French Department

Year 7 reinvented the idea of Eurovision in April

Each Year 7 form was given a different song in French; their task was to perform this song in French in a music video. This year’s theme was the musical, Mamma Mia. Each entry was then shown to the girls during an assembly and the girls were then asked to vote for their favourite performance. 7G was this year’s winner with their entry ‘Dis oui, dis oui, dis oui’.

You can see the winning video, as well as all of this year’s entries using this QR code:

Year 12 and 13 French Day

In January, Year 12 and 13 girls studying A Level French, stretched their linguistics skills with the annual French conference, when they attended a series of sessions led by Richard Peltier from Français Facile. In the morning, Year 13 discussed a variety of topics such as ‘Immigration and Europe’; ‘Should we or should we not help poorer countries?’ and ‘Medical and bioethical progress’. Later in the day, Richard Peltier delivered a further three presentations to Year 12 pupils, talking to them about a diverse range of issues that impact young people. The afternoon’s topics were: ‘Living alone or with someone?’, ‘Alcohol, tobacco and drugs amongst young people’ and ‘Mobiles, Facebook, iPads – where are we heading with these?’ The students were really interested in joining the debate about these subjects and were able to bring lots of ideas to the table.

Year 12 and 13 Paris Trip

Last February, to enrich our French language skills, we visited Paris, France. As part of the trip, we had the opportunity to immerse ourselves in the French culture: the SacréCoeur; Notre Dame; the Eiffel Tower and a boat trip on the Seine. In addition to this, we tried the popular French cuisine in local restaurants and cafés. In such environments, we had the chance to develop our skills by both speaking and listening to the language.

Victoria Cramer G2

Independent Passports

This year, in order to encourage the girls in Years 7-11 to work more independently as well use the language more creatively, we provided them with an independent learning passport. You can see some examples of how creative the girls have been by scanning the QR codes below. Featured are independent tasks created by Ella Thompson (Year 8), Sarah Walker (Year 8) and Shivani Chohan (Year 9).