trip to Bruges for some shopping (for some).
We then visited the Tyne Cot Cemetery: 12000 gravestones of British and commonwealth troops who fell in the Ypres Salient. 35 000 names on a wall of those whose remains were never discovered. At the time of our visit a Candian family were paying their respects to the grave of a relative. I found this an extraordinary and almost unbearable act of remembrance.
That evening we went to the Menin Gate which was covered in the previous post.
Finally we adjourned to the Atlantik Bowling Alley in Ypres were Patrick welcomed us most royally. Will was top scorer, but The Dude wasn't far behind; and yes Thomas did beat Mrs Sinclair.
Music:
A Dieu La Terre by Marie Delsaux from the album Sang Pareil!
Menin Gate - Last Post Ceremony
As part of the trip we wanted pupils to be able to take part in and watch the Last Post Ceremony which takes place at 8pm every single day of the year at the Menin Gate in Ypres.
The Menin Gate comemorates the 55,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers who gave their lives in World War One and whose remains have never been found. All of their names are inscribed on the monument.
The ceremony is lead every day by the Buglers from the Ypres Fire Brigade and interested parties apply to lay a wreath. We were lucky enough to be able to assist in the ceremony and Jessica and Thomas laid our wreath on behalf of The Gordon Schools and The Ex-Servicemen's Club (who we would like to thanks for providing the wreath.)
06/13/2009
MFL / History Trip - Thursday and Friday
This is the story of our trip so far.
The bus and ferry journey passed off very smoothly with the group enjoying and calm crossing.
Friday was an intense day which started with a visit to In Flanders Fields Museum followed by a workshop in the Cat Attic of the Cloth Hll in Ypres. After lunch (and a first visit to a chocolate shop) we set off on an eye-opening tour of the Ypres Salient lead by Wouter, one of the tour guides.
He took us through John McCrae's Essex Farm Cemetery, to the Yorkshire Trench and Dugout, followed by St Charles de Potyse French Cemetery and Hill 60. We finished off at The Menin Gate which commemorate 55000 Commonwealth soldiers whose remains have never been found.
The music is taken from the album "Opus Solemnis" by Ehma, which can be downloaded freely and legally from Jamendo
Take a look also at our Photo Album.
06/03/2009
What we do in MFL
A very quick look at some of the stuff I've been doing with video in my class
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