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LEAD East Midlands Primary Languages Conference
Jo Darley kindly contacted me months ago to ask me if I would be part of this event: I can't believe it has now come and gone! And what a fantastic day it was! Read on for my main takeaways from the day on Zoom. I had heard Clare say it before, but I love this...
Bloub bloub bloub
I bought this lovely story from a car boot sale in France a few years back. I seem to be attracted by French translations of Japanese stories! Extra resources on French websites: click here for the "dossier pédagogique" provided by l'école des loisirs, or click here...
Special dates in the French-speaking world
I have been sharing a lot of information about French Bank Holidays recently and making videos to explain them (click here to check some of them out), but I have been increasingly aware that they are very much focused on France. However French is not just spoken in...
Un canard dit à sa cane
This video is the 30th 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 very short...
Le huit mai / le 8 mai
If you find the article below helpful, please consider clicking here to sign up and receive similar releases straight in your mail box! After putting a short blog together about "le premier mai" (click here to view it!), I felt I needed to do the same for "le 8 mai",...
Dans la forêt lointaine
This video is the 29th 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...
Le premier mai / la fête du travail
I was talking about "le Premier Mai / la Fête du Travail" with pupils last Saturday... so I thought I would quickly put these links that I found useful together, in case it helps some of you too! 1er mai - French Traditions - Babylangues - Le 1er mai (1st May)...
UK Lingua Event 2021
Well there's another UK Lingua event (hosted by Durham University) over! I am proud to have been part of its organising committee for 4 years now; what a privilege it is. This year's theme was "Learning gains" - and what an inspiring theme it turned out to be for our...
Un grand cerf dans sa maison
This video is the 28th 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...
