Well it's always two steps forward and one step back
Today's task was to enrol Joshua and Luke Griffin in school and Ben Griffin in the language school.
Well we almost got there. At the Town Hall the charming lady who deals with school allocation suggested that the boys could go either to the nearest school to their house or to another school a little more distant but where the asylum seeker children go. The advantage of this is the extra teaching help for French. She'll phone the headmasters of all four schools and try to set it up, then phone the Griffins by tomorrow afternoon with the decision.
"Meanwhile here is the form to fill in" - complete with the date of the compulsory BCG vaccination which the boys have not yet had - so they have an appointment to see the doctor tomorrow afternoon.
Then down to the DEFLE to enrol, only to find out that this week the office is closed in the afternoons, and on Tuesday. OK, that's a job for Wednesday morning.
One of their loo seats has broken (the one with the moon and stars) so we nipped to the supermarket to buy another. Ben rejected a lovely one which had lots of names and euphemisms§ for the toilet printed on its lid and bought a wooden one.
They'll have to see the doctor without translator because I am due to pick someone up from the airport tomorrow afternoon. And tomorrow morning. Tomorrow is airport day !
People do very well with spelling Griffin, pronounced greefeen. Benjamin poses no problem. Joshua seems to go ok, too and Luke exists in French - all you have to say is "comme Lucky Luke".
We did discover that a bus goes from the main road near Ben and Liz to the language school.
§ here are some:
vaysay
cabane au fond du jardin
petit coin
pipi room
où le roi va tout seul
water-closet
trône
I suppose there were about 15
Well we almost got there. At the Town Hall the charming lady who deals with school allocation suggested that the boys could go either to the nearest school to their house or to another school a little more distant but where the asylum seeker children go. The advantage of this is the extra teaching help for French. She'll phone the headmasters of all four schools and try to set it up, then phone the Griffins by tomorrow afternoon with the decision.
"Meanwhile here is the form to fill in" - complete with the date of the compulsory BCG vaccination which the boys have not yet had - so they have an appointment to see the doctor tomorrow afternoon.
Then down to the DEFLE to enrol, only to find out that this week the office is closed in the afternoons, and on Tuesday. OK, that's a job for Wednesday morning.
One of their loo seats has broken (the one with the moon and stars) so we nipped to the supermarket to buy another. Ben rejected a lovely one which had lots of names and euphemisms§ for the toilet printed on its lid and bought a wooden one.
They'll have to see the doctor without translator because I am due to pick someone up from the airport tomorrow afternoon. And tomorrow morning. Tomorrow is airport day !
People do very well with spelling Griffin, pronounced greefeen. Benjamin poses no problem. Joshua seems to go ok, too and Luke exists in French - all you have to say is "comme Lucky Luke".
We did discover that a bus goes from the main road near Ben and Liz to the language school.
§ here are some:
vaysay
cabane au fond du jardin
petit coin
pipi room
où le roi va tout seul
water-closet
trône
I suppose there were about 15
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