We did not have Spanish today because she was absent. 

We had class at 10h20 a.m. 

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We wait for the French football cup. 
 It is the final soon.
For the final the teams are Paris Saint Germain and Lille. 
In the class, two students are for Paris, 8 are for Lille and the rest of the class has no preference. 

Tonight there is Lille VS Marseilles and on Sunday there is Paris VS St Etienne.  
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Yesterday in Australia there were floods. 

In France a man intended to enter Disneyland Paris with 2 guns and the Coran. He was arrested. He tried to pass under metal detectors. He was with a woman and she is wanted by the police. 

Today is Heloïse's birthday!!!

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This is our English classroom. 

It is a little small. 

You can see a flag of the USA, pictures and maps of the United Kingdom. 

It is always really hot in the classroom! 

 

It is our building. 
You can see the flag at our classroom window. 
It is the flag of the school of our penpals in Los Angeles! 

                 Flint Water Crisis

  Protesters in Flint,MI, are complaining about high levels of lead in the water. When the city switched from Detroit water to water from the Flint River they started to see changes in the water. The discoloration comes from sewage leaking. Lead is the major problem. You cannot see smell or taste lead in water. It comes from old lead pipes used to move the corrosive water. Lead leads to mental problems in children, but you cannot tell until they are adults. This makes Flint residents upset. People are hoping the Michigan governor resigns. President Barack Obama has called for a state of emergency in Flint, giving $170 million to Flint for bottled water and lead testing in children.

Bottle of Flint

Water.

Teachers are on strike today because they want a better salary and they don't want the new school curriculum. 

Today there are less students in Bouchain at school. It is very cool! Two teachers are present in 4G2 and one in 4G1. Usually on Tuesdays we have seven teachers in 4G1 and six in 4G2. 

 

The Detroit Public Schools are 327 million dollars in debt. A city wide “teacher sick-out” shut down 88 Detroit schools on January 21, 2016,causing 44,790 students to miss class according to the Detroit Public school system.The ceilings in the classrooms are caving in,the floorboards are coming off and warping. Teachers held the sick out protest in run down buildings. There are mushrooms growing in the building on the floors and walls. Teachers are frustrated at Detroit Public School system because teachers pay was cut by 10 percent and the cost of the health care packages has increased. Students have to sit on windowsills due to the lack of desks, and classes are held in the gym.

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Michel Tournier died. 
The man was the author of "Friday or The Other Island". 
He was popular. 
The novel is popular because it is inspired from a true story and we read the book at school. 

 

Céline Dion's husband and brother died two days ago. 

Céline Dion's husband is dead because he had cancer. He was 73. He had met Céline Dion when she was 12 years old. 

 

In the news today: an avalanche happened in the Alps, around Grenoble. 
A group of students and teachers was trapped in the avalanche.
Two students died and one Ukranian is dead.One teacher is in hospital.
The ski slope was closed but the teachers didn't see it. It was dangerous. 


This piece of news is important to us because we go skiing on Sunday with our school. Amaya, Morgane, Louise, Nathan, Maeva, Léa and Eva go to the Alps for a week, around Grenoble too! We are worried :-( 
 

                          His name is David Bowie. 
                          He is dead.  

                           He was a good friend of Iggy Pop. 
                           He died of a cancer at the age of 69.
                            He was a great rock singer. 
                           He was English. 

                         We didn't know this singer very much. 
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