On Tuesday the 5th of April, 36 year 7 & 8 girls got up
really early to arrive at school for 6:40. We were all excited because it was
the day of the French trip! We prepared for a three hour long coach journey,
saying our goodbyes and promising to see our families again in four days’ time.
The bus left and the adventure began. More than half the coach spent more than
half the journey on their phones or ipods. When we finally arrived at the
ferry, we were ready to stretch our legs and proceeded to leave England bound
for Calais.
Upon our arrival in France, we went to a ‘boulangerie’, or as it is
more commonly known in English, a bakery. As we split into two groups, the
second group looked a bit nervous, for a man with a big, heavy stick led them
to learn about criossant-making. Meanwhile, the first group was taken to see
how to make bread by hand. As a thank you for coming, each girl received a pain
au chocolat or a croissant to take back to the hotel.
There we learnt who we
would be sharing a room with. Some were pleased, others not so much! Soon we went down for dinner, as we had a
dining room exclusively for RMS girls. Dinner that night was chicken curry and
chips, followed by a game of lotto (or bingo!). Then we went to our rooms,
where we changed into our pyjamas, brushed our teeth, had our phones collected
by the teachers and went to bed.
On Wednesday morning we ate traditional French
croissants for breakfast and packed our lunches. We then went to the coach and
set off for Montreuil-Sur-Mer where we split into two different groups, Mrs.
Roberts and Mrs Baron or Miss Lavelle and Mr.Hogg. I was in Miss Lavelle’s
group so we toured the town and filled in our booklet. After we had gone round
the town we swapped and did our language workshop. I found the language
workshop fun, we created role plays in French.
We then settled down and ate our
lunch. In our lunch there was a French sweet, it was like toffee but rock hard
and it stuck to your teeth!
Once everyone had eaten their lunch we played
Chinese Whispers, Miss Lavelle would say a short sentence in French and we’d
see what it translated to by the end it reached the line. It was really funny
to see what people said at the end. Afterwards we got on our coach and drove to
the goat farm! The goats were really cute and one even jumped up on the bars of
the pen. We then got to hold the goats and bunnies! After we watched the
process of cheese being made, we were shown a week old, a month old and 6
months old matured cheese. Afterwards we travelled back to the Hippotel where
we went to our dorms and had fun with our friends.
Later we went to have dinner and afterwards
made crepes. My crepes were pretty much burnt. After we had all made crepes we
had a quiz on French TV and foreign languages, then all went to bed after a
busy day.
On Thursday every girl awoke with a smile. We were going to the chocolate factory! And
we were scheduled for a trip around Boulogne, which included shopping. After a
breakfast of cereal, we made our lunch and our beds and climbed aboard the bus.
“Alright girls!” Madame Roberts began. “There has been a slight change of plan.
The chocolate factory is closed.” There was some discontented murmuring among
the students until Madame Roberts laughed and admitted she was joking. When we
arrived at the chocolate factory we were met by the owner and taken to a room
where there were literally waterfalls of melted chocolate. It smelled delicious and the small sample we
were given tasted even better.
After hearing about the chocolate making process
and buying a little chocolate, we proceeded to the aquarium. We split into 4
groups and began to explore. We saw turtles, sharks, seals and even a crocodile
or two. We ate our lunch and got back on the bus. Finally, after dinner, Madame
Roberts told us why she had bought coloured toilet roll. We had to make a
futuristic outfit and a historical outfit for two people in our dorm. It was
weird seeing half the trip covered in toilet paper!
On Friday we all packed our bags in
the morning. We then went down to breakfast where we ate croissants and packed
our lunches for the last time. Then we got on our coach and headed off to
Calais. There we filled in a sheet about the town. After eating lunch we were
given spare time to have fun with friends. My friends and I looked around the
town and bought the last of our gifts for families. Kitty and I shared a giant
candy floss and we all tried a Diablo menthe. It was disgusting!
After we had gone round the town we
reluctantly got on the coach and headed to the ferry. We then sailed back to
England where we got back on our coach and headed back to school. we really enjoyed our trip to France and would like to thank Mrs Roberts for organising it, and all the staff who came with us.
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