Un cinéma français à FHS

We are all very much looking forward to welcoming les élèves de P7 to Falkirk High School next mercredi to watch the French Film, "Le Petit Nicholas".

We are turning the assembly hall into a French cinema (complete with popcorn) and you will have the opportunity to ask S2 pupils about life at FHS, meet pupils from other primaries and enjoy a funny French film.

We'd like you to ask for your ticket to the cinema in French when you arrive and also to try to order your snack at the interval in French.  It's just a bit of fun, so relax and try out your best French accent!

Below is a trailer for the film, a video from some of our S2 team explaining how the event will run and a re-cap of the French you will need on the day (we'll give you a little prompt card when you arrive to help with this).

À mercredi,
Madame Wilson, Madame Lafuente et les élèves de S2

p.s There is a video further down this page that switches itself on automatically, which you will need to pause (still getting to grips with the Blogging technology)!

Ticket Dialogue

• FHS Pupil

• P7 Pupil

·        Bienvenue	·        Welcome
·        Bonjour, un ticket pour le cinéma s’il vous plaît	·        Hello, a ticket for the cinema please
·        Bien sûr, voilà	·        Of course, here you go
·        Merci	·        Thank you
·        De rien	·        You’re welcome

Snack Dialogue

·        Des chips ou du popcorn?	·        Some crisps or popcorn?
·        Des chips/du popcorn	·        Some crisps/popcorn
·        De l’eau?	·        Some water?
·        Oui/Non	·        Yes/No
·        Voilà	·        Here you go
·        Merci	·        Thank you

Active French

Four helpful activities for making French active:

1.  Games
2.  Song
3.  French cafe
4.  Dance!

Everyday Ideas

Under the "Everyday" tab at the top of the page, you can find a growing list of ideas about how to incorporate a little bit of French into school life on a daily basis.  If you have any ideas, please share.  Likewise, if you would like help to add some French to a display, such as a weather chart, please get in touch and we'd be delighted to help.

A beginner's approach to teaching French

We realise that if you are a beginner in French, having to teach it could be a daunting prospect.  Here's a helpful video of a teacher in the same position with some ideas of how he got started. Pierre seems to be a big hit!  We too think that making French a regular part of the school day is the way forward as little and often is more meaningful for pupils and a manageable approach.

Salut!

We're hoping that our 1+2 programme will enable you to drip-feed French into the school day, helping pupils to learn and understand the language in real situations within school and ENJOY the language through music, movement, games, stories, activities and project work.

The model we are working on is 10 minutes of French four times a week and one 20 minute session to give pupils an hour of the language a week.  We've also included some longer activities for when you feel they will fit into your planning.  Our resources are therefore divided into "10 minute lesson ideas" and "longer activities".

Click on the tabs at the top to access the planning for each year group.  We're still in the early stages so please feel free to feed back at any time, all comments are welcome.  Our aim is to create something that's workable, realistic and easy to implement so your expertise along the way would be greatly appreciated.

À plus, 

Laura et Kathleen

 

Bienvenue!

Bienvenue to our blog to keep you posted on how the new 1+2 Curriculum is coming along.  Thanks for having us out to visit and for all the helpful feedback and ideas.  We’re currently working on the P1 programme and P5-7.  À bientôt! Laura et Kathleen.