The former intercommunality of Trévières

For its first week of activity, the canton's leisure center brought together five animators: Director Loïc Clémenceau, a state graduate, and four volunteers from the canton, Chloé Broggi, Félix Wienc, Céline Olard and Amandine Blanchard. Under the coordination of Muriel Simon, they attended three days of training devoted to responsibilities, safety, regulation and the preparation of activities and premises.

In return for their voluntary commitment, young people had to receive financial assistance to prepare their BAFA, so that they could then animate other stays, especially that of the canton during the summer.

Twenty-nine children were registered: the center was full for the following week. A bus transport had to take them every afternoon to the old schools of Vierville. Registrations for those over thirteen years old were taken at the Maison des associations de Trévières on Friday from 5 to 7 p.m., Monday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Wednesday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Several tournaments, open to all within the limits of available places, were announced: table tennis in Écrammeville with La Petite Balle du Bessin on Tuesday 22 from 10 a.m. to noon; badminton in Trévières with the local club on Thursday 24 at the same time; petanque on the club's field, at the stadium, also on Thursday 24 from 10 a.m. to noon; six-a-side football in Colombières on Saturday 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. with the youth club and the Sports Union. The information was then offered to the town hall of Trévières and to the Maison des associations.

After a first year of trial, the leisure center of the intercommunal union opened from July 6 to August 21, in the former schools of Vierville. Every week, the twenty-four places for children aged six to twelve were occupied. A bus would pick up the children in the municipalities in the early afternoon and bring them back in the evening.

Director Mathilde Elissalde, employed by the union as part of a youth job, explained that the workforce was limited according to the number of animators. She was in charge of the center during the summer and other school holidays. The union also planned to make it available to associations of member municipalities. The children of the seven member municipalities were given priority, without excluding other requests.

Céline Olard and Amandine Planchon completed the team. The program was developed according to the wishes of the children, with an outing each week, for example to Festyland or on a farm. The proximity of the beach offered other possibilities, supplemented depending on the weather by manual, sports or educational activities.

The announced rate was ten francs for children from the member municipalities and twenty-five francs for the others. The information was then given in the town halls.

Mathilde, director of the leisure center of the intermunicipal union, invited the thirty families of the children to an end-of-summer evening on a Friday. The mayors of the union's communes, volunteers and people who supported the centre were also invited.

For seven weeks, the center had welcomed an average of 24 children, supervised by three facilitators. Sports, discoveries, outings and the beach had punctuated the holidays. A small survey showed the satisfaction of the children.

Parents were able to look at photographs of the summer and attend a show prepared by part of the group.

The children of the municipalities belonging to the cantonal union spent their Easter holidays in a renovated leisure center, installed in the old schools of Vierville. Mathilde, employed as part of a youth job, had restored the premises with several parents: two rooms had been arranged and repainted.

Open every afternoon during the two weeks of vacation, the center offered with Mathilde and Amandine outdoor activities or manual work depending on the weather. In particular, the children participated in a treasure hunt on the beach. Eighteen were present during the week mentioned, and a discovery outing was in preparation. A summer opening with a larger capacity was also announced.

The Intercommunal Recreation Center of Vierville drew up a satisfactory assessment of the spring break. Open every afternoon, it welcomed about twenty-four children a day, aged six to twelve.

The manual activities had the wind as their theme. The children had also decorated, spent a day at the beach and another at the Mohair farm in Bernesq. A mask-making workshop had prepared the carnival parade organized on Friday.

The bus pick-up, which served fifteen municipalities, contributed to the success of the center. Its director, Mathilde Elissalde, believed that this attendance gave good reasons to consider an expansion for the following summer.

The Vierville-sur-Mer leisure center announced its opening to the children of the sixteen municipalities of the Intercom for the All Saints' Day holidays. During a meeting held on a Tuesday evening at the town hall of Trévières, about twenty parents had received the latest information from the director, Mathilde Elissade.

