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!

À plus!

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!