Its been three weeks! In the 10 days since the last post, probably the most important thing that has happened is that last Thursday Amber (the other language assistant for primary schools here) and I went to visit the schools we'll be working in with our contact Veronique. We only went for a brief visit but it was good to see where we would be working for the next few months, and as well as finding out about our schools we found out a bit more about Aurillac - apparently it snows November to February!. This week we've been for longer visits, starting with the school closest to me on Monday. Apart from not being able to find the directrice (headteacher) for half an hour it was a good visit and we got introduced to all the classes. The youngest ones were especially enthusiastic when we met them so it feels like it's going to be a good year here, although we don't know when we'll be teaching there yet. On Tuesday afternoon we went to the second school but that visit was not a structured as the directrice was with a class that afternoon. We did get our time organised and got to sit in on a class to see how the teacher taught. At the end of that lesson three of the girls ran up to us and chanted in unison 'Vous etes belles' - so cute! This afternoon we're going to the final primary school for a visit and after that we have over two weeks until we actually start teaching as French schools have two weeks of holidays!
Over the next two weeks the plan is to try and visit a few towns and cities in the southern part of France, Clermont-Ferrand, Bordeaux and maybe Toulouse or Lyon too if we can, although I should probably also start getting on with my research project which is effectively my dissertation for my degree (eek). As well as keeping up with this blog I've got a journal I'm writing which need a lot of catching up on but I should find time with two weeks until things get busy... More updates to come soon :)
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