The reception was scheduled from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., from Monday, October 30 to Saturday, November 4 inclusive, except Wednesday, November 1. A bus was to connect Trévières to Vierville. Children had to bring their snacks, clothes adapted to the activities and a windbreaker for outings. The announced price was 75 F for the week.

With the hosts Mathilde, Amandine and Sylvie, the children had to practice different activities and prepare for Halloween, celebrated on Saturday, November 4 from 3 p.m. These schedules and rates are those of the archive program.

About twenty children from the canton attended the intermunicipal leisure center of Vierville-sur-Mer during the All Saints' Day holidays. For the last day, a Saturday afternoon, they paraded in disguise through the streets of the village.

The hosts had made them up as witches, ghosts, vampires and other returnees. Outside participants joined this off-season carnival. A shared snack was to conclude this week of entertainment.

Seventy children from the intercommunality attended the leisure center installed in the former municipal school during July and August. Divided into groups, the four to eleven years old participated in various activities. Every Wednesday, they used the structures and equipment of Eolia in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer. A partnership with the tourist office had also brought them new activities, such as fishing on foot and treasure hunting.

After these eight weeks of activity, Thomas Anne, director and coordinator at the UFCV, and the facilitators organized a closing party on a Friday evening. Children and parents were invited to play and share a snack.

The turnout had sometimes required adaptations of the management. An audit of parents also revealed a need for care. The animation and youth service of the intercommunality has therefore decided, with the UFCV, to open the center on Wednesdays during the school year. The announced operation was similar to that of the holidays: day reception with meals and transportation in the morning and evening.

In its edition of Tuesday, December 16, 2014, La Renaissance–Le Bessin reported on an evening organized the previous Friday by the UFCV at the intermunicipal leisure center. Parents and children had met around two questions: why do we play and what is it for?

From 4 p.m., the families had participated in play workshops in the different spaces of the center. After a snack at 8 p.m., a conference-debate was moderated by Bruno Cirrode, psychotherapist and director of the Tomatis center in Caen.

Thomas Anne, youth animation referent at the Intercom de Trévières, explained that the meeting was part of the "Bessin de jeux" project, set up by the REAAP, Réseau d'écoute, d'aide et d'accompagnement à la parentalité. The objective was to make parents discover the benefits of shared play for children's development. The team wanted to multiply these workshops in 2015.

In its edition of Tuesday, December 16, 2014, La Renaissance–Le Bessin reported on an evening organized the previous Friday by the UFCV at the intermunicipal leisure center. Parents and children had met around two questions: why do we play and what is it for?

From 4 p.m., the families had participated in play workshops in the different spaces of the center. After a snack at 8 p.m., a conference-debate was moderated by Bruno Cirrode, psychotherapist and director of the Tomatis center in Caen.

Thomas Anne, youth animation referent at the Intercom de Trévières, explained that the meeting was part of the "Bessin de jeux" project, set up by the REAAP, Réseau d'écoute, d'aide et d'accompagnement à la parentalité. The objective was to make parents discover the benefits of shared play for children's development. The team wanted to multiply these workshops in 2015.

About twenty children aged six to twelve, from the different municipalities of the Intercom de Trévières, attended the Petites Gribouilles during the Easter holidays. The leisure center was installed in the old school of Vierville-sur-Mer.

Caroline and Christophe offered activities in the center, by the sea or in a nearby forest, depending on the weather. On a Wednesday evening, the children met the largest of the teen club for an outing to the Caen ice rink.

On Friday, August 8, the Vierville intermunicipal leisure center welcomed the children of the Bayeux center for a day of great games. Fifty children, divided into ten teams of five, competed before receiving rewards.

The meeting took place at the party hall and on the neighboring field, under the guidance of the animators of the French Union of Leisure Centers. Nicolas Lebrecque, director of the center, explained that a different theme was chosen each week. This being dedicated to the games, the team had proposed this common day with Bayeux.

