Jumelage Montreuil-Juigné Kamen

                         Hallo Kinder

Are you a child in the fourth or fifth grade and would you like to exchange ideas with Germans your own age? Hallo Kinder is for you !

Who is the audience? 

Children from CM1 and CM2 from the city of Montreuil-Juigné      

How do I sign up?  

All children are given information on the dates and times of registration with the Twinning Committee   

 

What do we do during these meetings? 

We learn to introduce ourselves, to learn a few German words, numbers, colours, days, and months of the year.  

We discover Germany: through its traditions (St Martin’s Day, St Nicholas’ Day, Carnival…), its way of life through videos, fun questionnaires, recipes.  

We make gifts, small crafts, Christmas or Easter cards that will please our pen pal. 

We write letters!

The twinning committee proposes activities for the children of all the classes of CM1 and CM2 of Montreuil Juigné:

As part of the Kamenoise days (1ʳᵉ fortnight of September), the twinning committee invites all CM1 and CM2 classes of the 4 schools of Montreuil-Juigné to participate and discover a traditional German breakfast.

Between 200 and 250 children are welcomed at the Salle Jacques Brel, accompanied by their school teachers. We present them the children’s correspondence activity “Hallo Kinder! 

This is an event that is awaited and appreciated every year by the children and widely echoed by their families! 

 

The children’s letter exchange: Hallo Kinder! and Bonjour AG! 

 

The twinning between the towns of Kamen and Montreuil Juigné also allows children to become friends, twinning is not only a matter for grown-ups, you can also become friends and have a German pen pal! 
Registrations are taken for children in CM1 so that they can go to Germany one year and receive their pen pal in Montreuil the following year (or vice versa) 

 

– The meeting with the pen pals: 

This is a highlight of the exchange which takes place alternately in France and in Germany.  

The children live together for a whole weekend, generally the weekend of the Ascension, and share some great moments.

It is an opportunity to :

  • Get to know their pen pals,

  • Share meals, common activities, discover a French or German family

  • Playing indoor and outdoor group games

  • Discover the city, the commune, typical places in our country

 
 

Our pen pals come to Montreuil Juigné: 

The accommodation is in a collective structure. For the last few years, we have been staying at the MFR du Cèdre in Saint Barthélémy, which has collective rooms with sanitary facilities, a common room, a catering service and secure outdoor play areas in a wooded setting.  

Transport is provided by the German bus and its drivers. 

 

We go to Kamen : 

We are accommodated in a youth hostel, with group rooms, common room and self-service. 

The programme of activities :

  • Family time with your pen pal

  • Activities: outdoor games, manual activities (e.g.: examples from previous years: dream catchers, t-shirts to decorate…), themed evenings (bingo, dance…)

  • Sightseeing: discovery of Angers, its castle and shopping, Montreuil-Juigné

  • Discovery of a local attraction: Le Puy du Fou (very popular with Germans and French!), visit of a museum…

 

 

Project supported by :

OFAJ