Students have fun in Paris

On Friday 5th June, 44 Year 9 and 10 students and five members of staff caught the early ferry to France for the French department trip to Paris. 

We arrived in Paris in time for lunch, before walking along the Seine to the Musée d’Orsay, home to the largest collection of Impressionist art in the world. After this, we took the scenic tour back to the coach, taking in The Louvre, the Jardins de Tuileries and Place de la Concorde, where there was a huge pop up screen showing the Roland Garros tennis matches! We ate dinner in a restaurant in Montparnasse and then finished our evening on a boat trip down the Seine as the sun set, passing all of the well known sights of the capital and ending with seeing the Eiffel Tour light up at dusk. 

We awoke early on Saturday morning for a buffet breakfast before heading to a local supermarket. Students enjoyed choosing their own lunch and headed back to the hotel with their arms full of baguettes and delicious French food to last them until lunchtime! We caught the shuttle bus to spend the whole day at Disney - excitement levels were high! We enjoyed a fun packed day and stayed to watch the fireworks together late in the evening. 

On Sunday, we drove to Nausicaá (French National Sealife Centre, the biggest in Europe!) in Boulogne before heading home. 

It was a fantastic weekend and my thanks go to the staff who came on the trip and the students for making the weekend so much fun!

Kate Christie, Head of French / Head of Languages