Hi,
its Jack here.
I
am going to tell you a little about our first day at our new Swiss school.
Jessie and I are doing French class every morning from 8.30 till 11.50 with
Madame Grandjean at the school in Leysin. After the summer holidays we will start
in a proper class.
Our
first day was Thursday 21st June and me and Jessie were a little bit
scared. We didn’t know where to go, what our teacher would be like or if there
were any other children in our class. Mum asked one of the other teachers and
she pointed to the big 3 storied building where the senior kids have their
classes. Lucky for Jess she gets to come into the senior block and play on the
big kids side of the yellow line.
Madame
Grandjean speaks good English and is really nice. There were 7 other kids in
our class who come from Turkey, Romania and somewhere like Portugal. The other
kids started a few weeks before us and don’t speak English or French.
We
played a few games of Uno using the French names for the colours and numbers
which was easy. Then we had to answer some questions that were in French about
ourselves. If we finished up early we could make up some creative ones.
We had 20 min for play time and me and Jessie walked around the play ground together. There isn’t really much to play on or much space and no grass area like St Albans School, the best in the world. But don’t have to wear a uniform here and from next term when we start school for real we get to go home for 2 hours over lunch (and a play).
After
morning tea we played some more games trying to use French words and names. We
had lots of fun and learnt some new words.
I
think we will both like going to school here in Leysin.
From Jack
Wow, sounds exciting going to a new school. I'm sure you will like your new school and teacher - it won't be long and you'll be speaking fluent French. Uno in French sounds like fun..I wonder how I would do?
ReplyDeleteHi jack and jess,
ReplyDeleteI love reading what you are up to.School sounds very different it will be intersting to read what its like when the other children join you. Its very cold here in christchurch and we I love that you are warm and exploring while summer is there. I havent used the castle leggo yet but its nicely packed away waiting for children to arrive and build! Any trashies in Switzerland? Love to you and jess( and fee and tim) from Rose &Dave
bonjour jack. j'aime ton blog. il est tres tres interessant a lire ce que vous faites. je pense il fait tres chaud en suisse en ce moment? on va partir pour aller a la suisse demain et on va arrive mardi. on a super envie d'y aller! peutetre on peux se voir quelque jour?
ReplyDeletephew, this was very hard to write in french as i have forgotten most of it! please forgive the many mistakes... anyway, triny and the rest of her family love to read what you and your family have been up to. best of luck - bonne chance! monika and triny
We have had lots of fun at school and now it is the holidays. 7 weeks of summer holidays, with a little french, school work and lots of adventures.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your messages.
From Jack.