Further exchanges between the two centers were planned during the month of August. The photograph of the meeting is credited to Mézerette.

During the All Saints' Day holidays, the leisure center welcomed fifteen to twenty-two children aged four to eleven every day. Lætitia Barbey was the direction, with Marine Geffroy and Cédric Levasseur in the animation. Families could choose half a day or a day, with a lunch.

The week was dedicated to the plastic arts and the discovery of techniques used by great artists. The children revisited Mona Lisa's smile, going so far as to imagine her an MP3 player, and were introduced to sculpture. On Tuesday, their parents were invited to inaugurate the exhibition of their work.

At the local teenagers in Trévières, the holidays were mainly sporty. Yann Bourgeois, responsible for the place, noted the pleasure of using the gym and the respect for the rules by young people, who appropriated their premises. A fresco to decorate it was planned for the winter.

Installed in the old school of Vierville-sur-Mer, the leisure center of the Intercom de Trévières worked with the UFCV of Basse-Normandie. He had welcomed about twenty children aged six to twelve in July; about ten attended him in August, until the 20th. Lilian Geroult was in sure of the organization with the hosts Céline and Clotilde.

On a Wednesday morning, the children visited Thierry Glaise's Grange au Mohair, in Bernesq. Before taking them to the sheepfold, the breeder asked them to name the twelve wool-producing animals. They knew most of the sheep. He presented other species, from his mohair goat to the Tibetan yack, described in the article as living at five thousand meters above sea level and producing sixty-centimeter hair for warm clothing.

Thierry Glaise explained the Turkish origin of the mohair goat and indicated that a hundred French farms raised it at the time. His herd had eighty goats, goats and goats. He judged the climate of Bernesq favorable, with seven hundred millimeters of annual rain, or, according to his reported explanations, three times less than in Cantal. The children discovered the animals, their production and their breeding conditions.

In the afternoon, they joined the campsite of the Fumichon farm in Saint-Martin-de-Blagny for a mini-camp. Everyone settled with their package in a shady and quiet setting for the night. Thursday was dedicated to the Courseulles-sur-Mer aquarium. The third week of August was to follow the theme Sensations and Emotions, with an outing at Festyland. Registration was then possible on site from 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. and by phone from 1:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

On Friday, November 3, the Vierville Recreation Center offered a robotics workshop for children aged seven to ten. Erwan, from Planète science, hosted this activity for the group of the greatest.

Seven boys and girls discovered the construction of an electric-powered machine. From a kit, they made the engine, mounted the gears and created a body. Cars, tractors, tanks or rolling house: everyone gave free rein to his imagination and left proud of his realization.

The smallest of the center, aged four to six, participated in a decoration workshop.

Open since July 7, the leisure center was approaching its maximum capacity. Its summer director, Aude, indicated that the thirty-six places for four-one-year-olds were occupied until August and that applications had been refused. Mini-camp departures were to accommodate other children. The team had five hosts and was due to increase to six the following week.

A mini-equestrian camp was announced from July 21 to 25, already full. A sports stay with kayak and mountain bike was planned from August 4 to 8, with a few more places. Two nights in the premises were also offered to the youngest, at the request of the families. The cut evoked between ten and fifteen young people among the workforce, without further specifying this category.

During the six weeks of vacation, a different theme was planned each week: sea, Africa, theater or Olympic Games. A speaker was to participate in African Week and an outing was scheduled every week. A show for parents was announced for August 21.

A separate brief reported an exhibition and an animation of the Seroc on waste management, at the town hall, on Friday 18 and Monday 21 July from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. The contacts of the time were 02 31 51 69 60 and seroc-bayeux@wanadoo.fr.

The intermunicipal elected officials visited on a Friday the old school of Vierville-sur-Mer, renovated to allow the return of the leisure center after several seasons in other premises. The opening was announced for Wednesday, July 5, for six weeks.

