La vie scolaire

As an introduction to our French topic, La vie scolaire (School Life), KS2 children enjoyed learning about school life in France and comparing and contrasting this to school life in England.  They were suprised to learn that French children don't wear a school uniform!  We looked at some French primary school websites together and they also found these following BBC French video clips about visiting a French school interesting:

BBC French Visiting a French School

After developing their intercultural understanding about the French education system, the children progressed by learning how to talk about various issues surrounding school life, including learning how to ask and answer questions about which school subjects they enjoy and don’t enjoy and express simple opinions. 

The children then went on to learn how to describe their school uniform, say how they travel to school and name classroom objects.  They learnt how to tell the time and then looked at authentic school timetables.

At the end of this topic, UKS2 produced some impressive pieces of writing about their own school in French:

Some fantastic descriptions about school uniform were also produced!  LKS2 children simply drew and labelled individual items of their school uniform in French whilst UKS2 children produced extended descriptions of their school uniform and presented this information in both written form and orally to the rest of the class. They expressed opinions about their school uniform and developed their use of adjectival agreements by describing the colour of each item of their school uniform!

Bravo les enfants!