Therfield MFL

A huge thank you from the staff on the trip & Mrs McCan for the many many heart-warming examples of student behaviour - great French communication, humour, enthusiasm, behaviour & maturity which made them happy & proud to spend time with them on the trip. Merci! @TherfieldSchool

Saturday was the journey back to the UK. The group had a final breakfast and bid farewell to the chateau before visiting a local farm where they met the goats and learnt about how goats cheese is made. Then the ferry home and a late night arrival back at @TherfieldSchool

Meanwhile, groups G & H were doing photogramme and homeball too, as well as climbing the climbing wall and visiting the mini ferme to meet the bunnies @TherfieldSchool

Friday saw the group back at the chateau for the last day of French immersion activities. Groups E & F swapped between photogramme, the local game of homeball, team building activities and aeroballe. @TherfieldSchool

Thursday evening was the much-anticipated visit to the crêperie for galettes (a kind of savoury pancake) followed by crêpes @TherfieldSchool

The next part of Tuesday's adventures was at Mont Saint Michel, a very famous landmark whose little streets were also the inspiration for Diagon Alley in Harry Potter @TherfieldSchool

Thursday was a day of excursions, and all four activity groups were back together and enjoying the sunshine. The first part of day was spent at the market in the nearby town of Dinan. @TherfieldSchool

For groups G & H Wednesday was also parcours de santé challenge day! It was followed by some gentle breadmaking. Students get their bread creations back to enjoy at the next meal @TherfieldSchool

Meanwhile, Tuesday saw Groups E & F visiting the legendary mini ferme, trying the climbing wall and baking their own traditional(ish) French bread @TherfieldSchool

Tuesday was the first day of full-on French immersion activities at the chateau. Groups G & H both tried out aeroballe, worked in teams to solve challenges, had a French lesson and tried their hand at archery @TherfieldSchool

Monday was a very early start for the staff and Y10s heading off on the immersion trip to Chateau @baudonniere - but they were kept cheery on the long ferry crossing by Pierre the Bear of @BrittanyFerries @TherfieldSchool

Therfield has arrived safely at the Chateau. Now it's diner time for them so: "Bon appétit !"

Today was the biggest ever @TherfieldSchool year 10 Marché de Noël with 38 stalls, nearly 150 students involved and at least a ton of sugar. It was a joy to be part of, the y10s' enthusiasm and baking skills and organisation were all fantastic - huge well done to everyone 👍🎄🎄

Results in for @TherfieldSchool year 9's @GCHQ #NLC2025 contest! Amazing performances by all the teams with our top group "Reliable Fish" coming 177th out of nearly 3000! Well done everyone 👊🏆 and thanks to @MadameTMFL for running it 👏

Year 9 have been working hard and having fun doing the #GCHQNational languages Competition 2025!!  They did very well and beat our winners from last year by nearly 1000 points! @TherfieldSchool #TherfieldProud Thanks to @MadameTMFL for running the event 👍🌍

And so the @TherfieldSchool 2025 MFL interhouse draws to a close! It was great to see so much enthusiasm, energy and competition, and was a very close run outcome, but in the end, the 1st place🏆 goes to... Leith! Congratulations!

Thursday lunchtime at @TherfieldSchool was the chance for year 10 and 11 to compete in the iconic Tour de France / Row the Seine challenge in the gym. Really great participation and energy and a win for Polesden 👍

Day 3 of the @TherfieldSchool European Day of Languages MFL interhouse was on Wednesday, when the year 7 teams completed a quiz on countries and capitals- some amazing knowledge all round but Juniper inched ahead and secured the win 👊

Day 2 of the @TherfieldSchool MFL interhouse was on Tuesday. Lunchtime saw adventurous competitors from all 4 houses allowing themselves to be blindfolded before being fed mystery foods from different countries which they had to try to identify. And today's round went to...Leith!

European Day of Languages was a few days ago, so this week was time to celebrate with the @TherfieldSchool MFL interhouse contest! Year 8 kicked off the event on Monday with a pétanque tournament - we needed a tie breaker but in the end Polesden took the win #TherfieldProud