9fr1 have been learning about Fairtrade, or "le commerce équitable" in French lessons recently. For a homework task, they were asked to answer the following question: "Qu'est-ce que c'est le commerce équitable?"
Take a look at what they thought by clicking on the link below:
This year, Tuesday 21st February will be Mardi Gras in France, literally "Fat Tuesday", which is the French equivalent of our Pancake Day or "Shrove Tuesday. Why do you think it's called Mardi Gras? Well, it's the day before Lent (le carême), traditionally a period of fasting, so it's the day when traditionally all the fatty food is eaten before Lent starts. And yes, just like in the United Kingdom, pancakes (les crèpes) are eaten, as well as doughnuts (les beignets) and waffles (les gauffres).
Could you follow a recipe in French for making "les crèpes"? Click on the link below, choose a recipe and see if you can follow it. Let me know how you get on!
You can read more about Mardi Gras here:
http://www.joyeuse-fete.com/mardigras.html
In the period between Epiphany and Mardi Gras carnivals take place in many countries around the world, including France. Most of these carnivals take place in the two week period before Mardi Gras. One of the most famous carnivals is the Carnaval de Nice, which takes place in Nice on the French Riviera. This year the carnival takes place from the 17th February to 4th March and will attract over 1 million visitors.
During the carnival there are corsi carnavalesques (parades), where floats are decorated according to a theme chosen each year. The floats carry gigantic colourful figures made from papier maché. The most famous and unique parade is the Bataille de Fleurs (Battle of the Flowers). In this parade twenty floats are decorated the previous night with thousands of flowers, 90% of which are grown locally. During the procession the people on the floats throw flowers at the crowds. These "battles" are staged on the same theme as the whole carnival. This year the theme is Roi du Sport (King of Sport).
To find out more about this year's carnival click on the link below:
The "Language Perfect World Championships" starts on Friday 9th September and runs until 16th September. Some of you may remember it from last year, when we had lots of successful entrants. This year, we have 50 free places, so if you would like to enter you need to see Miss Ghani as soon as possible and she will enter you. Can you beat everyone else in the school, in the country or even in the world??
Prizes include laptops, Ipods, Itunes vouchers, certificates and more!!!!
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