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A WORD
"C'est la rentrée !" means "Back to school"!
It comes from the verb 'rentrer'
= to go back in/to,
so it's the day when you go back (to school).
To know more about this word, see this great bilingual tool
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A PLACE
This is where I went to school for the first time! In a tiny village at the time, 250 inhabitants or so, in the Champagne region. You see two buildings: on the right was the primary school, with 2 rooms, one for grades 0-2, and the 2nd for grades 3-5. On the right is the city hall on the first floor, and on the 2nd floor where the school teacher and his family lived.
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A PERSON
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, a French-Moroccan socialist politician, was appointed Minister of Education, Higher Education and Research on 25 August 2014.
It is the first time a woman is Minister of Education in France.
Click on her name for more information.
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A SONG
Click on the video to sing along a very simple tune on la rentrée!
"C'est la rentrée On est tous contents d'aller bosser Vive la rentrée On voit enfin le bout d'l'été C'est la rentrée Le matin on peut s'réveiller pour la rentrée..."
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AN EVENT
On September 2, most of French kids went back to school, amid the political turmoil surrounding the changed school attendance regulations. Strictly speaking, all French junior schools now work a five-day week, instead of having Wednesday off. A lot of people are unhappy about this: parents, teachers, opposition politicians and the mayors who have to pay people to mind the children when they're not in class.
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A SITE
Paris Breakfasts has a neat page with cool pictures on what's fashionable for "la rentrée" this year!
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