Lundi : Les Animaux Savages!

Our first full day in France today and it has been great. Lovely breakfast of cereal, delicious fruit compotes and fruits. Then off to college Edouard Heriot to pick up the year 9 & 10s from their exchange partners. On his first night George Paxford cooled off with a lovely swim at his host family's house, George Claverly sampled 15 varieties of French cheese - just a couple of the highlights. Then, off to "Planete Sauvage" a safari park near Nantes where we all enjoyed an amazing 4x4 jeep experience with French commentary, whilst seeing animals like tigers, elephants and giraffes (Mr L's ancestors!) up close and personal. Weather amazing again today so plenty of suncream applied by all. After a lovely lunch in the shade, we toured the rest of the safari park by foot and saw monkeys, flamingoes, parrots, reptiles and an incredible new dolphin display. After returning year 9 & 10's to host families, we returned with the year 8's to the youth hostel where we ate a lovely dinner of cordon bleu followed by chocolate gâteau. After filling out the booklets, Mr Walker competed a games evening for pupils which they loved and the final went right down to a tie break question. I have been really impressed by the amount of French words Sheldon pupils have translated or asked me about or even used when ordering food and their general positivity about what they have been doing. Mrs Hart, Miss Pavlou and Mr Walker are also amazing teachers to have on the team and I feel very lucky to have them all and thank them for their hard work and effort. Terry the coach drivers efforts are also awesome and he is master of the turning circle!! Ok I must go to bed now so will blog more later; hopefully it is keeping you all well informed about the trip. The data I have in front of me is that it's had over 600 views so far. A demain!! Monsieur L.