"Poésie d'Halloween' inspired by the creaking door in mobile 3!

La veille de la Toussaint

par Matthew Pringle-Rice, 9C

Je mange des bonbons,

dans une maison,

hantée par un squelette et Dracule et un chat noir.

La Veille de la Toussaint

par Richard Robinson, yr 9

La veille de la Toussaint,

Je bois du sang,

avec Dracule

et je mange des enfants.

Journée Européene des Langues

Bonjour! This week in class Yr 8 students made European badges, Yr 9 students made European posters and Yr 10 students completed projects on a French speaking country or region to celebrate European Day of Languages. All of the beautiful and creative work was entered into a competition with winners announced at assembly on Friday. Bravo tout le monde!

And just to add to all the excitement "La France" won the European football tournament organised by Clare Murphy! What a great afternoon on the pitch. Allez les bleus!

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Vanessa brings French to a whole new level...

Meet Vanessa St-Pierre, who has come all the way from Lac St-Jean, Québec, Canada to be our new French language assistant for 2009-2010. This week Vanessa has given Yr 11, 12,13 and 14 students an excellent powerpoint presentation on her native Québec and demonstrated to students that French is not just a European language but a truely international language. We learnt that she is a proud "bleuet" or "blueberry" which is the pet name given to people from her region, where blueberries grow in abundance. The boys were delighted to hear about "le hockey" which is the national sport and we can't wait to taste some authentic "sirop d'érable" after Christmas and hear more about the "cabanes à sucre" or "sugar shacks". Vanessa is also hosting the French Club this year so don't forget to check out the school notice board for more details.

Bonne rentrée scolaire!

Visiting France or a francophone region?

If you are going to France or a French speaking region on holiday, then leave us a comment and tell us what it was like.

P.S Before you go, check out the integration blog at the link below and then choose "French" in the "Languages for Sunshine" entry. You'll find some great French holiday phrases there.
http://www.shimnainteblog.blogspot.com/

Nous serons de retour au mois de septembre! Bonnes vacances!
À bientôt !

Springwatch International - update

Earlier in the year our French partner school shared some of their Spring sightings in France. Then 10B conducted their own "Springwatch" in science class and produced some excellent powerpoints. Today 10B selected and translated a couple of them. Click on the link to take a look at their translations.

http://www.scribd.com/share/upload/13189928/235hzwrn4vuo6bwpa67g

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What a great idea!

Bravo à tous les étudiants qui ont participé à la vie de ce super blog! C'est une excellente idée qui permet de se tenir au courant "des faits et gestes" de nos étudiants en Français ainsi que des nouvelles en lien avec le monde Francophone. De plus, je trouve que c'est sympa de pouvoir s'exprimer sur les différents articles, de faire partager ses opinions... Voici un moyen divertissant d'informer les lecteurs des nouvelles de la France et de ses traditions...
Quelle belle initiative!!
Continuez comme ça!!
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