DIiscover an English-speaking country

Australia is a very big country. This country, which is located in the south hemisphere, is also a continent. In Australia there are 22 000 000 inhabitants, it stretches over 7 686 850 km2. Oceans that line this country are : The Pacific Ocean and  the Indian ocean. The country has 6 different states. The capital is Canberra. Australia has different landscapes:

-         desert

-         sea and beaches

-         Forest.

This country is known for tourism and its landscapes.

History:

Australia was populated 50 000 years ago by Aborigines. Traders and explorers came in the XVII century. In 1788 a British colony began the foundation of a camp at Sidney. Colonies became independent in 1850. Australia helped the United kingdom when they were at war (World Wars) by sending Australian soldiers.

Symbol of Australia:

Flag of Australia:

Written by Elise

Movie review

NARNIA 3 3D

    Narnia is a fantasy movie inspired by a series of books of 7 volumes.
It combines animals which speak, of numerous Christian themes, the magic, ideas of Greek mythology - about Turkish - Roman and Irish, or  British traditional tales .
Books were translated in 47 languages and has more than millions 100 copies.

RAIPONCE 

It is the story of a princess unlike the others who lives in a distant kingdom. Flynn Rider is the  most wanted outlaw in the country, he has taken refuge in the Raiponce's tower without knowing of her existence. Raiponce takes him as a hostage, ; she herselfwas kidnapped being small by a witch.
She has never seen the outside world and makes an agreement with Flynn.
This cartoon is funny.
It was released on 24 December.




Written by Synderella

Discover a European country

PORTUGAL

This country is south of  France.

It is very beautiful.  Its capital is Lisbon.
There are a lot of activities.
Porto is the second city of Portugal. There is a magnificent river, the Douro. In Porto, there are a lot of boats and bridges.
You can go swimming and walk.










 In Portugal, there is a lot of sun.
You can go fishing and walking in the valley.
In Portugal there is no typical dish.

                                                                                 
In Portugal, the currency is the same as in France,that’s to say the Euro.
 Portugal is a country famous for  football and for its popular music: the fado.

Here are our questions to answer:

What's the capital of Portugal?
- Quote activities in Portugal.
-What's the name of the river in Porto ?
- trap question  : What's the typical dish in PORTUGAL ? 

Written by Rémi and Matthieu

SPORT Base ball

Base-ball was invented in 1938. 45 000 000 in the world people play this sport. It's a team sport. It is mostly practiced in theUSA and the United Kingdom.


The aim is to strike a ball with a bat and the adversary must catch the ball with a glove.

A base-ball game is played by two teams who alternate between offense and defense. There are nine players on each side. The goal is to score more points than the opponent, which is achieved by one circuit of four bases that are placed on the diamond.

The diamond is the ground on which we play baseball.

 

Written by Léa 

Can you answer the 2 questions?:

1)How many people in the world practice baseball ?

2) When was base ball invented ?

SCHOOL Events: Trip to Morzine

    On Sunday, 12nd of December 55 pupils and 6 sport teachers ( they are nice ) went to Morzine in Haute-Savoie. We skied  days from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. We often fell down often but we laughed. It snowed a lot of and we ate in the mountain. The landscape is beautiful because it’s white. We were extremely tired and we were cold. There were many different levels and groups. We had  free time to play or to go shopping. Teachers and some pupils bought cheese and sausage in the village of Morzine and me I bought little presents for my family. We had a party on thurday evening. This party finished at 11 :15 pm but many pupils slept sooner because they were sick. We came back to La Ferté Bernard on Saturday at 7:00 am. We watched films in the bus and we slept.

Written by Marie and Mathilde 
Photos courtesy of Mr Gaufreteau! 

                                              A Diary  of the trip 


On Sunday12 December, we left for Morzine by bus at 6:45 am . There were 55 pupils and 6 teachers. In the evening, we arrived at the chalet at 5:30 pm .
On Monday morning, we got up at 7:30 am. At 9:15, we were on ski runs and were separated according to our level. We skied till 4, then we returned to the chalet.
On Tusday, we skied, but we came home earlier, because it snowed.
On Wednesday morning we did school work, on tests, then we went to the city to go shopping. And in the afternoon, we skied again.
On Thursday, we skied and in the evening we had a party .
On Friday morning there were 50 centimeters of snow. We didn't ski in the afternoon, we stayed in the chalet. We took the coach back to La Ferté at 8:30pm.
On Saturday morning, we arrived at the collège at 7:15 am. 

