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Have you heard of the Comox
Francophone pizza ? It is a huge pile of
feta cheese, a handful of green and red
peppers, a layer of mushrooms, a lightly
spiced tomatoes concentrate, few slices
of salami, a pinch of mixed herbs and
some olives are the main ingredients of
the recipe. But the secret is now known
to everyone... All ingredients must be
related to the various elements of the
Francophone community. For example
cheese is the ingredient that consolidate
teamwork and cooperation which should
exist between all components being youth,
parents, teachers, preschool people,
school, community...Liquorice stick and
candies add to the priceless flavour of
Francophone youth.

This Francophone pizza took the
colour of its makers. In this activity
participants expressed their vision of the
community; and, with such activities the
Consortium in Francophone Education
carries on to promote the development of
Culture in the classroom inthe communi-
ties. In Comox among the twenty
participants there were teachers, parents,
members of the community and
youngsters and all contributed to define
the role of each and everyone in the
children’s education.Comox was the first
of three such activities; the next ones
have been held in Nanaimo and Chilliwack.

Starting from the point of view that
education is everybody’s business, the
purpose of these activities is to create an
environment where all partners in
education work together to create
partnerships, projects or take joint actions.

Tous participent
a la création
collective tout en
écrivant la recette
qu'en dispersant
les ingrédients.

CULTURE

THE
CLASSROOM

This Francophone pizza took
the colour of its makers. In
this activity participants
expressed their vision of the
community; and, with such
activities the Consortium in
IN Francophone Education
carries on to promote the
development of Animation
culturelle in the
communities.

THE PARTNERSHIP

In Comox participants identified projects
which could be realized jointly during
next year : for example the pupils of
Programme cadre could collaborate to
the Association’s newsletter; the contest
of Poems Writing (one of the
Francophone National Week activities)
could be repeated.

The enhancement of the cultural
environment for young Francophone

pupils donot only concern the teachers |
but also the Francophone community |

at large. The new curriculum called
IRP (“Integrated Resource Package’)
that will be implemented in September
1997 includes an important section on
Language and Culture.

NANAIMO

Some 150 kilometres from Comox
the second meeting looked a lot like a
family gathering. About thirty
participants, young children included,
did participate. The pizzas were very
tempting and had also a name “Where
your heart is”, “The Francophone face
of the world”, and so on...

Among the creations a school was
sculpted with parents, teachers, and
children of all ages around; youngsters
built a complete neighbourhood where
the Francophones could live their culture.

In both meetings the persons in
charge realized the importance of
education in the priorities of
Francophone communities.

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BEGINS

La table est
bien garnie et
le choix n'est
pas toujours
facile.