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Tout en haut
When I bought this book, my then 16-year old son read it and burst out laughing! It appealed to his sense of humour and the pupils' I have read it too so am confident you will love it too! Language of text: French Type of text: picture book Author or source: Mario...
Les amis d’Elmer
If you read my blogs regularly you will know that most of the books I write about are in their original language; however there are some books that are worth having and using in French even though they were 1st written in English, and this is one of them! What is not...
EDoL 2017
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 competition anymore but...
Igor et Olafe – Un délicieux marcassin
Did you know that we have a word in French for a young wild boar? Un marcassin! OK, I understand that even if you are into children’s stories and puppets you may not own a young wild boar puppet... but even though it did inspire me to look for a book for it (I...
Comptines en chocolat
I only noticed this book because it fell off one of the carousels on Le Bibliobook last week... but if I could only keep one poetry book from my bus, this is it! And not just because it talks about chocolate ha ha! The author of those amazing poems has her own youtube...
Le 14 juillet
Once again I have collated some great ideas from the Facebook group "Languages in Primary schools" ! Suggestions added in 2022: For some cultural context in English, click here to watch a Horrible Histories video! For a short and sweet historical introduction, all in...
Le Tour de France
(I took the above photos in 2013 when I was lucky enough to see the end of the Tour de France on the Champs Élysées followed by a light and sound display on the Arc de Triomphe.) The Tour de France takes place very year in July and what a great excuse it is to do all...
Odette Hunt Network: Annual Conference in Bury 03/07/17
I feel so privileged to have been invited to be part of a positive and motivating day in Bury with Odette Hunt alongside Erzsi Culshaw who was inspiring us all to get involved more with etwinning. Thank you to all who were there for making me feel so welcome! Please...
Fais pas ci, fais pas ça
I don't actually remember where I got this book from but it could be a great opportunity to let children complain about the rules their parents have for them!! Of course we can point out why they may have those rules... Language of text: French Type of text: picture...
