The End of the Adventure

This week has been a non-stop party. On Thursday it was Sacha's  end-of -the-year class  party.

  
He brought home his Christmas handcraft: a lovely Nativity crib.

It is in place of honour in our entrance hall, and much admired.




Everyone in the class had done a drawing for Sacha, and these were all bound together with a class photograph in a souvenir album.

A photo of the artist appears in the corner of each drawing

Sacha in charcoal jumper next to little girl in pink

On Friday morning, the whole school went to a Christmas service at a nearby church. Sacha came home for lunch as Louis was invited out for lunch two days running : on Thursday with Valentin, and on the last day with Andrew.


At last the moment arrived. The last hometime of the last day of term.The boys were  fêted, kissed, hugged, and wept over.

We went to the station to collect Denis, Emilia and William who have come for Christmas.  Nick arrived in the late evening. Then this morning at dawn, they were off for a week of winter sports.

Monsieur Gautier, the headmaster, told Caroline that he had been very doubtful in the summer, when we told him of the plans to send the children over to France for a term. However, it wasn't long before he was watching them joining in with the others in the playground, and saying their first words of French. That is when he began saying: "How very lucky those children are, to have such an advantage in their lives!"

It was a wonderful adventure, not only for the children but also for us, the French grandparents. The four months simply flew by. We will have so many lovely memories of our time together.

As for their progress in French, you could get an idea by clicking on this link. Denis made a little video.  (You have to make sure that the volume is turned up when Sacha speaks as there was a small technical hitch at that point. ) 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVlFcoBC4Ig

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