Lycée Ferdinand BUISSON ELBEUF

Our penfriends from Norway

Webmestre — 2023-11-24T09:21:04Z

From the 13th to the 17th of November, high school students from Trondheim have been hosted by our students from the History and Geography European Section.
A week full of activities and cultural exchange !
We will visit them on the 5th of February !

Norwegian students in Elbeuf

Webmestre — 2022-11-28T15:28:03Z

From the 21st to the 25th of November, we had the pleasure to welcome 30 students from two high school of Trondheim in Norway and their teachers.
The European Section's students welcomed their penfriends during the week and we organised activities and visits.
This trip has been organised with Erasmus + and it is a school exhange : we are going in Norway at the end of January to see our penfriends again and visit the country.
More articles about our week will arrive soon !

the movie night

Webmestre — 2022-06-16T15:40:45Z

the movie night

The movie night took place on Thursday after eating pizzas for the evening meal at 5:30 pm. It is very common in Norway to eat the evening meal around 4 pm. It may come early for us indeed, but this is very common down there.

That's when at the end of the meal we

We had a little break and we were offered popcorn just before we went into the movie theater. The high school in Trondheim is equipped with a theatre where films can be screened. This room has a capacity of about 100 people and looks extremely like a movie theater. That night, the film that was proposed to us is White Chicks. It's a famous American comedy directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans. It tells the story of two young FBI agents who fail no mission. So they took the liberty of conducting an undercover mission to foil a plot, and thus save the two girls they are supposed to embody.

The movie was very funny !

At the end of the film, we went back to our respective families. It was a really good evening !

Nidaros Cathedral

Webmestre — 2022-06-15T08:39:39Z

Introduction:

Nidaros Cathedral is the cathedral of the city of Trondheim, Norway. It was built on the tomb of the King of Norway, Saint Olaf, who was killed during the battle of Stiklestad on July 29th, 1030. It is located on the banks of the Nidelva River and has Gothic sculptures on its facade. The cathedral was mainly erected during the reconstruction of the cathedral in the 19th century.

1/ the life of Saint Olaf :

Olaf Harldsson traveled in Europe when he was young, particularly in England where he has learned Christian religion, he has decided to be baptized in Rouen. Then, he wanted to unite Norway so he benefited that Denmark's king named king Canute was in England to make Norway independent. The new king set up in Nidaros also known as Tromdheim where he built at first a church. He decided to convert Norway people to christianism. He proclaimed himself king and made peace with the king of Denmark and married his daughter. He finally lost the Helgea battle and was banished before dying during the Stiklestad battle to have back his kingdom. After, they buried him next to the Nidelva, but

people wanted to honor him and decided to put him in the church, where a lot of pilgrims came. Finally it was burned and a second one was rebuilt, but after the war it was abandoned and was restored. Nowadays, a lot of kings have been crowned, the last one is Haakon VII.

2/ The Idea of building a Chapel / The story of the cathedral :

The cathedral of Nidaros was started in 1070 and its construction extends until around 1300. In 1328, a fire was declared and another burst in 1531. This destroyed the transept and part of the nave.

The reconstruction of the monument began in 1869 under the direction of several architects including Christian Christie and Henrik Bull, two Norwegian architects. The restoration officially ended in 2001.

Who are these two architects?

Christian Christie, born on December 24th, 1832 and died on September 13th, 1906, is a famous Norwegian architect who participated in several projects. He directed the restoration and preservation of many medieval monuments including the Church of Santa Maria, Håkonshallen. But his most important work is probably the restoration of the cathedral of Nidaros.

Henrik Bull, born on March 28th, 1864 and died on June 2nd, 1953, was a Norwegian architect known for his involvement in the restoration of Nidaros Cathedral. Among his most famous works are the Muse of History, the Ministry of Finance and the Nationaltheatret. Between 1912 and 1934 he was director of the École supérieure des arts industriels et de l'architecture.

3/ The Cathedral as we know nowadays/ Architecture :

This famous cathedral of Norway was first erected on the foundations of an 11th century basilica. On its west facade, you can admire several stone engravings, alcoves and sculptures built as finely as lace, located around the ornate rose window.

The interior of the cathedral combines different architectural styles including mainly its medieval architecture but also the Romanesque style with its transept, the Protogothic style with the nave and the 12th century chapel dedicated to Saint John and New Year's Eve and the Gothic style.

