Nowadays, Christmas is celebrated almost everywhere, being either a religious feast or a commercial one. However it can be very different from one country to another. That’s why we asked ourselves how Christmas is celebrated all around the world and we have interviewed four students, each one from a different country, about the Christmas traditions…
By Elijah, Esteban and Samuel We are from Théophile Gautier in Year 11 in the BFI (International French Baccalaureate) class, and we have the great opportunity to be accompanied throughout the year with an English language assistant named Anyangu Mukhutsi Majimbo. Here are the questions we asked him for the interview: I was born in…
Un documentaire sur la Colombie Je m’appelle Laurent Charris et cet article traite des différences que j’ai remarquées entre la Colombie et la France depuis mon arrivée ici, il y a un an. En vivant dans ces deux pays si différents, j’ai pris conscience de l’influence du climat, des régions et de la culture sur…
This was the outcome of a French Ministry report released in April 2024. As we didn’t feel like being part of those « French teenagers », we decided to prove them wrong and that our taste has just evolved. And that’s how we took part in a great journalistic experience with a regional TV program. Here is…
Le Blues est un style de musique, issu à l’origine des chants d’esclaves d’Amérique du Nord. Il est au départ simplement composé de simples chants en chœur et d’accompagnements légers comme de la guitare acoustique, du banjo ou encore de l’harmonica. La suite de l’article est ici , un petit conseil, mettez vos écouteurs ! …
Du vendredi 29 au dimanche 31 août a eu lieu l’édition n°4 du Rose Festival à Toulouse. L’idée vient des chanteurs toulousains très connus Bigflo et Oli qui souhaitaient « créer un festival innovant aux multiples facettes culturelles » dans la »ville rose » : Toulouse. La suite de l’article est ici ! Par Amel Dahhaoui et Anna…
Maybe you are wondering what opportunities the international section of Tarbes can offer? Maybe you dream to travel to discover the world and its beauty? Read these lines and get prepared to an immersion in the life of a BFI student in Ireland… Amelia is a student that thanks to this section was able…
At the end of summer, Clémence tells her ex-husband that she’s had relationships with women. Her life is turned upside down when he files to strip her of their son’s custody. Then begins a struggle of several years for Clémence to defend her right to be a mother and a woman – free to make…
Bienvenue dans The Roomies Show, un podcast unique de 2nde section internationale britannique qui vous emmène au cœur des actualités culturelles à commencer par cette fin octobre célèbre aux États-Unis ! Get into the spooky season with us and our movie selection for Halloween 🙂 Enjoy! By Julia JOBIN, Louise RODIER-G and Zoe COMBES
Every beat, every lyric, every 2 a.m. study session with earbuds in—it’s all been building up to this. Inspired by the Spotify Wrapped phenomenon, we’re excited to present Théo Wrapped 2025, your personalized school-wide music recap. This is what we’ve been vibing to as a student body, and the stats are music to our ears….
What makes Sherlock Holmes a timeless character ? A unique personnality Sherlock Holmes’s character appeared in 1887 in the novel “A Study in Scarlet” written by Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes is presented as a British consulting detective living in London in the now famous address 221B Baker Street with his roommate, the doctor John…
A Warm Welcome to Tarbes The Italian students landed at Lourdes airport around noon and were warmly welcomed by their French correspondents. Francesco, one of the Italian students, said:« Tarbes amazed me because it looked clean and pretty, not like Italian cities. The school looks nice too! »He was pleasantly surprised by the friendliness of the people,…
Amelia and I, as part of the International Section at Théophile-Gautier High School, were selected to spend 3 weeks at our partner school in Dundalk, Ireland, from March 3rd to 22nd. What has striken both of us most is the cultural entertaining program DGS students experienced while we were there. March is indeed a very…
ARTÍCULO III : « Me lo ha contado un pajarito» Este año retomamos las frases hechas para aprender más español de forma divertida. Lucía Arguis e Hiba Nassabi, de 1ºA, os da a conocer la expresión «Me lo ha contado un pajarito». Significado: esta expresión significa que alguien te ha contado un secreto. Por lo…
By Eline Alexandre-Bertrand and Thalea Maurer, 2nde BFI students On the 5th January was the 84th birthday of Hayao Miyazaki, the famous Japanese animator, filmmaker and mangaka. Hayao Miyazaki was born in 1941 in Tokyo. He is a legendary Japanese animator, director, and co-founder of Studio Ghibli. Known for his visually stunning and thematically rich…
Samuel L. Jackson as Uncle Sam: The Government’s Voice The performance begins with Samuel L. Jackson embodying Uncle Sam, the personification of the U.S. government. Jackson, known for playing authoritative roles, is the perfect choice for this character. His opening statement « It’s your Uncle Sam, and this is the Great American Game » immediately establishes the…
In December, the BFI class of the year 11 in Théophile-Gautier had 3 2-hour sessions, of creative writing about detective stories. It was about the theme we were working on at the moment: A Cat Among The Pigeons by Agatha Cristie. During the first session, we learned about the use of the 5 senses in…
