April 2008

Sixth Form Intensive Language Training!

During the Easter holidays three Sixth Formers from Shebbear College opted to spend four days working on their French language in Binic, Brittany. The long ferry crossings from Plymouth/Roscoff included three hours’study and the intensive training did not stop there! With Head of Modern Languages, Mrs Barnes in charge, the students were given various language tasks to perform, for example in the local market and in the hotel, and on the final day they recorded an interview with the Mayor of the town, Monsieur Urvoy. The Hotel provided entertainment each evening, one session being a French comedian who performed stand-up for an hour and a half – much concentration required!!

The students gained much from their four days’ training and we wish them well in their forthcoming AS/A2 examinations.

Pictured are Jonathan Betambeau ( Buckland Filleigh) Mrs Barnes, Grace Bond ( Bradworthy) and Mitch Barltrop (Okehampton)