Week beginning 1.3.2021

Year 6

Hope that you are all well and that you have been able to keep busy.

I hope that your project on the Eiffel tower went well and that you have enjoyed finding out about it. Here are the answers to the questions I asked you last week so that you can tick your answers off.

TASK A Check your answers to last week’s questions.

1- Where in the world is the Eiffel Tower? Paris

2- How many meters tall is the Eiffel Tower? 300 meters

3- What year was the Eiffel tower built? 1887

4- What is the nickname of the Eiffel tower? The Iron Lady (La Dame de Fer)

5- Who is the Eiffel Tower named after? Gustave Eiffel was an architect and a civil engineer. He was born in 1832 and he died in 1923.

Bonus question: How many metal parts approximately were used to build the Eiffel Tower? There are 18000 pieces.

This week:

This week , I would like you to look into French art. A bit of fun! It is called Impressionism, a very famous painter called Monet was part of that group of artists, the impressionists. Have a look at the website and try to create a piece of art. You might even be able to save it and share it with the rest of the class when you come back. If not, try to learn as much as you can about it and enjoy exploring the Tate gallery website for children.

Here is a website to start your research:

https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/what-is/impressionism

Bonne Chance! (Good luck!)

Keep safe and well.

Mrs Soal

 

 

Week beginning 22.2.2021

Year 6

Hope that you are all well and that you had a good Easter break.

This week in French I am going to set you a small project. I would like you to research the Eiffel Tower.

TASK A- Here are a set of questions for you to answer and research:

1- Where in the world is the Eiffel Tower?

2- How many meters tall is the Eiffel Tower?

3- What year was the Eiffel tower built?

4- What is the nickname of the Eiffel tower?

5- Who is the Eiffel Tower named after?

Bonus question: How many metal parts approximately were used to build the Eiffel Tower?

TASK B

To go with the answers to the questions you could illustrate your work or create your own Eiffel Tower. You could make it out of straws, Lego, paper or whatever you choose or you could draw it or paint it if you wish. Here are a few ideas:

Here is a website to start your research:

https://www.scienceforkidsclub.com/eiffel-tower.html

Bronze: draw or create your Eiffel tower.

Silver: draw or create your Eiffel tower and answer all the questions.

Gold: Add extra facts about the tower.

It would be great if you could bring your project in school when we get back so that we can share it with the rest of the class.

Bonne Chance! (Good luck!)

Keep safe and well.

Mrs Soal

 

 

Week beginning 8.2.2021

Year 6

Bonjour!

Hope that you are all well and keeping your minds busy.

 

Last week you had to research “La Chandeleur”. I hope you were able to find all the answers to the questions. This week, I would like you to complete TWO different activities.

1. Look at the Power Point (“Les crepes”) I have attached and use it to create 3 sentences telling me what you favourite pancakes are. You can use “et” (and) and “avec” (with) to make your sentences longer. Write them or type them.

Example: Sur mes crêpes j’aime le chocolat

Sur mes crêpes j’aime du citron et du sucre avec des fraises.

1. Create a poster about “La Chandeleur” using the answers to your questions. You can write an explanation in English about the French tradition and illustrate your poster by adding picture, labels in French and colours. Use the recipe and the PPT I have added to help you with adding words in French. You can include one of your sentences on your poster.Les crepes PPT

Keep your poster to bring it in or post a picture of it so that we can have some on display in the classroom when we get back together.

I have also included a recipe in French for you to make pancakes at home if you can.

Bonne Chance (Good luck!) and enjoy the pancakes!

Keep safe and well.

Mrs Soal

 

 

 

Week beginning 1.2.2021

Year 6

Bonjour!

Hope that you are all well and keeping your minds busy.

 

This week I would like you to research a French tradition. (It is also a tradition in England but there might be a few differences and you can compare the two. )

This tradition is called “La Chandeleur”. So I would like you to answer the following questions about it in order for you to discover what it is…

• What day and date is La Chandeleur celebrated?
• Where does the word come from?
• Why is it celebrated?
• What do the French do on that day?
• What do they eat on that day?
• Is there another pancake day in France? What is it called? What is the date for that event?

When you have found the answers, watch the short animation about “La chandeleur” here and see how much you can understand. Make notes in English about what you understood.

https://www.all-languages.org.uk/resources/la-chandeleur/ https://www.1jour1actu.com/info-animee/pourquoi-mange-t-on-des-crepes-a-la-chandeleur/

Keep safe and well.

Enjoy researching!

Bonne Chance! (Good luck!)

Mrs Soal

 

 

 

 

You can find information about La Chandeleur here:

Week beginning 25.1.2021

Year 5

Bonjour!

Hope that you are all well and keeping your minds busy.

I have attached the answers to last week’s activity on numbers. So have a look and see how well you did!

This week we are going to revise months of the year and learn the names of the seasons.

Here is a video to help you revise the months of the year:

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=months+of+the+year+in+french&docid=608003293387425376&mid=AB74B3FBEF40140D7DB4AB74B3FBEF40140D7DB4&view=detail&FORM=VIRE

Here are a few suggestions to practise them:

Can you sing them? Recite them? Write them on pieces of paper and place them in order as quickly as you can? How many times can you one of the months in a minute? ALL IN FRENCH OF COURSE!!!

 

This week, I would like you to learn the names of the seasons:

Here they are:

Le printemps (spring)

L’été (Summer)

L’automne (Autumn)

L’hiver (Winter) Think of the word “hibernate”

TASK:

I would like you to create a poster combining the months of the year and the seasons. You could classify the months into the correct seasons in a grid or a circle and add pictures.

