Bastille Day – Thursday 20th July

Bastille Day Highlights

Quelle journée fantastique! What a fabulous day PMPS had on 20th July, when we (slightly belatedly) celebrated Bastille Day. It was great to see students and staff getting into the Bastille Day spirit at school, dressing up and enjoying all the activities. Gold coin donations were taken on the day and will be donated to support the work of Les Médécins Sans Frontières.

As always, the food and cooking activities were a big hit, with making les crêpes, les tartes au citron et les croque-monsieurs a highlight for many students. An additional thank you to the PFA for their sale of croissants at lunchtime.

Lots of prizes were given out for best costumes in each class. Merci beaucoup to James and Siobhan, our Language Captains, for selecting the winners. With so many creative costumes to choose from, it was by no means an easy task!

Supporting French Learning from Home

Thank you to those of you who attended Parent Teacher interviews with Paul and myself. It is always a pleasure to check in with parents and share the progress being made in French across the school.

A common question that came up was how to best support your child with learning French from home. For younger students, we recommend asking your child to share the vocabulary they have been learning in class with you. You may also wish to give your child opportunities to practise this vocabulary, such as describing the colour of cars they see whilst out and about or reading the house numbers in your street in French and English.

For students in Years 3 to 6, we strongly encourage using LanguageNut at home to support their learning. LanguageNut offers students the opportunity to enhance their language skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing. Each student has a unique username and password. Feel free to contact us if a reminder of this information is needed.

We have included an overview of the French topics covered this term for those of you who wish to provide extra support from home. Underneath, we have included links to songs and wordbanks from these topics which you can enjoy learning together.

French Term 3 Overview 2023

Prep

Year 1/2

Year 3/4

Year 5/6

Week 1

10/7 - 14/7

L’arc-en-ciel

The Rainbow (Colours)

10/7 - 14/7

Y1 - Mon corps

My body

Y2 - Je me sens…

I feel…(Feelings)

10/7 - 14/7

Y3 – Je porte

I am wearing

Y4 - Ma Ville

My City (+ verbs)

10/7 - 14/7

Y5 - Tour de France

Regions of France

Y6 - Les Recettes

Recipes

Week 2

17/7 - 21/7

L’arc-en-ciel

The Rainbow (Colours)

17/7 - 21/7

Y1 - Mon corps

My body

Y2 - Je me sens…

I feel…(Feelings)

17/7 - 21/7

Y3 – Je porte

I am wearing

Y4 - Ma Ville

My City (+ verbs)

17/7 - 21/7

Y5 - Tour de France

Regions of France

Y6 - Les Recettes

Recipes

Week 3

24/7 - 28/7

L’arc-en-ciel

The Rainbow (Colours)

24/7 - 28/7

Y1 - Mon corps

My body

Y2 - Je me sens…

I feel…(Feelings)

24/7 - 28/7

Y3 – Je porte

I am wearing

Y4 - Ma Ville

My City (+ verbs)

24/7 - 28/7

Y5 - Tour de France

Regions of France

Y6 - Les Recettes

Recipes

Week 4

31/7 - 4/8

L’arc-en-ciel

The Rainbow (Colours)

31/7 - 4/8

Y1 - Mon corps

My body

Y2 - Je me sens…

I feel…(Feelings)

31/7 - 4/8

Y3 – Je porte

I am wearing

Y4 - Ma Ville

My City (+ verbs)

31/7 - 4/8

Y5 - Tour de France

Regions of France

Y6 - Les Recettes

Recipes

Week 5

7/8 - 11/8

Bougez, bougez!

Let’s Move (Body Parts)

7/8 - 11/8

Y1 - Mon corps

My body

Y2 - Je me sens…

I feel…(Feelings)

7/8 - 11/8

Y3 – Je porte

I am wearing

Y4 - Ma Ville

My City (+ verbs)

7/8 - 11/8

Y5 - Tour de France

Regions of France

Y6 - Les Recettes

Recipes

Week 6

14/8 - 18/8

Bougez, bougez!

Let’s Move (Body Parts)

14/8 - 18/8

Y1 - Les formes

Shapes

Y2 - Chez le docteur

At the doctor

14/8 - 18/8

Y3 – Mon anniversaire

My birthday

Y4 - Les directions

Directions

14/8 - 18/8

Y5 – Quelle heure est-il?

What time is it?

Y6 – Les sports

Sports

Week 7

21/8 - 25/8

Bougez, bougez!

Let’s Move (Body Parts)

21/8 - 25/8

Y1 - Les formes

Shapes

Y2 - Chez le docteur

At the doctor

21/8 - 25/8

Y3 – Mon anniversaire

My birthday

Y4 - Les directions

Directions

21/8 - 25/8

Y5 – Quelle heure est-il?

What time is it?

Y6 – Les sports

Sports

Week 8

28/8 - 1/9

Planning Week

28/8 - 1/9

Planning Week

28/8 - 1/9

Planning Week

28/8 - 1/9

Planning Week

Week 9

4/9 - 8/9

Bougez, bougez!

Let’s Move (Body Parts)

4/9 - 8/9

Y1 - Les formes

Shapes

Y2 - Chez le docteur

At the doctor

4/9 - 8/9

Y3 – Mon anniversaire

My birthday

Y4 - Les directions

Directions

4/9 - 8/9

Y5 – Quelle heure est-il?

What time is it?

Y6 – Les sports

Sports

Week 10

11/9 - 15/9

Bougez, bougez!

Let’s Move (Body Parts)

11/9 - 15/9

Y1 - Les formes

Shapes

Y2 - Chez le docteur

At the doctor

11/9 - 15/9

Y3 – Mon anniversaire

My birthday

Y4 - Les directions

Directions

11/9 - 15/9

Y5 – Quelle heure est-il?

What time is it?

Y6 – Les sports

Sports

Prep

Year 1/2

Year 3/4

Year 5/6

Head, Shoulders…lyrics

Head, Shoulders…song

Simon Says (Body Parts)

Simon Says lyrics

Feelings

Docteur Je Suis Malade

Languagenut

Clothing Song

Clothing Lyrics

Numbers 1 - 20 wordbank

Counting 1 to 20 song

Counting 20 to 50 song

Tour de France example

Thank you for your continued support of our French program. It's always wonderful to hear how much your children are enjoying their French lessons and how eager they are to share their new language skills with you at home!

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