Meeting en France, Montarnaud, May 11th -18th 2019

On Sunday 12^th May, the French team welcomed all the delegations.

On Monday 13^th May, while the pedagogic team were welcomed by the school management, all foreign students attended two courses with their correspondents. One of the courses allowed all students to discuss traditional prejudices and European customs. Then, teachers were guided to visit the school by french students ambassadors.

In the afternoon, students and teachers, mixed in groups, did a rally photo in Montpellier. They could discover different monuments including observatory and sundials.

On Tuesday 14^th May, the day was devoted to cultural visits : Aigues-Mortes (the towers and ramparts) and “Salins du Midi” with a little train.

On Wednesday 15^th May, students attends several workshops: Construction of a 3D model of Cassiopee constellation, and representation of the solar system at the scale. (the Sun was represented by a soccer ball, and the last planet, Neptun, represented by a very small ball, was 900 m far away the Sun).

Then each country presented their own work about LISP project.

On the afternoon, activities of the guest students will be organized by the families.

And then, students and teachers gathered at Mas Dieu Village for a beautiful evening of friendship and conviviality.

On Thursday 16^thMay, all the delegations visited the “ Cité de l’Espace” in Toulouse.

On Friday 17^thMay, the morning was devoted to visit the “Clamouse” cave and a typical village Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert where the students did a Treasure hunt : “Desperatelly looking for shells and sundial”. On the afternoon, while students had free time with their hosts, teachers had a coordinators meeting at school.

In the evening, a Farewell Party was organized with music, dancing and food in the village hall of Argelliers with the participation of students, teachers and parents. A Sky observation with telescope was planned but the rain forced us to cancel.