On Monday (9/4/18), I was informed by Madame Delaroche that her class (CE2) and CE1, are going on a school trip next week (my last week of placement). She told me this because she wanted to squeeze in one more English topic before I leave, seeing as I won’t be there once they come back from their trip. I then went into CM2, where Mr Apruncule told me that his class were going on a trip to the theatre next week and I was welcome to join them. He also mentioned that the CE1 and CE2 classes were going to be away the whole of that week. He said that for his school trip with CM2 he goes kayaking, not far away from Orléans. The reason behind them not going very far is because the school do not want to put pressure on parents to spend a lot of money for their children to go far away on school trips. He said that even though the school is not situated in a deprived area, there are still some children in the school whose families cannot afford to pay for extravagant school trips, and it would be unfair for them not to be able to go.

Every Friday after school, there is a bake-sale, where the children can bring in money to buy a few things to take home. I had never questioned why they were raising money every week, or what it was for. Mr Apruncule explained that the reason for the weekly bake-sale was to raise money to allow every child in the school to be able to go on the trips that the school runs. So, if there is a child whose family cannot provide the money to go on a school trip, the school will use the bake-sale money to allow that child to go on the trip. I thought that this was a good and simple idea.