Learn english in France with Evie

Every student is unique so each and every stay can be tailored to their needs and interests.

Our day is usually to get up and have breakfast, help out with tasks like watering the animals and collecting the eggs or picking vegetables in the garden. Then we do an English lesson; they are always fun and interesting and adapted to the level and age of each student.

**A minimum of five hours of English lessons must be booked with each stay because it's a really great way to work on any little mistakes that are being made, to revise and to learn some new things. The lesson will be in the morning. If you book more than five hours of lessons then all lessons are completed before 4pm depending on the activities planned, the individual students needs and the number of hours booked.

Activities, it depends on the weather, if it's nice outside we'll go for a bike ride (we have a spare bike for students to use when they stay with us), sometimes locally or we may put the bikes on the bike rack and go to Cognac or Jarnac and ride alongside the Charente. We like to swim; in our pool or at the lake ten minutes down the road or sometimes in the Charente river. Kayaking is also a family favourite, as is Aqua Jump and Accrobranche so if you love water activities or climbing in the trees then these are great activities! We also like to go to places like Zoodyssée which is a local zoo for animals from Europe or La Vallée des Singes which is a favourite of the kids as they love to see the different monkeys. Sometimes we may go to the large pool in Angoulême; it has a very big slide. Occasionally we go to the beach for the day which is just over an hours drive away. We picnic all the time! We also like to cook outside on a BBQ or a fire pit or just on a fire and we do this all year round, even in winter! In the summer our children often put a tent up in the garden and many of our students have spent a night camping out. They get to help our children make their own breakfast outside in the morning which is always a very popular activity; apparently breakfast tastes so much better when you make it yourself and eat it outside :-) If it's raining we might stay inside and do some baking or a large puzzle or watch a film with homemade popcorn. We also like to play board games or cards. The kids might do some painting or other craft activities. We may put coats and boots on and go out for a walk anyway!

At Halloween we host a party for the children in the village and many students have really enjoyed helping to decorate our barn and join in with all the spooky fun and games.

We like to see what our students are interested in and do activities that they will enjoy; the more fun they have the more they can relax and learn.