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14 The Link Magazine • June 2006
Au revoir et bon voyage

Mademoiselle Emy Gauvrit, a "I've been surprised at how con- French with some new pen pals. Ghannam, aged 10, said, "you're
French language assistant funded fident the children are; they've re- Teachers from France paid a visit writing to a different type of per-
by the British Council, has been ally tried hard and they're happy recently, as part of the school's son; it's fun to see what they do."
making French fun for pupils at to speak out in class. They learn involvement in the Comenius cul- Teaching modern languages in
Tregoze and Peatmoor Primary really quickly." tural exchange project which be- primary schools is a new Govern-
Schools and also Wroughton Jun- Emy has enjoyed everything gan in 2003, and delivered the first ment initiative. By 2010 every child
ior School. about her stay in Swindon apart letters from their pupils. Tala should have had three years tuition.
She has enjoyed her eight from the weather, which does not
months of teaching in Swindon so compete with the climate of her
much that she has decided to train native Bordeaux. Healthy hearts at Freshbrook
as a primary teacher on her return "I'm going to miss the kids from Every class at Freshbrook Primary School took part in a sponsored
to France in June. all three schools. I hope they won't skip for the British Heart Foundation in early May to raise £500.
Emy explained that she used forget French and that they'll like
different techniques to get the chil- learning foreign languages now. Teacher Alison Stone had the the sponsorship deal the school
dren talking French. "We sing I'm very grateful to all the staff task of skipping throughout the 12 retained a quarter of the money
songs and play games; I love using who have helped me." hour event, or asked somebody to raised to be spent on sports and
the computerised smart board Years 5 and 6 at Tregoze School skip for her. She said, "dozens of activity equipment to encourage
which we don't have in France. will be continuing to practice their children gave up their lunch break healthy hearts.
to skip and
there were lots
who stayed af-
ter school."
Ms Stone
was later
joined by par-
ents and teach-
ers who kept
skipping until
9pm.
As part of
Big hearted effort
for the BHF
from Alison
Stone and
Freshhrook
Schoolchildren

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