FRENCH

The unexpected Colorado of Rustrel ranks among Provence’s most beautiful attractions. Situated on one of the largest ochre quarries in the world, the Colorado of Rustrel was, at one time, one of the best known producers of ochre in France. 

Today, the hues and the strange looking shapes of the outcrops, shaped by centuries of exposure to the elements, are simply breathtaking. 

Ochre is used by building companies for colouring plaster and cement, decorative tiles and roof tiles. Villages in Provence, such as Roussillon, have become famous for their colourful façades, where ochre has been used as “enduit” (the coating covering the outside of a house). This kind of render was popular because it let the stone breathe and, as many houses face south, ochre is resistant to the sun and heat. Ochre is also found in industrial and artists’ paints and also in cosmetic powders and pastes, rubber inner tubes and jam jar seals. It is also found in Dutch cheese rind and sausage (such as Strasbourg sausage or knack).

Bonjour à tous,

Comment allez-vous? How are you doing?

Très bien j'espère. Very well I hope.

Here are the topics that we are covering in French at the moment:

• Preps: farm animals

• Years 1 and 2: school items

• Years 3 and 3/4: numbers, addresses

• Years 4/5 and 5/6: applying the conjugations of verbs 'to be' and 'to have' in the present tense to describe scenes from a French song

Here is la chanson (the song) de la semaine (of the week): 'J'y vais' (I go there) sung by Florent Pagni and Patrick Fiori.

Passez une très bonne semaine (Have a very nice week) et à bientôt!

Delphine