French trip: so much fun!!

The morning: When we arrived, we met our penpals, although mine wasn’t there. Each group paired with a group of penpals and we went around the city filling a questionnaire Miss Couture made for us. I really liked our guide Manu who explained everything to us. I found the cannon balls in the façade of the Moret shop interesting. I think the morning was really fun! By Daniel 5C At 5:42A.M I woke up on Saturday 23rd June for my trip to Lille. Our group leader was the amazing Miss. Waterhouse. The journey was full of laughter with Karan eating chocolate buttons that early in the morning, Gabriel and Henry sleeping on top on each other and of course Mr. Thomas who had an all can eat buffet. (I think?) We arrived at 10:30 French time and there were our French pen pals sitting outside waiting for us. We had a questionnaire to fill in with some of our pen pals. Off we went to explore the lovely town of Lille. We had to find out all sorts of difficult questions. After a great morning with our pen pals we had to say goodbye and go for a quite simply delicious lunch. I had a ham and butter baguette, which was delicious. After that came probably the most famous French patisserie! The second best part of the day was the fantastic museum which is the second biggest in France. The trip was amazing and a great day out for all the boys that went on the trip and a massive thank you to Miss Couture for organising the trip and making it possible. By Jonah 5W

French play: reviews by 5b

By Bora: "On the 12th June, 5B performed their French play. The play featured four fables presented to the King Louis XIV by La Fontaine (I was La Fontaine). Before the play, we were all nervous and were checking our costumes, props and make-up. When the audience of parents, Mr Douglas and Mr Underwood arrived, we were anxiously waiting backstage. When we were on stage, we forgot all our nerves and just enjoyed the moment. Except for a few technical difficulties, the whole thing went smoothly. The audience laughed at the funny bits, no-one forgot their lines and the acting was great. My parents and I enjoyed the play and I'm sure everyone else did as well."
By Jason:

By Joel and his mum: "I personally think the play went very well. The audience really enjoyed the play. You could easily tell by how much the audience laughed! You can also tell by how much I enjoyed it! Here is what my mum thought of the play seeing she was in the audience:
Both my husband and I thoroughly enjoyed the play. A lot of thought, planning and hard work by the teachers as well as the children. The choice of French songs helped set the mood. However the parents who do not speak French would not have appreciated just how wonderful the whole thing was. Obviously, the model was not too bad at either!!" (Joel's mum was asked to come on stage and be part of a catwalk!! How brave! :)

Nicholas on Joel's mum performance: "Joel's mum did the catwalk amazingly - she must have practised before!"

Year 5 play: a real success!!

Well done to all the Year 5 boys!!!
The three performances were amazingly funny, I am so proud of you!!
Remember to order your DVD as soon as possible to show everyone what a great show you've put on!

That's the Frog after blowing up!! :)

Year 5 DRAMA: ONE week to go!!

Little reminder for the Year 5 boys:
The Drama Workshops will take place on the following days:
- 5B Tuesday 12 June 10:00 to 11:00
- 5C Wednesday 13 June 11:00 to 12:00
- 5W Thursday 14 June 14:30 to 15:30

Which means we have JUST one more week of rehearsals!!!
So make sure that you practise a lot during the holidays!
To listen to a recording of all the different parts, go on:
www.endomodo.com Join the Group (group code: email me)
and PRACTISE til PERFECT!

Also, remember to bring all your costumes in!

Good luck!

Year 5 play: song for the Cicada

Learn the first slide!

A break from assessments please!! Watch the photos and videos of you and your penpal!

We all feel that we need a break from assessments this week (well, I do anyway, I still haven't invented a marking machine that does my work for me!!)

So here is your chance to watch a few photos and videos of your meeting with your penpal! Click on the protected link: http://lafontaine-arras.net/london2012/ and put in the usual password for French (ask me if you can't rememember!) ENJOY and remember to have some relaxation time!! :)

Year 5: penpal visit this Friday!!

Year 5 will have their penpals over at school on Friday 11th May.
Remember to bring a little something English as a token!
Activities will include a treasure hunt, a questionnaire and a football match!

Year 5: write a paragraph on yourself... Some ideas!

EXAMPLE 1: Ben B
Bonjour, je m'appelle Ben et j'ai dix ans.
 Mon anniversaire est le dix-huit septembre deux mille un.
J'habite à Londres en Angleterre. Dans ma ville, il y a le cinéma et la gare.
 J'ai un frère et une soeur. Mon frère a quatorze ans et ma soeur a seize ans. Mon frère s'appelle Jonny et ma soeur s'appelle Ally.
Je n'ai pas d'animal.
Au revoir!
 Now listen to Ben:
Voice Recorder >>
 Now listen to Asher's presentation. What rooms does he have in his house? 
Voice Recorder >>

Year 5 : song sang by our penpals... Practise your part!

Here are the French penpals singing, try singing your part with it!

https://www.box.com/s/18718acc7a4296f9e2da

Here is the instrumental version!

https://www.box.com/s/ce8efb1f9e96c3c3b62f

Cool revision games

I hope you are all starting your revision by now...
Remember, a little often is the key to success!
And remember: DON'T PANIC, it's nothing we haven't done before, you have ALL the learning in your book, just make sure you PRACTISE!

                                                               (please don't cry like this boy who is doing it all at the last minute!!)
Here is a website with some more great revision games!! Choose "Francais", then the topic you have been learning in class and try to get 100 %: Click here

And remember, get some rest too! :)

Year 5 : trip to Lille - places available!!

I am pleased to confirm the organisation of the day trip to Lille on Saturday 23rd June 2012. 

It will be an exciting day in my hometown, here is the program :

-      - A journey by Eurostar

-       - A treasure hunt of Modern and Old Lille
  - A visit to a French café and a yummy filled baguette, drink and French pastry for lunch!

-       A visit to the Palais des Beaux Art

-       Some shopping time!

If you would still like to go on this trip, can you please get a letter from the school office and return as soon as possible by Monday 30th April with the attached reply slip, cheque, photocopies of passport and EHIC and completed medical form.

There are also a few available places for parents on a first come, first served basis!

Don't miss out!!

Year 5 : song with our penpals: Un autre jour au paradis!

This song was performed in France for a special charity night called "Resto du Coeur". To learn more about it, click on the link: Now start learning the song for your penpal's visit to UCS JB on May 11!

Some cartoons of the Fables!

Can you recognise the different fables?? And finally, made by 10 year old French children:

Revision sheets

Revision sheets for the end of year assessments are now available on the END OF YEAR REVISION PAGE (on the right column) ... Something to look at during the Easter holidays!! :) :)

Year 5 game on the verbs: to have or to be??

Click here for larger version

Click on the link below to play the game, try to catch the bananas for the monkey!

JE SUIS un singe, J'AI une banane!! http://www.swfme.com/view/1235892

Year 5 La Fontaine script

Year 5 are now going to start learning their lines for the play! If by some unfortunate event (a hungry dog eats it), you lose your script, here is a copy you can download and print at home! LES FABLES DE LA FONTAINE
And here is the English translation: WORD OF WARNING: the translation might not be grammatically exact in English. It shows you that using google translate is not a good thing!! English translation of La Fontaine

Year 5 inspiration for your AVOIR song!

Asher's Pronouns Rap

Click on the Vocaroo link to listen:
Voice Recorder >> Can you now make a rap on the whole verb to be like this one? (this one is from Youtube)

La Fontaine

Year 5 are now starting rehearsing for the play on La Fontaine.
This is what La Fontaine looked like...

Cool, non??