Justice caught killers
On 25May 2013, a soldier was coming back to his barrack when a man attacked him with knife and cleaver. After this extremely violent act, Michael Adebolajo (the culprit) boasted for “revenge the muslim killed by english soldiers” in front of a man who was filming the scene.
One year later, on 27 February 2014, justice condemned Adebolajo to life imprisonment and his partner to fifty years behind bars.
It was the end of an horrible murder.
Solène
St Patrick’s day
St Patrick’s day is a Christian Irish holiday. It’s celebrated every 17 of March, to honor Saint Patrick who is patron saint of Ireland.
The shamrock is an emblem of Ireland. It represents the trinity.
Contrary to everybody think, St Patrick isn’t the national holiday ! Ireland hasn’t got any national day; St Patrick is only a religious day. It’s similar to St David in Wales or St Andrew in Scotland.
St Patrick is celebrated everywhere in the world ! And the color associated with this day is green, for example, in Chicago on St Patrick’s day, the Chicago river is coloured in green.
So, many people eat and drink Irish food, attend the parades in the street and, naturally, wear green clothes !!!
Nathan
An earthquake in Los Angeles
An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 occurred in the night of Sunday 16 to Monday 17 March in Los Angeles. The earthquake did not damage the city. The earthquake occurred only a week after a quake of magnitude 6.9.
Nicolas & Gabriel
The royal family in England
Elizabeth ΙΙ has been queen since 2 June 1953, last year she celebrated her eighty seven years old. It was celebrated in all the country, the English love the royal family because it represents them.
The marriage of William and Kate has also been celebrated in all the country and in all the world. Television came here to film the princely wedding. The inhabitants of England and the world want to follow the life of the family royal.
There are lots of rumors about the royal family like in February when paparazzi took one picture of Kate with a little stomach. Eventually, the rumor was wrong whereas the rumor that the couple would envisage a travel in Maldive was true.
Prince Georges of Cambridge was born on 22 July 2013.
Prince Harry, William’s brother, also hits the headlines because he has a girlfriend (Cressida Bonas) and he plays a few sports.
Harry and William lost their mother at the age of 13 and 15. Diana died on 31 of August 1997 in a car accident in Paris.
And you, do you like the royal family?
Elise C.
FGM : 66 000 victims in UK
Nowadays, 66 000 girls and women have suffered from FGM (Female Genital Mutilation).
The mayor, Boris Johnson ,said the practice was ” absolutely intolerable”.
In London hospitals, 31 doctors said 44 000 people had been treated, but in reality just 20 % had been treated for FGM.
Between 2009 and 2013 , 795 victims of FGM were born in UK, it’s the second largest number of patients. In the world, 125 million girls and women are victims and this number continues to increase in 29 countries mainly in Africa, in the Middle East and Asia.
Before, the FGM was only done in African countries but now, more parents want to do this to their daughters to keep their virginity. They do the FGM when they are infant or beetwen 7 to 14 years old.
In the UK, young women receiving psychological counselling report feelings of betrayal by parents, regret and anger. It’s illegal to arrange for a child to be taken abroad for FGM. If caught, offenders face a large fine and a prison sentence of up to 14 years. If you are in contact with girls and women at risk to FGM, please call the police. It’s illegal and inhuman.
Angeline R.
Festival Fiction TV
Voici quelques extraits de l’interview de l’équipe de la série Cherif qui sera diffusée pour la première fois sur France 2 fin octobre 2013.
Quentin Mansicot et Solène Chemana
VDM à La Rochelle
Auteurs: Clara Landais et Elise Cassard, 3C
Vous pouvez découvrir ci-dessous une vidéo tournée lors du festival de la fiction. Merci de cliquer sur le lien:
Articles in English
Pour le cours d’anglais, nous avons rédigé un article imaginaire sur un sujet imposé.
En voici quelques exemples.
Fête de la pomme
Auteur : Mélanie Faucher
La fête de la pomme
Les 13 et 14 octobre a eu lieu la fête de la pomme. Il y avait plusieurs variétés de pommes, de fromages, de vins, de produits de beauté, et de nombreux autres commerçants rassemblés dans le vieux gymnase. On pouvait voir également les associations et clubs présents à côté du vieux gymnase comme la maison des jeunes, la bibliothèque, le tennis-club,….
Pour ceux qui souhaitaient s’amuser des jeux pour tous les âges comme les machines à sous, les autos-tamponneuses, les anneaux étaient proposés sur le terrain de basket…
Un tournoi canin avec des obstacles a même été organisé lors de ce week-end.
Malgré les mauvaises conditions météorologiques, la fête de la pomme s’est bien passée, il y a eu beaucoup de monde.


