College Trip to Le Touquet in France
Thursday morning dawned and 38 excited Year 8 students and 4 members of staff met at school to climb the coach that was to take us to the French seaside resort of Le Touquet. We arrived at Folkestone and caught the Eurostar to France for our journey to Le Touquet. Having arrived early at our hotel, we went down to the beach where everyone let off steam after being cooped up in the coach.
Next morning we travelled to Neufchâtel to visit a traditional French bakery, where, after a demonstration in French, the students were able to try their hands at making croissants. We then drove to Citi Europe to enjoy some retail therapy, though it was disappointing that prices seemed so high due to the unfavourable exchange rate. The students were able to use their French to buy post-cards and later on they wrote these in French describing the day’s activities to their families.
On Saturday we visited a snail farm and the bravest amongst us even tasted them! This was followed by a very enjoyable visit to a theme park where there was a large selection of roller-coasters, water rides and dodgems. The evening was rounded off by a trip to the bowling alley, which was enjoyed by all.
Sunday started off with a visit to a local market where the students were again able to use their linguistic skills to buy local produce and complete a quiz. In the afternoon we had a very interesting visit to La Coupole which was an underground bunker designed to house and launch V2 missiles. It was also a museum of the two World Wars.
After this interesting but rather gruelling activity, some lighter entertainment came that evening in the form of a visit to the local disco. Indeed this was the highlight of the trip for several of the students!
On the last day we visited the fascinating Sea Life museum at Boulogne before calling in at Citi Europe for some last minute shopping prior to our journey home. We arrived back at Bacon’s College exhausted but happy after a very fulfilling trip
