French Binational

French elections 2022

Next Sunday is a very important date for the French community as it will be the first round of the presidential elections that are held every five years in France.  This year is also a first for the Auburn High School community as we are hosting the voting centre at our school.  Currently there are around 5000 people registered to vote for the French election in Victoria, and they all must come in person if they want to complete their ‘devoir citoyen’.  Voting in France is not compulsory as we experience here in Australia, but projected numbers are still in the thousands for visitors between 8am and 7pm.

We do not have a one metre long ballot paper but still 12 candidates to choose from for election of our president.  Hence, we need a second round between the two highest scoring candidates unless one of the candidates secures a straight majority of expressed votes in the first round.  This will again be hosted at AHS on 24 April.  Slightly complicated you might think, but efficient since the direct selection of the president has been a cornerstone of French politics since 1962.  The 2022 French election rounds will then resume in June with the election of the French MP but this time online voting will also be an option.

As a French accredited school, it was natural to answer the call from the French consulate and we are very proud to host the French community for this important milestone.  We could not resist adding a slight Aussie election touch and some food will be available on-site - croissants and pain au chocolat from Choukette on sale on both Sundays and a couple of food stalls (cheese and crepes) to brighten the experience.

Science Binational

In this unit of Chemistry, Year 9 French Binational students have learned to recognise different ions in solution from the precipitate they form when they react either with sodium hydroxide or silver nitrate.  In their last CAT they had to recommend which solution would be appropriate to prevent dehydration from a rack of unknown solutions.  They had to work out which ion was important to detect and then conduct the test.  Well done for completing the task successfully.