Year 5 had a great time with La Petite Crêperie, where we practised our conversational French to politely order our crepes. They were delicious and we were very proud of the children for responding to a range of questions in French!
We are really enjoying learning French in Year 3! We have already learned how to say hello (Bonjour!) and goodbye (Au revoir!)
In our latest lesson, we practised saying “Comment t’appelles tu?” (What are you called?) and “Je m’appelle ____.” (I am called ____.)
Everybody enjoyed joining in with our rap – here are some children demonstrating!
As part of the NE Festival of Languages, our school choir learnt ‘Happy’ by Pharrell Williams in French. Our singing has been incorporated into a video with all of the other participating schools. Enjoy!
In preparation for learning French in Year 3, Year 2 had a special French visitor. Julien told us all about French culture then we ordered our crepe with our choice of delicious toppings in French. Most importantly, we remembered to say please and thank you (or should we say S’il Vous Plait et Merci!).
Year 3 had a special French visitor. We practised our greetings to welcome Julien to Harton Primary School and introduced ourselves to him. Julien told us all about French culture and we were very jealous that they have two hours for their lunch! We then ordered our crepe with our choice of delicious toppings. They were scrumptious!
Y5L were excited to receive letters from their pen-pals in France today. They sent us letters and Happy New Year cards (Bonne Année 2022!).
In France, they have a big feast on Epiphany, around 6th January, and a figurine is hidden in the cake (galette de rois). The youngest child decides who gets each slice of cake and the person who receives the figurine in their slice gets to be king/queen for the day! The children in France sent us our very own crowns (couronnes).
We have written our letters back and look forward to the replies!
Y3 had a special visit from Julian, who is a crêpe maker from France, this week. We all ordered our crêpes in French and choose what delicious toppings we wanted too! We even learnt how to use our manners when speaking French. 
Y3 have enjoyed crêpes au petit déjeuner this morning as a tasty treat to end our busy week! We were all able to order our crêpes in French and choose what tasty toppings we wanted too! Madame Smith will be super impressed with our French accents!
Y4L have been lucky this year to have some French pen-pals from Noisy-le-Sec, near Paris. We have sent Christmas cards, Easter cards and some letters about ourselves, we have found out some information about our French pen-pals and they wrote to tell us about their Epiphany celebrations after Christmas.
We are so excited to receive some more letters before the Summer holidays!
Children in Years 3, 4 and 5 were treated to a performance of a play in French by the company Onatti Productions on Monday 24th February. The play, Ecris-moi, told the story of two pen-pals meeting up for the weekend in France, with some confusion ensuing about each other’s identity. There were lots of laughs, as well as some excellent audience participation when children were asked to give the meaning of certain French words or phrases, or to suggest a French word that could be used. Children had a lot of fun whilst reinforcing their knowledge of French greetings and vocabulary around such topics as money, clothing and food. It was also a great way to hear native French speakers in a really fun setting. The children were beautifully behaved throughout, as ever.
