The Plouarzel postman’s bag has become considerably heavier since the start of the school year in September. The CE 1 class posted a message on social networks asking to be sent postcards. They receive dozens of them every day, sometimes from the other side of the world!
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It all started with a little message posted at the start of the school year on social networks. “Bonjour, then wrote Laurence Le Cœur, teacher at the Arzmael school in Plouarzel, we are 20 CE1 students from France in Finistère. We are 7 years old and we would like to receive postcards from all the countries in the world to discover them and learn how to locate them.” And the magic happened. In a few days, the few lines were shared thousands of times and the postcards began to flood in.
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report by Enora Quellec, Régis Massini and Sylvie Secret
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2 000 cards from 105 different countries
Every morning, students receive nearly a hundred postcards. They show the heavenly beaches of Tahiti, the towers of New York, the Northern Lights in Finland… “We’ve been around the world several times,” rejoices the mistress. They were shipped from 105 different countries.
Plouarzel students received postcards from more than a hundred countries.
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Two by two, the students in the CE1 class must go in search of all the clues that allow them to guess the origin of the missive. “We look at the stamp, the photo, we read the text, let Emeline and Dinis explain. It comes from Greece, they say in chorus, and Greece is in Europe.”
Plouarzel students travel from their classroom.
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Their second mission then begins. Find the country on the huge world map displayed in the class. “It makes us learn about the world”, smiles Dinis.
“These postcards invite us to discover geography, but also history, languagesdescribes Laurence Le Cœur. Some people who write to us tell us about their country, tell us about certain places, give us moments of their lives. It shows us lots and lots of things, it’s very rich.”
Students look for clues on each postcard to find out where it comes from.
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On a map received from Madagascar, “we see students huddled together holding a slate, it’s a school, but they have no walls, no roof in their classroom“, sums up a little girl.
Milo and several others have been dreaming of Finland since the postman left a big envelope in their mailbox. A little girl sent them a card, but also stickers and photos. “I really want to go there because there is Santa Claus there, the real one!!!”
After reading comes the time to write. Plouarzel students respond to postcards, sometimes in French, sometimes in English or Spanish. Another way to discover the richness of the world.
“It’s incredible to do that, at school normally, we work, answering letters, it’s good”smiled Milo.
A stamp and the language of the map help students find the countries.
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Victims of their success, they will undoubtedly not be able to answer everyone, but all will have experienced wonderful journeys in their heads !
(with Enora Quellec)
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