A native of France Ms. Clemence Verstraete was invited to our school as a guest by our French Educator, Sunita Goyal, as a part of the Curricular Activity ‘Apprenons une langue en jouant’ meaning the ‘Joy of learning’ carried out as a part of British Council’s International School Award 2018-19 which is an initiative (actually re-accreditation of the activity of 2014-15 that got expired) carried out by the school to provide exposure to the learners. As per the requirements of the activity, she went to all the classes of both Primary and Middle school, interacting both in French and English about her country, the method of teaching the a second language i.e German or Latin, the important festivals celebrated there as well as about herself.
She is a student of E.M. Normandie Le Havre, France, pursuing her degree in Human Resource Management and she is in India as a part of Internship program. Children were quite excited and enquired about the country she liked, her favourite tourist place in India and about her hobbies. She was quite voluble and interacted more than 15 to 20 minutes in each of the classes. This interaction with the visitor added an extra edge to the knowledge of the learners who have already embarked upon their journey to become global citizens through the initiatives taken by the Management and our enterprising Principal, Ms Preeta Pillai.
