Gwilym's college

Gwilym and Catrin's school belongs to a "Groupe Scolaire Europeenne" and one way that shows itself is in an emphasis on languages. That may be a good thing for them. French is their third language.

Anyway this evening we had another marathon parents' evening and the head of the college (the "middle school" Gwilym is due to go to next year) spoke. They teach English to everyone and add either German or Spanish for each child. They have school exchanges set up for Germany, but it has proved difficult for Spain and impossible for England. He asked me if I knew whether there may be any schools they could link up with in Wales (not that England or Scotland is out of the question, you understand!)

It would have to be a special sort of school - the college is small (fewer than 200 children) so it wouldn't be all that wise to exchange with a multi-thousand comp. The college is right in the heart of Pessac, a smart suburb of Bordeaux. Flights here are easy and cheap and transport in the city is pretty good. The parents at the school are keen (2-hour parents meetings) and the kids are charming.

I shall put out feelers, as they say...

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