Bonjour! We are in the middle of our third période of school before our winter break which is in February. I arrived at the beginning of January and was so excited to get started! I am teaching this year at Tourgéville, St. Arnoult and then working the peri-scolaire, tutoring and teaching at Deauville. Peri-scolaire is the outside of school classroom time. In Deauville, there are animateurs that work the before school, lunch time, clubs after school and the after clubs time while they wait for their parents/legal guardians to pick them up. The Americans participate in this by hosting English Club during the after school club times (APE). The kids can sign up for whichever club they want to join each period.
This period we decided to take advantage of the
election going on in the United States and bring it to English Club for them to
have the cultural experience. The kids got into groups, decided who they wanted
to nominate and created a campaign. They had to think of a slogan, a party, the
party symbol, a campaign song and what their objectives would be. Afterwards we
presented each candidate as though they were on the campaign trail and at the
end of the period there will be an elected president of English Club!
Additionally, since we work for the Ville de
Deauville, we also get the opportunity to work with the community. We have just
started tutoring adults that work for the city. What a cool opportunity for the
city to provide - learning another language! It’s been such a delightful
experience to get to meet more people in the community and learn more about
where we live through them.
- Katherine
