Le zapping du jour

At 105, Hidekichi Miyazaki – AKA the Golden Bolt – has become the world’s oldest competitive sprinter, breaking his own 100m record into the bargain at an athletics meeting this week. 
While Miyazaki’s time of 42.22 seconds earned him a place in Guinness World Records as the fastest man in the world in the over-105 age group, for him the feat was tinged with disappointment.
“I wanted to shave off a few more seconds, as I ran it in 36 seconds during training,”Miyazaki told reporters after the competition in Kyoto.

Who's faster? You or him? Qui est le plus rapide? Toi ou lui?

Sur la route des festivals

There are many surprising and colouful festivals in France to experience, offering a delight of regional specialities, cultural ties and historical stories. Every month, I will present one of them. In September, I choose the international guitar festival (Le festival international de la guitare). 

It takes place at Montpellier, a beautiful town in the south of France.

Do you like guitar? Do you play guitar? Est-ce que tu aimes la guitare? Est-ce que tu joues de la guitare? 

What's up in France? Read Le petit quotidien...

To discover the news in France and learn more about wild horses (les chevaux sauvages), please read the number 4482 of a pretty good French newspaper. Here is an extract taken from the newspaper. Click here.
http://www.lepetitquotidien.fr/ 

Do you like horses? Est-ce que tu aimes les chevaux?
What is your favorite animal? Quel est ton animal préféré?

What's up in France? Read Le petit quotidien...

To discover the news in France and learn more about amazing speed records (des stupéfiants records de vitesse), please read the number 4480 of a pretty good French newspaper. Here is an extract taken
from the newspaper. Click here.


http://www.lepetitquotidien.fr/

International day of peace

With grade 5 students, we all celebrated the International Day of Peace as millions of people all around the world. Click here to know more about this event.
See the messages of peace they created!

What's up in France? Read Le petit quotidien...

To discover the news in France and learn more about sand art (l'art du sable), please read the number 4475 of a pretty good French newspaper. Here is an extract taken from the newspaper. Click here.

http://www.lepetitquotidien.fr/

Dear reading group, 

After reading this article, answer these 5 questions in French please:

1.     What does the expression “faire le tour du monde” means? What is the audience of these pictures?

2.     For how long did the artists create these sculptures?

3.     What make these sculptures almost real?

4.     What might destroy these sculptures?

5.     Write the name of one French artist.