Friday 20th
April (20 days before leaving) we went back to the Sainte Marie school to say
them Good Bye and See you soon!
Program
included: Gifts, games, a lot of smiles, some questions and at last but not
least a lot of enthusiasm.
In fact the
pupils of Madame Anne and the CE1 of Monsieur Antoine made Pomme Pidou an
exciting surprise: she get a cute scarf for winter time and a fan for hot
weather. We received a book mark to better use our guides. Pomme Pidou loves
her new scarf.
Children
had also a lots of questions to ask about our trip: How do you travel? Do you
have enough money? Where do you sleep? Which animals will you see?....
They also had
a lots of questions for their classmates of the world: Which games do you play?
How do you go to school? Do you have television? Do you eat chicken and fries?
What do you wear?...
Then the
school bell rang! It was time for recreation! First we played “traditional
games” such as “Wolf”. (One child is a wolf, he has to catch another child who
become the new wolf, etc, etc…) Game ends when kids are tired…or when the bell
rings (….Kids are inexhaustible)
When the
youngest children went back to the classroom, we organised others recreational
activities with them:
- - The
“Parachute”: This colourful sheet that we show them last time was a success.
Kids love it.
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- - The
“ball-wolf”: One of the children is designated as wolf and he has a ball. If he
hits another player with the ball without the ball hurting the ground, the
player becomes the wolf and has to hit another one…
- - The
“snake-cat”: One child is designated as the head of the snake. He has to hit
another player who becomes the snake's body and stay behind the first player (they
can join hands ) . Together, they have to hit other players, who continues to
complete the snake's body. They keep playing until only one player remains.
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- Clock:
Half of students (minus one) forms a circle and has a ball, the other half
takes place outside the circle. The facilitator indicates a time (for example 3
hours), children of the circle must get the ball as quickly as possible to do 3
laps, the other players have to turns around the circle and do 3 turns each.
Fastest (either children of the circle or the others) win the race. The first
arrived at 3 points won.
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Microbes: 3 microbes and 2 doctors are chosen. Microbes do not know the
doctors, they must infect other players. If they touch a doctor, he is not a
doctor anymore but he is not yet contaminated and can escape. If microbes touch
a player " non- doctor " he is sick (It means he is frozen and stays
in place). He needs a doctor to be healed (defreeze in taping into his hand.)
If doctors are discovered and lose their immunity, microbes win.
It's really
interesting to watch the children play: There are bad players who often
grumble, there are timid ones participating calmly, some tactics, inventing
strategies to win, other authoritarian who want to decide everything, and there
is the never happy who wants to play football when we do something else and
want to do something else when we play football ... But all these characters
together form a beautiful cacophony and a bowl of good humor.
Children
also made us nice drawings... you can discover them here.
This half
day really boosted us for the trip, we can’t wait to meet other pupils and
bring them answers to their questions.
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