Written by Laetitia

Now, can you answer these questions ? Answer in the comment box .
If you can't , read us again !

1) Where did  the stay take place ?

2) How many teachers and pupils were there ?
3) Where are Laetitia, Mathilde and Marie on the photo ? 
4) Can you recognize anybody else ?

 

MUSIC AND SONG

How Soon is Now ?

«How Soon is Now ?» is a song created by the English band «The Smiths»  in 1984. It was written by Morrissey and composed by Johnny Marr.  It's played with an electric guitar, a synthesizer and a drum kit. Other groups sang this song. The most famous : «Love Spit Love» and «t.A.T.u.». This song was classified 195th favorite song of the Americans. It speaks about a really very shy person.

to listen to the song on youtube, click here



Cover of «Love Spit Love» (1994) :

The most famous version because it serves as opening for the series "Charmed" (1998-2006) and  main theme for the movie "The Craft", movie which was released on May 3rd, 1996.


click on this link to listen




«t.A.T.u» is a Russian group formed in 1999, which is  very popular in the Eastern Europe, but little known anywhere else. The 2 singers (Elena Sergueïevna Katina and Yulia Olegovna Volkova) represented Russia to the Eurovision 2003, and made third of the classification. They declared wanted to make a cover of " How Soon is Now ? " because they liked this song.

clink on this link to listen

Here are the lyrics of the song:

I am the son
and the heir
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
Of nothing in particular

You shut your mouth
How can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am Human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does

I am the son
And the heir
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
Of nothing in particular

You shut your mouth
How can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am Human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does

There's a club, if you'd like to go
You could meet someone/somebody who really loves you
So you go, and you stand on your own
And you leave on your own
And you go home
And you cry
And you want to die

When you say it's gonna happen now,
When exactly do you mean?
See I've already waited too long
And all my hope is gone



Questions :

-Who wrote this song ?
-When was «The Craft»  released  ?



Written by Emilien

FESTIVALS AND HOLIDAYS

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving in America is a special day. The American celebrate Thanksgiving because they thank the native Americans for having enough to eat. The English people had arrived in America in 1620. The name of their boat is the Mayflower. The name of  these English settlers was the Pilgrims. Thanksgiving is a big meal with, for example:

Turkey
 Cranberry sauce
 Corn
 Vegetables and fruits
 Pumkin pie

They eat with their family

Quiz:
1. What was the name of their boat ?
2. What is the name of the English settlers ?

Written by Chloé 

YUMMY RECIPE

        Chocolate cupcakes 

                                                                    **Ingredients :
    
* For 10 cupcakes you will need:
 -100 grams of chocolate
 -90 grams of butter
 -3 eggs
 -50 grams of flour
 -70 grams of sugar

* For the whipped cream:
 -120 grams chocolate
 -20 cL of single cream

                                                                     **Instructions

Heat the oven to 150°.
Chop the chocolate, add the butter. Put this mix in the micro-wave for 1 minute and whip. Whip yolks with sugar; add the butter/chocolate mix and, stir,  add the flour. Whip the eggs whites with a whisk. Add the whites smoothly to the mix. Pour the mix in cups and cook for 25 minutes.

Whipped cream:
Chop chocolate; melt it in the micro-wave for 1 minute. Whip the single cream with a whisk; add chocolate (not too warm).
And whip again.
Put the chocolate whipped cream nicely on the top of the cupcakes.
Keep the cupcakes in the fridge.

            
Lexique:  _ to melt: mélanger      _ to whip: batter      _ to pour: verser    _ to stir: remuer
                 _  a whisk: fouet             _ single cream: crème fraîche               
                 _ whipped cream: chantilly



QUESTIONS:
1) What are the ingredients for whipped cream?
2) What time is necessary to cool the cupcakes?


Written by Arielle 

+ a link to more cupcakes ideas :  http://www.cupcake-creations.com/chocolate-cupcake-recipe.html

Games and quizzes

Match images and words  !

       a)                        1) colt  
                                              

              b)                      2) swing








                c)                    3) whale 
    

d)                   4) cuddly  toy

  
  
                                     

      e)                  5) slippers  










      f)            6) lightning and       thunder











Written by Juliette