This half term the children in Willow class will be learning some useful language to talk about their families. They will practise using the different parts of the verbs ‘avoir’ and ‘s’appeller’ to say how many siblings they have and…
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Language learning Spring Term 2019
As the Spring term gets under way the children in both KS2 classes have been learning about how French people celebrate New Year – “Bonne Année” everyone! We have been exploring the tradition of “La galette des rois” – a…
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Language learning Aut Term 2018
In the Autumn term all of KS2 will be learning about how to share their holiday experiences by telling me what they have been doing and where they have been. We will be using the phrase “Pendant les grandes vacances…
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Languages Day
Bonjour! We had a very successful languages day at school today. Many of the children came dressed in clothes with a red, white and blue theme, which ties in nicely with our main language – French. The day kicked off…
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Y3/4 challenge
Year 3/4 have been doing more research on the Euroclub Schools website and as a challenge this week I have asked them to find 5 interesting facts about Easter that they would like to share with the class. This is…
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Y5/6 French
As Easter gets ever nearer we are going to spend the next couple of weeks looking at similarities and differences between Easter traditions in France and England. We will be using a lovely, child-friendly website called Euroclub Schools to help…
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Y3/4 French
Year 3/4 have had a very busy term. We have been learning the days of the week, with an action rhyme to help them remember the order. See if your child can remember which body part corresponds to each day…
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KS1 French
This week the children in KS1 listened to a song about greetings, using the words “bonjour” and “salut”. They joined in with sections of the song and learnt some actions: touching their head when they heard “bonjour” and their nose…
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Tuesday 11th October
Last session the children in Y5/6 tested their geographical knowledge by trying to identify all the countries bordering France. They were then introduced to the french names for these countries and practised saying them to each other. Following on from…
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Autumn Term 2016
This term the children in KS2 are starting a new topic “Le Monde”. I hope that by the end of the unit most of the children in both classes will be able to identify and pronounce the names of some…