French Corner
French Corner Week 4 Term 2 2018
What’s on at CHPS
The French Club is now up and running, on Monday lunchtimes in 3HK for Grades 3 and 4, and Tuesday lunchtimes in 6ES for Grades 5 and 6. Over forty students are working hard to polish their poem recitation in time for the Berthe Mouchette Competition at the Alliance Française on May 22nd.
If you’d like to know anything more about the French Club or have any queries about the competition please contact Madame Robson (Grades 3 and 4) or Madame Webb (Grades 5 and 6).
https://www.afmelbourne.com.au/berthe-mouchette-competition/general-informations/
Students in Grades 1, 2, 3 and 4 have all taken home instructions on how to access the AIM French Portal at home in recent weeks, including a letter with their username and password. If you have not received the letter, or are having problems accessing the portal, please contact your child’s French teacher via Compass.
What’s on at the Alliance Française
The next Jazzy Jeudi, at the Alliance Française on Thursday 24th May, features versatile vocalist Kimba Griffith and the New Impromptu Quartet. Go to https://www.afmelbourne.com.au/culture-and-events/performing-art/jazzy-jeudi-kimba-griffith/ for more information and to book tickets.
Current art exhibition Draw at the Alliance features art created by French artist François Réau while he was the artist in residence in Shoalhaven in NSW. Réau attempts to exceed the limits of drawing by using a ‘drawing machine’ (pictured) to render drawings in three dimensions, drawing ‘space and time as it is experienced’ by recording movements in the outside world. The machine, as well as the resulting art, is on display at the exhibition, which is on till May 16th. For information on opening times go to https://www.afmelbourne.com.au/culture-and-events/exhibitions/draw/
French-Australian news
French President Emmanuel Macron visits Australia
Emmanuel Macron was in Australia and the Pacific region last week, spending three days in Australia. Meeting the local French community, Macron noted that Australia is now home to over 100,000 French people and that French is the most commonly spoken European language in Australia.
Macron had talks with the Australian Government, local companies, NGOs, activists and artists around French-Australian cooperation in areas such as education, health, preservation of marine environments, arresting climate change and solar power. Macron considers that the Pacific region is the ‘area in the world where the most important adventures of the 21st Century will happen’, and said that ‘the future is filled with opportunities for synergy between our two countries’. As well as military and political discussions, Macron had lunch on Wednesday with French and Australian chefs working locally, spoke to the local French community at the AGNSW, where the famous tapestries ‘La Dame a la Licorne’ (the lady and the unicorn) from the Musée de Cluny in Paris are currently exhibited, toured an Aboriginal-themed bienniale exhibition at the Sydney Opera House which includes work by French artists, and spoke with Aboriginal artists and activists working on climate change.
Cate Blanchett nominated President of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival
Cate Blanchett, born and raised in Melbourne, has been named as the President of the Jury for the 71st Cannes Film Festival. Known as a committed feminist and for taking risks in her profession, both as an actor and a producer, she says she considers the role an ‘enormous responsibility’.
Bonne Semaine!
Madame Gammon (Grades 2 and 4) gammon.sophie.s@edumail.vic.gov.au
Madame Robson (Grades Prep, 1 and 3) robson.sophie.h@edumail.vic.gov.au
et Madame Webb (Grades 5 and 6) webb.penelope.a@edumail.vic.gov.au