Interreg IVA update

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36831643.post-86911635171350958182009-04-01T04:33:00.000-07:002009-04-01T04:57:08.360-07:00Interreg IVA update<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l-LWf0Thjf4/SdNSRSAOgQI/AAAAAAAAACY/Bs5KsGALP6s/s1600-h/frenchchef_web.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319686041698730242" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 125px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l-LWf0Thjf4/SdNSRSAOgQI/AAAAAAAAACY/Bs5KsGALP6s/s200/frenchchef_web.jpg" border="0" /></a>Having been awarded 1.2 million Euros by the EU in early October 2008 Hove Park is working with four local educational institutions; Blatchington Mill, Falmer, Varndean and City College and three French partners Lycée Les Bruyères, Collège Delvincourt and Lycée Georges Baptiste. The overall aim of the Interreg IVA project is to support strategic cross-border co-operation and sustainable regional development by forging closer links between educational providers in Brighton and Hove and Haute-Normandie in France. In Brighton and Hove, the lead partner of the Joint Educational Futures project is Hove Park School and in Seine Maritime the network of schools will be led by the Rectorat of the Rouen Academie in the region of Haute – Normandie. The project will initially run from October 2008 – December 2010. So far three successful exchanges between the partner schools have taken place. Falmer High School with Collège Delvincourt, December 08. The educational rationale of the project was the Economic and Cultural impact of Tourism. Students gained a huge amount of first hand knowledge and understanding of the tourist industry through the whole experience, e.g. group travel, hotel services, tourist venues, customer service and advertising. Both groups worked in each others schools, creating a website of the work they had done together which included their studies both in London and Paris. Hove Park School and Blatchington Mill School with Lycée Les Bruyères, December 08. The educational rationale of this student exchange was to use Business Studies to compare the commercial aspects of Christmas in both England and France. Pupils visited Brighton, Rouen, London and Paris to gather their information and then worked jointly in both schools to produce a Powerpoint. A DVD has been produced showcasing the work done and experience gained in England and France. City College and Lycée George Baptiste, January 09. This exchange focused on the theme of entrepreneurialism and enterprise with students investigating cultural differences between French and English cuisine and gastronomy. All the students worked together both in Brighton and Rouen, preparing a Gala dinner which was served to the public from the Gallery Restaurant at City College. Educational visits made included an organic farm and vineyard near Brighton and to a Cheese factory and bakery near Rouen. Melanie Davies<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36831643-8691163517135095818?l=www.hovepark.org.uk%2Flanguage_college%2Finterreg' alt='' /></div>Hove Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09688030328436314857noreply@blogger.com