Two rooms, toilets for children and adults and a small kitchen had been refurbished. Jean-Pierre Richard recalled that the premises had been abandoned for safety and comfort reasons. Their proximity to the sea justified, in his eyes, this new use.

The community of municipalities had taken over the project after receiving the competence of the leisure center. Jean-Marie Oxéant, mayor of Vierville, recalled its creation around 1995-1996 and the need for a base with rooms and a closed courtyard, allowing children to build good memories. The buildings remained the property of the municipality, made available to the Intercom.

The elected officials also mentioned Jean Olard, who recently passed away, who was close to his heart of this renovation project.

All Saints' Day holidays

A first cut announced the opening of the Vierville leisure center by the UFCV and the community of municipalities, from Monday, October 27 to Tuesday, November 4. Children from four to twelve years old had to find cultural and manual activities, outings, games and exchanges with the Bayeux center. The printed schedules were from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. or from 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The pick-up was announced in Trévières at 8:30 a.m., with return at 5:50 p.m.; in Mosles at 8:40 a.m., with return at 5:40 p.m.; and in Formigny at 8:50 a.m., with return at 5:30 p.m. For the residents of the community, the rates were five euros for half a day, six euros per day without meals and nine euros with meals. For "non-allocatees", a term used by the cut, they went to nine, ten and thirteen euros respectively.

The information and registrations were then provided by Yann Bourgeois at 06 86 91 23 60. Permanences were offered at the Formigny community home on Thursday from 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., and at the teenager's room of the Trévières gymnasium on Friday at the same time.

A complete center around the circus

A second cut, entitled "We display full", reported the opening of the center the day after the end of school. Thirty-six children, mainly aged seven to eleven, were registered, the maximum number. The following weeks were also full.

Aude Larquiers explained that the weather often led to staying inside, but that the children still enjoyed the beach, nature and the forest. The circus was the future theme: sets, costumes and numbers had to be prepared for a show at the end of the week. Outings to the cinema and the pool were also on the program.

The Intercom leisure center closed on a Friday after six weeks of reception, with an average of thirty children per day. Aude Larquiers drew up a positive assessment: some days reached maximum capacity and registrations had to be refused.

The weather in July had limited outings to the beach, replaced by other popular activities. Two camps, dedicated to adventure and horseback riding, were sold out. The little ones had also spent a night in a tent, an experience that the team wanted to renew and develop.

The main regret was about the duration of the reception. The agreement between the UFCV and the Intercom provided for a specific number of weeks to be distributed throughout the year, without covering all the short holidays and the summer.

Several improvements were envisaged: a collective catering by delivery of hot dishes, the repair of the sanitary facilities and a development of the courtyard.

Located in the former school of Vierville-sur-Mer, the four-eleven-year-old leisure center welcomed up to 25 children a day during the spring break. It was organized by the animation and youth service of the community of municipalities with the UFCV.

Kévin Bunel and two animators supervised these two weeks devoted to little gourmets and Robinsons apprentices. A cooking workshop took place every morning, with activities on the beach and outings to the Cité de la mer, at the swimming pool and at Normandie Caramels, in Isigny-sur-Mer.

Ten children also spent a night in a bivouac at the intercommunal gymnasium, the first family separation for some. On Friday, the Bayeux leisure center joined that of Vierville for a day around a picnic and an Easter egg hunt: the children had to help the animation rabbit find his eggs, then taste them.

Located in the former school of Vierville-sur-Mer, the four-eleven-year-old leisure center welcomed up to 25 children a day during the spring break. It was organized by the animation and youth service of the community of municipalities with the UFCV.

Kévin Bunel and two animators supervised these two weeks devoted to little gourmets and Robinsons apprentices. A cooking workshop took place every morning, with activities on the beach and outings to the Cité de la mer, at the swimming pool and at Normandie Caramels, in Isigny-sur-Mer.

