24 Students visit La vie de Château, France.
The week before half-term was not business as usual for a group of GCSE and A Level French students - it was spent in the luxury of a French chateau, where they immersed themselves in the language and French culture.

We travelled in style, enjoying the comfort of our cabins aboard the Armorique, and were picked up on the French side by the château de la Baudonnière own double-decker bus which took us across Brittany and onto our destination: an elegant chateau set in a 100-acre estate, with lakes, rivers and native woodland.

The fun started: all the activities were run in French by a friendly bunch of animateurs and students got to try their hands at climbing, archery, bread-making, learning at the same time a lot of new language. Meals reserved a few surprises and whilst pomegranate juice proved quite a hit, there were rather mixed feelings about the snails. Older students were invited to a cheese and wine evening, and sampled pancakes at a local creperie.