1st lesson with their exchange partners ( Chemistry, Drama, Russia or other )
Reception by the Principal who explained the differences between the British system (only 4 subjects and only 16 lessons a week) and the French system.
Quick visit of the town of Solihull.
Reception at the city hall by the mayor.
Anecdotes on the various gifts offered by twinned cities or local authorities.
1:00 pm: lunch with penfriends “packed lunch”
Visit of Cadbury's factory and chocolatetasting. The students and Mrs Rautureau were delighted.
The Cadbury's owners were quakers (a religious group) who were worried about the well-being of their workers and with the construction of this factory, they also developed cities around, gave time off and improved their workers' conditions.
A short 4D movie, the seats move a lot!!
Lenaig realizes that she has lost her mobile phone. Everybody looked for it in the bus, we asked Cadbury' receptionist but...nothing! We called the English teachers, and we were told that somedy had found the phone in the school's cafeteria and had returned it to reception. She's a lucky girl!!
Evening with the host family.