UKS2 children concluded their Autumn Term 1 French topic “Le corps” (The body) by using their knowledge of numbers, body parts and colours to design and describe their own monster and present it to the rest of the class.
Many pupils produced an impressive piece of grammatically accurate written work, including correct positioning of adjectives and adjectival agreements!
Enjoy reading about some of their fabulous fiendish friends:
Bravo les enfants !
KS2 pupils have made a fantastic start to the new academic year with a “Tour de France” themed French lesson where they focused on recalling and retrieving prior learning.
Watch this short video
clip to see some highlights of what pupils covered in this topic:
If you wish to have a copy of this fully editable resource to use in your own MFL classroom, it is available here:
Tour de France Topic 2020 Madame Birtwistle
#TDF2020
French cuisine is one
of France's greatest cultural contributions to the world!
Traditionally, each
region of France has its own distinctive specialities.
Last week, I challenged my KS2 pupils to follow a simple French recipe from my new cookbook resource and make a French dish.
Would you also like
to set your pupils a home learning challenge to cook a French dish? If so, enjoy
this fun, interactive, bilingual cookbook that features 10 classic
French recipes for young chefs to follow (with a little help!) including
starters, main courses and desserts.
There are two
different versions of the cookbook:
An interactive
PowerPoint to use online
French Cookbook interactive PPT
or alternatively a
PDF to print off with QR codes to scan.
I would love to see your
pupils’ culinary creations! Please share your photos on Twitter
@MmeBirtwistle
Bon appétit !
Gallery of photos:
Bravo to Lucia (Y4) in Whitefield, Greater Manchester, who made a lovely French omelette for her lunch!
Credits:
www.marmiton.org
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Museums may be
temporarily closed, but they remain a source of knowledge and discovery for
many - now through virtual tours in particular.
This International
Museum Day, I challenged my KS2 French learners to develop their cultural
capital by celebrating the inspirational power of the Louvre Museum in Paris
from their home.
Here is their Home Learning Challenge:
Challenge 1: Take a virtual trip to the Louvre Museum in Paris, France and learn about some great works of art from home! Raphael, Mona, and Nabi are 3 cartoon characters who react to some works of art from the world’s largest art museum in Paris, France: “The Louvre”. They invite children (and their parents) to spend one minute with them in front of a painting, sculpture, or antique vase, and to learn a little more about art. Click on the link below to watch some short videos on the Louvre Museum playlist “One Minute in a Museum”:
One Minute in a Museum (The Louvre)
Follow on activity: What was your favourite work of art and why?
Challenge 2: Click on the link below to learn a few facts about The Louvre Museum:
Interesting facts about the Louvre Museum for kids
Follow on activity: Test your knowledge about the
Louvre Museum by clicking on the link below to complete an online quiz:
Madame Birtwistle's Quiz: the Louvre Museum
Challenge 3: Enjoy a virtual tour of the Louvre Museum right from your computer screen:
Virtual Trip to the Louvre Museum
EXTRA CHALLENGE!
Explore another famous French
museum in Paris: The Musée D’Orsay. You can virtually walk through this popular
gallery that houses dozens of famous works from French artists who worked and
lived between 1848 and 1914. Discover artworks from Monet, Cézanne, and
Gauguin, among others:
Follow on activity:
Create a fact file about Monet (or another French
or Francophone artist) and then produce your own masterpiece “in the style of”
this artist!
10 Monet art projects for children
