La pollution

In Spring 1 the school topic was Environment and all year groups were working on different aspects of environment and sustainability.
Year 4 were learning about pollution, so we have linked our French lessons to this topic. We have learned the names of different types of pollution and how the adjective is placed after the noun in French. Then, we looked at pollutant agents and children composed full sentences. Also, we listened to an authentic song by Mister Dji; the year 4 pupils understood the key words to fill in the gaps but some of them could even found the rhyming words! Finally we learnt the imperative form of verbs and created posters to encourage people to protect the environment.

Recycling - Le tri sélectif

Years 3 and 5 have learnt about recycling and le tri sélectif this term.
Year 3 have been looking at the names of recycling materials and containers.

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 Year 5 have been looking at the names of the recyclable / non recyclable objects. In listening, they had to listen to a text and match each waste to the correct bin. They have also written some paragraphs about le tri selectif and where to throw each item. Finally, they have created some fantastic discs on card to inform people about recyclable and not recyclable waste.

We have used a lot of authentic resources like adverts, booklets and interactive games.

Songs and chants about environment and recycling

Jeu des 7 familles

Choose the correct bin

À trier / n'est pas triable

Compte et choissis les emballages

Recyclables / ordures ménagères

Le tri en formes

Cahier de l'élève: Moi, je trie!

Dossiers pédagogiques sur le recyclage

La vie en recyclé

Story: Voyage chez les tatoujetés

Mimi La Souris

Mimi La Souris is the French version of Maisy The Mouse and we use her stories to learn about

simple vocabulary in Year 1: days, seasons, numbers. The children love reading the lift-flap books and holding the doudou!
 

In the website minimat.net you will find amazing resources featuring Mimi: calendars, worksheets, school routine labels, comptines, etc.

You can also watch the videos of the cartoon in class. They are colourful, child-friendly and the language is simple.

Activities 

Comptines

Vie de la classe

Les émotions de Mimi 

Mimi la Souris et le panda (episode)

Mimi aime les animaux (episode)

Mimi la Souris et le train (episode)

Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire?

Year 2 have been learning the names of the months and how to write the date in French.

We love singing  "Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire?"  ; The children shout Oui! when we mention the month of their birthday and the class wish them Joyeux anniversaire!

We also read a story of our favourite French character, Trotro. He has a massive birthday cake and an amazing present!

Finally, we have written and illustrated these minions posters created by my friend Sylvie Bartlett Rawlings.



Months games 1

Months games 2

Games: write the date in French

Listening activity

Our French buddy, Toto

Mrs. Rivas was invited to talk about Toto, our French puppet at the last conference of the Asociation for Language Learning ALL.

Using puppets in MFL from NoeliaRG

The puppet represents the stereotype of a French person, so we talk about stereotypes in class and we know that obviously not everybody in France wear striped t-shirts, berets and have a moustache. But having him in class is lovely and speaking in the target language is less daunting when the children talk to Toto!

Toto is also opening the pupils's eyes to French culture. Whenever he travels to France with Mrs. Rivas he shows the landmarks and specialities of the region in a video. Sometimes, we have a post-holiday show-and-tell with artifacts and food!

We love the whole Toto theme in our lessons, so we even have flashcards with Toto, stickers and certificates.

Resources featuring Toto from NoeliaRG

Toto voyage à Lille

Les repas de Toto

Toto voyage à Paris

La journée de Toto

Toto en Provence

Certificate A4

Certificate A5

Letters from Paris

This week Denim class and Azure class have received some letters from their pen-pals from École Providence B, Paris. They were all impressed of the amazing cards with the Paris landmarks and they were very interested in knowing their pen-pals and their hobbies.

Merci les CM2, nous avons vraiment aimé vos lettres!

La Fête des Rois

Bonne année 2016!

This week we have celebrated La fête des rois at Sudbury. We have learnt about the tradition of la Galette des Rois, a special cake that French people eat on Epiphany Day. Children enjoyed reading the recipe in French, learning poems and songs, creating crowns and watching authentic videos.