Issue
10
PAR AVION
News from Sauveterre
INTRODUCTION
One of the girls summed up a term at Sauveterre quite well whilst we were hiking in the Pyrenees
last weekend; "...even though it's only been ten weeks it feels like we have had a whole year at
Sauveterre as we have done so much stuff!". A wonderful accolade for us as a school, and thinking
back to Heathrow Airport in April a lot has certainly
happened since the first time the girls all met and
intrepidly jumped on a plane to the South of France.
This second half of term in particular has flown by, and
the amount of French spoken by the girls has been
remarkable. It will take a while for it all to sink in but
once the dust has settled at the Château this group of
girls leave behind a wonderful legacy. The challenge
now for all of them is to keep up their French over the
next few years as well as (and possibly more
importantly) maintain the close friendships they have
all made during their time in France. Bonnes vacances à tous! (Richard et Amanda Bower)
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COTHILL SPORTS DAY
We are delighted that so many of you will be
able to join us at Cothill Sports Day on July
9th and we are looking forward to seeing lots
of you there.
Girls who are competing in the events should
arrive dressed in sports kit and make their
way to the Sauveterre tent – the one with the
French flag flying above it! – where they will
receive a programme for the day and a
competitors t-shirt in the colour of their
group.
Events begin at 11 a.m. and finish around
3:30 p.m. We have packed some French
sunshine in the suitcases to bring back with us
so we’re hoping for a lovely day!
PEINTURE
MURALE
The art scholars
have been focusing
on a very special
project with Mlle
Rodrigues this term
after I set them the
challenge of creating
a mural for the wall
of
our
largest
classroom.
The
girls
each
submitted a design
on paper which
followed the brief of incoporating lots of French clichés into the picture. The shortlisted designs
included a boulangerie and a café proving once again that the first thing about France that always
comes to mind is inevitably food related! After serious debate and much reflection we chose
Sienna de Gale’s illustration of a Parisian street scene as our favourite and the pupils have been
working tirelessly over the last few weeks to bring the design to life. The finished result is hugely
impressive and a wonderful reflection of all the hard work they have put in. We look forward to
enjoying it for many years to come.
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SAUVETERRE SE
TRANSFORME
Imagine the Headmaster’s
office, school dining room and
all the classrooms at Sauveterre
disappearing overnight! How
would we be able to keep the
children entertained and more
importantly,
still
learning
French? Well perhaps by
replacing the office and
classrooms with a boucherie, a
boulangerie, a pharmacie, a
musée and a salle de concert.
An entire village was created at the Château at the end of term and the pupils spent the whole day
completing role plays in French split into groups of shopkeepers and customers. When they had
finished their shopping the girls could relax with a game of pétanque in the village square, visit the
esthéticienne for a manicure or wander down the Rue des artistes to have a look around the
museum where artwork from the term was displayed and guides were available to point out the
most interesting pieces.
At midday everyone gathered at the Bistro du Château and a wonderful four-course lunch was
served. Even the gappies has been transformed : they had managed to grow very impressive
moustaches and had morphed into stereotypical French waiters complete with stripy tops and
berets!
The village concert took place later that afternoon and was totally sold-out! The ticket office had
done a roaring trade all day so all the ‘villagers’ either performed or were in the audience.
The children thoroughly embraced the spirit of the day and threw themsleves into all the activities.
It was inspiring to hear them speaking French in so many different contexts and having so much
fun doing so. Bravo les filles!
LES ANNÉES 50
Les Sauveterriennes ont fait beaucoup de travail sur les
années 50 ce trimestre en apprenant des chansons d’Edith
Piaf et en créant un album qui parle des inventions de cette
époque. Elles ont également participé à des excursions
autour de ce thème, notamment à la maison de retraite afin
de recueillir des souvenirs d’enfance suivi d’une visite chez
M. Coutens pour voir sa collection de véhicules anciens.
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ALLEZ LES BLEUS !
France is currently hosting the UEFA European Championship so flags,
chants and general football mania have taken over the whole country. The
Sauveterrians have been joining in too by building model football stadiums
and writing poetry to support Les Bleus! Special congratulations go to
Lucinda Schueler, Amelia Fuller, Antonia Norris, Zara Chick and Connie
Rees-Mogg who all did extremely well correctly predicting match scores.
Go, go, go, c’est pour l’Euro,
Go, go, go, c’est pour les plus beaux!
C’est la France.
Elle ne fait pas de cadeaux,
En plus elle est immense,
C’est comme ça l’Euro!
MERCI LES GAPPIES
A massive thank you to Ally, Bianca, Emma, Imo and Kat for looking after us this term! Here are
some of their highlights!
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