Cultural exchange with local young people – Could you help?
Event date : 28th May 2024. Preparation sessions: Morning 30th April and 14th May - Sigoulès
Lycee Le Cluzeau in Sigoulès has asked whether ACFAA members could support a project they’re running?
The school is looking for English-speakers (native or as a second language) to work with young people in the second year of their course - Baccalauréat Professionnel SAPAT (Service à la personne et au territoire). They are trained in caring for children, elders and disabled people but also in planning events and activities.
On World Culture Day, students will be presenting different cultures of the world, through an aspect of that culture such as food, traditional clothing or cultural traditions. To help them develop their ideas and create a presentation that’s as authentic as possible, Le Cluzeau would like to invite some ACFAA members to share their culture with students. ACFAA’s membership is so diverse – we would like to invite all of our international members to get involved if they can.
So could you contribute a few hours of your time to help the students with their task? It sounds like a fun way to share something of your homeland and help local young people practice their English. It involves a couple of hours in the morning of 30th April and 14th May, and then a couple of hours on 28th May.
If you’re interested in taking part, please
Kind regards
Liz Watkins-Young
Battle of the photo clubs
Battle of the photo clubs
For the last three years, two photography clubs have been running a competition between themselves. Abingdon, a club based in the heart of Oxfordshire, compete with Eymet photography club in the Dordogne, to claim bragging rights over each other.
This year an even more international flavour was introduced, with the judge overseeing the competition joining whilst on holiday in Mid-Wales. Each club submitted twenty images each, and it was the challenging task of Perry Johnson, an English semi-professional photographer who now lives in Majorca, to score each image out of twenty. Perry had to consider the techincal and artistic aspects of every image, looking at elements of composition, exposure, focus and artistic intent in order to arrive at a mark.
One of the few benefits of the pandemic has been the increase in the ease with which on-line tools can be used to join people together, and last night was no exception, with over thirty people joining together virtually to watch the competition unfold. Abingdon, in an effort to bamboozle the Eymet appointed judge craftily slipped in titles such as “les arbres en hiver” and “les plumes” amongst their entries. The Eymet club, part of the Association Culturelle Anglo Francaise d'Aquitaine, gathered most of their members together in the wonderful exhibition hall in the main square in Eymet, and enjoyed a glass or two of Bordeaux as the scores unfolded.
This year, the competition was won for the first time by Abingdon, who also secured third and second place in the individual scores. The overall individual winner was Andy Jeffries, a member of the Eymet club, with his wonderful image entitled “A glimpse of an elf”. Both clubs are looking forward to resuming the battle next year, with Eymet looking to win back their crown as keenly as Abingdon are to retain it. All of the images can be seen below and on the Eymet photography club website https://www.eymetphotoclub.fr/
An article about the competition was published in the Bugle newspaper.
ACFAA in the news
Our Bulletin Editor, Wendy O'Meara, was interviewed recently by the Connexion Newspaper about the association in its' 30th year. You can read the article here
Gardening Group January 2022 update
Good afternoon everyone and a Happy New Year.
I am sure you are all enjoying these wonderful sunny afternoons, just as I am.
The Covid virus is still causing us a problem and with the number of positive cases still so high it seems that meeting up in a closed space where there are a number of people in fairly close contact would not be wise.
The current restrictions at the Centre de Loisirs, Eymet require us to wear a mask at all times, produce an up to date pass sanitaire for inspection and no food or drinks are permitted.
As a consequence of the above, the meeting scheduled for 28th January will now take place on Friday, 11th February at 14.00h. Linda Fenty has offered to host a Rose Pruning Meeting at her house. The address is 25 Siganens, Serres-et-Montguyard, 24500, Dordogne, GPS 44.674686, 0.445028.
Please bring your valid pass sanitaire, your cup and a chair. Dress warmly with waterproof boots.
Please feel free to bring a cake or some biscuits.
Remember our Annual Plant Swap (chez Hazel Vincent) is scheduled for 13th May. Now is a good time to start planning what seeds to grow or if you have plants to divide and share. After that we have Spring/Summer Growing Challenge and Flower Arranging Workshop on 27th May at the Centre de Loisirs. We finish the season with our Summer Picnic at Chez Rina & Michiel Hart in Agnac on Friday 24th June.
If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me.
Regards
Claire