Youpi: a joy exclamation!

For us and many other Australian students, it is a joy to learn French.
A joy to be able to understand the texts of Victor Hugo, Sartre or Saint-Exupéry, listen to the songs of Brel, Mc Solaar or Cabrel, watch films with Gérard Depardieu or Juliette Binoche and hear the jokes from Coluche, the Inconnus or from Valérie Lemercier. It is also a joy that we can meet French people, swiss, Belgians, Quebecois, and Mauicians, and speak with them, understand and freely exchange our ideas. With this Joy we have the pleasure of creating a new web page that incorporates all these things together on the one site. We hope that you will enjoy reading it. And if other Australian schools or students would like to join us on the Internet to enrich this magazine with their articles and their ideas, you are more than welcome. All you need to do is click on the Forum or Contact and send us an article in French and in English about a subject that concerns the French-speaking world.
Long live France, Long live French-speaking world. Youpi!!The students from Firbank College at Brighton - Melbourne - Australia (years 7 to 12)
with the help of their French teacher Mrs Alison Brown and the assistant and webmaster Mr Serge Mimoun.

YOUPI N°1 10/2001

In our very first issue, you will be able to learn about the History of Ballet, the French revolution (a subject which concerns many year 12 VCE students) and Music, by the French rapper Mc Solaar and the band Air. You will also learn about gastronomy with the history of the crêpes (pancakes), the tennis player Arnaud Clément, the French humour with such films as "Le dîner de cons" and much more.
Don't forget to pass by the Forum or Contact to send us messages. Express yourself! Hooray! Yuppie!

YOUPI N°2 12/2001

Here is the second edition of the magazine Youpi. Of course, being the season of goodwill it contains an article on Christmas in France but there is more than that. We have also included an article on one of the great masters, impressionist painter Claude Monet. We have a look at fashion with another artist, Jean-Paul Gaultier. In the cinema section this month we look at La Ville est Tranquille, a film that talks about the problems in society in Marseille. Meanwhile in Paris we have an article about Gustave Eiffel and his famous 320 metre tower. Finally there is a taste of literature, with the book that all French people from 7 to 77 years of age have read, "Le Petit Prince". So, only 6 articles but its quality that matters not quantity.
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Youpi!

YOUPI N°3 05/2002

Here at last is the third edition of Youpi. It is a very special edition because it contains the experiences of the Firbank students following their big trip to France and their home stay with French families. They tell us about the people they met, the places they discovered, the things they feared and the things they loved. But that's not all! In this edition we also learn about Guadeloupe, the life of Nancy Wake, Brigitte Bardot, the new Euro currency and the Cathedral of Notre-dame in Paris. Our cinema section also reviews the films "le Château de ma Mère" ("My mother's castle") and "la Gloire de mon Père" ("My father's glory"). 15 articles in total - all in English and in French.

YOUPI N°4 09/2002

Some new exciting things in Youpi magazine! News articles of course, some very interesting and touching biographies, but also a quiz to have fun and to test your Australian culture knowledge, the opportunity to vote for your favourite article and very important: our French Poetry Competition "J'aime..." (I like/I love)! Youpi magazine become more interactive than ever. Vive Youpi!

YOUPI N°5 12/2002

2002 is over. It was a very good year for Youpi with some high quality articles from the students. More and more students want to participate and it becomes quite popular. For this edition, we wanted to talk about France but also about Australia. It's very interesting to see how some students compare French and Australian schools or the way of life in these two countries. And some reflection are really funny! We hope you will enjoy this edition because it has something special: something more personal, emotional. This is the last edition for 2002 but wealready have some more new ideas for 2003. We wish you a very happy new year. Youpi!!

YOUPI N°6 04/2003

From now on, each new Youpi edition has a main theme. The theme of this new edition has been chosen with great excitement by the students: Cinema. It is important not to forget that the cinema was invented by the French:the Lumiere brothers. And one of the most important film festivals is French too: "le Festival de Cannes". And of course many great films are French. Have you seen Amelie Poulin? Do you know Daniel Auteuil? Yves Montand? Mathieu Kassovitz? Isabelle Hupert? Catherine Deneuve?...Find them all in this big new edition of Youpi! 20 articles in all!

YOUPI N°7 09/2003

Here is a special edition all about Sport and Leisure! 20 articles in all! Have you heard about Horseball? Do you know how Zinedine Zidane started his fanstastic career? Do you know who is Margot Fonteyn? Do you like Extreme Sports? Have you seen the "Cirque de Soliel"? Do you know how to play the traditional "Boule" game? Have you seen the film "L'Auberge Espagnole"? Do you know the French directors François Ozon and Jean-Pierre Jeunet? Do you know the French speaking country Belgium? And in Melbourne, do you know where to go out to have fun? This new Youpi edition will answer all your questions! Furthermore, this edition reveal the winners of the "Young Script Writers Competition". What a great edition!

YOUPI N°8 09/2004

All about music! This is the theme of our new Youpi magazine edition. An edition full of colours and songs. French songs of course but also some English ones. Have fun with our Jukebox on the Youpi edition cover to listen to your favourite songs. Let it rock you. Youpi!


YOUPI N°9 12/2005

Finally, here it is, the new Youpi has arrived ! All new! Beautiful as always! And it’s all designed to get you travelling back in time, a hundred years ago, at the fantastic era of La Belle Epoque! The years of frivolity. The years of elegant fashion, the beginning of the electricity, the modern transports, the “Exposition Universelle” of 1900. The Eiffel Tower, the Orsay train station, the “Art Nouveau”, the “Impressionism”, the songs and music in the Cabarets and of course, the Moulin Rouge! Fasten your seat belt for a time travel back to La Belle Epoque! Youpi!