1. There are plums, the specialities of Lorraine. Blénod is part of a region called « Lorraine ». Our school is in Blénod. It's a small town in the North-East of France, between Nancy and Metz.

2. There are about 4500 inhabitants in Blénod-Lès-Pont-à-Mousson. There are 2 nursery schools, two primary schools and our secondary school.

3. This is our school: The main building The P.E. area The playground The gym

4. There are about 600 pupils and 50 teachers. It is a new school rebuilt in 2007. It is mostly made out of wood and concrete. Our lockers are under the covered playground.

5. The halls The auditorium

6. Our cafeteria

7. This is our school library! These are our computer rooms!

8. A few classrooms!

9. The headmistresses of our school The secretary’s office Mrs Corti Mrs Chabidon

10. The chief supervisor Supervisors’ team Mrs Pizzi

11. Our teachers ! This is our teachers. They are funny and happy ! This is our Mathematic teacher! This is our history and geography teacher ! This is our French teacher! This is our Biology teacher! This is our English teacher !

12. Our Class

13. School rules ● We don't have to carry our books around, because there are lockers. ● There is a school canteen, we don’t have to bring our lunch. ● We don't have to wear any uniforms.

14. We mustn't spit, swear, talk back to teachers. We mustn't eat or drink in class, but we can have a snack during the break time. We must be on time. We have to do our homework. We mustn't wear caps inside the school. School rules

15. Subjects in France ●M●Mathematics ●F●French ●E●English ●M●Music ●S●Sciences ●P●PE ●A●Art ●T●Technology ●H●Humanities ●B●Biology

17. Vincent Van Gogh's activities In our school there are different clubs:  Tarot’s club  a writing club  A German game library

18.  Sports can be practised (other than PE) during lunchtime or on Wednesday afternoon since we don’t have school. There are football, handball and badminton teams and a fitness and dance club. Vincent Van Gogh's activities  Each year, a Christmas market is organised inside our school. The money helps financing school trips.  Once a year, pupils can go skiing for one day during the winter and in springtime they spend one day practising outdoors activities such as tree climbing ou canoeing.

19. Our school is twinned with a German school from Triberg. A student exchange with Germany Vincent Van Gogh's activities

20. O nce every three years, a trip to Spain is organised

21. Once a year, there is a trip to the United Kingdom

22. There are regular short trips to Germany Berlin 23 March 2010 Nuremberg 23/24 September 2010 Aix-La- Chapelle 25 March 2011

23. We We hope you’ve enjoyed our powerpoint about our school. We can’t wait to discover how your school is. We hope to hear from you soon! Bye!