Earth Day & Mindfulness in French - Basile C. Year 7

Last Friday 22 April was Earth day. All Year 7 French classes were gathered together to watch a presentation done by the French teachers (Mrs.Leonard, Mrs.Grobe, Mrs.Gauthier and Mr.Pham). The presentation was in both French and English. We mainly learned why the Earth is important and why we need to limit the harm we are doing to it. The Earth has given us life and all our resources and in exchange we pollute it. Did you know that about 52 thousands square miles of forest are lost every year? I think it is important to make a real effort to protect the earth as there is no other place to live.  
In the second part of this French lesson, we did a few mindfulness activities. We had to focus on all the sounds in Hong Kong (whether they are in school, or at Central or any other place in Hong Kong…) and try to recognize each of these sounds made by different things (cars, the wind, birds…). Then we had to focus on the air coming in and out of the room, whether it is refreshing or warm. I liked these mindfulness activities. They were really relaxing.  
Like I said before, it was a very interesting lesson. It was great for students from different levels of French to get the opportunity to work together and to understand the importance of the Earth. I hope we do more of these lessons in the future.   
 Basile Claveranne - Year 7