Namaste !

We wish you a happy New Year 2011 ! Here, 2068 will start in april.

We prepared for you a little quiz about Nepal ! Here it is...

QUESTION n°1 by Roji

Do we have a state religion in Nepal ?

QUESTION n°2 by Susma

What is the Nepalese name of the mount Everest ?

QUESTION n°3 by Prabha 

Are Shiva and Ganesh the only hinduist gods ?

QUESTION n°4 by Hari Krishna

Have you ever seen an alive Goddess ?

QUESTION n°5 by Rupesh 

How many of the biggest mountains of the world are in Nepal ?

QUESTION n°6 by Abishek 

Has Nepal ever been part of India ?

QUESTION n°7 by Suresh 

What is Tibet ?

The Hawk !

Namaste !

We wanted to share with you a game we like playing, it’s called The Hawk.

Here are the rules :

Someone has to be the hawk and all others are little birds.

The little birds have to run from a point to another escaping from the hawk, which has to catch as much little birds as it can. When little birds are caught by the hawk, they become hawks and have to catch the other little birds.

The last little bird wins the game.  (Hari Krishna)

Do you play sports alot at school ? We don’t have sports class, but we love playing. (Jaya)

local newspapers

OUEST-FRANCE

LES INFOS DE PLOERMEL

BMX

Hello my friends from Nepal. I would like to present my favorite sport : It’s BMX.

This sport is practised on a bike…

This is a bmx

To be the winner we must do tricks in the air. There are bmx competions (breizh world tour or fuse). There are a lot around in France.

This is a boy who practises a trick…

Our School In Malestroit, France

COLLEGE YVES COPPENS

Our middle school counts approximately 250 pupils and there are 10 classrooms.

There are all sorts of subjects: French, English, History, Biology, Mathematics…

Our middle school also has Technology room, a computer room and a large gymnasium.
During lunch break, while some are eating, we can go and do optional activities like : reading working at the CDI, various sports, singing in a choir, drama lessons or playing chess.

Here is an example of menu we can have for lunch:

Lettuce, tomato and dices of cheese,

Or tomatoes with vinegar sauce,

Or grapefruit.

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Minced beef,

Pasta in tomato sauce.

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Yoghurt.

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Banana

Or apple / peach compote

Our middle school :

Our school was named after « YVES COPPENS » to pay a tribute to the famous French archeologist who discovered « Lucy » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_(Australopithecus)

We go to school every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (in the morrning only), Thursday and Friday.

We study : French, mathematics, English, history and geography, sports, art, sciences, physics or chemistery, music, Spanish or German, Latin,.. etc

On a typical school day : We get up at 6:30 or 7:00 am and we take the bus at 7:30 am. We arrive at school at 8:05, and our lessons begin.

 

For example on Tuesdays, we have:

• Spanish or German
• Mathematics
• Sciences
• French
• Physics
• History
• English

We leave school at 4:35 pm by bus.

See the other post entitled : Daily Routine on a typical Thursday

Daily Routine on a typical Thursday

On Thursday mornings, we usually get up at 6.30 AM, and we have breakfast. We get dressed and we make up (we are girls!). We get our bags ready, and we go and take the bus at 7.25 AM. It is a 20-30 minute ride. We arrive at school at 7.55 AM.

 

First, we have a 2 hour sport period. Then, we have a 15min break. After the break, we have 1 French lesson, And 1 Mathematics lesson. Then, we have a 1 hour lunch break for eating. We have lunch in the school restaurant. Here is a typical menu :

 

• A starter

• A main course

• A dessert

 

We can choose between 2 or 3 possibilities…

 

What about you in Nepal ? Do you have lunch at school ? Do you have a school canteen ? Do you have snacks or sandwiches ? What is your typical menu ?

 

 

And between our lessons, we have 5 minutes to change classrooms. In our college, we have about 25 rooms.

