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Menus, dictionaries and greetings…
In Year 4 we practised using bilingual dictionaries and revised animal names. We played a game called “sound to noun” in 3s… One person made an animal sound & the other 2 competed to name the...
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Instructions, café language & a story !
Y3 were fabulous this morning! They had 6 new phrases and a song to learn in French, and they did brilliantly ! They learned how to use and understand classroom instructions – have a look at their work...
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Le Café Français
Wow, well done Y5 and Y6 – you were absolutely amazing. Whatever the job you were doing ( waiter, maître D, preparing food, drinks or washing up) you gave it your best. Every single adult that came in...
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Café Français photo gallery
Thanks Mel for taking such lovely pictures of yesterday’s Café Français – I think you really captured the professionalism & hard work which “oozed” from the Y5s & Y6s, and the enjoyment of...
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Chocolat chaud!
This week Y5 &Y6 had a treat at the end of their French lesson: chocolat chaud with marshmallows. It was a reward for their fantastic behaviour, professionalism, hard work & allround...
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eTwinning Conference In Brussels Day 1
It’s been an unusual week – no French lessons ! That’s because I’m in Belgium! I was invited by the British Council to join a team of 13 teachers to represent the United Kingdom at the 10th anniversary...
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Day 2 eTwinning Conference, Brussels
Friday was all about workshops and meeting people. I attended a workshop called Tools 2.0 which focussed on using Nearpod and Socrative as tools for working collaboratively in eTwinning projects....
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eTwinning Conference, Brussels Day 3
Saturday was more of a half day at the conference – we only had one workshop. I attended one called “21st Century Skills in the Classroom” – I was expecting a technology rich session, but once again it...
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Back to school
It was lovely to be back in school today ! Having been on the Kagan training , and then to Brussels before half term, it seems like ages since I saw you all! First of all Y4 had their first...
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Facial features, colours, plurals and Skype again !
Today got off to a fantastic start in Y4, who were on fire!!! ( not literally of course ). As soon as I walked in everyone wanted to know if we were going to Skype our French friends again – so much...
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Adjectives agree!
This week UKS2 have been learning a bit more about French adjectives. There are quite a lot of rules about them ( like: most of them come after the noun – so far we have only used petit & grand...
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Adjectives & human sentences
Y4 tried to Skype again today, but Madame Le Calvé’s class had internet problems – we’ll try again next week. We have been working on adjectival agreements again this week – there are some tricky rules...
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Monster towers !
Y5 & 6 finished their monster descriptions today! Don’t they look fab? In Y3 we learned to ask someone’s name (Comment t’appelles-tu?) and reply (Je m’appelle….) . In Y4 we skyped with...
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Joyeux Noël!
Today only Y3 and Y4 had French because of the fantastic Christmas show KS2 put on! Well done everyone – I was so impressed by your singing – especially the brave soloists! We learned how to say...
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Bonne Année!
Happy New Year! Y4 began 2016 by playing a word game via Skype with our French partner class – the French children held up large jumbled up letters, and Y4 had to work out which French word they...
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Opinions and Reasons
Y3 have practised their colours and have learned to express an opinion – we looked at the famous picture by Henri Matisse – L’escargot and learned how to say whether we liked or disliked it. Have a...
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Boucle d’or et les trois ours
Y3 learned where to put colours in a sentence – in French they come after the noun! We did a “quiz, quiz, trade” activity , and once they had mastered it, they wrote these brilliant sentences: Y4...
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Fun & games!
Y3 built on their knowledge of animal names, colours and opinions and wrote some fantastic " class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> sentences describing animals : Y4 skyped...
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Les mois – the months
Y3 learned numbers from 0-10 today, and did a fantastic job! Remember that “un” is quite a nasal sound, a bit like “uhn” ! Here’s a little song to help you practice : http://youtu.be/lsc3qLMaCu8 In Y4...
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Months and numbers
Year 3 learned how to use the phrase “J’ai” (I have) – listen to Leah read her brilliant sentences! In Year 4 we practised the months and sang them to the tune of the Macarena! I was so...
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