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Wednesday, 6 November 2013

Year 5: brochure on a French town of your choice!

Research on French cities. Find 8 places in town of interest. Click on the link to find out one French city! http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/france_cities.htm
Use an A4 sheet, fold it in three parts:
First page: title of the town, your name and picture of the town.
Double middle page: write 8 sentences on your town, using 'il y a...' 'il n'y a pas de...'
BONUS: find pictures for each!
Last page: choose your favourite place in this town and say "au revoir!". Give any extra information you would like about this town!  


The best brochures will go on the blog!
Bonne chance!
HELP!
Here are some places you can use if you get stuck!



The school= l'école (F)                        The shops = les magasins (Pl)      


The church = l'église (F)                     The coffee place = le café (M)


The station = la gare (F)                     The hotel = l'hôtel (M)


The post office = la poste (F)              The town hall = l'hôtel de ville (M)


The swimming pool = la piscine (F)        The park = le parc (M)


The bank = la banque (F)                     The museum = le musée (M)


The library = la bibliothèque               The cinema = le cinéma (M)











Year 3: sounds g/j, gn, i, in/ain, ien


1. Practise repeating the following words at home. Listen to the recording to see if you were right!
2. Write the words in your vocabulary book in French and in English.


   1.     Jaune = yellow
   2.     Rouge = red
   3.     Un gilet = a cardigan
   4.     Un champignon = a mushroom
   5.     Le champagne = the champagne
   6.     Violet = purple
   7.     Premier = first
   8.     Un lapin = a rabbit
   9.     Un pain = a bread
  10.  Bien = good


Audio and voice recording >>

Tongue twister: try the following tongue twister!
Je dis que tu l'as dit a Didier ce que j'ai dit a Jules jeudi.

Tuesday, 5 November 2013

Year 4: Festivals

Here is a list of some of the most celebrated festivals in France. Write them in your vocabulary book!

01/01 le jour de l’an (New Year’s Day) 
06/01 la Fête des Rois (Epiphany) 
01/04 le premier avril (April Fool’s Day)
14/07 la Fête Nationale or le 14 juillet (Bastille Day)
01/11 la Toussaint (All Saints’ Day)
24/12 la veille de Noël (Christmas Eve) 
25/12 Noël (Christmas) 
31/12 la Saint-Sylvestre (New
Year’s Eve)
Mardi gras (Shrove Tuesday)
Pâques (Easter)

Now see if you have learnt them correctly, click on the following link: https://www.brainscape.com/study?pack_id=1269236

Sunday, 3 November 2013

Year 5: visite de La Rochelle



Can you describe in French the places you can spot in La Rochelle from this video?

A La Rochelle, il y a le port...

Your homework will be to make a brochure on a French town or city of your choice!
http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/france_...
Research on French cities. Find 8 places in town of interest. BONUS: find pictures for each!

Year 5: numbers to 60

Wednesday, 9 October 2013

Year 3: é and g sounds


1. Practise repeating the following words at home. Listen to the recording to see if you were right!
2. Write the words in your vocabulary book in French and in English.

1. Un dé = a dice
2. Un numéro = a number
3. Du papier = paper
4. Un vélo = a bike
5. Un gorille = a gorilla
6. Regardez = look
7. Une gomme = a rubber
8. une glace = an icecream
9. une baguette = a baguette
10. un tigre = a tiger





Can you try the following tongue twister??

Un dragon gradé dégrade un gradé dragon.




Year 6: two stars and one wish on restaurant menus

Can you give two stars (positive comments) and one wish (one way to improve) on the following menus? Which ones are your favourite and why?

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