Introduction

Seven boys and girls investigate urban ecosystems in Cambridge and London !

Le Projet

Sunday, July 1th

Today is the big day : we finally meet in London ! Everyone arrived by train at Saint-Pancras. We had a picnic in a square behind the station. Then the educators gave us some challenges to practice introducing ourselves. We had to ask an autograph to a stranger, then we had to ask them for a story that happened to them.

We had some free time in Coal Drops Yard (a former industrial zone that has been converted into a shopping centre), then we went back to the station to meet Raphaël whose train had been delayed. We all went to King’s Cross station to take the train to Cambridge. We finally arrived at the Youth Hostel at 5:30. We discovered our rooms and had dinner at 7:00 : chili con carne or veggie chili or pasta with tomato sauce.

In the evening we went to a park to play a game (« one truth, one lie about myself ») and to discover what the week is going to be like. We were sitting in a small park when a fox came by ! It wasn’t afraid and spent a little time watching us. After that we went back to the hostel because it was getting cold. We talked about our common rules for the week and went to bed.

Monday, July 13th

Today we had breakfast at 8:30. Then we went to the nearby park to do our morning forum. We played « Lucky Luke » to learn each other’s name, then we discussed the previous day (how we slept, etc.). We played a game called « 1, 2, 3 bottle » and did the reading exercice with Theo and Emilia.

After that we gathered our things for the day. We walked towards the town centre. The educators sent us a list of things to find in Cambridge : it was a treasure hunt and it was really fun to discover the city that way ! Then we ate picnic in front of King’s College.

After that we found a spot near the river under a tree. We had free time to rest, then we did a activity about statistics, biases, samples, etc. The goal was to understand the methodology of polls. Then we took time to do some interviews with strangers in the park.

For dinner we ate pasta. Then we went to a abandoned cemetery where nature took over : there are trees and bushes growing between the tumbs. We held our evening meeting and played Werewolves. We tried to spot some foxes, but unfortunately we didn’t see any !

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