mardi 6 octobre 2009

2009-2010 Briançon: Collège Vauban 3ème


The citadel of Briançon in October 2009. Somewhere nearby a group of students from Troisième (Year 10) are meeting for one of their English conversation classes. As usual, everyone enjoys a picnic during which the conversation is in English, except when mischievous students think the teachers are not listening!!http://picasaweb.google.fr/alliance.anglaise05/20092010BrianconCollegeVauban3eme?authkey=Gv1sRgCO-t7v6gxN3IjwE#

jeudi 24 septembre 2009

2009-2010 Briançon: Collège Vauban 4ème


In the photo, six 13-14 year-old demoiselles from 4ème (Year 9) enjoy a picnic in the garden of the Hotel Edelweiss while chatting in English with Pippa, their Australian teacher. A seventh student was ill, others will join shortly, so the workshop is confirmed.
They may be young but all six are lively characters; it seems certain that everyone is going to have lots of fun in the forthcoming year.

vendredi 14 août 2009

Année Académique 2009-2010


Alliance Anglaise 05 propose les Ateliers suivants:
Briançon:
Adults: Forum **
Adults: Intermédiaire **
Adults: Saisonniers **
Elèves du Lycée d'Altitude: Seconde
Elèves du Collège Vauban: Troisième
Elèves du Collège Vauban: Quatrième
Elèves du Collège Les Garçins: Troisième
Elèves du Collège Les Garçins: Quatrième
Guillestre:
Adults: Forum **
Elèves du Collège Les Hautes Vallées: Troisième
Elèves du Collège Les Hautes Vallées: Quatrième
Embrun:
Elèves du Lycée Honoré Romane: BTS Tourisme
Elèves du Lycée Honoré Romane: Première
Elèves du Lycée Honoré Romane: Seconde
** Avec l'UTL du Grand Briançonnais.
Des échanges sur Internet et des visites éventuelles en Angleterre sont prévus pour tous les ateliers sauf ceux pour les élèves de Quatrième.

Student Visit Briançon: August 2009

Lucy was the first Troisième (Year 10) student from Chichester to visit Briançon. Both she and Manon having younger sisters, Emily was invited and enjoyed the company of Magali.
In the photo they and Claire, who visited Chichester in February 2009 with Manon and is dressed in yellow, were enjoying a not-very-serious guided tour of Briançon's medieval citadel with Anthony, who took the photo. http://picasaweb.google.fr/alliance.anglaise05/AA05August2009LucyEmily?authkey=Gv1sRgCN6wp5Gx7c-YwwE#

jeudi 13 août 2009

Embrun


Embrun, at 900m, has a milder climate than Briançon and Guillestre; winter snow melts faster and summer temperatures regulalry exceed 30c. A thriving market town and religious centre, Embrun life changed in 1960 when the Serre Ponçon damn was completed. Suddenly, the town overlooked France's largest inland lake which, thanks to summer sun and strong winds, rapidly became an obligatory destination for sailors and windsurfers.
Embrun is surrounded by ski-resorts and two national parks, Le Queyras and Les Ecrins, which offer all the pleasures of mountaineering, including lakeside picnics, via ferratas, mountain-biking and climbing glacier-clad peaks.
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mercredi 5 août 2009

Guillestre




Guillestre is situated between Briançon to the north and Embrun to the south, at the entrance to the Queyras national park. It is linked to two major ski resorts, Vars and Risoul, and the military fortifications in nearby Mont Dauphin are part of a UNESCO World Heritage site.
In summer, the valleys surrounding Guillestre are very popular with white-water enthusiasts.
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lundi 3 août 2009

Briançon


Situated at nearly 1300m, Briançon is nearly as high as the summit of Ben Nevis! A Mediterranean climate, although allowing snow to settle for 5 months each winter, ensures that summer months are hot and sunny. Italy is less than 10 miles away and Turin is the nearest large city.
Briançon forms part of the Serre Chevalier ski complex; a ski-lift is situated in the town centre and anorak-clad skiers and snowboarders are common sights from December until April.