Le carême

During this season of Lent, pupils from two of my Catholic schools went on a ‘Walk to Jerusalem’.  

 

They did not physically walk there as it is over 2000 miles to Jerusalem from our schools !  The children were given a footprint every time they did something special such as an act of kindness or another great deed.  The Chaplains counted up the footprints each week and reported back to their parish priest.   One footprint = one mile !  The children worked hard to collect as many miles as they could.  

They were aiming to reach Jerusalem by the end of Lent.  They did this alongside the parishioners from their church. 

This was a wonderful opportunity for the children to reflect on the gospel values that they show in their daily lives. 

 

In French lessons, upper KS2 pupils were invited to complete a footprint in French.  This was a great opportunity to briefly introduce the Past Perfect Tense !  Hopefully, this will help to lay down the foundation for future language learning at KS3 when they will be learning about the Past Perfect Tense with regular verbs, irregular verbs, être and reflexive verbs !    

Here are some bilingual footprints that the pupils produced: 

 Bravo les enfants !

Si tu crois

Nancy Seauve

Si tu crois dans ton cœur
Que Jésus est mort pour toi,
Si tu crois dans ton cœur
Qu’il est mort sur la croix,
Si tu crois dans ton cœur
Qu’il est ressuscité,
Je te le dis, le Seigneur
Effacera tes péchés !
Je te le dis, le Seigneur
Effacera tes péchés !

Oui je crois dans mon cœur
Que Jésus est mort pour moi,
Oui je crois dans mon cœur
Qu’il est mort sur la croix !
Oui je crois dans mon cœur
Qu’il est ressuscité !
Voilà, je sais, le Seigneur
a effacé mes péchés !
Voilà, je sais, le Seigneur
a effacé mes péchés !

© 2006 Nancy Seauve

 

 Saint Carême ! 

La Fête des Mères

C'est la Fête des Mères !  (It's Mother's Day !)

Mother's Day is a modern celebration honoring one's mother, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society.  This week, we have been preparing for Mother's Day in French lessons. 

We started off by discussing how Mother's Day is celebrated in France.  The children were interested to learn that Mother's Day is not celebrated during the month of March like in England, but at the end of the month of May.

Y4, Y5 and Y6 children then used bilingual dictionaries to

look up adjectives to describe their mothers.

We revisited an important grammar rule.  In French, adjectives change their spelling according to whether they are describing something/someone masculine or feminine. 

The children then chose a few adjectives to make a Mother's Day card in French.  Here are some examples :

Year 2 and Year 3 also made a Mother's Day card, focusing on learning how to write a card in French.

At the end of the lesson, we listened to this French song about Mother's Day.  Hopefully, it will help the children to remember how to say "Happy Mother's Day !" in French when they give their special cards out this Sunday !

 Bonne fête maman ! (Happy Mother's Day)