For its 9e edition, this national event took place from March 18 to 22, 2024. In this Olympic year, the theme was a natural fit!
Monday, March 18
The important thing is to... start!
The students at the Saint-Géraud Communication High School discovered the menu for Language Week: a Lithuanian meal was the first appetizer.
This Eastern European country was honored because an exchange exists between the Alytus high school and the Saint-Géraud high school in Aurillac. In the afternoon, the Terminale Pro CVPM students prepared Lithuanian pastries.
Tuesday, March 19th
The important thing is to... taste!
The second-year STD2A students are practicing dubbing a scene from the animated film «Asterix and the Twelve Tasks.».
At noon, the students have lunch with the flavors of Spain.
Wednesday, March 20
The important thing is to... create!
The Terminale CVPM students and their art teacher, Mr. Le Falher, are customizing wooden racquets made by Mr. Cecarroli – the school's maintenance worker – using screen printing techniques. The CAP 1 students are participating in a workshop Magnet badge.
Thursday, March 21
The important thing is to... sing, dance!
BTS Communication students share the films they shot with director Amic Bedel.
First-year STD2A students showcase some dance steps learned in an hour under the guidance of Florence, an IEO facilitator. In the afternoon, the high school students participate in a pickleball tournament and use the rackets manufactured by their classmates.
Friday, March 22
The important thing is to... meet, share, participate!
The second-year STD2A students are interviewing an amateur athlete who will participate in the Olympic Games in Paris.
All high school students discover a film made by students in their final year of STD2A, as well as productions by other students: illustration of the «decalogue» of the good sportsman by the Secondes pro CVPM (vocational students), a "Go Fish" game inspired by international athletes, and posters created with the help of an Occitan language facilitator, Florent Pons.
Finally, all the students come together to share a friendly moment and taste the pastries prepared earlier in the week.
Monopoly prototype in Occitan
Why this version of Monopoly?
The idea is not to make yet another reproduction of one of the world's best-selling board games, which is celebrating its 89th anniversary. It's about illustrating the street names that appear on the playing cards, but giving them a unique, local touch, in the colors of the city of Aurillac and the Occitan language and culture.
These two anchor points served as pretexts for interdisciplinary work: artistic and linguistic.
Why that version of Monopoly?
The idea is not to make another reproduction of one of the world's best-selling board games, which is celebrating its 89th anniversary. It's about illustrating the names of the professions that appear on playing cards, but by giving them a unique and local touch, with the colors of the city of Aurillac and the Occitan language and culture.
Those of the anchor punches were pretexts for doing interdisciplinary work: artistic and linguistic.
The street names, deliberately chosen in Occitan, led to an etymological research project carried out by the students of the Première STD2A class with the help of their Spanish teacher and members of the IEO Cantal.
The students also benefited from a guided tour of the streets of Aurillac, and then, as part of their Applied Arts classes, they proposed drawings of the places and monuments they discovered.
The students in the Second Year Professional CVPM program then took over to design the visuals for the box, the tickets, the cards, as well as the game board, integrating the illustrations produced by the First Year STD2A class.
The street names, chosen in Occitan of course, will provide an opportunity to carry out an etymological research project undertaken by students in the first year of the STD2A class with the help of their Spanish teacher and members of the IEO Cantal.
The students also had the good fortune to take a guided tour of the streets of Aurillac and, with their Applied Arts teachers, proposed designs.
The students of the Second Professional CVPM took over to compose the visual of the poster, tickets, letters, as well as the game board, integrating the illustrations produced by the first-year STD2A class.
The figurines were made by students from the general Second Year, 3D option.
Finally, a signage teacher took the trouble to cover the boxes with a typically Aurillac-style decoration, and the job was done!
The figurines were made by the students of Second Year General, 3D option. Here too, the sources of inspiration were Orlhac and Cantal.
Finally, an Applied Arts professor applied himself to covering the boxes with a typically Orlhac decoration, and it turned out well!
