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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
Click here for the video explaining about what we do on 1st April in France: https://youtu.be/HIa_xDIY_iI Click here for the video showing you how to make a "poisson d'avril": https://youtu.be/qvL65Uqwe1w Click here for the fish templates from petitsscouts.com if you...
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...
Webcam Circus Show
I attended the Webcam Circus Show https://www.webcamcircusshow.com/, in French, one Sunday afternoon... what a great way to spend an hour! Please note that the show is also available in English - I have written this article in both French and English! J’ai assisté au...
The adventures of a British child going to France and of a French child going to the UK
You will find below 2 videos: the 1st one is best for young children up to age 7; the second one is best for children from age 7. Stories about a French child and a British child. The adventures of a British child that went to France Click here for a pdf of links to...
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...
4-minute French adventures
Lockdown French adventure challenge On Monday 11th January 2021, for our 3rd lockdown, I started challenging myself to teach French daily in under 4 minutes: thank you if you joined me weekdays at 11.45am live on my YouTube channel for my French Adventures! I recorded...
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... I have finally got round to writing about it and am using it with all my classes in December 2020! Extra resources on French websites: click here or click...
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 for ideas on how you can use picture...
