Two major projects have recently been completed: the creation of a garden for Fontevraud Abbey by sixth-form students in the Pays de la Loire, and a cycle ride down the Loire by Year 9 students from Bracieux (41).
A garden in the Abbey
On Saturday 27 June 2009, the "
wave garden" was officially opened at Fontevraud Royal
Abbey in the presence of Marc Vayer, teacher and the brains
behind the project, lots of students and their families, Bernard
Violain, Vice-President of the Pays de la Loire Region, Xavier
Kawa-Topor, Abbey Director and heads of the Herbiers, Montaigu
and Montreuil-Bellay sixth-form colleges.
This was the culmination of
a 3-year educational project involving students specialising
in Applied Arts for their Industrial Sciences and Technologies A
level at the Léonard de Vinci sixth-form college in Montaigu
(85). They worked in partnership with students from the
agricultural sixth-form college of Montreuil-Bellay (49) and
students taking the Products two-year post A-level diploma in
Herbiers (85). Bringing students face to face with specifications
and
a real creation, this project was funded by the
Pays-de-la-Loire region with
grants for exceptional and innovative educational
projects
.
Find out all about this project on the blog:
Euroveloloire
From 19 to 30 June 2009, 71 Year 9 students from Hubert Fillay
secondary school in Bracieux (41) cycled down the Loire in relay
from its source to the Estuary.
The goals of the project, thought up by the teacher Jean-Yves
Muneret and funded by the Centre region, were to:
- foster cooperation, around the theme of the Loire
- motivate students to think about the impact of Man's
impressions on this river
- explore the environment on the banks of the Loire.
The students took part in the World Heritage Rendezvous on 27
June in Amboise.
Relive the Eurovéloloire itinerary on the blog:
A garden in the
Abbey
They
planted the garden of their dreams (Pays de la Loire)