Bonne Chance! (Good luck!)

Keep safe and well.

Mrs Soal

 

Week beginning 18.1.2021

Year 6

Bonjour!

Hope that you are all well and having a good week.

 

To start with complete the quiz on Socrates. Here is how to access it:

Go on the “Socrative” website.

Student section.

Log into the room: SOAL5582

Choose the quiz called “Colours”.

You will be able to complete the Quiz between 1pm and 3pm on Thursday afternoon.

 

This week I would like you to revise/continue to learn about numbers in French.

Check the list of number on the sheet attached to the blog. (Numbers 0 to 100)

Look at the tens before you look at the rest of the numbers.

Dix

Vingt 20

Trente 30                linked to trois (3)

Quarante 40           remember it is linked to “quatre”

Cinquante 50         linked to cinq (5)

Soixante                 linked to six

Soixante-dix          is soixante (60) + dix (10)

Quatre-vingt         is 4×20

Quatre-vingt-dix   is 4×20+10

Cent                         100 linked to the word century for example (100 years)

Write a few of these numbers on cards or paper and test yourself. Write the numbers and then try to write the words next to each one of them. Repeat several times.

After that , once you know the tens , you can add the single digits from 1 to 9.

For example 38 would be trente (30) huit(8) : trente- huit

Have a go at practising a few number : 67, 54, 45,62,29

For numbers between 70 and 79 you need to add number between 10 and 19 as you count on from soixnte –dix

for example 72 will be soixante- douze (60 and 12)

The same applies for numbers between 90 Qutare-vingt-dix and  99 quatre-vingt-dix -neuf (80 and 19) These are not easy! Try and look at how they work and you can use the number sheet provided to help you complete the task.

Now complete the worksheet which is also attached and use the number grid (Numbers from 1-100) to help you.

Make sure you keep your work as next week as I will be revealing the answers and you can check how you did.

 

Bonne Chance! (Good luck!)

Keep safe and well.

Mrs Soal

French      Week beginning  4.5.2020
Year 6
Hope that you are all well and that you have been able to keep busy.
This week I would like you to create a poster about VE Day in Fance. In France, the 8th of May is always a bank holiday what ever day it falls on.
I would like you to write a short paragraph in English about VE day in France. How is it celebated? Are there any differences? What is it called? Can you find any pictures on the internet? Your poster might have the name of VE day in French and the date of VE Day in French. You can illustrate your poster as you wish (maybe with a French flag?).
I hope that you enjoy this activity.
Bonne Chance! (Good luck!)
Keep safe and well.
Mrs Soal

Week beginning 27.4.2020
Year 6

Hi everyone!
Hope that you are all well and that you have been able to keep busy.
I hope that your project on the Eiffel tower went well and that you have enjoyed finding out about it. Here are the answers to the questions I asked you last week so that you can tick your answers off.
TASK A
1- Where in the world is the Eiffel Tower?  Paris
2- How many meters tall is the Eiffel Tower? 300 meters
3- What year was the Eiffel tower built? 1887
4- What is the nickname of the Eiffel tower? The Iron Lady (La  dame de fer)
5- Who is the Eiffeltower named after? Gustave Eiffel was an architect and a  civil engineer. He was born in 1832 and he died in 1923.
Bonus question: How many metalparts  approximately were used to buid the Eiffel Tower? There are 18000 pieces.

This week:

This week , I would like you to look into French art. A bit of fun! It is called Impressionism, a very famous painter called Monet who was part of that group of artists, the impressionists. Have a look at the website and try to create a piece of art. You might even be able to save it and share it with the rest of the class when you come back. If not , try to learn as much as you can about it and enjoy exploring the Tate gallery website for children.

Here is a website to start your research:
https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/what-is/impressionism

Bonne Chance! (Good luck!)
Keep safe and well.
Mrs Soal

 

 

 

Week beginning 20.4.2020
Year 6
Hope that you are all well and that you had a good Eater break.
This week in French, I am going to set you a small project. I would like you to research the Eiffel Tower.
TASK A-

Here are a set of questions for you to answer and research:
1- Where in the world is the Eiffel Tower?
2- How many meters tall is the Eiffel Tower?
3- What year was the Eiffel tower built?
4- What is the nickname of the Eiffel tower?
5- Who is the Eiffel tower named after?
Bonus question: How many metal parts  approximately were used to build the Eiffel Tower?

To go with the answers to the questions you could illustrate your work or create your own Eiffel Tower. You could make it out of straws, Lego, paper what ever you choose or you could draw it or paint it if you wish.

Here is a website to start your research:

https://www.scienceforkidsclub.com/eiffel-tower.html

TASKS:
Bronze: Draw or create your Eiffel tower.
Silver: draw or create your Eiffel tower and answer all the questions.
Gold: Add extra facts about the tower.
It would be great if you could bring your project in school when we get back so that we can share it with the rest of the class.
Bonne Chance! (Good luck!)
Keep safe and well.
Mrs Soal

 

Week beginning 30.3.2020

Year 6

Hope that you are all well and keeping busy at home. I know that you have not practised French for a while but I thought this might want to have a go at these activities so that you can remind yourself of what we have done.

The theme is school. So you could start with watching the clip about school in France.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/ztfkjxs/resources/1

During our last lessons in French we learnt about places in school. This week I would like you to learn about school subjects in French and for that there is a good website that you need to have a look at to practise them.

https://www.french-games.net/

In the primary topics section choose: school subjects

Go through the different steps from lesson to test and see how many you can remember.

 

Bonne Chance! (Good luck!)

Keep safe and well.