Language learning provides the foundation for further study, celebrates difference and opens doors.

In addition to our French curriculum, we foster a love of languages and culture through clubs, competitions, cross-curricular themed days and other enrichment opportunities linked to religious and cultural festivals. 

We also link our subject to whole school events that may be celebrated such as Our Lady of Lourdes Feast Day (French saint - St Bernadette), World Book Day, National Poetry Day, National Science Week etc...

Please click below to view some highlights from our Primary Languages enrichment activities.

YouTube (Primary Languages Enrichment Activities Playlist): 

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx16tQGPPybVfKsGxDD2Ke7oERUQUgJT

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Twitter: 

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You can also follow our Primary Languages enrichment activities on Twitter @MmeBirtwistle.

If you want to read more about our Primary Languages experience, click here to read some blogposts from Le Blog de Madame Birtwistle.

Primary Language enrichment topics have included:

All Saints' Day (La Toussaint)

April Fool's Day (Poisson d'Avril)

Bastille Day (Le 14 juillet/La fête nationale)

Black Lives Matter (AFCON Africa Cup of Nations, BLM Literature Topic, Francophone World) 

Candlemas (La Chandeleur - Fête des crêpes)

Christmas (Avent, La Saint Nicholas, Epiphany: Le Jour des Rois/Fête de la Galette)

Día de los Muertos (Mexican festival - Day of the Dead)

Easter (Les cloches de Pâques/The legend of the Easter Bells)

European Day of Languages (Taster days for other languages/Food tasting sessions)

French cinema (The Lumière Brothers, film trailers)

French cuisine

French Day

Halloween

Harvest Festival

International Day (A celebration of community languages/Taster days for other languages/Food tasting sessions)

International Francophonie Day

International Mother Language Day

International Museum Day (French/Francophone & Spanish artists)

International Women's Day (Coco Chanel, etc...)

La Fête du Cinéma (Cinema festival and Cannes Film Festival)

La Fête du Citron (Menton's Lemon festival)

La Fête de la Musique (Music festival)

Lent (Le Careme)

Le Tour de France

Mental Health (French Yoga/French mindfulness)

May Day (Fête du Travail)

Mothers's Day

Mardi Gras (Shrove Tuesday) & Carnaval

National Poetry Day

National Science Week (Marie Curie, Louis Braille, Montgolfière Brothers, Lumière Brothers)

National School Sport Week

National Storytelling Week

NSPCC Number Day

Recycle Week/Go Green Week

Saint Bernadette's Feast Day

Saint Catherine's Day (La Sainte-Catherine)

The Olympics

The UEFA European Football Championship (The UEFA EURO)

The UEFA World Cup

Queen's 90th Jubilee

Virtual trips (Road trip around France, Trip to the Eiffel Tower etc...)

World Book Day

World Space Week

WATCH THIS SPACE: LINKS TO SPECIFIC TWEETS/BLOGPOSTS SHOWCASING PUPIL EXPERIENCES FROM THE ABOVE LIST TO FOLLOW SOON!