Simple Home Living: Biarritz

More students from the Biarritz, France School

Third Class at Immaculate Conception School in Biarritz, France

This class is Madame Helen's older group of students who are learning English. Again, Michael and I along with Chris and Megan (staff with Summer in the USA and class presenters in the Basque Country) . . . using music to communicate.

Madame Helen, their beautiful teacher in the back - standing.

College' Immaculee' Conception - Class Two

Michael and I presented the US Geography/Summer in the USA presentation in the second and third clasess at College' Immaculee' Conception in Biarritz, France. Check out these fantastic French students working hard to study English. We used music to teach some English. Thanks to Madame Helen for locating a little guitar that Michael used to play: A Little Help from My Friends (Beatles) and Oh, Happy Day (I think by Walter Hawkins). Both classes were a lot of fun to do and the kids did chime in with the music. Music is such a great instrument to use in teaching/communicating with kids.

I learned from Madame Helen that many of these students are French Basque. Not like US high school students who change classrooms and are with different students all day long, these students stay in the same class - with the same classmates for two years. It's the teachers that move from class room to class room.

Students here are not offered as many class options and after school sports are NOT held at the school but at a community center location. They begin school around the same time that US students do, eat lunch about the same time that US students do and probably do as much or as little homework as the US students do.

A Little Help from My Friends (Beatles) and Oh, Happy Day

Here, the students were attempting to answer the question: Why is it GREAT to learn English?

A little walk through Biarritz, France

Finding the best candy/chocholate in a city can be tricky...so, in case you're every along the France/Spanish border, I'm saving you the time of wondering. This Candy Shop is THE Candy Shop of all Candy Shops. Henriet in Biarritz, France is every chocolate loving woman's dream. Nine out of ten women love chocolate and the fantastic smell of this place must have been like Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. Amazing! Megan and I couldn't resist.