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Language World 2021 – main takeaways
As I write this, the last time I was on a train was in March 2020 to go to Language World, the Association for Language Learning's annual conference, in Manchester. This year, the event was held online, so I attended form the comfort of my own home, between uni...
Poisson d’avril / April Fool in France
We have a really fun tradition for the 1st April in France: we make paper fish and try to stick them on each other's backs! Click here for the fish templates from petitsscouts.com if you want to do this but you are short of time: Poissons d'avril 1 jour 1 question...
Collaborations
Below are charities and/or businesses that I collaborate with and can recommend: The Association for Language Learning https://www.all-languages.org.uk/ I am a member and volunteer for this association - that's how great I think their work is. I am on the ALL North...
La Fête des Mères – Mother’s Day
Below are some ideas to celebrate Mother's Day in French, either in March (UK date) or at the end of May/beginning of June (date in France). Please note that if the children do not have a mother to celebrate, they can dedicate the day to anyone they love - the...
East Midlands Primary Languages Conference
UPDATE 23rd JUNE 2021: click here for my takeaways from this wonderful conference, and for my presentation, including links to books! I am delighted to be taking part in this event on Monday 21st June 2021. You can now check the programme and book your place by...
Je m’habille et… je t’apporte un cadeau !
I bought this lovely story from Little Linguist at York St John's for our ALL Primary Languages Show in 2019... It is a great investment! Extra resources on French websites: click here or click here.Language of text: FrenchType of text: picture bookAuthor or source:...
Essential picture books for the French classroom
Click here for essential picture books for the French classroom. Click here for the stories I recommend to go with the Primary French project. If you are looking for a random story I have recommended before, click here! Click here...
Lapin is hungry
I came across this fun and beautiful book whilst doing research on puppet shows in French in the UK: it is how I discovered the whole world of "Le petit monde" in Edinburgh! (click here to check out their website). Its creator, Tania, got in touch with me, we had a...
Songs, stories and rhymes at the ALL Primary Languages Conference Online
What a great day we had on 17th October! It was a lovely way to spend most of my birthday haha! You will find below a summary of my main takeaways. I hope they help you too! My takeaways from Michael Wardle, Ofsted Lead Languages: The main pillars of progression are:...
