Weary Body Day!

Tuesday 29th August

Bonjour tout le monde!
Well, I know for sure that everyone will crash tonight after our morning of orienteering.  I've done it before with our kids and we've walked down to a nearby reserve area and the kids loved it. This year we did it with a new PE teacher and we went to a whole new level of orienteering!! We were taken to the Ouen Toro Forest Parc for our exciting adventure and had to climb quite a way up a really steep gradient of red shingle to even get to the start ( the red colour indicates a high level of nickel in the composition).  The view from our base was stunning, although the photos don't do it justice because it was overcast. Thank goodness it was though, because it would have been far too hot for our kids to complete the course! It was bad enough in the conditions we had.

                        Assembling in the car park after we were dropped off by the bus.

                                     
                                       .............and the torture begins!

The teacher had organised a great version of orienteering. After they had found one marker at a station, the kids had to bring it back to the teacher and answer a general knowledge or cryptic question before they were given the next clue. They were in groups of four with two french and two TIS kids in each.  Now to fully understand how taxing on the body it was, the temperature was a mere 23deg today but the hills that the kids had to climb up and down over and over were steep. Ours were wilting after half an hour but still had another 1 1/2 hours to go!

                                                            I'm over this....

                                                               Much-needed water break

                                                Time to stop, Miss.....

                                               It helps if you can stay upright, Charlotte!

                                         Having details explained by the french P.E teacher

                                                                Amazing views!

Even the Jean Mariotti kids were lying down absolutely had it by the time we stopped!

When we'd finished, we walked down the hill to the bus and were taken back to school. We then walked down to the beach at Anse Vata to the Quick restaurant for lunch with our kids and their billets.  50 kids in a building with lots of glass and a tiled floor - need I say more??  The kids loved it though which was the point of the exercise.

Quick restaurant

Photo shoot on the beach with our billets

After lunch we had a short walk to the Aquarium which is a fabulous collection of all the sea life found in these parts.

 

We walked back to school - 15mins away and waited till everyone was collected.  Definitely a very full day in which enjoyment was measured by level of fitness!  Early to bed for all me thinks!

Au revoir till tomorrow!

Colleen