On Monday as I was working away on the le monde anglophone with my CM2s, in, what I thought to be a rather and engaging way considering the topic, I was struck on the back of the head with a sponge! Yes. One of my petits-eleves had taken it upon themselves to simply launch something at me. Surely this isn't allowed? I was actually dumbfounded. I briefly interrogated the class until I realised it was doomed to be a futile exercise due to some form of class solidarity. When the teacher returned she was furious and insisted on a confession or a class detention, a sudden lack of class solidarity followed, but an apology did not. The accused did however get a face full of snow at break time and enjoyed the rest of his day with a red swollen eye.
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The pick-on-Kayleigh trend has continued throughout the week leaving me certain that both I and the children are very much ready for Christmas!!
And it is most certainly on its way! The Jura is smothered in a thick blanket of white powder leaving our fingers cold and our cars in the garage.
At the end of last week my housemates braved the artic conditions to head down to the river to enjoy un promenade dans la neige! It was quite simply, stunning...
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| Champagnole et la neige |
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| Damn it, really fancied a swim |
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| Snowy Wandering |
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| Lac du Chalin |
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| Last time we visited here it was boiling hot, we ate a picnic, paddled in the water AND got sunburnt! |
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| my five minute bonhomme de la neige |
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| Routes |
Before I wrap up I want to quickly share some fantastic translation blunders with you...
' five siz seven hate' - my kids simply cannot get to grips with the difference between 'hate' and 'eight'
'So, do your children get on well together?
Yes, but they tend to team up, be in pairs, and then they bugger a lot.
Bicker?
A yes. Bicker'
'And then, one makes a little master, and the little master does his study and then he grows up and gets a job' - a lovely friend of ours trying to discuss why its important to do a MA after your degree in France.
and finally...
'Yes, as you can see, my roof is very special' - a perfect example of the ever evasive difference between 'special' and 'interesting' siiigh.
Right, I must go and brave the weather, we are expecting up to 30cm in parts of the Jura today, should probably go and buy some form of nourishment.
Keeping my fingers crossed that my trains to Strasbourg won't be effected this weekend!!
A bientôt
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Hey I've noticed you are following me, so I think I will follow you as well! Fantastic pics - especially of the snow. And I love the translation blunders. One of my Terminal students told me last week, during an activity where I asked two of them to roleplay a Parisian describing his life to an English person, "Some French girls are beautiful, like a dream. But they don't wear short skirts in the winter like English girls". Of course, it sounded more like "Zum Freynch girlz arrrre beautifulll, like a drim, but zey..." etc.
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haha, priceless!
ReplyDeletethanks for following :) x