 

In the afternoon, we have 1 English lesson, 1 History lesson, and we finish with Physics, so we have three periods the afternoon. Do you have physics lessons. Between History and Physics, we have a break of 15min.

 

We have seven periods a day, except on Wednesdays : we only have four periods in the morning.

 

After the lessons, we go and take the bus. We arrive at home at 05:25 PM. We have a snack, we do our homework, and then, we can go and watch the television.

Then, we go and take a shower and we dry our hair.

 

We eat with our families. And we go to bed at 11:00 PM.

 

This is a typical school day. We don’t go to school at the weekend – on Saturdays and Sundays, we are free.

 

How many periods have you got a day ?

 

By Mélissa and Andréa

This is where we live in Nepal!

Hello friends !

Here you can see where is located Chapali. It’s very close to Kathmandu. I live in Bhangal, which is part of Chapali. I love my village, it has a forest, tap and many temples. (Susma Sinjali Magar)

Here is a view of the main road of our village from our school.

Here is one of our temples

I live in Bhangal, a village located in the village of Chapali. We have a lot of animals in my village, dogs, cats, rabbits, cows, buffalos, goats, etc…We also have many facilities such as drinking water, tap and electricity. Most of my friends live in Bhangal.

(Sachina Shrestha)

I live in a village called Cramcha. There are three temples, their names are Bhadrakali, Ganeshand and Sarswati. There is a river called DhakiKhala. There are many casts like Newari, Magar, etc…I love my village.

(Sagun Koc)

Harry Krishna Adhikari

I live in a village called Bhangal, which is a part of Chapali, the village where my school is. There is a temple and many people in my village of different casts and religions. Some people are hinduists, some people are Christians, some people are muslims. There are many facilities, we have roads, drinking water, school, health center. Peace is all around in my village and I like it.

(Harri Krishna)

My village’s name is Bhangal, it’s beautiful. It has one temple and many people of many casts. There are Tamang, Thapa, Raï, Magar, etc…My village has a forest, a school? many houses and facilities like tap, drinking, cooking, bathing, electricity.

(Sajani Tamang)

HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OFOUR VILLAGE AND AROUND !

…AND HERE IS OUR CLASSROOM AND OUR SCHOOL !

Sport

Here is a classmate dressed as a judoka. His name is Sylvain. Judo is a fight, a martial art. The object is to throw, hold to the ground, or otherwise force an opponent to submit, using the minimum of physical effort. Its technique basically uses the force and weight of the opponent against it.

Here is Sylvain in a kayak. This is a sport we practise on canals or rivers… and when we have a race, we try to finish first.

Hi, my name is Maxime!

A question from Nepal : Do you have brothers and sisters ?
My answer : I have one brother, his name is Vincent , he is 12 years old. 

Something that surprised me : I was surprised by your calendar.

My question : How is life in Nepal ? (Food, Activities…)

Soon I am going to present you the life at my middle school, more particulary the sport activities…

bye, bye!

 

Let us introduce ourselves: William and Sylvain

Hello, our names are Sylvain and William. We’re 14 years old and we’re in last year in our Middle School. We were born on the third of april and the thirtieth of march 1996. Sylvain was born in Malestroit and William was born in Weymouth or Dorchester in England. Sylvain’s parents are Lydia and Jean-Pierre, and William’s parents are Jane and Jon. Sylvain lives in a house, there are 4 people in his family and we have got two cats, Lifou and Nanggu. William lives in a house, there are 4 people, I have a dog Max. Sylvain’s rather small and William is very tall. Every morning except Saturday and Sunday, we go to Yves Coppens school to eight o’clock A.M. We have got seven subjects a day and we finish at half four P.M. We Play music, Sylvain plays the piano and the harmonica and William plays the guitar and the piano. We play in a rockband called Boiler Room. We have got a website: www.myspace.com/boilerroomrock1 You can visit it and listen to our songs ! We listen to Rock, reggae, blues, jazz, soul…

From William and Sylvain