65 km de marche en 5 jours, des visites, des challenges et des surprises, Londres n'a presque plus de secrets pour nos élèves de la section euro Histoire-Géographie!

Sur le thème 'London Global City', nos élèves ont découvert les différents aspects qui font de Londres une ville mondiale:

- Un pouvoir économique (visite de la City - skyscraper trail, Canary Wharf, vue imprenable sur Londres du haut de Sky Garden)

- Un pouvoir politique: nos élèves ont assisté à une session du Parlement de Westminster, avec notamment Jeremy Corbyn et le premier ministre des affaires étrangères.

Petit bonus: la voiture du 1er ministre Rishi Sunak s'est arrêtée devant notre groupe pour une séance poignée de mains et selfies - good timing!

Buckingham Palace: parade de la garde royale lors d'une cérémonie de remise de prix.

Droit de mémoire: Visite de l'Imperial War Museum

- La Londres culturelle: visite au choix des musées de Kensington (Natural History Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum ou Science Museum).

Visite guidée de la célèbre salle de spectale Royal Albert Hall                                                                    Visite du campus de l'Imperial College par Aaron, étudiant en ingénierie.

- Les questions de rénovation urbaine (Nine Elms, Battlesea Power Station et Stratford Olympic village) et de gentrification

- La Londres multiculturelle: le quartier de Bricklane, célèbre pour son street art toujours en changement et son Food Market pour déguster des spécialités des 4 coins du monde.

- Sans oublier bien sûr la Londres touristique autour de Piccadilly Circus, Soho, Etc...

5 jours pour découvrir en réel les notions de mondialisation vue en classe euro.

BONUS: Nos élèves ont eu droit à un traditionnel 'tea time' anglais, de quoi reprendre des forces entre deux visites. Nous remercions sincèrement la FCPE pour son aide financière dans ce voyage qui nous a permis d'offrir ce temps de pause typique bien apprécié des élèves!

Merci aux élèves pour leur bonne humeur constante et leur enthousiasme, aux parents pour leur soutien et leurs encouragements et à notre administration pour son soutien et sa disponibilité pour nous aider à monter ce beau projet.

Mais au final, ce sont toujours les élèves qui en parlent le mieux:

- My favorite memory is obviously tea time. We got to be real Londoners. But the best part was chatting with our favorite teachers and gossiping. The tea and cupcakes were delicious, which gave us strength for the rest of the afternoon.
(Ciara)

- My best memory of London was probably going to Buckingham Palace. We were able to see a parade and the rotation of guards. It was quite impressive to see soldiers on horseback. What's more, there was an event going on, so we got to see a lot of important people all dressed up ! (Charlotte)

- My best memory is when my friends and I sang the marseillaise with a man in the street and we recorded this moment to remember it later, it was so funny this trip allowed us to discover the culture of the country and I think it also allowed us to take responsibility (Manoli)

- The best moment I had during the trip was the football game we had with the londoners ( I represented France well ;) ) but otherwise all the discussions and beautiful moments we had all together. (Matteo)

- I wrote a little anecdote about the journey, I hope it works as a little memory of the trip for the article.
Anecdote : we arrive in the tearoom, I’m sitting down and Hugo says : « Careful, you’re moving the painting behind you ! » so I quickly step back.
We look at the price of the painting and move to another table ( 15 000 £ 😅 ).
Moral : never sit close to the wall in a tearoom in England where you risk paying more for your tea than you think. (Maël)

- My favorite memory from the trip is probably the Sky Gardens on top of the Walkie Talkie. It was on the first day and basically was the first view we got over London. This place was very beautiful and the 360° view was amazing. This is one souvenir among many other great ones. (Jocelan)

- The trip to London was amazing, we got to see many different parts of the city. However my best memory was getting to see the Houses of Parliament that we can see sometimes on the TV, but this time we could actually attend a sitting! We watched the different members of Parliament talking about a specific subject while being in a beautiful building, It was a very enriching experience. (Alice)

- Well for me I don’t think I’ve only one best memory of the trip because all memories I have in my mind are incredibly amazing ! This trip in London was such an incredible experience ! The simple fact of walking in the streets of London made me feel so good and when we were talking to Londoners they were really kind with us so the atmosphere of London was amazing! If I had to choose one thing which was the memories I think it was when the teachers surprised us to climb to the top of the walkie talkie. This surprise was crazy ! The view was breathtaking but this trip was filled with anecdotes ! (Candice)