1. Any questions? Mr Mulhearn Mrs Rogers
French Exchange and Immersion programme
Mrs Rogers
Teaching French through speaking
Any questions?
Miss Thomas
Extra-curricular activities
Miss Gibirdi
Homework
Doors

2. A languages information evening for parents of year 7 pupils
Bienvenue! Willkommen!
A languages information evening for parents of year 7 pupils

3. A taster of what your children are experiencing…

9. Snap!

10. The Languages Department
Mrs Rogers Head of Department Mrs Brownhill Mr Mulhearn Miss Gibirdi Miss Thomas Romain Tisserand

11. What can languages do for you?
Communication
Team work
Problem solving
But most importantly…
Cultural awareness
Global dimension to our learning

12. But I don’t speak much French myself…how can I help my child?
By encouraging a positive attitude to languages
By learning along with him/her
By watching and listening to French
By reading together
By visiting a French-speaking country

13. Vocabulary Learning

15. Visual Learners Concept maps with pictures to represent words
Spider diagrams also using images
Mental movies
Write the word in the air with your finger

16. Auditory Talk out loud Read notes out loud Use rhymes Learn with music
Make recordings of the material and listen to them
Teach others out loud

17. Kinaesthetic Walk or pace around (regular, steady steps)
Learn in groups
Create games
Make notes on post-its and arrange on a big sheet (A3)
Act out material you are learning (mime)

23. Homework Vocabulary learning Short writing tasks Creative homework
Research homework

24. How can you help with homework?
Vocabulary: test your child, play games with the words…
Writing and creative tasks: invest in a small dictionary!
Research: encourage them to be independent

25. Buying your dictionary
ParentPay October half-term

26. Our French exchange
Click image for link to y7 video

27. I want to talk to you about our Partner school in France – College Lycee Sainte-Marie. Catholic school, similar size to our but includes 6th form, similar ethos and principles.

28. Riom , France
Centre of France, in Auvergne region, population of 19,000, near Volvic – volcanic landscape, nearest big town Clermont-Ferrand

29. Feb 2012 – we went over to meet and set up a partnership

30. From that , thanks to the generosity of families from our school we were able to organise visit in April with around 40 French pupils coming over to visit our school.

31. Collège et Lycée Sainte-Marie
Cultural Exchange
Pen Pals
Immersion Programme
Collège et Lycée Sainte-Marie
Skype Calls
Deeper Learning Day
As a result of the partnership we have been able to set up a variety of activities to enhance language learning.
French Exchange

32. Extra-curricular activities
Languages Club
Trip to Berlin
European day of Languages
Badges for native speakers