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March 2008 Blog Posts (7)

Poisson d'avril - April Fool's Day Fun in French with KS1 and 2

Now while in Spanish-speaking countries, pranks are practised on December 28, the Day of the Holy Innocents. The French celebrate April Fool’s Day on the 1st just as we do, so why not have a little fishy fun with your class this year?

For more info about the origins of the tradition – known as ‘Poisson d’avril’ in France – try Wikipedia or… Continue

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on March 29, 2008 at 22:00 — No Comments

Happy Easter to you all!

As we're (aspiring) linguists, here's Happy Easter from around the world! (courtesy of Easterbunnys.net)

Catalan:- Felices Pasques

Chinese:- Fu huo jie kuai le

Croatian:- Sretan Uskrs

Danish:- Glædelig Påske

Dutch:- Gelukkig Paasfest

French:- Joyeuses Pâques

German:- Frohe Ostern

Hungarian:- Boldog Husveti… Continue

Added by Lisa Stevens on March 23, 2008 at 15:00 — 2 Comments

La Tienda de Luis -Spanish video

Hiya Helen again. Was looking at www.tts-group.co.uk which was advertised Junior Education Plus which does have some lovely resources for MFL but one of them was a DVD called La Tienda de Luis. I thought I'd google it and see if I could get it cheaper- free!! You can on Teacher's TV. It's a five part series.

The series is set in the old town of Oviedo in Asturias in northern Spain. In programme one, Luis is just opening his shop for the first time, pinning up a job advertisement… Continue

Added by Helen on March 15, 2008 at 18:00 — 8 Comments

Easter - Crafts, Maths, MFL and RE too!

Now's the sort of time I tend to hunt around for end-of-term Easter themed activities in a panic - having always left it to the week before. So I'll start with a list of some of my favourite French websites with the usual craft, make'n'do and songs with an Easter theme:

Vive Paques! - Childrens' site entirely devoted to online games, stories, cards, recipes and printable craft activities all with a French Easter theme and… Continue

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on March 14, 2008 at 13:00 — 6 Comments

Just Testing?

Is this going to be seen by all? Have put a couple of resources on Forum to see if it works. Can you let me know please? Cheers Helenx

Added by Helen on March 9, 2008 at 19:45 — 4 Comments

Mini-Beasts: A Spiralling scheme of work from Reception to Year 6 from Linda Owen

Linda Owen, Primary Languages Advisory Teacher & International Education Officer at Gloucestershire LA has generously shared this work from her Ants in Your Pants workshop at the Primary Languages Show.

It is a spiralling scheme of work, where the topic of ‘mini-beasts’ is revisited repeatedly from Reception to Year 6, each time progressing in both language skills & cross-curricular content, keeping age-appropriate and fun.

Foundation stage: We begin with… Continue

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on March 8, 2008 at 14:00 — 3 Comments

So many people at the Primary Languages Show in Manchester

It was great to meet up with Lisa and Helen, at the CILT Primary Languages Show in Manchester this year - and a real shame that Isabelle was ill. (Hope you are feeling better now Isabelle!)

Jenny did a great presentation… Continue

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on March 5, 2008 at 21:30 — 2 Comments