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Moving To France With Your Children

 

[ Download or Buy ] M oving to France with your children is a collection of reflections and helpful advice based on my own experiences as both an English parent and a teacher living in a small French town. The book attempts to enlighten newly arrived – and established – families on unfam... [ Read More ]

Moving To France With Your Children

Contents »

1. Preface

2. Foreigners In A French Land

3. Coping With A New Language For An Adult

4. Making Friends With The Locals

5. Avoiding The Faux-Pas

6. Polite Behaviour

7. Give And Take

8. Maintaining Your Child’s Mother Tongue And Culture

9. Contact Between Fellow Expatriates

10. State School Or Private School?

11. The Early Years

12. Secondary Education

13. La Rentrée and Shopping For The French School Year

14. The Local School: Tradition And Rigour

15. How A Parent Can Help Their Child To Succeed At School

16. Extra Help At School, Private Lessons And Distance Learning

17. Options And Career Guidance

18. Le Baccalauréat

19. Working Towards Citizenship In French Schools

20. Parents’ Associations

21. Food For Thought In French Schools

22. Les Grandes Écoles

23. Learning To Drive: A Rite Of Passage

24. The French Art Of Foraging

25. Le Vide-Grenier

26. Observing And Learning From Les Femmes Françaises

27. The Strip-Cartoon

28. Sport And The Younger Generation

29. The Local Festival

30. La Vendange with A Difference

31. Festivities That Focus On Food And Drink

32. The Galette Des Rois

 

About the Author

Angie Power - Angie Power moved to France from the UK over twenty years ago to settle in a small provincial town. Her experience as a secondary school teacher in both the English and French state school systems, in bringing up her own children abroad, and in tracing their lives at local schools and watching them develop their bilingualism has provided her with some valuable lessons to pass on to other parents.

 
 

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The Galette Des Rois


Given the French reputation for good food, it is hardly surprising that a cake will be the given excuse for many a party over the weeks following the Christmas celebrations. At work, colleagues will share it over a glass of cider; children will eat it after a game together at their local sports club or music class and hostesses everywhere will serve it at their dinner parties with champagne. It is the Galette des Rois (the kings’ cake).