This year’s ‘La Grande Découverte’ was an exciting, action-packed adventure.  Students explored the cobbled streets of Boulogne old town, adorned with brightly-coloured berets and sunglasses purchased from the market stalls – an amusing sight for the locals! They had a whale of a time skating around Nausicaa, one of the biggest sea-life centres in Europe – it boasted all the marine life you could fish for! A splashing time was had by all at the beach and during the team-building games.Students got a pretty sweet deal on the second day of the trip, visiting Bec à Suc the local sweet factory – free samples, anybody? – and to balance out all that sugar, everyone did a great job buying their own healthy picnic lunch – not a ‘Big Mac’ in sight! Now, where would you find Mr Bean, Buzz Lightyear and Bob Marley? The answer was at the last night fancy dress party as the theme was the letter B.By the third day the students were on a roll, making croissants at the boulangerie. They also solemnly reflected on their experience at Etaples War Cemetery. Finally, a visit to a bee museum on the third trip had the students buzzing, learning about the anatomy of the bee and the job of the beekeeper. And their bee-hive-iour was  good, too!