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Friday, 14 December 2018
Monday, 10 December 2018
Saturday, 8 December 2018
Thursday, 15 November 2018
PAGES of the SEA
Sand portrait of WW1 soldier
It is the wound in Time. The century’s tides,
> Click HERE to watch Fiona Shaw reciting "The Wound in Time"chanting their bitter psalms, cannot heal it.
Not the war to end all wars; death’s birthing place;
the earth nursing its ticking metal eggs, hatching
new carnage. But how could you know, brave
as belief as you boarded the boats, singing?
The end of God in the poisonous, shrapneled air.
Poetry gargling its own blood. We sense it was love
you gave your world for; the town squares silent,
awaiting their cenotaphs. What happened next?
War. And after that? War. And now? War. War.
History might as well be water, chastising this shore;
for we learn nothing from your endless sacrifice.
Your faces drowning in the pages of the sea.Carol Ann Duffy, 2018
Wilfred Owen sand portrait
> Click HERE to read a Guardian article about the PAGES of the SEA commemoration event.
> Click HERE to view a video about it.
> Click HERE to watch a TV news item about it.
> Click HERE to read an article from THE DAY.
Wednesday, 17 October 2018
06/11/18 Commemorating the end of WW1 at ISP...
We met at 14:00 in front of the commemorative plaque in the corridor under the Chapel.
The première euro recited the poem "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen, then seconde allemand pupils read out a number of extracts from books about war in German, then a terminale italien pupil read a poem by Giuseppe Ungaretti entitled "Veglia".
We then observed a minute's silence; we read to ourselves the names of those who died during the war. Finally, led by the seconde euro pupils, we all sang "Imagine" by Yoko Ono and John Lennon.
It was a moving ceremony to remember the young people of the ISP who died tragically during WW1.
By reciting anti-war poems and reading texts about war in several languages, we made the point that the soldiers from every country were victims of this terrible conflict...
Singing "Imagine" was our way of showing we reject war and that we want to contribute to building a more peaceful world.
Thank you to the seconde Arts plastiques pupils, the teachers and Headmaster for attending the ceremony.
To read the article in La Montagne (11/11/18), click HERE!
To read the poems and texts of our commemoration ceremony, see below!
PEACE POSTERS (to commemorate the end of WW1) by the pupils in seconde section euro & Arts plastiques (16/10/18)
In our poster
for peace, we have drawn a woman wearing a tee-shirt with the sign for peace.
She looks very naive, she’s tall and she has a childish air. On her left there
is a memory with the ruins of war, houses burning , people running in all
directions and there is a dismal atmosphere. This bubble represents the past of
humanity. The rest of the poster is made up of houses of all colours; there is
a happy atmosphere. The sun is shining, there are trees, lakes and some symbols
of peace. This looks like a utopian world where we are comfortable and happy.
Our slogan is “Peace is progress”. We want to say that war is outdated, it
doesn’t bring anything good; if we want to be happy we must not make war. Peace
is our future; thanks peace we will keep moving forward, hand in hand, because that
is progress. Our poster is propaganda for peace.
Wallid OULABBI, Jonathan BONIN, Mathis VERDIER, Mathys DELEMOTTE
This poster for peace is inspired by the events of the First World War,
notably those recounted in the movie "Joyeux Noël". During the
Christmas period, there was a truce between the German and allied soldiers in
the trenches during which they organised a football match, and played cards together.
That's why our poster shows a “Poilu” French soldier and a German soldier. The French
soldier hands a football to his “enemy”. It’s a sign of peace between the two
camps. On the ball, we see the flags of France and of Germany. The arms of the soldiers
are a reminder that the war was terribly violent. We also put their weapons on
their backs to show that the war was, for just a moment, “on hold”.
Manon GUILLOT, Sasha PROVASI, Flavie POUMARAT, Océane DELAGE
We want to represent the union between people with
this line of different people. They are all the same colour because it does not
make a difference what their skin colour is. We have shown them from behind to
show that they are moving forward towards peace, the light. Behind them, their
shadows reveal the dark side of war with the guns and shells. That means it’s
their past, which stays “hanging on” to them… In front of them, the sun means
freedom from oppression and conflict. The people are associated to the whole
world and they hope for a better life and they want to move forward with their
lives and to forget their past. The goal of our poster is to condemn war and to
promote peace but also to make people think about their actions and about why
conflict is never very far away... We think that our poster is efficient in
conveying its message because, when people first time look at it, they think
that it is commonplace but, if they look attentively, they see details such as
the shadows of the people. We think that our poster can get people thinking.
Certainly, there is not much colour but we think that that catches the eye
(since most expect a lot of colour).
Ludovic FRANCHI, Emile VOISSIER, Marie BULIDON, Wilson OURCHEL
We have shown
a very big olive tree which is an ancient symbol of peace. In the background,
there are five buildings which are far away and they represent civilization and
progress. Leaning on the tree is a person thinking back to when he and his
parents were in their destroyed home and there were a lot of dead people. The
slogan is what the character thinks about war; he thinks that war is boring and
it is better without it and to live in a developed city. The message that we
wanted to put across in our picture is that war is bad and “boring” (some
people think that war is exciting, but in fact it is harrowing). People should
think about how to avoid war...
