More from the Christmas Market at the Town Hall in Boulogne. Poor Ms Rowden had to wait a while to descend the staircase! #BFSdoLilleChristmasMarket2019 #MairieChristmas – at South East, England

And, just like that, it's a 'White Cliff-mas' as we arrive in Dover! We're all settling in for a Christmas film for the return trip! See you all soon, parents! #BFSdoLilleChristmasMarket2019 #MissRyanLovesApun – at Dover, England

Waiting to board the ferry at Calais, singing Christmas songs and (some) still eating soggy churros! #BFSdoLilleChristmasMarket2019 #homewardbound #CantBelieveItsNearlyDover – at Calais, France

Maybe the best group?! 🤔😊🎄 – at Leubringhen, France

Les groups! What luck we had to have to take these fabulous young people to France! #BFSdoLilleChristmasMarket2019 #cestlesprofsquiontdelachance – at Ambleteuse, France

French Christmas music, traditional dress and food! Another wondeful day as #BFSdoLilleChristmasMarket2019 BFS students commented on how friendly and welcoming the locals are! Merci la France! #NoelEnFrance #MFLculturecapital – at Boulogne, France

Traditional French petit dejeunner finit, with bowls of hot chocolate drank and pain au chocolat eaten, we're off now to our second Christmas Market at Boulogne sur Mer. 🎄🤶 #BFSdoLilleChristmasMarket2019 #somanypastries #offtomarket – at Saint-Martin-au-Laërt, France

Successful first day in lille had meant all stds are fast asleep by 9:40pm French time! Us teachers are so proud of how well our students are representing @bristol_free. #BFSdoLilleChristmasMarket2019 #AllSpokeFrench #VeryProudMFLteachers – at Ebblinghem, France

Having ourselves a Merry Lille-tle Christmas at our lovely chateau! All are happy having had their 1st Christmas Dinner of the season. #BFSdoLilleChristmasMarket2019 – at Ebblinghem, France

Massive (if a bit soggy) smiles today as #BFSdoLilleChristmasMarket2019 Sad to see some of our students beaten by the sheer quantity of churros on offer! As we say in France, 'Alfie, tu as les yeux plus gros que le ventre.' 😊 #GreatEffortToBeFair #itwasAbargainhesaid – at Flêtre, France

So Ferry happy on the crossing! On est en France! #BFSdoLilleChristmasMarket2019 #FerryFestive

And we're off! We're all strapped in and some have ready started singing! ( #MissRyanistheonlyonesinging) See you in a few hours, Dover! #BFSdoLilleChristmasMarket2019 #WereAllGoingOnaWinterHoliday #InterestingBusSleepAttire #Genius – at South West, England

To say that Miss Ryan is excited about #BFSdoLilleChristmasMarket2019 tomorrow would be an understatement! Already looking forward to Buseoke! See you all for an early start (1am)at school! #culturecapital #MFLenrichment – at Bristol, England

Amazing entries for Miss Rowden's, 'Dia de Los muertos', competition! #diadelosmuertos #BFS_MFLdoesDiadelosMuertos # – at Bristol, England

Even more excitement in year 9 Spanish as they create birthday invitations to practise their present and future tenses! #CreativeSpanishLearning #year9learnSpanish #MuyBien @bristol_free xitter.cf/BFS_MFL/status/1181922… – at Bristol, England

Started marking some y11 presentation hw, to find that her sister (in our y13 Fr class) has been helping her and correcting her work! Such a proud teacher moment! Thank you, Maisie for taking the time to help Xena! @6thBfs @bristol_free #FrenchGCSE #sistershelpingwithhomework

Tomorrow is the closing day of the BFS European Day of Languages Bake Off! So excited to share photos of the entries' bakes! Winner to be announced in a couple of days! – at Bristol, England