Présentation de l'école Georges Ouvrard de Sedan (France)

1. SEDAN

3.  The Georges Ouvrard school is situated near
the city center of Sedan, in front of the
botanical garden. It welcomes pupils from 2
to 12 years old.

4.  Until 6 years the children are welcomed in the nursery
school which has four classes and a class for 12 pupils
with special needs. In this one, there is a court and a
dormitory.

5.  Then the children go to the primary school which has 7
classes. Inside this one, there is a computer room, a
library and a room for the visual art.

6.  Noon, children can eat to the canteen which is
managed by the city. Also, there is an
extracurricular municipal welcome for the children
whose parents work.
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7. As the others schools of Sedan, our pupils
go to the swimming pool a part of the year
and make of the gymnastics for the
youngest, the Handball and the table tennis
for the tallest. These activities take place
outside of the school. They can also go to
the municipal library, look at it and borrow
books, see exhibitions or participate to it for
projects

8. One evening a week, there are Turkish or
Arabic class for the pupils who want it. Also,
certain activities are sometimes organized
in the evening: theater for example, walking
and discovery of the heritage.

9.  The team tries to propose to the pupils various
activities or projects to develop the interest of the
pupils: participation in activities of national solidarity:
the Telethon in favour of the genetic diseases, let us
clean the nature, the exits, the educational schooltrip
to the countryside (discovered by the nature with on-
the-spot a few days).

10.  Every year, an evening of choral singing is prepared for the
parents and for the last year the school organized a cross.

11.  Other projects which vary according to years can be
added to it: creation of a record with an Iraqi musician
last year for a class, a work with another musician for
this year or the other activities proposed by the
municipality. The middle school also proposes
exchanges on various projects: on the chocolate in
connection with week of the Taste this year.

12. The network which our school trains with
the middle school and the other schools of
the city wants to become center of
excellence in English, that is why the
children begin the learning of this language
from the nursery school.