French

Bonjour tout le monde,

Many French students from Years 8, 9 and 10 were very keen to represent St John’s at the Year 7 Open night last week. It was such a honour to have these exceptional students welcome visitors and participate in various presentations in French. While Years 8 and 9 spoke about what they are learning in their French courses and gave mini presentations in the target language, Year 10 presented a famous poem, ‘Déjeuner du Matin’ by Jacques Prévert, in the form of a mime. The evening was such a delight and highly successful. Merci beaucoup les élèves! Ça a été si apprécié.

Year 10 French

Year 10 French has enjoyed poetry analysis in French. They analysed the poem (mentioned above) and, in the target language, predicted what would happen beyond the poem. They wrote a SEAL paragraph about the poem’s central idea, the theme. Bravo la seconde!  We had the pleasure of welcoming Christie Warren back to class after an extended absence in France. Christie lived in a small village, experiencing life as a local. It has been wonderful to have her share her experiences with us. However, it is even better to have a French student from France (staying with Christie and her family) join us at St John’s next week for an extended stay.  Next newsletter will detail the wonderful benefits that students have gained from her stay.

Year 9 French

After learning how to read, write, listen and speak in the future tense, Year 9 French are about to undertake a learning experience where they plan a future holiday overseas – the destination of their choice – and write the details of their plans in French. It was very interesting to hear the variety of destinations chosen - not just French ones!

Year 8 French

Now that Year 8 French have learnt basic greetings, the numbers 1-20, the alphabet and a number of mini dialogues in French, they will embark on their new topic ‘J’ai faim et j’ai soif!’ (I have hunger and thirst!) Being a very popular topic for conversation, they have already shown great enthusiasm for this new unit of work.

Mme S.
Ms Carmel Smallwood
French Teacher