Marjolaine FAYOL, Joris LOUISANNEAU, Laurine AIMAIN, Clotilde, Swan and Yann
Our poster is
made with an A3 piece of paper and paint. There are a lot of clichéd symbols of
peace often used in this kind of poster: a rainbow, a dove, an olive tree branch,
a “peace and love” sign. The background is blue because it’s the colour of calm
skies and of peace. The central element is an explosion and a victim: a young woman
sliced in two; she has two bullet wounds. The dead body is black to create a
contrast to attract the eye and because it’s the colour of sadness, fear and loneliness,
and death, obviously. The slogan “Peace… So passé?” is at the bottom. The aim
of our poster is to ask the viewer if he/she thinks peace is corny. It is
intended for all people but especially teenagers and young adults who are
sometimes quite blasé about the need for preventing violence in the world...
Charlotte DUPUY, Gabriel MOURRAT
In the
foreground, there is a blue dove representing peace and good weather. It is
holding in its break an olive branch to symbolize peace as well. Behind it is a
red part that represents hell and the horror of war. At the very top of the
poster is the hand of God showing us the dove and the inscription saying: “Is
peace so difficult to understand?” This means that peace is a simple act and
not so difficult to achieve. The parts showing war and hell take up only a
quarter of the total poster to show that peace is more important than war but
doesn’t exist without it…
Louise RICHART, Malaurie WAHL, Julie FILIA, Emmanuelle N’GATHEU
This
poster shows a fist which smashes a gun. Its aim is to show that we must stop
war and violence. We have used black and red to make a contrast. The red is to
denounce the spilling of blood and the danger of violence. The black is used to bring out
the red. The word “POW!” is big to show that the knock is strong
and angry. The slogan is “PUNCH FOR PEACE!”. It means that we must fight
against war and for peace in the world. The poster’s message is aimed at
people attracted by violence. We think that this poster must make people understand
that we can have peace in the world without war. Everybody must stop and
prevent war for a better world and a better life.
Maxime
BOISMENU, Valentin AIGUEBONNE, Adrien, Amin
We decided to change the slogan of our
poster to: "Peace is Life". In our opinion, we cannot live in a
country at war. We cannot do any of the things we like to do during wartime. We
have shown a dove because it is a universal symbol of peace. The dove watches
over the Earth as peace is fragile; we have to pay attention to what is
happening in the world. Humans must be intelligent and reflect on their
actions. We must not become in any way barbarians; we must, above all, remain
civilized.
Sunday, 7 October 2018
A few photos of our day out to Fleuriel and Chareil-Cintrat last September!
Propaganda posters workshop
Guided visit of the museum...
Fleuriel church
Outside the castle with our friendly guide!
Article in La Montagne: click HERE!
Wednesday, 12 September 2018
SECONDE PROJECTS 2018-2019
September: All the "Seconde" pupils went on a school trip to the "Historial du Paysan Soldat" in Fleuriel and the Renaissance château in Chareil-Cintrat (Allier) + exposés on our trip in October in front of the "Terminale section européenne" pupils.
October: We created peace posters (in collaboration with the Arts class).
November: We studied a number of texts on the theme of commemoration + we wrote articles for the blog Now & Then ("Should 2018 be the last time we commemorate the First World War?" + "How can we build peace in the minds of men and women?"). We also organized the 11th November commemoration ceremony at ISP (war poems and peace songs).
November to January: We studied the issue of migration using the Cartooning for Peace travelling exhibition "Tous migrants!".
February to March: We studied the text "Thousands of UK teens set for climate strike" + wrote an article on Now & Then entitled: "Would you have taken part in the student strike against climate change on Friday 15th March?"
April to June: We studied the text "The lost words of English..." and the poem by Lewis Carroll "Jabberwocky" in preparation for the work in "Première" (in September) on the 2019 INTERNATIONAL YEAR of Indigenous Languages.
A few photos of HAMLET, our school play!
A few photos of HAMLET, our school play!
September to June: We rehearsed for performances of Shakespeare's Hamlet (30 minute version in simple English) at the end of the school year. Blog: HAMLET scrapbook
PREMIERE PROJECTS 2018-2019
- We studied what "cultural heritage" means.
- We contributed blog posts to Things... and to My favourite cultural heritage site!
- We discussed "What are the solutions to the world's problems?" and then wrote essays in answer to the question; we then studied the missions of UNESCO.
- We took part in the Médiatiks photo competition on the theme "Spirit of place".
In the period January to May, we wrote speech texts inspired by the theme "Europe in question" and helped four pupils from the class prepare for the Speak out! 2019 inter-school public speaking competition (10th May). The ISP team won! We commented the speech texts published on the Europe in question blog.
Tuesday, 28 August 2018
TERMINALE PROJECTS 2018-2019
First term:
Second term:
- "S" pupils answered many questions (cf. Europium) on the topic of "Frankenscience" (+ they gave an oral presentation).
- "ES" and "L" pupils commented a number of political cartoons (and gave an oral presentation) on the theme of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (70th anniversary celebrations).
Third term:
- "S" pupils devised the questions for an MCQ on the theme of global warming and climate action; they gave out the Multiple Choice Questionnaire to the lycée Science classes.
- "ES" pupils carried out research on African art (with a pupil from South Africa).
- "L" pupils researched the EU institutions.
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