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Salvador Dali

Born in Catalonia, Spain in 1904, Salvador Dali showed artistic talent early. His father was very strict but his mother was much gentler and encouraged him to explore his interest in art. In 1916 he began drawing classes. Then, in 1922, Dali went to Madrid to study at the Academia de San Fernando.
While at school, Dali painted in the Cubist style and experimented briefly with Dada. After he left the Academia de San Fernando, Dali began to experiment with Surrealism.

In 1946, he collaborated with Walt Disney in a short film entitled "Destino" which was inspired by a Mexican "Bolero" by Armando Dominguez. The theme of the film was to stress the importance of time as we wait for destiny to act on our lives.

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Africa Day

Here is a West African story that will intrigue you. You will need to let us know all the cognates you heard in the film. There are 29 cognates and near cognates, can you identify them?

Pourquoi?

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So many questions and answers. Pourquoi tu as des oreilles? Think of more questions by watching this well known story.

A class PET? Un animal dans la classe? oui ou non?

We will start with the topic of animals. Do you know the names of all the animals in the world in French?








Click here to find out what does Cecile, who lives in Haiti say about her animals.







Once you hear the story, try this online activity. You will need to match the sentences and the pictures in the right order. Are you ready? If unsure you can always listen to the story.

Write down the answer to the question in the comment box. Click here to start the activity.

You will need to reply to Cecile. Here is a link which will help you with you sentence.

Glitter Graphics

Body parts

Watch the video and think of other useful ways of planting.





You will find good ideas by clicking here. You can write your own song using many new words.
Try singing your version now.
You could go further and learn the anatomy in French.
Practise the vocabulary and do some exercises to test yourself by clicking here.

LA CHASSE AU MOT Can you find all the parts of a robot in less than a minute?

Les danses traditionelles françaises

Do you care for a dance?

"Le galop Nantais" This is danced in the region of Nantes but this is not exclusively Breton dance. It is also called "Le manège". It is a mixture of polka and galop, danced in couples with the ballroom hold.

On y va! Watch and dance! Enjoy! I hope you are not too dizzy!

Tu es de quelle nationalité?

Guess which is the correct flag? Watch the video and check your answers.

Les verbes et les activités

Bonne Année

Bonne Année!




Watch the video and learn the song. Let us know if you enjoyed singing it.

Tu es comment?

Watch the video and find the sentence that will best describe the picture.

Boucle d'Or et les Trois Ours

L.O. To listen and understand a play in French.





How would you like to perform a short presentation in French? Watch a short play and when you feel confident enough get your puppets out . Let the show begin!

How good a narrator are you? You have two weeks to learn the part of the play where "Boucle dOr" tries different things in the house and the return of the three bears to a house full of surprises.
Can you repeat what they say? Have a go!

Once you learned the parts you can read the text by watching this next video animation.




Write a comment to let us know which you preferred.

Les jeux olympiques

L O: Learning how to say which sport(s) you do.

Asterix et Obelix s'entrainent

The word "montrer" is the same as "illustrer les propos par les gestes" . Listen to the heated conversation between Asterix and Obelix and write down how many times the sentence is mentionned.

Où habites-tu?

L.O. Name some countries in French



How do we name countries in French? Listen to the Lion King and make up a sentence.
Will it be "en" or "à"? choose a country of your choice and write the answer in the comment box. You are allowed to choose more than one country.
Can you locate them on the map? Click here and here


You can listen and describe some countries by clicking here

Quelle est la maison de tes rêves?

Clique sur les maisons pour apprendre le vocabulaire et décrire la maison de tes rêves.





Enjoy watching this short extract about the adventures of Asterix and Obelix!!! C'est un bâtiment énorme. Attention!! C'est la maison qui rend fou!!

Need to know more? Click here to watch a short video and fill in the missing words. Choose the topic "house and home". Now try describing your dream house.
Ecoute et répète!


Click here. Penses-tu que c'est une belle maison?
Does it look like your house? Could you describe the rooms? Use the vocabulary.

Moi, je trouve que la maison est très isolée parcequ'elle est sur une île, très loin de toute civilisation. Qu'en penses-tu? Écris un petit commentaire.

Que fais-tu ?

L O: To talk about your favourite activities.
Follow Pigloo's favourite activity.


Aimes-tu skier? Click here to get the lyrics.

Lyrics of the song: "J'aime skier". Listen to the song and do the actions.

You will find some verbs in red and some in blue. Could you work out why? What is the difference? write your answers in the comment box. Don't forget to write how many times you heard, J'aime skier.

DAILY ROUTINE

What do you do every day and at weekends?
Give us your opinion! You can type in your comments in French. Listen and repeat

REMEMBER! NEVER GIVE OUT YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS.

You may need to listen in small sections. When you feel ready, move on to the next section. Good luck!
In your exercise book, you will need to give some information under those headings:
Quel jour?, Quelle heure?, Quelles activités? Opinions

Chantons l'alphabet

On chante l'alphabet. Can you spell your name in French? Here is a song to remind you. Try spelling all the names in your family!




Here is another version.
Let me know which you prefer.

Are we 'vert' yet?

Cendrillon dans une boule en verre / vert?

Cliquez ici

Monday 21st January Pembridge Hall

Click on the picture to find out how it is done in France. Which colour bin should the " verre" be dropped in? LE BAC ROUGE, JAUNE, NOIR, VERT? Have fun !!

Listen to the interview