Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS Blog

Lyon, 0830

This morning we will pack our case and get ready to come home to Scotland. It has been an amazing week and we had lots of fun. We are sad to be leaving Lyon and all our new friends (many are saying goodbye to Jacques as well as Mrs Hull) but we are happy that we have had such good time, and excited to share our new games and ideas with everyone back at Pumpherston and Uphall Station Community Primary.

Scotland, here we come!

Today is our last day of classes <<sniff!>> so we concentrated very hard. We were doing the weather in French. Aujourd’hui il fait beau, il y a du soleil, il y a beaucoup de vent! I hope P3 and P4 can will like the weather activities we’re bringing back with us. We learned about the map of France, and looked at some great apps we can use for French lessons when we start school again. Then there was a little French acting class, with the class using lots of different feelings.

This afternoon we went shopping and had a quick crêpe for afternoon snack. Miam miam!

This evening the meal will be in Old Lyon, then we need to pack for our flights back to Scotland tomorrow.

Good news! We got all the answers correct in our homework yesterday!!

Today we were in class all day, like at school. Our class were doing running dictation, just like Mrs Campbell’s class, but in French. The marking was very strict, and counted mistakes, not points! French children do a lot of dictation every week in class, but they don’t usually get to hop out their seats to read the sentences, the teacher reads them out.  There was a lot of work with verbs today too.

We also did maths, counting, adding and subtracting in French, and a few games which were really good fun.

Il fait beau, il y a beaucoup de soleil, et il fait chaud!

This evening Mrs Hull went to le cinema! It was a film directed by a famous French comedian. The animation was fantastic. Here is the poster for the film. Can you predict the story?

Today we began with classes at the University, with our tutor Julien. Then we were set on a mission; we had 20 questions to find the answers to in Lyon. We started in the best place, the café for lunch! Then we found the Tourist Information Office, took our map and explored the city. We climbed up to the Basilica (remember the big church?) using the funicular railway. What amazing views from inside and out! Then we wandered through the old narrow streets and asked a few shopkeepers for help.

One subject we had to find out about is the famous puppet from Lyon, Guignol, and Jacques took the chance to see how puppets are made here in France. Guignol is the puppet painted on the building we saw on Sunday.

We also had to find out how many times Olympique Lyonnaise have been champions of French football. Primary 7 were not here to ask so we headed for the Olympique Lyonnaise shop and asked a friendly assistant. The answer was 7!! I wonder if we could borrow their goalie for our next match at Pumpherston?

We hope you like our photos of today, now we’ll put our feet up before dinner…

We were up early for breakfast (croissants)then off to our first classes, learning about the different sounds of the French alphabet, and making some new games.  Then we had lunch ( une sandwich de jambon et fromage Primary 7!) in the main square, Place Bellecour. Primary 3 and 4, il fait du soleil et il y a du vent! Il fait froid! We had an open-top bus tour of Lyon so had to wrap up!  Lots of interesting things to see; old churches, statues, impressive new buildings, and some amazing painted buildings which look very real.To warm up we stopped at a little cafe for some chocolat chaud. This evening we are going to a restaurant for dinner. Will frogs’ legs be on the menu? Well, they definitely won’t be on my plate!

Jacques, et Mrs Hull.