
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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…


