France

The school-high school "Jules Verne" in Nantes (France) is a public institute. It prepares students for high school and other higher education levels. It hosts around 1,200 students: 400 in primary school and 800 in high school. One of the specialties of this institute is teaching of languages and cultural exchanges. The language used when teaching are in Spanish, English and Chinese eastern section. Therefore, students are used to speak in these languages. In addition, each year cultural trips and exchanges with foreign students are organized. All these actions are part of one of the objectives of their educational project called "cultural openness".

Through Fabien Gracia, teacher of Physical Education, this school is an active member of the research group "Games and play practices" of the CEMEA (since 2000). It has also experience in several  several publications about play and traditional games: - "Par le jeu et par le corps [ Through play and trough the body]" Vers l'éducation nouvelle magazine n ° 561, 2016; ; "Jouer la gagne" [Play the win] Vers l'éducation nouvelle magazine n ° 542, 2011; "Jeux d'autrefois, jeux d'avenir" [Ancient Games, Future Games], 2015; "Les jeux au coeur de l'éducation nouvelle"  [The games in the heart of a new eduation] DVD 2011; "Jeux du monde, d'ici et d'ailleurs" [World games, here and abroad], 2011.