Year 10 French Excursion
- 4 May 2015
Learning a language is not simply learning the words and how to arrange them in a sentence. It is also learning about another culture, its history and its modern society. They two Year 10 French classes visited the National Gallery of Victoria on Wednesday the 29th of April for a guided tour of selected French works of art. Each art work was not only beautiful to see, but also told a story about the era of French history that it represented. We saw paintings marking the impact of the Industrial Revolution, works that presented a changing face of Paris after Haussman's 'renovation', the iconic era of Impressionism and many others.We then sought a traditional lunch of baguettes, gaufres (waffles) and Orangina for a Belgian sandwich shop, Waffle On. The students had to resist the temptation of eating their lunch until we walked to the Alexandra Gardens and sat on the grass.
The students really enjoyed the day and will now complete projects that allow them to research a particular painting or artist that they liked, and then complete a creative task in response
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