Ten children also spent a night in a bivouac at the intercommunal gymnasium, the first family separation for some. On Friday, the Bayeux leisure center joined that of Vierville for a day around a picnic and an Easter egg hunt: the children had to help the animation rabbit find his eggs, then taste them.

As the start of the school year approached, the intercommunal leisure center was finishing two weeks of operation. He had welcomed an average of about fifteen children aged four to eleven per day, supervised by three animators, Jérôme, Quentin and Séverine.

For Jérôme, head of the team, the balance was positive. The animators had wanted to make a real break with the school: the children chose their activities and participated in them without obligation to result. After a visit to Port-en-Bessin, they had made together a fresco representing a fishing boat, the older helping the smaller ones.

Walks, painting, DIY and other occupations had filled the days. Many photographs had also been taken; the children enjoyed looking at them on the computer before finding their notebooks.

During the holidays, the Intercom leisure center welcomed about fifteen children aged four to eleven every day. Its director, Jérôme Levallois, had chosen a flexible operation, respectful of their autonomy and their need for rest.

The children arrived tired the first week, the team had planned many quiet times. Everyone could choose between two or three activities and enter at their own pace, without an imposed departure. This organization required more flexibility from facilitators, while maintaining work on respect, values and rules.

Jérôme, Quentin, Marine and Séverine were supervising. The center had to remain open on Wednesdays until the following holidays.

After the spring break, the leisure center resumed its receptions on Wednesdays, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. This service was launched last fall by Intercom and UFCV.

The team chose a main theme each month. For the spring break, she had selected the zoo, with a visit to that of Jurques. On average, twenty children per day were enrolled. The photography presents them with the animators Cédric, Quentin and Floriane.

In an interview, Marine Chambraud, animator of the leisure center, explained the difficulties of the Wednesday reception. Created in September 2008 at the request of parents, this service was intended to facilitate childcare, whether their parents work or not. The high attendance of the big holidays, thirty-six children on average, had encouraged its opening.

But the Wednesday average was only five children the first year, then three the following year. On the Wednesday before the interview, only one child, Killian, was present. He said he was bored, and the host stressed how difficult it was to organize animations or build a project in these conditions. In the absence of registrations, the Intercom was therefore considering closing this reception.

However, Marine Chambraud specified that the operation was identical to that of the holidays, including the rates and lunch provided by a meal delivery company. The reception was offered by the day or half a day, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., in order to meet the needs of working parents.

Installed on the premises of the old school and open until August 14, the leisure center was very popular. Thaïs Deliget, director for the summer, indicated that some days reached the maximum capacity of forty children.

She worked with four facilitators, Quentin, Marine, Séverine and Julie, reinforced for certain activities. The proximity of the sea allowed games on the sand in the morning or afternoon as soon as the weather allowed it. Outings to the pool, Festyland and the cinema, to see Ice Age 3 at the request of the children, completed the games and manual activities offered at the center.

The reception concerned the four-twelve years old, with a meal at noon and a registration for the day or week. The newspaper referred for information to the director or to the Intercom.

For the February 2010 holidays, the Trévières Intercom and the UFCV announced the reopening of the leisure center in the former Vierville school and that of the teenager room at the Trévières gymnasium, route de Littry.

At the center, the outings and animations of the pedagogical team had to be accompanied by indoor and outdoor games independently during the arrival, departure and free time. The common thread was the letter: postal art, correspondence, writing and paperwork. The children had to write mail, create artistic postcards and run a fictitious post office. This approach prepared an exchange with the students of a school in Mali.

The teen room had an activity room, a gym and a minibus for outings. A computer space and an Internet connection were being installed. A day in Paris to attend a television program was prepared with young people attending the place on Saturday. The management team was still looking for people interested in animation.

The center was to welcome children aged three to twelve from February 15 to 19 and from February 22 to 26, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. during the day, or from 8 a.m. to noon and from 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. half a day. A minibus circuit was provided morning and evening in Trévières, Mosles and Formigny. The teen room, intended for twelve-seven-year-olds, was to open on the same dates from 2 to 7 p.m.

