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2021-03-17 : Venelles history

Have you ever been to the windmill, Maurice Plantier school, Felix Chabaud vault and so on? By the way, did you know this magnificient sculptor made the statue of agriculture at the fountain of the Rotonde in Aix-en-Provence?

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2021-02-27 : A wet walk at « La plaine de Fos » in Gardanne

The tour at « la plaine de Fos » is a nice and easy short walk that you should discover if you don’t already know it but we weren’t very lucky with the weather this afternoon to enjoy the beautiful spots on the Sainte Victoire

Anyway, it was great to meet outside and to speak with Aisling again!

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2021-02-03 : A friendly afternoon in Venelles

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2021-02-02 : A lovely walk, yesterday in Gardanne, towards Gueydan wall

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2021-01-29 : A nice walk last Friday from « La Croix de Pierre » in Venelles.

We met some bikers and a black wild pig that was not finally wild at all ;-))

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2021-01-28 : A lovely walk in Venelles last Thursday.

We learnt some jokes in English and French and decided to harvest some olives

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2021-01-26 : A champions team today in Parc de la Torse

Thank you Madeleine for your delicious « galette », it was the best I have ever eaten !!!

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2021-01-18 : This week we started the first « talk and walk » adults classes outdoors !

How pleasant it was to meet again (it’s different from the usual Zoom classes…)

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ADVENT CALENDAR

Each day you can try to answer a new question or solve a new challenge in English.  Please, send us your results before the 1st of January and a photo of your « answers calendar » and you will get a reward 😉

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE ADVENT CALENDAR

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CALENDRIER DE L’AVENT

Chaque jour, vous pouvez essayer de répondre à une nouvelle question ou résoudre un nouveau défi en anglais. Envoyez-nous vos résultats avant le 1er Janvier et une photo de votre « calendrier de réponses » et vous serez récompensé.

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COOKING CONTESTS

• Each participant can share his/her best recipe (written in English of course) with a photo if possible. Everyone can make the recipes at home and vote for the recipe they prefered before the 1st of January.

New!!! You can share the first recipes and vote !!! Click here or « like » the recipes you like on our Facebook page : 

https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=AssoByTheWay&set=a.2955882551307817

• For kids and teens : make the most beautiful and appetizing pizza at home, send us a photo with all the ingredients you used before the 1st of January and vote for the pizza that you like best!!!

We’re waiting for your photos!!!

Each winner of the 2 categories will be rewarded !

ALL THE RESULTS AFTER THE BREAK ON JANUARY THE 04TH.

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CONCOURS DE CUISINE

• Chaque participant peut partager sa recette préférée (écrite en anglais bien entendu) avec une photo si possible. Tout le monde peut tester les recettes à la maison et voter pour sa recette préférée.

• Pour les enfants et les ados : réalisez la plus belle et appétissante pizza chez vous, envoyez-nous une photo avec la liste de tous les ingrédients en anglais que vous avez utilisés et votez pour la pizza que vous préférez.

Il y aura une récompense pour chacun des gagnants des 2 catégories.

RESULTATS A LA RENTREE LE 4 JANVIER

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WHAT ARE YOUR CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS ?

Christmas tradition by Marie-Hélène J.

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MERCI A TOUS POUR VOTRE VENUE ET VOTRE AIDE LORS DES FORUMS DE GARDANNE ET ASSOGORA CE WEEK-END!

Merci en particulier à Sylvain, Nicole, Dominique, Madeleine, Jean-Yves, Kelsey, Aisling, Stewart et Kurt : une équipe de choc pour répondre à vos questions!

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QUIZZ and ANSWERS IN ENGLISH :

 

1. What is London’s most famous bell ? Big Ben

2. How many stars does the American flag have? 50

3. Who is the patron saint of Ireland? Saint Patrick

4. What leaf is on the Canadian flag? A maple leaf

5. What is the capital city of Australia ? Canberra

6. What nickname is used for people from New Zealand ? kiwis

7. What does « The Beatles » band name mean? rythme + scarabées

En août 1960 , ils adoptent définitivement le mot-valise « Beatles », formé à partir de beat (« rythme ») et beetles (« scarabées »), avant d’honorer leur premier contrat dans un club de Hambourg.

8. How many people (approximatively) speak English in the world :

5 Million – 500 Million or 2 Billion ? almost 2 Billion!

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Les gagnants de l’Assogora d’Aix en Provence sont :

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Les gagnants du Quizz du forum de Gardanne sont :

– Annie BONNET

– Charlie PARAY

– Manar KENAB

Vous serez contactés prochainement pour recevoir votre récompense

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SEPTEMBER 28TH, French evening to welcome English from Bath!

