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Comptines / French nursery rhymes
Below is a list of those I have recorded specifically with learners of French in mind. Each link takes you to a video and ideas on how you may exploit it. I filmed one of these weekly for 6 months from January 2020 to July 2020, which was great fun. Enjoy them! Quand...
Cultural calendar events
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...
Weekly French schedule – week 19
WEEK 19 - PRACTISE FUN WORDS AND PHRASES TO SOUND FRENCH, part 10 Please note: from now on the activities are the same for all children; the extra activities are more suitable for older ones. They focus on a different French sound each week and now also tie in with...
Sur le pont d'Avignon
This video is the 27th in a series of videos of nursery rhymes in French. It can be found on my YouTube channel. Please do subscribe to it: I think you will find my videos useful! This one (click here for the video) is about the well-known...
Weekly French schedule – week 18
WEEK 18 - PRACTISE FUN WORDS AND PHRASES TO SOUND FRENCH, part 9 Please note: from now on the activities are the same for all children; the extra activities are more suitable for older ones. They focus on a different French sound each week and now also tie in with the...
Frère Jacques
This video is the 26th in a series of videos of nursery rhymes in French. It can be found on my YouTube channel. Please do subscribe to it: I think you will find my videos useful! This one (click here for the video) is about... the ever...
Weekly French schedule – week 17
WEEK 17 - PRACTISE FUN WORDS AND PHRASES TO SOUND FRENCH, part 8 Please note: from now on the activities are the same for all children; the extra activities are more suitable for older ones. They focus on a different French sound each week and now also tie in with the...
Un éléphant qui se balançait
This video is the 25th in a series of videos of nursery rhymes in French. It can be found on my YouTube channel. Please do subscribe to it: I think you will find my videos useful! This one (click here for the video) is about... elephants...
Weekly French schedule – week 16
WEEK 16 - PRACTISE FUN WORDS AND PHRASES TO SOUND FRENCH, part 7 Please note: from now on the activities are the same for all children; the extra activities are more suitable for older ones. They focus on a different French sound each week and now also tie in with the...
French picture books with BAME characters in them
Ruth Magee, in the supportive Facebook group "Languages in Primary Schools", challenged me to put a blog together about books by BAME authors or featuring BAME characters, for use in the primary French classroom. This is as far as I have got so far... I am ashamed to...
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- Did you know that in Newcastle upon Tyne we have a Saturday morning French school? I am one of the teachers there and absolutely love it! Click here for more information.
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