An information permanence was then offered on Thursdays and Fridays from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the headquarters of the community of municipalities in Formigny. Yann Bourgeois was head of childhood and youth.

The intermunicipal leisure center announced its reopening for the two weeks of school holidays, with fun and awakening activities for children aged four to twelve. The four animators had chosen the theme of mail: making postcards and stamps from photographs, writing and contesting the best postman. Several outings were also planned, in addition to indoor occupations and outdoor activities when the weather allowed.

The reception could be for the day, with or without meals, or for half a day. A bus service was to serve Trévières, Mosles and Formigny.

For the older ones, the teenagers' room also resumed its activities at the Trévières gymnasium, route de Littry. Registrations were then offered on site or at the headquarters of the Intercom in Formigny; the cut indicated 02 31 51 07 71 as the contact of the time.

The Vierville-sur-Mer leisure center announced its opening from Monday 12 to Friday 23 April for the spring break. The pre-registration forms were available in the offices of the community of municipalities in Formigny and at the town hall of Trévières. A minibus pickup was to serve Mosles, Formigny and Trévières. The published information number was 06 86 91 23 60.

During the February holidays, a Valentine's Day photo contest was organized. Two images, including a heart formed on the beach, had been chosen to be printed in stamps and given to the children during the Easter holidays. These modalities are those of the program announced in the cut.

Cédric Levasseur, director of the intermunicipal leisure center during the school holidays, drew up a satisfactory balance sheet, with about twenty children present on average each week.

The cold wind had limited access to the beach during the first week; the second had made it possible to organize relaxation and activities. Rather than a unique theme, the team had proposed a range of games and manual activities from which the children chose according to their desires, leaving a lot of room for imagination. A more distant outing, to the amusement park or to the pool, was completed every week.

The holiday reception was to resume in July. In the meantime, the center remained open every Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., with on-site registration.

The Bessin Renaissance of July 16, 2010 presented the summer resumption of the intermunicipal leisure center administered by the UFCV. He welcomed children from four to ten years old around a different theme each week.

For the first week, devoted to the Middle Ages, the Companions of Formigny had come voluntarily, in costume, to spend a morning with about twenty children present. They had made them discover clothes, songs, dances and weapons of yesteryear. They also invited them to their medieval show scheduled for the following Sunday at the Château de Colombières.

Africa, the marine world and space were to be the following themes. Two mini-camps were announced: a seaside stay in Tourlaville and a horseback riding stay in Bernières-sur-Mer.

The center was then open from Monday to Friday, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., with on-site catering and minibus transportation from Trévières, Formigny and Mosles. Work had involved the fence and renovation of the entrance. Registrations were offered on site.

During the first week of the All Saints' Day holidays, the leisure center welcomed 23 to 27 children aged four to eleven every day. This attendance continued during the opening on Tuesday and Wednesday, which ended the holidays.

The director, Cédric, explained that a transport was organized from Mosles, Trévières and Formigny, while some families accompanied their children directly. The center was running from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. An association brought the lunch dishes, which remained to be reheated. Four animators, all from the Intercom territory, supervised the group.

After a difficult first year, the Wednesday reception was also progressing, with eight to ten children. He offered the same hours and a meal for lunch, in particular to meet the needs of working parents.

The team of the UFCV leisure center and the Trévières youth room met on a Saturday to prepare for the All Saints' Day holidays. Its director, Thomas Anne, announced a final use of the Vierville premises before the renovation work planned a few weeks later.

As before each holiday period, the meeting combined developments and training to prepare for activities. The team had seven people and wanted to recruit two more.

A local stay was planned for the four-eleven years old and a night in a cottage for the eleven-seventeen years old. To participate, the youngest had to be registered at the leisure center and the teenagers at the youth room.