SUMMER 2010 Newsletter - Drighlington Primary School

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AN EXPLOSIVE END TO THE 6 FORM
PARIS TRIP!
During the Easter Holidays into Paris. We did the compulsory watched a film and did some
Year 12 and 13 French visit of the Eiffel Tower, and then emergency shopping whilst Ms
students went on a 'home went for a lovely ride down the Lacy and Mr Dooley tried their
stay' to Paris accompanied by Ms Seine on the Bateaux Mouches. hardest to find somewhere for us
Lacy and Mr Dooley. The week The next day we went back into to stay! Fortunately everyone
started off well with everyone Paris to see the Montparnasse was able to spend one more
getting along with their French Tower, passing by the l'Hotel des night at their partner's house and
partners and enjoying the sunny Invalides on our way to visit the the next day we were booked into
weather in Paris. On the Monday very lovely Musee Rodin. We the l'Hotel Premiere Classe. Ms
we went along with our French also saw the Champs Elysees, Lacy and Mr Dooley together
partners to their school to learn Place de la Concorde and Arche with the help of Mr Jex and Mr
what French school was like, and de Triomphe. W e e k s b a c k i n L e e d s ,
the answer to that was hard!
endeavoured to book us onto the
Their school day starts at the We had had a lovely trip and Euro Star.
same time as ours but doesn't were due to depart for England
end until half past five! The next t h e n e x t d a y w h e n t h e Eventually, at a very unearthly
day we left our partners at school Eyjafjallajokull Volcano in hour the following morning we
and went into Paris for a mixture Iceland decided to erupt and were booked onto one of the
of sightseeing, retail therapy and scatter hot ash all over Europe, extra euro star trains that were
French culture.
making it impossible for us to laid on especially to help those
return on Friday as planned. stranded abroad. After all this
We visited the Sacre Coeur,
drama and confusion we arrived
Place du Tertre and the gorgeous Ms Lacy and Mr Dooley set about home only two days late thanks
Boulevard Saint Michel which is forming an action plan whilst we to the amazing efforts of Ms Lacy,
the student capital of Paris and left our suitcases at our partners' Mr Dooley, Mr Jex and Mr
teeming with both life and houses and went to La Defense, Weeks.
bargains! On Wednesday our a huge shopping centre with a
French partners came with us cinema and miles of shops. We Report by Ruth Steele 12RKR
OPPORTUNITY AND ACHIEVEMENT FOR ALL