FRBV24 Best action CAE - SHARE: Universal - Playing a Happy Family Game about the Olympics

During the hosting week in May when we welcomed the Irish students from Ballyshannon and the Slovakian students from Poprad, the participants played together a game of happy families about the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The game was created by the French pupils from the 4th form Erasmus group during Erasmus sessions this school-year 2023-2024.

The students were divided into groups of 4 (mixed nationalities). The different "families" were: the Olympic values and symbols, some dates and events  that marked the Olympic Games, some Olympic team sports, some Olympic  individual sports,  cities and continents that hosted the Olympic games.  Each card gave short information in both English and French. The game started, following the rules given at the beginning and explained on a card of the deck. Students exchanged cards with each other in order to complete the entire "family" of one color.

 After the game, the students were given 10 minutes to study again the information on their cards. This was followed by a quiz in which the students tested their knowledge gained by studying the information on the cards.

This activity was appreciated by the students because it was both educative and fun. It helped them learn a lot about the different aspects of the Olympic Games. They had to communicate, cooperate and share. Thus, they also improved their foreign language skills and self-confidence. The students who created the game were very happy to see that their work was useful and was taken into consideration. They felt valued.

The decks of cards are now in the school library and remain available to the students in the school and will also be reused in the future during a hosting week.