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open morning

Salut! Greetings from the Language Department. Here is today's news about our exciting Open morning activities:

Open Morning:  The Language Department

On Thursday Feb.9^th 2017 the Language Department played host to twelve Year 5 pupils who spent a busy and enjoyable two hours working through a variety of French activities.

We sat in a circle and practised many of our basic skills e.g. asking Comment t’appelles-tu and answering Je m’appelle ... Pupils then worked with a partner to take turns asking each other a long list of basic questions.  As an extension activity, they came up with good ideas for additional questions.

Then we looked at the fascinating collection of French books which Rohan had kindly brought in.  These included a delightful penguin-shaped book about the penguin who could not dance – we followed the instructions and tried the dance ourselves!  Levez-vous! Tapez le pied! Sautez en l’air!

Then we spent some time revising and practising our French sounds, rounding off this activity with a terrible tongue-twister:  Combien de sous sont ces saucissons-ci?  Ces saucissons-ci sont six sous.  Have a go!!

We then turned our attention to a cafe sketch in which pupils, working with a partner, had to fit six speeches into the correct speech bubble.  We then acted out the resultant scenario.

Time then for a song:  “Le Vieux Macdonald”, an old favourite.  We then investigated a range of animal sounds in French and produced a set of sounds and pictures for display.

How quickly the time went! We only had time to watch our favourite “super dog” video and play some interactive games based on the animal topic.  Well done to Year 5 French students for working with such enthusiasm!  Bravo Evie Holder, Amelia Arthurton, Rohan Appadu, Raj Sisodia, Emily Anderson, Eliana Russo, Felicity Branton, Ruben Baker, Lawrence Yates, Jessica Dean, Edmund Kavati and Felix Bowling!

Mrs.Wroblewska

09/02/17