French, Christmas, and the ‘What if’ Projects

by Daniela Momirleanu, French Teacher

The end of term got very busy for all year groups preparing their What if project and getting ready for Christmas. In our French classes, we did our best to cover both!

Year 3 and 4 students were all involved and enthusiastic about creating baubles, which they used to decorate their books or the classroom, but also took them home to hang on the Christmas trees so Santa is aware of their work and prepares presents accordingly. These activities were great opportunities for students to learn vocabulary related to Christmas in French, such as le sapin – Christmas tree, les boules – baubles, la couronne – wreath, or le pain d’épices - gingerbread.

Year 5 and 6 students tried new shoes on: in Year 5 the students worked in groups for their project based on the question What if I was a tour guide?, whilst in Year 6, they got the chance to find out new things about different countries around the world, as their What if project had to answer the question – What if I was an explorer? Thanks to their research, we all learnt some fun facts: for example, Cyprus was the first country to feature its map on the flag.