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Becket School tour, June 2025

The Becket School’s tour focussed on a partnership with College Jean Castel in Argences. Thank you to Emily John, MFL Teacher from Becket School for compiling this review: “We travelled to Normandy with French Friendships at the end of June 2025. We took 67 students and 7 staff. Of particular interest to us was building […]

Sir William Romney’s School, June 2025

Following on from their 2024 tour, we followed a similar structure for their 2025 tour. Two days of activities around here, with aerial trekking at Beauregard Aventure, the D-Day experience at Arromanches 360, a visit of the Basilica Saint Therese de Lisieux, and an afternoon at Cerza, Normandy’s safari-style zoo. The central day of the […]

West Sussex Music, July 2025

A wonderful week of music with the West Sussex Music youth orchestra and wind band!  Staying at the Orangerie Bourg Saint Leonard, their first performance was at the ‘Soirée Illuminée’ organised by Chateau Canon, performing open-air on the lawns as the public had their picnics.  After an afternoon of fun on the bobsleighs at Clecy […]

Kepier Academy, July 2025

Kepier Academy’s tour was part of our Normandy Discovery Tour programme, and they had three full days of visits, including Bayeux, the Basilica Saint Therese de Lisieux, Chateau Guillaume Le Conquerant, Village Fromager, Eole Aventure water park, Arromanches 360 and the British Normandy Memorial. A full and varied programme enjoyed by all. Thank you ever […]

Christopher Whitehead Language College, June 2025

A partnership was created with the Lycée Augustin Fresnel in Bernay for this tour. The visiting group spent a full day with the French students, with the morning in the school and the afternoon visiting the pretty town of Bernay. This led on to an evening in Honfleur with a Creperie restaurant dinner. The following […]

Gunnersbury Catholic School, June 2025

A continuation of the school partnership established in 2024 between Gunnersbury Catholic School and College Marcel Gambier, Lisieux. Gunnersbury’s 2025 tour followed a similar structure to the previous year, with accommodation this time at Maison Saint Georges. The first day of the tour was spent with the French students in Lisieux, both at the college […]

Oldfield Brow Primary School, May 2025

After enjoying their first tour in May 2024, the friendship between Oldfield Brow Primary School and Ecole Caubriere Honfleur continued in May 2025. During their stay, the visiting group spent a full day with their French friends both at the school and around Honfleur. After a welcome session with croissants and juice, the children spent […]

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, 18th-21st May 2025

This tour saw a great partnership develop between Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Ecole Bon Pasteur in Lisieux. The children from years 5 and 6 spent two full mornings at the French school, where they enjoyed a combination of music, sports, and classroom games. With afternoon visits to the Chateau Guillaume Le Conquerant, Village […]

Orchard Mead tour, 21st to 25th April 2025

A remarkably in-depth experience for the students and teachers from Orchard Mead Academy, with three days spent in partnership with the students from Collège Fernand Lechanteur in central Caen. Each day was structured with a full morning at the school, where the students divided off into various smaller groups to spend time experiencing the regular […]

Winchcombe School tour, 1st-4th April 2025

Within a week of establishing contact between the College Du Bois D’Orceau and Winchcombe School, plans were immediately put into place for a tour so that the students could meet one another for real, it all happened in a flash! After sending penpal letters in both directions, their tour started with the lovely market morning […]

Reddiford Prep School tour, 29th March to 2nd April 2025

The lovely primary school group from Reddiford Prep School enjoyed a fun weekend with us, based along similar lines to their tour with us in 2024. Sunday was a day of History, with a guided tour of the Basilica Saint Therese de Lisieux (all those steps up to the dome right at the top!). This […]

Ipswich High School music tour, 28th to 31st March 2025

A close link with the town of Honfleur for the Ipswich High School choir tour. They stayed at the Hotel Ibis Centre Historique, right in the heart of the old town, and their tour centred on their involvement in the local arts festival Paroles Paroles, run by local author/artist/creative Vanessa Simon-Catelin. Their first concert was […]