by Nathalie Paris | Aug 23, 2022 | Families, General blog, Schools
As I have done some tidying up this summer, I have come across this great booklet from the European Parliament which contains fantastic ideas for Europe Day – different from European Day of Languages, but most of the ideas can be used! Click here for a pdf of...
by Nathalie Paris | Sep 10, 2021 | Families, General blog, Schools
In 2020, for the European Day of Languages (26th September every year), I recycled an old (classic) idea in one of my schools: each class chose a European country and did some research on it. Then each child got given a piece of bunting (triangular card) where,...
by Nathalie Paris | Aug 31, 2019 | General blog, Schools
If you did not in 2019 take part in a competition run by ALL NE, you could use it this year as an extra activity: European Day of Languages 2019 final. One year a Y5 pupil of mine won a £50 high street voucher. She was very proud and it was in the papers! Your pupils...
by Nathalie Paris | Aug 19, 2018 | General blog, Schools
Once again this year I applied for a £75 grant through Europe Direct Durham and this is what I am planning to do: Activities paid for by Europe Direct Durham grant There is a very comprehensive document about useful phrases on the phone which I have come across and...
by Nathalie Paris | Sep 24, 2017 | General blog, Schools
I wanted to share with you the ALL NE’s annual competition in which my pupils and I took part. You can open the details here: it was all about Martin Luther King Jr and our pupils’ dreams, very inspiring! You obviously can’t take part in the...
by Nathalie Paris | Sep 9, 2015 | General blog, Schools
In 2015, I based my activities for EDoL around a lot of the free resources you can get which are published by the European Commission. Please note that even though the UK is not part of the EU anymore, you can still download updated resources. For instance, you can...
by Nathalie Paris | Sep 4, 2015 | General blog, Schools
Please feel free to use the attached documents which helped me plan a full day of activities for everyone for EDL on 25th September 2014 at St Mary’s, Blackhill. Get in touch if you want more info about the artefacts we used for the quizzes; we got a grant...
by Nathalie Paris | Aug 24, 2020 | Families, General blog, Schools
On this page I am gathering blogs that can help you plan cultural work around the year in your (mostly French) lessons – in chronological order. I have listed special dates that I mark with my pupils. If you are looking for my full 2021-2022 weekly schedule of...
by Nathalie Paris | Oct 15, 2018 | Book blog, Books, Families, Schools
I bought this book at a car boot sale (well, a vide-grenier) in France this summer and fell in love with it instantly. What’s so great about it? You can start by watching a short introduction to this book (by me!) by clicking here. Then come back to the whole...
by Nathalie Paris | Sep 12, 2018 | General blog, Schools
You will find below some activities which can be used to celebrate the European day of Languages on 26th September; these could be used any time of the year as well to raise the profile of languages! Click here for my ideas in 2022 Click here for my ideas in 2020 and...
