Pierre Cazenabe, the principal of the college Laruns, has implemented since his arrival at the head of the establishment, while a device allowing students to take ownership of their environment, their natural environment. A device developed in close relationship with the French Alpine Club (CAF) of the Ossau valley, chaired by Pierre Hourcade.
“We tried to federate, it says, all he There were around the college, be it the Caf, National Park, the school inspectorate, education environment 64 Altiservice or General Council. ” The idea, in a particularly appropriate site, was to propose a mountain option.
“We do not want only the sport, says the principal. Through this project, we want our students to Finally, have a comprehensive knowledge of their heritage. The device, about the schoolboys of the 6th to the 4th lasts four years. We started with the theme of water and its uses in the Ossau Valley, before to tackle pastoralism then, this year, more broadly, to Pyreneism. We will end next year, through the influence of man on his environment and vice versa. “
ride, ski, hiking, climbing, snowshoeing
In total, a workforce of 100 college students, one quarter of them are concerned, as well as seven teachers on fourteen account that the establishment. Interdisciplinarity is required. Le Caf, meanwhile, offers all kinds of activities such as skiing, hiking, climbing, snowshoe hikes, and many other things as confirmed Thomas Berges, mountain guide, instructor Skiing and member of Caf. “I work, he points out, in close collaboration with Professor of Physical Education and Sport (Eps), Vincent Vinegra. We also study the snow, we realize igloos”.
Actually , as stated Pierre Hourcade, the mountain is broken down into two periods, “one winter and one summer, representing 18 sessions for both modules is, more or less, 2 hours per week.”
Active Pedagogy
While this is very flexible and has multiple drawers, explains Pierre Cazenabe. “This does not work for classes. It is active pedagogy and biggest draw younger upwards. The college student is not obliged to follow this option throughout the year. It can only choose one of the workshops offered. We have set up, with the help of Caf, off school time activities and the college offers a ski section that proved she had a real impact on employability in the longer term ” .
This set is the result of a tripartite agreement between the Caf, the school inspectorate and the National Sport Development Centre (former Youth and Sports). “For this reason, insists Pierre Hourcade, that we can not intervene with attendants of state patents.” For the main, this is a great adventure. “This is something that is not found everywhere. This proves the vitality of the area. Everyone is involved, including hut keepers or ski hire and shoes, near the college with the competitive prices. ” The other purpose of the operation is that young people are becoming aware of the importance of associations. Through this collective operation, as the song says, the thing is heard: “The Highlanders are there!”. And there!
► “Piloupage” a departmental plan
The Caf is not only invests in Laruns. By the same principle that within the Val d’Ossau college, he set up the operation “Piloupage”. “The goal, explains Pierre Hourcade, is that all classes as part of a departmental level, colleges of Basque-Bearn foothills, from the 5th, have training on the richness of the mountain environment.” With this in mind, again, guides, instructors and guides are all mobilized volunteers to carry out this task.
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