What a great trip !

2014 starts on a good note. We had a really good trip to Tonbridge. Here are a overview of what happened :

Sunday, 15th December

We arrived at 9 :00 AM and at first we stopped at a supermarket to take our breakfast.

After we left the L and ES class at the supermarket parking to leave them with their family.

Then we went to London and we visited the Science museum. Later we had a free time and we went to Harrods. It’s a big chic shopping center witch basically it’s very expensive.

At least we had a little bus tour in London and we meet our family and went to their  house. We ate what they done for us and get to bed because we were very tired because of the bus travel.

Oceane, Nadia

Monday, 16th December

MORNING:

We went to the library and Tunbridge wells Museum and Art Gallery, we saw paintings of the Camden’s family and many objects of Tunbridge wells history.

We drew a portrait like we saw in the exposition.
After that, we went to shopping and to eat to the Royal Victoria Place.

AFTERNOON:

We visited the Coca Cola Sidcup. Caroline, the manager, presented us the Sidcup who was built in 1961 and after strict rules to follow, she given us equipments : hair protection , jacket of security and head phones . Then, we discovered the industry where the coke and other products are made. We saw how the coca is wrapped and when the cans or the bottle have a problem, on the spot the machines stoped working and an employe comes and fixes the problem.

We asked to Caroline some questions about Sidcup:
we learnt that Sidcup produce Coca Cola in different size and different materials. Moreover, they produce other brands like Powerade and Schweppes. 

Oceane, Nadia

Tuesday 17^th December

When we came to London, we visited  the BBC studios with the 1ES/L but we were split in two groups. We had a little presentation of BBC, then we saw some different studios, like the drama studio, where we did the “drama” activity (some of us tried to make souds while some of us did a little scene only by talking), or the reporter studio, where two of each groups made a little funny presentation of the news and one did the weather.

After the visit, we had about four hours of free time in London, so we walked threw the Oxford street, and other very expensive streets, we shopped all the day; we visited a lot of shops, like primarkt, a very cheap and giant shop where we buyed clothes, and other little shops where we buyed anything and nothing…

We had a lot of fun,  and the BBC studios were very interesting.

Simply a great day!

At the evening, we came back in our houses where we ate with the families, some of us did acitivities or games, like poker...

And then we went to sleep

Laurene, Laura, Samir, Luc, et Jeremy

Wednesday,18th December 

Today we went to the Sussex University and peter presented it us  in a few minutes what the innovation center was about,after the presentation we’ve been separated in two groups.One, with a   women from Versoix who explained us what the companies do and how they did it and the second group was with a men “Max” who did the same thing.

After this we went to the greyhound and hove stadium where we saw two dog races, a few of us bet on the races, at the first race we bet on Ballymac Debbie ( she was number 2) , and Line two (he was number 5 ) , and we lost the money, but then, at the second one, we bet on Droopys Abraham (he was number 2 ) and we one a few pounds.

After the races, we had a hour of free time in Brighton, where we shopped the whole time

Tigiste Teklemariam, Luc Mast and Anais Sautreuil

Thursday, 19^th December

We took  the bus to go to Aylesford Newsprint , a factory of recycling paper . It was dificult to find the factory but finaly we were find it and we were able to visit it . It was very big and it was hot but inside we have to put safety vests and hearphones because inside the factory it was noisy . Then we were to Canterbury and we did some shopping  and at 4pm we went back to the bus and took the euro tunnel  to  go back home. We finally arrived at school at 9am

Delphine ,Thomas and Camille

In the bus

Finnaly going to England. After a short picnic break we will try to get some sleep to enjoy our 1st visit in London

One more week to go !

One more week and we will be in the bus. Our program is very exciting this year. Coca Cola Ayelsford newsprint, BBC studios, a day in Brighton. Lots of company visits.
We are also lucky to spend a day at TGS and to try and find the difference between french school and british school.
The detailled program is on line in the lycee international website. Have a look.

A new P&G presentation

Last class of 2013 for the euro STMG. We were really lucky to receive Agnes from Procter&Gamble. After a general group presentation, Agnes explained production within Pampers and how to developp new products. A really good presentation.
Let's wait for September for some new adventures.

Last day

Another rainy day. Whilst those with penfriends are spending their last day at school, we are meeting a Waitrose manager who kindly answer our questions. We then get to Royal Tunbridge Wells for a tour of the town. 1.00pm we are back together for a last visit in Canterbury before going back to France.

Wednesday

This  morning we are heading of to Mitcham. We are meeting Stephen from the bioregional charity. Their aim is to promote sustainable in new developments. In Mitcham they 've created an eco village called Bedzed. We had the chance to visit a show house and do lots of experiences to see if we were eco citizen.
Lunch time : we are going for a walk near Tower Bridge, just in time for our last visit, a campus tour of Queen Mary University. We realised that student 's life in the UK is different from France.
18.30, after a long journey back in traffic jam, it is time to spend our last evening in England.

A day in London

We spent our 3rd day in London. We started by a walking tour where we saw most of London's main attractions (even the Queen being driven to Downing street...). We had the rest of  the day to enjoy christmas shopping. A quick tour by bus to see London by night and we are back in Tonbridge.