A wonderful evening and meeting between English and French People. Thank you for coming and for your good mood !

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SATURDAY, JUNE 29th
END OF THE YEAR PARTY

at CAP, 8 chemin du four 13100 Aix-en-Provence

Musicians, songs, giant games, GROUP PRESENTATIONS, 

drinks, snacks and meals to share!

You are very  welcome to join us and meet our teachers, group leaders, volunteers and members 😉

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Saturday, June 1st 

« A guided tour in English at Chateau LA COSTE »

Château La Coste is a vineyard where Wine, Art & Architecture live in harmony. Artists and architects were invited to visit the Domain and discover the beauty of Provence. In turn, they were encouraged to choose a place in the landscape that spoke directly to them and were given the freedom to create a work that would live there. Château La Coste will continue to evolve as new projects and installations are developed. Walk at your leisure through wooded hilltops and valleys, alongside olive groves and vine fields, discovering the many installations of contemporary art on your way.

Friday, March 15th

Saint Patrick’s Day Party at « La Scene » in Aix Les Milles

Special event between « LA SCENE » and « BY THE WAY ».

Let’s speak English and dance with Irish Folk music!

First Part : BY THE WAY friends (Geraldine, Aisling, Eric and Kalie FROM 7:30 PM)

Second Part : Erin Galad (Traditional Irish band FROM 8:30PM)

CHAGALL Exhibition at Hotel de Caumont Saturday, March 9th at 3:30PM

BINGO – By The Way and By The Way Venelles 
Saturday, March 2nd at 3PM

SALLE DE LA BOSQUE – CHEMIN DE LA BOSQUE

Thank you everybody for this great afternon!

UN GRAND MERCI A TOUS NOS ADHERENTS ET A NOS PARTENAIRES :

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15th

CHRISTMAS PARTY

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23rd

GAMES EVENING

THURSDAY, AUGUST 1st

KID TO KID CONNECTION

SATURDAY, JUNE 30th

BY THE WAY and BY THE WAY VENELLES « END OF THE YEAR PARTY« 

Thank you everybody for this wonderful party!

All BTW members or almost all showed us what they’ve learnt during the year and the music with Geraldine and Aisling was great as usual!

Kids liked giant games and we all had a good time together!

Thank you to every « teachers », « group leader » from this year : Aisling, Ava, Annette, Geraldine, Kylie, Kurt, Marion, Susan, we had a really great team!

Au programme, il y avait : musique, chansons, jeux surdimensionnés, sketchs, présentations des différentes classes et intervenants des Associations By The Way et By The Way Venelles.

FRIDAY MARCH 16TH

SAINT PATRICK’S PARTY

From 7pm, in Gardanne (Salle des fêtes de Fontvenelle)

IRISH music, IRISH songs, IRISH poetry,

IRISH TEACHERS and IRISH GOOD MOOD !!!

Each participant is asking to bring something to eat and to drink, thank you 😉

Thank you Geraldine for your beautiful songs, Aisling for your amazing tin-whistle music and Geraldine for your great presentation!!!

You can find it HERE

TUESDAY MARCH 6TH  

FROM 6 TO 8PM (more or less)

For his third « Cooking-in-English class », Trevor propose a voyage to the sea!

« Dressed in our aprons and seafaring shirts, we will join all-hands-on-deck to chop, slice, and mix nature’s finest taste of the sea.  Vocabulary will be introduced and revised around all things from ships to seashells, and of course common cooking terms. »

BY THE WAY VENELLES : first BINGO for the whole family!

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 24TH  at 5PM

SALLE DE LA GRANDE TERRE A VENELLES

To have a review of numbers in English and have fun in the same time, for all the family !

MERCI A TOUS pour votre large participation!

Nous allons pouvoir acheter du matériel supplémentaire pour l’association : tableaux blancs, marqueurs, photocopies supplémentaires, travaux manuels pour les enfants, petit mobilier, petit électroménager…

CHRISTMAS PARTY

IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENING

FRIDAY DECEMBER 8TH

Children’s songs,
Musicians : Geraldine Gervois and the Pop Rock anglophone group ‘Lilies and the Weeds’ (with Trevor Barrett).

GAMES EVENING

A new event to practise English : various games in order to have fun and speak English, of course! From beginner to advanced level, for adults and teenagers : darts, scrabble, card games, taboo, pictionnary, board games, strategy games… See whitch one takes your fancy!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Halloween is in fact an Irish tradition, as it comes from before Christianity as far back as the celtic times 500BC. So let’s have a review of its origins :

http://www.history.com/topics/halloween/history-of-halloween