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For Sainte-Marie’s pupils, January was an important month for post-Bac orientation...

First, with the careers forum called “Meet your future job!” on the 10^th of January. Many representatives of firms came to our school to talk about their studies and their work experience… They were very friendly and helpful. There was a great atmosphere, and pupils were very receptive and interested in finding a job that they might like.

There were several job sectors represented: research and development, health, the arts, media, sport and tourism, law, education, social work, commerce and banking.

We, the budding reporters from The duck, spent some time in discussion with a TF1 correspondent. We learnt that you must be very motivated, love writing, enjoy meeting lots of people, and be prepared to travel. To become a journalist you have to go to journalist school. We still have some way to go before becoming star reporters!

The other job-related event was a visit to Info Sup, a regional exhibition on professions and post-Bac studies organized in Polydome in Clermont-Ferrand, from the 23^rd to the 25^th January.

A bus took us to Info Sup on Thursday 23^rd. All the pupils found it very interesting. All the study areas were on show. At first we were a little lost; so as not to waste time, we got ourselves organized: we worked out who we each wanted to talk to and where we had to go.

All the Auvergne universities were present of course to promote their courses, but also present were, among others, the important colleges in medicine and the arts. Even the Army was there trying to recruit future officers.

It was a great day. We found a lot of information which we will now study in greater detail…

So, how do YOU see your future!?

VIPs come to Sainte-Marie's!

Three rugbymen came to Sainte-Marie on Wednesday 29th January, invited by three pupils from 3G for their radio project in English class. Their names are Uwa, Edward and George.

Ed and George come from Leicester in England; they play for the Leicester Rugby Club.

Uwa comes from Fidji and he plays for the ASM. Sometimes, for matches, he plays with the pros.

But there are a difference between Ed and Geoge and Uwa: Ed and George play rugby more like a hobby but Uwa sees rugby as his job.

They are very kind and friendly with a lot of humour. Thanks a lot, guys, for coming to Sainte-Marie! Keep in touch!

Article by Eva Sciauvaud.

Cry Freedom!

Steve Biko

Last week, in English class, we watched a film called Cry Freedom. It’s an English film by Richard Attenborough set in Kenya and England. It is about the journalist Donald Woods’ investigation into Steve Biko’s murder.

Our teacher chose this film because of the death of Mandela (on the 5^th of December 2013). Steve Biko, like Mandela, fought against apartheid.

Biko was a Black South African and a leading figure of the anti-apartheid struggle. The story takes place in South Africa just before the Soweto massacre which was a youth protest against the teaching in the Afrikaans language.

The police killed many young people and extracts of a documentary of the massacre can be seen at the end of the film. Donald Woods is a white journalist who met Steve Biko. This meeting opened his eyes to the real situation of the Blacks living in violence, poverty and segregation. After the murder of Biko, Woods tried to publish the real causes of the murder but he was censored. He and his family had to leave the country to ensure their safety and to be able to publish his book.

We loved this film because it’s very realistic and pays tribute to the people who fought apartheid.

Happy Christmas holidays everyone!

Justine & Alexane, restaurant critics

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Marist attack!

On Friday 15^th of November, we met all the Headmasters of the French Marist schools. They came from Toulon, Paris, etc. They meet up every two years in a different Marist institution. This year, it was the turn of Sainte-Marie...

We talked to three of the Headmasters, including Mr Philippe Chodorge, the Headmaster of Sainte-Marie from 1999 to 2006 (he is now at Saint-Vincent in Senlis).

This day was their “discovery day”.

They went first to see the “DIL” and they found it very innovative.

Then they went to a meeting in a classroom where Mrs. Messager and three pupils explained the system of academic families and they asked lots of questions about the origins of the names of the families and how we can win points.

There were other presentations during the morning including one by our favorite DNL teacher about the international Workshop, and also a great video about the 2013 Sportsday by Guillaume Robert (in TS).

Finally, they went to a meeting in the CDI, where they discovered different projects like the literary award, the readers’ week, and the reading space where authors come to talk to the pupils. Mrs. Mouton, the librarian, also introduced the project on the Middle Ages, and the collection of letters from WWI.

The Headteachers told us that our school had nice architecture, beautiful projects, and friendly people. We found them very nice too!