During May we have enjoyed a bank holiday every
week … add in the ‘pont jours’ and really the French don’t work a great
deal during May !! I am sure the May bank holidays are there to ease
them gently in to les grandes vacances of July and August.
But we were all back at work and at school today. Last week, Iona had exams every morning and afternoon, the ‘evaluation nationale’, which I think is similar to the 11+ but it doesn’t determine which school she goes to. My understanding is, that these exams are just to give a global view of the education standards.
Today, brown envelopes were brought home from school. Have Iona and Joe done enough to pass this academic year and to pass into the ‘classe supérieure’ ?
Each year about 10% of children have to redo their academic year, so bringing home THE brown envelope is pretty nerve wracking …
Iona first… whooppi, she goes to college next year. Joe, yippee… he too passes into the next class.
We are happy in Reminiac this evening….
But we were all back at work and at school today. Last week, Iona had exams every morning and afternoon, the ‘evaluation nationale’, which I think is similar to the 11+ but it doesn’t determine which school she goes to. My understanding is, that these exams are just to give a global view of the education standards.
Today, brown envelopes were brought home from school. Have Iona and Joe done enough to pass this academic year and to pass into the ‘classe supérieure’ ?
Each year about 10% of children have to redo their academic year, so bringing home THE brown envelope is pretty nerve wracking …
Iona first… whooppi, she goes to college next year. Joe, yippee… he too passes into the next class.
We are happy in Reminiac this evening….
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