French at Baldwins Gate
Madame Hadfield teaches French throughout the school on a Tuesday morning.
Topics are covered on a two year rolling programme, incorporating the use of puppets, action songs, French storybooks, role plays and power point presentations of authentic material. This keeps our pupils engaged and gives them an insight into different cultures and how grammar differs between languages. Self-confidence soars when pupils realise they really can communicate with native speakers, which we do at least once every term.
The school was part of the Comenius Regio Staffordshire Burgandy link funded by the British Council and, as a result, we have strong links with several schools and an increasing number of teachers in the Burgundy region. This really brings language learning to life and gives it relevance as pupils exchange letters and cards with our contacts in France. A highlight last summer was a Skype link with a class in a French school.
As a result of the project we continue to host student teachers from the ESPE University of Burgandy every year for two or three weeks at a time. This is a fantastic opportunity for the student teachers but also for us to have native speakers in school sharing presentations on topics as diverse as handball, French breakfasts,supermarkets and, of course, the favourite, eating snails! Pupils enjoy talking to the students in French impressing them with their level and accent.
Topics are covered on a two year rolling programme, incorporating the use of puppets, action songs, French storybooks, role plays and power point presentations of authentic material. This keeps our pupils engaged and gives them an insight into different cultures and how grammar differs between languages. Self-confidence soars when pupils realise they really can communicate with native speakers, which we do at least once every term.
The school was part of the Comenius Regio Staffordshire Burgandy link funded by the British Council and, as a result, we have strong links with several schools and an increasing number of teachers in the Burgundy region. This really brings language learning to life and gives it relevance as pupils exchange letters and cards with our contacts in France. A highlight last summer was a Skype link with a class in a French school.
As a result of the project we continue to host student teachers from the ESPE University of Burgandy every year for two or three weeks at a time. This is a fantastic opportunity for the student teachers but also for us to have native speakers in school sharing presentations on topics as diverse as handball, French breakfasts,supermarkets and, of course, the favourite, eating snails! Pupils enjoy talking to the students in French impressing them with their level and accent.
