Wednesday, 13 July 2011

Xavier's Bastille Day Update

Bonjour everyone. It's Bastille Day today. The number 1 workshop had a blast! It felt like we were in France. We ate cheese, croissants, eclairs, keish, bread sticks, dried fruit, french fries, chocolate and a cake decorated with the French flag. We even drunk some sparkling juice. It was delicious. Thank you to our wonderful parents who helped out with the beatuiful picnic spread!

Our Bastille Day Picnic

Batille Day!

Today Fordell School celebrated Bastille Day which is called La FĂȘte Nationale and le quatorze juillet (the fourteenth of July). It celebrates the storming of the Bastille prison which symbolised the end of the French Monarchy. On the 14th July 1789, there were only 7 inmates but the following year, this day was chosen to symbolise freedom in France and became a national holiday. As a conclusion to our school wide French inquiry on France, we have celebrated Bastille day with balloons, streamers, French music and food. We all dressed up as someone or something French and have had a wonderful day sharing our findings about France.