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Lefèvre Project

Espaces de Vie Fragiles - Héritage à Protéger

With some support from the Lefèvre Foundation, which aims to increase understanding and trust between young people in the UK and France, we are working on the above project with our partner school in Herbignac. The Lefèvre Foundation has provided some funds to assist principally in travel expenses for the group.

The project aims to enable our children to learn about and compare the two environments, what makes them special, their problems and their plans for the future. We hope that they will develop a real understanding of their world and an interest in its sustainability as well as developing relationships with their French peers and all the benefits that entails.

Essentially the project which we will be actively engaged in throughout the year is a comparison of the two National Parks - The Yorkshire Dales and the Brière. Some of the work can be done in humanities and French lessons, which means that more pupils can be involved. Other work will be done purely by the Lefevre group in enrichment time and after school. The project is being led by Mrs Kate Butcher and Mr Michael Kaye.

The work culminates in two contact weeks - the first in Ingleton (April/May) and the second in Herbignac. During these weeks, the two groups will be working together all the time, with much greater contact than has been possible through the French Exchange.

Preparation for these weeks in the individual schools involves work on-

• the nature of the National Park and what makes each one special
• why the landscape is at it is and how it has been used in the past
• current use of landscape, the problems this brings
• how the different sectors (e.g. National Park Authorities, industries, farmers, tourist attractions, hunters, tourists etc) approach these problems and work towards sustainability
• what can we do to promote sustainability
• preparation of digital presentations that can be used to teach the French children about our area
• preparation of posters etc to send to our partner school throughout the year
• preparation of teaching materials and games to help our guests learn the vocabulary and expressions necessary to understand our issues when they are here
• production of a booklet in very easy English for the partner children which summarises our findings.
• talking to people within the National Park - wardens, tourist industry, farmers, quarries, MOD.. Using their interviews to inform findings and presentations.

Materials will be exchanged between the two schools throughout the year as well as letters and other contact to help build relationships.

We will be working with the twinning group in Ingleton, Natural England and Yorkshire Dales National Park.

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