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


2021-02-03 : A friendly afternoon in Venelles
2021-02-02 : A lovely walk, yesterday in Gardanne, towards Gueydan wall 
2021-01-29 : A nice walk last Friday from « La Croix de Pierre » in Venelles.
2021-01-28 : A lovely walk in Venelles last Thursday.
We learnt some jokes in English and French and decided to harvest some olives 
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 !!!
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…)
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
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.
COOKING CONTESTS
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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
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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.
CONCOURS DE CUISINE
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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.
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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
WHAT ARE YOUR CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS ?
Christmas tradition by Marie-Hélène J.
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!
Les gagnants de l’Assogora d’Aix en Provence sont :
Vous serez contactés prochainement pour recevoir votre récompense 
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 !
SATURDAY, JUNE 29th
END OF THE YEAR PARTY
at CAP, 8 chemin du four 13100 Aix-en-Provence
Saturday, June 1st
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 :
GULLI PARC | AIX LES MILLES |
TREMPOLINE INDOOR – SALTO ET URBAN JUMP | AIX LES MILLES |
IN PARK – KARTING LASER STRUCTURE POUR ENFANTS | AIX LES MILLES |
BOWLING DU BRAS D’OR | AIX CENTRE VILLE |
BOUCHERIE ARNAUD – LA CROIX D’OR | BOUC BEL AIR |
VITALSPA | BOUC BEL AIR |
CORINNE GARCIA Réflexologue | FUVEAU |
MULTI SERVICES RAPIDES | GARDANNE |
COIFFEUR STUDIO AVENUE | GARDANNE |
BOULANGERIE L’ATELIER | GARDANNE |
PHARMACIE CENTRALE CARRFMARKET | GARDANNE |
LEADER PRICE | GARDANNE |
TORREFACTION ST ROCH | GARDANNE |
FLORALES DU MIDI | GARDANNE |
ATELIER POTERIE ROULTATERRE | GARDANNE |
LIBRAIRIE AU VENT DES MOTS | GARDANNE |
LA BOUTIQUE AUX CADEAUX | GARDANNE |
RESTAURANT AU FIL DU GOUT | GARDANNE |
BOUCHERIE LES ATOUTS | GARDANNE |
ROSYBER | GARDANNE |
PHARMACIE DU LYCEE
CREDIT MUTUEL |
GARDANNE
GARDANNE |
MARION THIBAUD Kiné | MEYREUIL |
PHARMACIE DES MOULIERES | MIMET |
BIO C BON | PLAN DE CAMPAGNE |
GOLFFY PARC | PLAN DE CAMPAGNE |
LASER GAME | PLAN DE CAMPAGNE |
PHARMACIE | PONT DE BERAUD |
LE MAS DE LA DEVEZE | TAUTAVEL |
CITRON VERT | VENELLES |
COIFFEUR CEE JEE | VENELLES |
MARCEL&BIO | VENELLES |
CARREFOUR MARKET | VENELLES |
CAVE AUX VINS LES TERROIRS | VENELLES |
PHARMACIE LES OISEAUX | VENELLES |
AU BONHEUR DES DAMES | VENELLES |
URBAN KIDS | VENELLES |
JARDINERIE RIERA | VENELLES |
UTILE | VENELLES |
PHARMACIE DU SOLEIL | PUYRICARD |
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