Ratatouille

Wash and cut two zucchinis,one eggplant,a green pepper,a red pepper and four tomatoes in pieces.Chop an onion.
In a pan,pour a little olive oil and sauté the different vegetables one after the other for five minutes until golden.After cooking them, add the tomatoes and onion,reduce the heat and mix well.Add some herbs like thyme,rosemary....a bay leaf,salt and pepper.Cover and simmer for  40 minutes,stirring regularly. Ten minutes before the end of cooking time,add two beautiful crushed garlic cloves and cover again.Season to taste.

Clafoutis

Wash and hull 700 g of cherries.In a bowl , beat 2 eggs in an omelette.Add 100 g sugar and salt and mix for five minutes.Add 100g flour and half a packet of baking soda.
Gradually add 25 g of melted butter and milk .Butter a gratin dish and arrange the cherries in the dish.Pour the mixture over the cherries and bake in the oven for 45 minutes (180°)

Chicken in vinegar by Mandy

Cut a chicken in eight pieces then grill.Add bits of garlic,40 cl of vinegar ,30 cl of white wine ,30 cl cream, 100g butter  and 1 tomato.Simmer for about 20 minutes.It is time to boil the water for the pasta.Arrange the chicken in a dish and pour the sauce over it.Serve with the pasta.

Pâté aux pommes de terre =French pie with potatoes and cream by Antoine

In a bowl put flour , butter , lukewarm water and salt .Put the lid on and shake the mixture: your dough is ready.
Put the mixture on the table with a lot of flour and spread it out.Garnish the mould .Preheat your oven (180°)
Wash,peel and cut potatoes .Put the potatoes in the mould and cover with the rest of the pastry.Make a hole in the middle of the top pastry and put in the oven for one hour.Put some cream in the hole.

NOEL by Fanny and Sarah

For Christmas we go with our families or friends : we have foie gras , turkey , Christmas log and on the 25th of  December the presents are under the tree.

FAVOURITES by class 3b

After school we are keen on watching reality shows and game shows on tv,or we surf the net,listen to music and hang around with friends.

This fashion item is quite loved  : it's a watch phone called   "Iwatch".It was created by Apple.It's a sort of  futuristic smartphone.

We play on FIFA 14 ,COD GHOSTS, GTA5, and   BF4.

STANLEY IN SAINT ETIENNE

AT THE MUSEUM  OF  MODERN  ART AND  LE CORBUSIER ESTATE

Stanley with Marvin (left) and Valentin (right)

Le Corbusier was a great French architect who designed75 buildings among other things in 12 different countries.The largest site he designed is in Firminy next to St Etienne where we spent the day studying art on a school trip this week.

With Maxime in front of a work of art in the MAM inSt Etienne

with Marvin,Loriane,Amandine and Louise

French hits

MAITRE  GIMS      " J'ME TIRE"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_rEHfLgdcY

STROMAE    " PAPAOUTAI"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiKj0Z_Xnjc

VICHY

  THE OPERA HOUSE

THE SPA WATERS

THE GALLERIES

THE EUROPE BRIDGE OR PONT DE L'EUROPE

A trip to Vichy with Adèle....

First I showed Stanley the Europe Bridge that links Vichy to Bellerive and goes over the Allier River.Then we went to the Célestins fountain .

Next we walked around and strolled in the parks under their wonderful trees which come from different countries-all in their autumn colours.

I also took Stanley under the covered galleries that connect us with the spa water drinking hall.There,you can taste the world-famous Vichy waters;some are good to treat diseases.

After that I showed him the forum with its oriental dome.Finally we stood opposite the opera house that is a special and wonderful architectural building.

F A S H I O N   !!! !!! !! !!!

Did you know that we are the masters of fashion and food ?
Here we never wear a uniform so Stanley was okay .Our favourites are jeans and sweatshirts,and boys are keen on hair gel as you can notice on our three models from 3b (LUCAS  VALENTIN AND ANTONIN)

AMANDINE 

Girls are keen on studs : on the soulders,on their shoes,everywhere !

At the moment this sort of boots is fashionable in France.

Stanley in Bellenaves ,France

Hi   from  AUVERGNE  ,  FRANCE   !!!

Alexandre is holding Stanley even though he finds him heavy .....

 Stanley couldn't be in a warmer place with classes 3A 3B and 3C here in the village of Bellenaves.
He went on a school tour with Clément,Elliot and Victor : here in France we have school lunch at 12.30
with four classes in the morning and three or four in the afternoon.Our school's quite rural as we all come daily  from twenty villages around  and few of us actually  live in Bellenaves.

  The school gate where three hundred students from ages 11 to 15 get in every morning.We don't have class on Wednesday
 afternoons though !

The French countryside with Romane

Monsieur  Cheval

La  ruche et ses abeilles

Sur le tracteur

Staying in AUVERGNE right now ,Stanley spent the weekend with Romane .

He discovered horseriding at her grandparents' in the countryside ,and even took dangerous steps towards a beehive (were they sleeping when he reached the hive?).

He could have tasted French honey but it wasn't a collecting day. Finally the day ended with a short drive on the family tractor.

Will Stanley survive his rural experience ?