Chiltern Edge MFL

L'heure - Year 7 French

2012-02-20T06:00:00+00:00

Check out these videos to help you learn how to tell the time.

Mardi Gras

2012-02-19T17:33:00+00:00

This year, Tuesday 21st February will be Mardi Gras in France, literally "Fat Tuesday", which is the French equivalent of our Pancake Day or "Shrove Tuesday. Why do you think it's called Mardi Gras? Well, it's the day before Lent (le carême), traditionally a period of fasting, so it's the day when traditionally all the fatty food is eaten before Lent starts. And yes, just like in the United Kingdom, pancakes (les crèpes) are eaten, as well as doughnuts (les beignets) and waffles (les gauffres).

Could you follow a recipe in French for making "les crèpes"? Click on the link below, choose a recipe and see if you can follow it. Let me know how you get on!

Recettes de crèpes

You can read more about Mardi Gras here:

http://www.joyeuse-fete.com/mardigras.html

Carnaval de Nice

2012-02-18T20:43:17+00:00

In the period between Epiphany and Mardi Gras carnivals take place in many countries around the world, including France. Most of these carnivals take place in the two week period before Mardi Gras. One of the most famous carnivals is the Carnaval de Nice, which takes place in Nice on the French Riviera. This year the carnival takes place from the 17th February to 4th March and will attract over 1 million visitors.

During the carnival there are corsi carnavalesques (parades), where floats are decorated according to a theme chosen each year. The floats carry gigantic colourful figures made from papier maché. The most famous and unique parade is the Bataille de Fleurs (Battle of the Flowers). In this parade twenty floats are decorated the previous night with thousands of flowers, 90% of which are grown locally. During the procession the people on the floats throw flowers at the crowds. These "battles" are staged on the same theme as the whole carnival. This year the theme is Roi du Sport (King of Sport).

To find out more about this year's carnival click on the link below:

Carnaval de Nice - Site officiel

Ma chambre par 8fr4

2012-02-18T17:26:18+00:00

8fr4 had great fun designing model bedrooms then writing descriptions of them. I was particularly impressed by the way they worked together to share equipment and to help each other with their French. Bravo tout le monde!!

Perfect Tense

2011-11-16T10:18:20+00:00

I found this video clip on Youtube and thought it was very catchy. It will help you to remember how to form the Perfect Tense. Like marmite, you'll love it or loathe it!!

Halloween par 9fr1

2011-11-07T18:51:10+00:00

9fr1 have been learning how to talk about past events using the Perfect Tense. As it was Halloween last week, they were given the task of reading a story then writing their own version in pairs or small groups. I think their stories are fantastic, and show not only are they a creative bunch, but that they are also getting to grips with the Perfect Tense.

Bravo 9fr1 :-)

La Famille Gelée Bébé par Thea H et Bryony French Halloween Story Austen La Baleine Soif Par Charlotte B Et Sophie Halloween Par Katie, Thea P Et Bethany Halloween Par Oliver La Famille Limace Sinistre Francais Clarissa Skeddaddle Par Isobel Et Danielle Une Histoire Par Andrew Et Kai La Famille Saucisse Par Charlotte Erin Et Rachel

En ville - 8fr1

2011-11-02T18:35:23+00:00

8fr1 recently learnt to say what there is or isn't in a town. To see what they could remember, they had to create an online book. You can view some of them below. What do you think? What did they do well? What could they do to improve their French?

To view the books in full size, click on the left hand side of the grey bar underneath each book.

Eurovision@Chiltern Edge

2011-10-02T08:00:00+01:00

On Thursday 29th September Chiltern Edge played host to the annual Eurovision@Chiltern Edge competition. Children from six local primary schools competed to win the coveted award. After an amusing warm up, each school took to the stage. Standards were extremely high and the competition was fierce. After a quick break whilst the judges made their decision, the results were announced. Emmer Green were narrowly pipped to the post by the winners ....... Kidmore End. Congratulations to all those who took part - we at Chiltern Edge were very impressed.

Later the same day, Year 7 classes competed against each other. They all performed a song written by themselves, based on a Take Ten song. The winners were 7Q.

A big thanks to Mrs Crawshaw, who organised the day, and to the all the judges.

You can view the primary school performances below:

Year 8 - La météo

2011-09-20T12:30:00+01:00

Year 8 - click on the link below to watch a short video clip about the weather then send me a comment to tell me in English

a) at least four weather phrases you understood

b) what the weather presenter at the end of the clip says the weather will be like tomorrow

c) in French give an opinion about the clip - use your vocabulary sheet to help

La météo

Le transport - Year 9 French

2011-09-19T21:21:56+01:00

Click on the link below to practise and learn the transport vocabulary.

Le transport