My island is beautiful Do you want to know why? I

2eme de couverture
This is my creation
In this destination
Please, do not criticize
I can see it in my eyes
This paradise.
Diego, Clara and Arthur, CM1.
Remerciements
Nous remercions tous les enfants de cycle 3, leurs professeurs d’anglais et leurs enseignants.
Nous remercions également les directeurs d’école et les chefs d’établissement, ainsi que Mme Frédérique Gontier.
Merci aussi à Mme Shenaz Patel pour son aide précieuse dans la réalisation de cet ouvrage.
Responsable de projet : Cyril Dowling.
Coordonnateurs de projet : Nathalie Belkessa et Brigitte Guého (Lycée la Bourdonnais), Tracy
Ribet (Ecole du Centre), Karine Dubié et Anne-France Mahabirsing (Ecole du Nord), Astrid Souchon
et Christopher Jenkins (Ecole Paul et Virginie), David Mas (Lycée des Mascareignes).
Couverture : Geoffrey Villevaud, CM2
Page de garde : Morgane Boribon, CM2
My island is beautiful
Do you want to know why?
I can go camping at sunset. It is a paradise with beaches, sun, sea and coconut trees.
I can go to Quatre Bornes to look for Dal Poris, as well as rotis, rougaille, saucisses
and faratas.
I love swimming in the sea and playing football at Tamarin D.F.
It’s very good and I like it. I can play rugby at Riverland in Tamarin.
I love my country because it’s got different people in it, in Mauritius.
By Manon, Christophe, Erwan, Mathilda and Lucca
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Poem by Léa Wiehe, Emma Hill and Ishika Somarchand
Illustration by Alexandra and Aless
One, two,
The sea is blue.
Three, four,
Sega on the floor.
Five, six,
The capital Port-Louis.
Seven, eight,
Many mountains.
Nine, ten,
Our tropical island.
Poem by Brice, illustration by Estelle Mayer, CM2.
Alexandre, Alexia, Marie et Morgane CE2
We have a little island
An island of our own
And everyday we go there
To garden it.
We love our beautiful island
And we take care of its beaches.
You will not find it on the map
But you will find it with a boat.
Anand, Stéphane, Simon et Enzo.
Anais, Jill and Thomas
Illustration by Alexis
This is my island, here is the key.
Open the door, and what can you see ?
A coconut tree
A horse running in the sea
A family
Sitting under a flame tree.
A beautiful harp shell, in Riambel
A beautiful kestrel, in Belle-vue Harel.
I can see my beautiful island !
Oceane and Thomas CM2.
Dear Mauritius,
I like you. You are very good.
Where are you Mauritius ? I will find you.
You are so beautiful. Why are you so small ?
Dashil
Painting by Anan Foolman, CM2
Delicious food,
Bountiful nature,
Funny dances
And golden sand
And one people, smiling and united.
We love you
Mauritius.
3eme de couverture
A l’occasion de la fête nationale du 12 mars 2012, les élèves des
écoles primaires françaises expriment leur attachement à l’île Maurice,
qu’elle soit leur terre natale ou leur pays d’accueil. Ces poèmes sont
comme autant de sourires d’enfants, et chantent, chacun à leur façon, les
valeurs humaines et l’amitié qui nous unissent.
To celebrate Independence Day 2012 the pupils of the French
Primary Schools express their love for Mauritius, whether it be their
homeland or their host country. Like our children's smiles these poems
express, in their own way, the friendship, respect and values that we all
share.
Curepipe : Lycée La Bourdonnais Mapou : Ecole du Nord
Moka : Ecole du Centre Tamarin : Ecole Paul et Virginie