La Branche de Miss Couture

Au revoir 2011-12!

2012-09-11T08:34:00.002+01:00

It is now time to say "au revoir" to last school year's blog and "bonjour" to the new one!! You can find it on: www.frenchucsjb.blogspot.co.uk
I hope you enjoy it as much as last year!
A bientot!
Mrs C :)

Year 3 Goldilocks: DT puppets and French!!

2012-07-02T21:46:00.000+01:00

Year 4 Olympic bodies!

2012-06-28T11:34:00.001+01:00

The Years 4 did some research on Olympic athletes and labelled their body parts in French!

Penpal cards

2012-06-26T13:22:00.001+01:00

Our French penpals wrote some cards to the Year 5 boys who could not come on the trip!

A drawing by Estelle to Oskar... How lovely!

French trip: so much fun!!

2012-06-25T15:15:00.002+01:00

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: review by 5c

2012-06-22T15:15:00.001+01:00

By Ben:
" I thought the 5 c play of La Fontaine was the best play I've ever done. Even though there were some rare minor mistakes, it was incredible."

By Louis: "I would rate the play 9/10 . I believe the success of the play was not just the fabulous acting but also the wonderful help of Miss Couture and Mr Thomas. The play went really well and everybody enjoyed it!"

By Ethan H: "It was a great experience to be in the play, especially to be La Fontaine. I think all of the boys did really well learning their French lines. I asked some parents what they thought about the play and they said: "It was amazing especially considering the time you had to rehearse."

French Day fun!

2012-06-21T12:15:00.001+01:00

Last Friday, the school had a French day, consisting of a French play performed by the excellent The Flying Theatre Company for the Years 5 and 6, a delicious French lunch for all and finally a French cinema for the Years 3 and 4.

Here is a review of the French play by Jacob in 5w:
"On Friday 15 June, Year 5 and 6 watched a French theatre company do a French play. There were two people that presented it, they were called Frank and Pierre. It was more of a stand up performance because the audience was involved quite a lot. Pierre was very funny and my favourite bit was when they were having a conversation whilst juggling. It went like this:
Pierre: une baguette
Frank: deux baguettes
Pierre: une baguette
Frank: deux baguettes
Frank hands Pierre a baguette.
Pierre: deux baguettes
Whilst this was going on, Pierre was making funny faces that made lots of people laugh.
Another good but was when they were doing the weather forecast, this helped me learn a bit more about the days of the week and some weathers. The funny bit was that it was sunny one day and the next day it snowed!! In one part Pierre was doing the robot dance, this made me laugh.
It was a good performance that made me laugh in some bits and I enjoyed watching it!"

Even your teachers were asked to contribute!
Here is Daniel's review:
" Star rating *****
It was very funny with lots of jokes and very amusing stunts in it. My favourite part was when the Mona Lisa, a character from a picture on the wall, started talking to one of the brothers in order to prove she was not the grumpiest lady in Italy. My favourite stunt was when one of the brothers balanced a ladder on his nose. Overall, I thought this was a great production and suggest everyone to see it!"

Year 4 make and describe monsters! BODY WORK

2012-06-21T10:51:00.001+01:00

Here is a video on body parts:

Here is the monster I described to the class!

Here are some more monsters descriptions, scaaaary!

3c master chefs

2012-06-21T09:40:00.001+01:00

Ace's fruit salad looks delicious!

More yummy recipes!!

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Trip to Lille on Saturday!!

2012-06-20T20:53:00.001+01:00

Here are some reminders for the trip to Lille on Saturday!

- meet at 7 am at St Pancras International
- bring rucksack with water, snacks, pen or pencil, suncream, anorak and 20€
- wear school track suit bottoms and polo shirt
- return at St Pancras International at 06:06 pm

See you there, I am looking forward to a fun day in France!

Master chefs of 3L

2012-06-20T14:19:00.001+01:00

Year 3 top chefs: some very yummy fruit salad recipes!

2012-06-20T10:05:00.001+01:00

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Year 6 now learning Spanish

2012-06-20T09:43:00.001+01:00

Year 6 are now learning a little bit of Spanish in preparation for the Senior School.
Remember to make a conversation on: http://www.toondoo.com/
Email it to: estelle.couture@ucs.org.uk

French play: reviews by 5b

2012-06-19T10:40:00.000+01:00

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 3: songs on fruit!

2012-06-19T10:05:00.002+01:00

Les fruits et l'alphabet: What is YOUR favourite fruit??

Year 5 play: a real success!!

2012-06-14T21:23:00.001+01:00

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!! :)

Au revoir Mademoiselle, Bonjour Madame!

2012-06-07T14:29:00.000+01:00

This is my last month as Mademoiselle Couture! :( In one month's time, I will be married, so will change my title at school from Mademoiselle (unmarried) to Madame (married)!

Here is a lovely card made by Mrs ER to celebrate the occasion, isn't it lovely?!

Did you know?
Did you know that Mademoiselle should not be said in France anymore? All ladies and girls should now be called Madame, so that people do not judge you whether you are married or not! After all, there is only one title for men, it's Monsieur! (Still, I enjoyed being Mademoiselle Couture!) What do you think about it?

Year 5 DRAMA: ONE week to go!!

2012-05-28T20:38:00.001+01:00

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

2012-05-28T10:13:00.000+01:00

Learn the first slide!

AMAZING songs on animals by The French Voice of 3C finalists.... Check them out!

2012-05-28T09:55:00.000+01:00

Matteo: https://www.box.com/s/4679f04a1f2960b28e4a

Leo G:

Un job!

2012-05-25T13:58:00.003+01:00

Year 4 learn to describe people!

2012-05-23T12:23:00.000+01:00

Can you describe yourself after watching the following Powerpoint?

Physical Description

Year 3 did some survey on their favourite animals

2012-05-21T12:18:00.000+01:00

How about you? Tu aimes les animaux?

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

2012-05-17T08:20:00.000+01:00

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!! :)

Italian club make flashcards on animals!

2012-05-10T12:58:00.002+01:00

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