New exchange with the Collège Paul Fort Is-sur-Tille
and the Lycée Stephen Liegeard in Brochon, near Dijon
We visit France in October and receive the French at the beginning of the Easter holiday. Both stays last 10 days including school to school travel by coach. The exchange is on the normal family to family basis. From 2005 there will be an exciting change with 20 pupils from J5 to Year 4 visiting the Collège Paul Fort in Is-sur Tille, a small town 15kms North of Dijon. With over 700 pupils and occupying new buildings, this is a much bigger school than the former exchange school in Selongey and the town is nearer Dijon, with many inhabitants commuting daily. The larger size means that we will be able to at least double the number of pupils from next year's J5 to year 4 able to participate on the exchange. In addition, 20 pupils from Year 5 to the U6 visit the Lycée Stéphen Liégeard in Brochon, a village in the Burgundy vineyards about 10kms south of Dijon.
As some girls transfer from the collège to the lycée at the age of 15, it may be possible to have the same correspondent from J5 to the U6. Pupils spend time in school with their correspondents and take part in excursions many of which are planned to link in with the sixth form 'A' level coursework topic based on a study of Burgundy. The exchange almost always greatly improves a pupils skill in the language and is leading to an increasing number of family links with visits taking place at other times of the year.
GERMAN EXCHANGE
The school has a link with a school in Munster which it shares with Huntington school.