Jan Lewandowski

La Poste in France has just issued a pack of 2 ready-stamped postcards which is ideal for primary children to send back to home &/or school in the UK.

It looks really easy to complete in simple language with boxes to tick for the weather and word and symbol stickers to add. Price 4,20 €

I’m off to France soon so will buy a pack and send one to myself; that leaves one spare, anybody want me to send them the other one? I promise to fill it in in very simple French so your class can read it easily. You’ll need to send an address!

Colleagues who are planning school visits to France may be interested to
know about the `Happy Packs’ that are available from the Eurotunnel desk
inside the Eurotunnel terminal. They contain stickers, pencil, coloured
pencils, activity book, pairs game, other games, word search and a postcard.

All of the activities are easy and suitable for KS2 age range.

All instructions are in both French and English and the pack is free of charge.
Contents and activities vary from year to year, so, with luck, the children won’t get the same pack on subsequent visits.

I have been told that it is not possible to order the packs in advance
therefore they have to be collected by children or staff on the day from the
desk. It seems a pity that teachers can’t build these packs into their
planning for the trip; nevertheless they are worth having if you can get
them and should certainly occupy the children for the length of time they
are actually in the Tunnel!