The cathedral features a sparkling rose window and splendid stained-glass windows that illuminate the interior, a tower with breathtaking views of the city, as well as crypts containing tombs dating from the Middle Ages. Finally, the altar front depicts fascinating scenes from the legend of Saint Olaf, which will inform you about this heroic Norwegian king, canonized and buried in the cathedral in 1031.

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4/ The organs of the cathedral

The cathedral is composed of organs, a very large one, the first that was built, over the years they realized that there was a discrepancy of sound between what the people next to the organ were entangling and what the others heard further. Indeed, the largest organ in the cathedral has 9900 pipes.

A second organ at that time was built in the middle of the cathedral, so that there is no sound difference and that people hear the melodies at the same time. It is also hidden under arches so that it is not too visible.

In addition there is a third organ which is a gift from the Germans, it is moreover the only remaining organ given by the English, which is much smaller and is positioned on one side of the cathedral.

These organs therefore serve during Mass, on festive days, in big ceremonies, and finally in ceremonies within the cathedral that are important for the city or even the country.

The big one

The little hidden one

And the German organ

5/ Cathedral's activities

Every day, you can visit the cathedral with guides. But this one is still active for religious life.

Every Sunday you can attend the high mass in the morning as well as the evening mass. You can participate in dinner prayer on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, carols on Tuesday, in a mass on Wednesday noon, and in vespers on Friday evening.

In summer, every afternoon there are pilgrim services.

Baptisms, confirmations, weddings and funerals can also be celebrated there.

The cathedral also offers organ meditations on Saturdays at the beginning of the afternoon.

Also, one of the weekends before Shrove Tuesday, children are invited to a carnival. For the whole family there is also the feast of the Holy Trinity to mark the end of Christmas with the cleaning of the crib, songs, sweets...

The cathedral offers other social activities to help the population, there are discussion groups and mourning groups…

In 2019, there was also the European Stone Festival.

Article written by Elisa HALTER

Skjetlein Tour

Webmestre — 2022-06-15T08:29:40Z

On Thursday, March 30, we visited Skjetlein High School, which is an agricultural high school. So we started with a visit to the tropical greenhouse where students grow all types of plants (banana tree, carnivorous plant, etc.).
Then we went to see animals raised indoors such as rabbits, migales, turtles.
We continued with the equestrian part where students were currently working on different horses.
Then, we visited the high school museum where there are various objects that were used to work in the past but which have now evolved, like tractors, chainsaws, carts, etc.
The important activities of this high school require a large quantity of electricity. In this way the students decided to create a mill that would then produce the electricity needed for the school's consumption.
The visit to the school ended in an amphitheater-type room in order to continue our work previously begun.

Article written by Laurette GIRARD

Visiting Melhus high school and attending a soccer tournament !

Webmestre — 2022-06-15T08:25:54Z

Visiting Melhus high school and attending a soccer tournament !

While staying over for our trip with the euro class in Norway, we visited 2 high schools, one of which is agricultural and other is Melhus, a school mostly specialized in professional classes in electricity and carpentry. We are going to talk about Melhus and especially of our visit to this school ! So when we arrived, we went directly to see an indoor football (soccer) match, it was an inter-school competition. It was great because we felt a collective hype towards Melhus's team especially. The atmosphere made it impossible not to take part in cheering.Unexpectedly, at each goal or half-time they played French music like Stromae. After the matches, we were taken around the school by some teachers.

We left the gymnasium and then went to another special building for carpentry, in fact, as mentioned earlier this school has several wings dedicated to different types of specialization for different jobs. So the place for the wood workshop was huge with simulations of small rooms. A teacher explained to us how everything works in carpentry.

Then we changed buildings again to arrive at a room fitted out for electricity lessons. We spoke with the students who were practicing and they showed us some basic electric installations. We also walked through the kitchen just to access another part of the high school.

After the kitchen we went to the school library which looked like an amphitheater but with a bookshelves and board games (we played monopoly). Then it was time to eat so we met up at the cafeteria, there was a lot of pizza waiting for us, not to our displeasure. Once we finished eating, we went to see a movie in the school auditorium which very much looked like a cinema, red carpets and seats, ambiance lights…etc Even if we used it as a “cinema” students specialized in design and visuals use it the most.

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Article written by Erwan ANDRES, Camille CHARON and Etienne OBLIN