We arrived on the island Wednesday September 18th
at 9 am. First, we walked to the Fort to drop our bags and to see our rooms.
The Fort is constituted of a museum, dormitories, a self-service and
classrooms.
Breakfast was at 8:15, lunch at 12:30 and dinner at
7:30.
Then we walked around the island and stopped on a
beautiful beach to have our lunch, a picnic.
THE
ISLAND:
It is 2,300 m long and 950 m large. It’s covered with
95% of forest and a legend says that the 2 islands ( Ste Marguerite and St
Honorat) are connected via an underground tunnel! There are only 2 fully inhabited
houses: the forester’s house and a very big and beautiful one belonging to an
Indian family. Ste Marguerite was fortified by Vauban. On the island, there are
2 cemeteries: one for the soldiers who died at the battle of Crimea in 1855
and one for the Muslim soldiers.
There is a nice museum inside the Fort where we can
see amphoras, plates, vases from roman boats. There is also a prison with a
famous cell, where the Iron Mask was locked.
From the island, you have a wonderful view on the
Croisette, and all the way to Antibes.
THE CONFERENCES:
On Thursday, 5 professionals came to talk to us about
their jobs. There was one supermarket director, one head hunter, one student in
BTS, one shop owner and a lady who was launching her own business. We made 5
groups and spent 20 minutes talking to each professional; they talked about
their mission, explained their jobs, their difficulties, their career. We asked
them some questions such as : “what subject do you study on a BTS?” or “What
is the mission of a director ?” “How much money do you need to start a
business?”.
It was very enriching, it helped us to understand what
the active life is.
THE SPEED RECRUITING:
On Thursday afternoon we got ready with our
professional outfit, our CVs and our cover letters and we waited for the
interviews. Each student had 2 interviews with 2 different professionals, about
10 minutes each. During the interviews, the consultants told us what we needed
to upgrade our CVs, our appearance
and our speech. They gave us good advice and listened to our projects. They
asked us why we wanted to work in their companies, what qualities we had… They were happy to
work with us and we were happy too because it was a different point of view
from our teachers.
Thursday was a rich and interesting day and we were
tired in the end.
THE
EVENINGS:
The first evening, we had some free time and played
cards, listened to music...
The second evening, the teachers organized different
games and the winners won small presents such as mugs, USB plugs, mobile
holders, caps , note books….). The first game was a quiz on the island, then we
had riddles; the 3rd game was to throw a paper ball in a basket and
after that we mimed celebrities.
THE NAUTICAL
ACTIVITIES:
On Friday morning we did some kayaking from 9:30 to
12. The instructor showed us the positions and then we were alone in our kayak.
We saw jellyfish, big boats and had a lot of fun.
CONCLUSION:
Here are a few impressions on the seminar and more
precisely on Thursday.
“It was very useful; I’ve learnt a lot of things. The
conferences are going to help me in the future.” Erica
“It’s very good because we had professional
testimonies and it’s motivating.” Stéphanie
“This Thursday was a very good experience for our
future and for our school year. We know each other better now and each of us is
going to improve their letters, their presentation or their CVs.” Oliver and Myriam
This trip was very instructive. We learnt a lot on the
active world and met very interesting people. Thanks to this experience, there
is a good relationship between the students, we are more confident and more
prepared to write our CVs or to go to interviews. We were sad to go back to
Cannes and we would like to thank our teachers for the 3 days on Ste
Marguerite.
Summary written by the class
of 1BCO1 and 1BCO2
