Sèvres 2008

Summer 08

Calendar 08/09

Inter-Action: sections europeennes and specialist schools

Annual partnership conference 2008

17-18 January, CIEP, Sèvres
Séminaire de partenariat, CIEP, Sèvres, du 17 au 18 janvier 2008
At this year's conference at the CIEP in Sèvres, schools from all over England and from a wide range of specialisms met up with their new French partners, who themselves had come from as far afield as Martinique and La Réunion.
In total 95 people representing 99 schools were welcomed with coffee and a selection of French patisserie on Thursday afternoon and by the end of the two-day event most people went home satisfied and eager to engage with their new partner school. Some English delegates even stayed another night to experience more of Paris.
Quotes from delegates at the conference
- 'Concrete ideas from speakers and the school itself....time to socialise or 'network' with other schools and see what is going on in France and England in terms of education.'

- 'The importance of communication and co-operation came across, as well as ideas on how to proceed.'