Tomorrow is European day of languages. We found out some interesting facts about languages. We thought it was very interesting that in London around 300 languages are spoken every day and that by the age of 21 you will have spoken about 50 million words! We thought about reasons why Read more…
Year 6 are looking at learning the vocabulary needed to write or have a conversation in French discussing who they are, their interests and their family. We looked at the French translations for family members and played a range of games to learn the vocabulary. We know the French Read more…
Year Two have created some paintings inspired by Van Gogh’s ‘Fishing boats.’ They looked at creating different shades of blue using blue, white and black to help create the sea.
This week we have revised everything we have learnt in French over the year. We then used these skills to have full conversations in French with a partner. We also played a French board game and listened to French songs.
During French week we have all had lots of fun and enjoyed learning about France. We have been busy saying the register in French, learning our numbers in French and simple French greetings. We have been busy making French flags… We have also learnt about famous landmarks in France and Read more…
This week has been French and Art week at St Luke’s. In art, we looked at the artist Monet. We worked on Art techniques such as mixing colours and creating texture using tissue, newspaper and different brush strokes before creating a background for our final piece. We then used charcoal Read more…
During French and art week we have been learning about primary colours. We went on a primary colour hunt around the playground and worked in pairs to find them. We wrote down each object next to the primary colour and took turns writing them down. After that we looked at Read more…
This week we are focusing on the French artist Monet. We experimented with colours (and learnt the French names for these), changing them to create lighter and darker colours in green and blue. As Monet used a lot of greens and blues in his pictures, we decided to use Read more…
Bonjour! It is French week this week and Year 2 have been learning numbers 0-10 in French. We have learnt a song and played a game of pairs.
We have started to do French Fridays on each Friday afternoon to start to learn about France and pick up some French language. We answer the register in French by saying ‘Bonjour’ to our teacher and have been learning some French number songs. We like the song head, shoulders , Read more…