French News

Bonjour, dear parents and students!

We’ve had a great start to the term in French! Students have been demonstrating positive learning behaviours, staying focused, and bringing a wonderful energy to our French classes.

Here’s a snapshot of what each year level has been exploring during Weeks 3–4.

Prep

Students have been learning the names of family members in French and extending their vocabulary by exploring different animals.

Grade 1

Students have been learning to talk about food using « Je mange… » (I eat…) and to express their food preferences by sharing what they like and dislike in French.

Grade 2

Students have been practising asking and answering questions about the rooms of a house. They then created their own house blueprints and labelled each room in French. In the following week, students expanded their vocabulary by learning the names of different pieces of furniture and adding them to their blueprints.

Grade 3

Students have been learning the names of classroom objects and exploring how colours agree with nouns in gender. They then applied their knowledge of prepositions to describe the location of different objects. In the following week, students extended their number knowledge by learning to count from 1 to 60 in French.

Grade 4

Students have been extending their knowledge of weather by asking and answering questions about the weather and temperature. They have also been learning vocabulary for different pieces of furniture and applying their understanding of grammatical gender by using the correct forms of colours when writing paragraphs.

Grade 5

Students have been learning how to construct French sentences using grammatical terminology (metalanguage). They have been identifying different sentence components, including subjects, objects, adverbs, adjectives, and verbs. Students have also been developing their pronunciation skills by exploring common letter combinations and their sounds in French.

Grade 6

Students have been developing their French pronunciation by learning how different letter combinations are pronounced. They have also been introduced to the passé composé, the French past tense, and have begun exploring how to use it to talk about past events.

We look forward to another wonderful term of learning, communicating, and discovering the French language together!

À bientôt!

French Choir – Grades 3–6 - Madame Ma and Miss Martine

French Choir will continue this term on Monday afternoons after school. Students who participated last term are asked to accept the Compass permission request.

Advanced French Club- Mr Zach

Advanced French Club will also continue this term on Monday afternoons after school. Students who are interested in joining are asked to accept the Compass permission request.

À bientôt!

If you would like to support your child’s learning at home, please make use of the resources provided in this newsletter. For our Prep–Grade 2 students, songs have also been included to help reinforce learning through music.

We are looking forward to another exciting term of language learning and cultural discovery at Tarneit Rise Primary School.

Warm regards, 

Mr. Zach, Madame Martine, Madame Ma & Mr. Kirby

 French Team – Tarneit Rise Primary School

Resources:

Alphabet – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkFXGlHCn_o

Number song – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_4ZgUX7g6Q

Colour song – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m50U33brThk

Days of the week – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufxb8vvMgog&list=RDufxb8vvMgog&start_radio=1

Months of the year – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNJeS0YTsIY

Animals –  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BWdnOqHTh4&pp=ygUTbGVzIGFuaW1hdXggY2hhbnNvbtIHCQmtCQGHKiGM7w%3D%3D

Fruits – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJMEaN2Gih4&pp=ygUSbGVzIGZydWl0cyBjaGFuc29u

Head, shoulders, knees and toes – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57ivuBX1kLU