However, their courage didn't end there, as they were then critiqued by their students, who spoke of their preparation, materials and teaching prowess. A huge Bravo 4F!
Class 4F did themselves proud this week in French. They have prepared for some time now and their moment to shine as French Teachers came along. Using the wonderful materials they had created, each group spent time teaching another year 4 class about Seasons, Months and Numbers (a topic from this term). Take a look at the photographs below of our 'brave' teachers who have proven - yet again - that our clever and creative JPS students can rise to a challenge.
However, their courage didn't end there, as they were then critiqued by their students, who spoke of their preparation, materials and teaching prowess. A huge Bravo 4F! As we have been seeing in class this week, the children of France are waiting patiently, at this time of year, for the coming of Easter. Tradition states that from Good Friday to Easter Sunday morning no church bells are ringing anywhere in the country. This is because the bells have flown away to Rome, in Italy. On their return home the bells will ring loudly to let children know that Easter has arrived and to come outside and search for the treats that they have brought with them.
Children, all over France, then take part in a hunt for Easter eggs and other wonderful chocolate creations and celebrate their special day with family. The flying Easter bells are a true symbol that Easter has arrived in France! Look at the photographs below to see the wonderful cards the Year 3 children created to reflect their learning of this legend and celebrate the forthcoming holiday. Joyeuses Pâques!! Comment est ta journée à l’ecole? Our day at school is a varied and interesting collection of different lessons and Year 4 have been telling us how their day goes in such a fun way this past week. Using a puppet theatre, the classes have described the flow of their day, some with real flair. We have heard about which lessons they like and some which really are not favourites….thankfully French was not one of them!!! Check out the videos on JPS French Department Youtube channel to see what we mean. A special mention to Ahren and Emilea from 4E, who gave us so much information on their day and much more besides (see below). They effectively brought all of their past learning into the exercise and impressed us all with their commitment. Well done to them! This week in French, year 6 have been showing a mean business attitude! They have been plotting which family member they would like to sell, if they could (all in the pursuit of their French knowledge.....of course!). Strangely enough brothers and sisters seemed to come to mind first but others were a little more generous with their thinking. Check out the video and hear how easily the talented members of 6A , 6B and 6G rose to this entrepreneurial challenge….watch out at home, they were selling you off quite cheaply!
This question has been asked all week in Year 3 and it seems that there are some weird and wonderful pets living in your homes! From pink and green bunny rabbits to orange and grey spiders – we’ve had some fantastic images created in our heads. This week Year 3 have taken their newly gained knowledge of pets vocabulary, together with their ever-expanding knowledge of colours, to conduct a survey of their classmates. Starting with the question “As-tu un animal?”, they have quizzed each other on real and imaginary pets. As usual their enthusiasm was infectious and Mme. Villeneuve and Mme. Diane found themselves creating ever more elaborate creatures for them to record on their surveys, as the week went on!! Although not everyone had a pet, as we found out, but what lovely French pronounciation they had in telling us “Non, je n’ai pas d’animal!”. Another great week Year 3 – keep it up!! The French Department did their part for the Book Day celebrations today and went back in time, to the 1930s when a character called Babar was created by French author Jean de Brunhoff. Babar was actually invented by Jean’s wife, who would tell stories of a little orphan elephant to their children at bedtime. When Babar’s mother is killed by a hunter, the little elephant escapes from the jungle and goes to the big city. After some time he returns to his jungle home, taking with him many experiences and customs he has learned. The stories then tell of how Babar helps teach many lessons to the other elephants and shows them how to behave appropriately. |
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