Languages Corner
French Film Festival
The French Film Festival is back and this year again some of our students had the opportunity to go to the Como in South Yarra to watch a French movie.
140 year 7 and 8 students watched the French Canadian movie All Stirred Up about a girl who enters a food competition and rallies a whole community behind her. Year 9 immersion and CNED students as well as our senior French students watched the movie Le Comte de Monte Cristo based on the classic novel by Alexandre Dumas. Students really enjoyed this special day and the opportunity to watch a French movie with their friends!
French Club
The French club is happening every Thursday in 208 and is run by our amazing Junior French Captains Violet Petrie (8C), Kiara Makhijani (8C) and Cici Cao (8B). Students play games, do quizzes, share French food as well as their love of French!
In our French classes
In class, year 7 French students learned about the diversity of the French-speaking world and created a poster about a francophone country. Bravo les année 7 pour vos creations!
Celine Fompudie
Languages Learning Area Leader
Year 9 French
Throughout Term 1, Year 9 French students have focused on developing their understanding of the French passé composé (past perfect) tense. This has involved learning conjugation patterns for verb endings for a variety of actions. For their first assessment, they demonstrated this learning by incorporating the tense in a visual poem describing a past event. This enabled them to demonstrate their grammatical understanding, whilst also providing a creative outlet. Here are some exemplars of the work they were able to produce in class and under test conditions.
Daniel Bouchet-Hibbert
Teaching and Learning Leader
Year 7 CNED
In their first unit of study, the year 7 CNED students explored the literary genre of poetry and learned about various types of poetic expression. For their CAT, they wrote a series of haikus dealing with nature, emotions and nostalgia based on 6 paintings for inspiration. The examples below are some excellent examples of their work.
Fred Bussu
Year 7 CNED Teacher
Le Bout de la Vie
Sècheresse et mort
A court de temps disponible
A bout de souffle
Nina B
Un Plateau
Un territoire
Très grand et imperturbable
Toujours calme
Luca H
Le Déluge
Le courant solide
Les bateaux abandonnés
C’est le cauchemar du siècle
Paola M
Créature de Nuit
Créature dans le noir
Le jour et la nuit se séparent
La lune en partance
Odin S
Un Temps Clément
Un fouillis de couleurs
L’herbe en crinière
Un fatras d’émotions
Amir E
Pêche de la Matinée
Le soleil qui sort le matin
Avec les touristes qui observent
Je vois le visage de mon père
Sophie G
Le Titanic
Le courant fort
L’eau turquoise avec les algues
Les montagnes hautes
Valentine B
Balançoire naturelle
Nuances d’émeraude
Embarcations couleur quartz
Odeur amère
Alekss M
Les Bateaux et les Pêcheurs
Les bateaux dans le vent
Les pêcheurs le long des flancs
Le ciel étincelant
Martin A
L’Horizon
Mon âme endormie
Un beau félin prés de moi
Une belle lune au loin
Louis L
L’Orage
Les cieux deviennent sombres
Un navire fait des galipettes
Il va s’engloutir
Klil O
Une Mer Agitée
Le voilier sur l’eau
Dans ce paysage attristé
Au coucher du soleil
Justin E