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The first ('Un chat...') is a joint effort by our Y5 girls who love to sing in French (allez les filles - go girls!)   How many animals are mentioned, and what are they?

The second one is 'As-tu un animal?'.  It's a song about which pet you have (and it's sung as a solo - bravo!).  Which animals are mentioned?

as tu un animal.MP3

'Un, deux, trois' - This is a song some Y5 girls have made up and recorded - an excellent way of remembering your numbers (bravo, les filles - well done, girls).  Question - how many does it go up to?

un deux trois.MP3

At Lingey House, we sing lots of songs in French.  Songs are a great way of remembering vocabulary (that's a posh word that means...'words'!).  Oh, and singing is also lots of fun!  

Here is a recording of one of the songs that we regularly perform in French lessons. 

It's Y4 singing the song that we learned when The Sage came to Lingey House to perform their production 'La Chanson du Retour' (The Song to Return).  Almost the whole school watched it last year - it was the play with the blue man ('Bleu') and the magic lights on the characters' fingers.

Do you remember it?  Younger children can listen out for 'Bleu', while older children can listen for all the colours. 

An extra challenge -  which of the question words can you hear?

This term, we are learning how to introduce ourselves.  This includes how to say name, age, where you live and which language or languages you speak. 

Here is a quick review of the vocabulary

Comment t'appelles-tu? - What are you called?
Je m'appelle... - I'm called...
 

Quel âge as-tu ? - How old are you?

J'ai....ans - I'm ... years old

Merry Christmas! Joyeux Noël!

Did you know that French children don't have stockings for presents - instead, they put their shoes in front of the fireplace, so that Père Noël (Father Christmas) can fill them with presents! Children also find that sweets, fruit, nuts, and small toys are hung on the Christmas tree (le sapin de Noël) overnight.

Here are the names of Père Noël 's reindeer in French:

Je me lève,  je me lave, je me brosse les dents,

Je m'habille, et je mange un petit croissant,

Je sors, et je dis "Au revoir"

"Au revoir, au revoir Maman".                         

un crayon                                 a pencil

un stylo                                    a pen

une gomme                               a rubber

un taille-crayon                        a pencil sharpener

une règle                                  a ruler

une trousse                              a pencil case

une calculette                          a calculator

un compas                                a compass

un livre                                    a book

un cahier                                 an exercise book

la colle                                    glue

des feutres                             felt tip pens

Bonjour tout le monde!

Another snow poem for you ...

Comme il neige
Comme il neige
On ne peut plus aller à la mer.

Comme il neige
Comme il neige
Il fait très froid dehors.

Comme il neige
Comme il neige
Dehors, j'ai construit un igloo, dans le froid, avec mes amis.

You might know some of the words already - il neige (it's snowing), il fait froid (it's cold), très (very), mes amis (my friends).  You can also see a word the same as English (called a 'cognate') on the last line - igloo.

See how much of the poem you can understand, then scroll down to see the translation. 

Don't forget, it doesn't matter if you don't understand all of a text - just try to understand the main messages.   

Primary schools in France are quite different to schools in England. Their days tend to be longer - a typical day might be from 8.30 til 4.30. French schools do, however, tend to have a longer lunch break (up to 2 hours).

Where would you prefer to be at school - in England or in France?

Given the weather, I thought I'd find a poem about snow in French for you. The author is unknown.

It is called 'Le Bonhomme de Neige' - bonhomme means 'fellow' or 'chap', de means 'of' and neige means 'snow'. Put them together and it's our equivalent of 'snowman'.

Some of you will understand words like 'blanc' (white), 'froid' (cold), 'tu' (you), 'je suis' (I am), 'qui' (who) 'hiver' (winter) and 'vent' (wind). See how much of it you understand, and then look at my translation underneath.

Some of our Y6s created Voki characters and gave them a French voice! A couple of them are a little shy and quiet, so you might have to listen very carefully. They created some unusual characters, including a dog and a beaver! Listen out to hear each character's name and age, and try to find out any other information they give, e.g. where they live, what they look like, their favourite colour, what pets they have, how many brothers and sisters they have, etc. etc..