Each year, at the end of September/beginning of October, Collège students are offered the opportunity to take part in an activity organised at the open air centre in Buthiers, some 20 km from Fontainebleau in the heart of the beautiful forest.
Students travel by coach to the camp early on a Friday morning and spend the next two and a half days enjoying a range of activities such as rock-climbing, archery, orienteering, mountain biking and adventure organised by the fully-qualified camp staff. Accommodation is in comfortable dormitories and the food is wonderful! Parents collect their children at the end of the camp just before lunch on the Sunday.
Throughout the duration of the camp, Anglophone Section staff ( and often parents) are with the students to ensure adequate supervision and to enable students and staff to get to know each other well outside the confines of the school and classroom.
Students are informed of the dates of the camp at the start of the new school year and, although this activity is very popular and places are limited to approximately 70, the Section strives to ensure fairness in allocating places. When appropriate, priority is given to students new to the Section and to France in order to help facilitate their integration into their new environment.
This camp, bringing together as it does a group of boys and girls of all ages between 11 and 14 as well as Section teachers ( and usually the Head of Section!) offers an excellent opportunity for all involved to experience and strengthen mutual understanding and, of course, to enjoy a wonderful time in this beautiful setting.