First school day!

I am so happy to get in touch with me new students and to spend some time with my former students!

His is the card my new students received: 

“Never Can Say Goodbye”...

My dear student,

Thank you for this school year 2015-2016, I spent with you. This year was fun and I really liked the way you constantly surprised me.

I learned from you new things and thanks to you, I saw the world from different perspectives. I was also happy to share my passion for French language and French culture with you. The feeling of accomplishment seeing you grow in knowledge, confidence and skills brought me a lot of joy!
Finally, I had a lot of fun during our last parties, field trips and cooking sessions!

Well, enjoy your holidays and see you next year…
And, I will miss you my dear Grade 5 students!!!

Swimathon for Sam!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the swimathon on Friday. Whether you were in the pool swimming laps, MC-ing, cheerleading or donating money through sponsorship, each of you played an important part in this community event that supported Sam and his family. So far $11,000 has been raised. Loretta Malloy took these photos.

Grade 5 Reflexions!

 Grade 5 students reflected on their learning at the end of the year: their new learning, their challenges, their new goals for Grade 6.

Gr 5 Field trip: French Institute with Students from Ecole Descartes

On Friday 27 May, Grade 5 students went to the French Institute and met students from Ecole Descartes, Phnom Penh. We did a workshop together as well as a competition: the best group won a prize!

     

Gr 4 Field trip: La crêperie

 

On Friday, 20 May, Grade 4 students went to La creperie, a French restaurant downtown. They had a chance to order food in French, see how to cook "crêpes", eat yummy ones. It was a nice and please authentic situation. Me, as a teacher I had a lot of fun. What about you? 

Do you like this restaurant? why? Est-ce que tu aimes ce restaurant? pourquoi?

Do you like these French pancakes? why? Est-ce que tu aimes les crêpes françaises? Pourquoi?

Do you like the French people you met? why? Est-ce que tu aimes les français que tu rencontres? pourquoi?

  

Creation for creating collaborative books

During the 2 last weeks the grade 2, 3 ,4 and 5 students have been creating collaborative books to show their understanding and searches for the last unit. They did awesome works! The books are displayed at the KC for 2 weeks. 
 

Les étoiles de la semaine

 

This week (May 9-13), the stars are:

Cette semaine (9-13Mai), les étoiles sont: 

Gr 2: Lili for being compassionate with Lily 

Gr 3: Tomoki for being an inquirer 

Gr 4: Liza and Oona for being the first one to complete their writing task

Gr 5: Morakod, Jovenna and Mia for catching up!

Bravo et merci! Vous nous inspirez!

Congratulation and thank you! You inspire us!

Yummy French biscuits" croquants"...

As all students have been so kind with me on Monday, I brought them some french " croquants", yummy traditional biscuits. This recipe comes from the south of France, in a region called " La Provence" in the XVII century. 
Here is 2 video about la Provence:

Here is a long documentary in English about " La Provence".

Here is the " croquants"recipe in English:

Finally, Grade 2 students had a cooking session. We made and bake together some French cakes called " pets de nonnes". Kindly, the students offered some of these cakes to their classmate and some teachers. They are so generous!

Le 8 Mai 1945, un événement historique...

May 8th 1945, was the date the Allies celebrated the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Reich, formally recognising the end of the Second World War in Europe. In France, it is a national holiday and a chance to remember all the ones to died for Freedom. 
To read some more information, please click here.
In class, we watched a short documentary about the way French people celebrate it this year. It is the 76th anniversary of this Peace Treaty. 

https://www.google.com.kh/search?q=8th+may+1945+victory+in+france&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=657&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiU55-Bqc_MAhWFOJQKHcUMAjoQ_AUIBigB#imgrc=k1NVrrBczzy4nM%3A

Poster competition based on Festival de Cannes

Grade 2 to 5 discovered Cannes Festival, an annual International Film Festival held in Cannes, in the south of France.

In the world of film, the Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is the largest international showcase of cinematic art. In the world of the yet-to-be-discovered filmmaker, the Cannes Film Festival is a godsend. It's not like the Oscars: Anyone can submit a film, and every submission has the chance to be viewed by representatives of the international movie industry.

Every year, for 12 days in May, the small city of Cannes in southern France turns into a meeting place for cinema's players, would-be players and the people who report on them. If you don't fall into any of these categories, your chances of attending a film screening at the festival are almost nonexistent, but you can gawk at the stars and bask in the atmosphere to your heart's content.

The students viewed some posters created for this event since 1946 until last year. And some of them decided to participate to a challenge: drawing a poster for this year. The best one had received an award! The best designer is: OCEANA, from grade 3! 

Here is some information about this event: 

http://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/cinema/festival-de-cannes/cannes-2016-dans-les-coulisses-du-festival_1450835.html

http://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/cinema/festival-de-cannes-pleiade-de-stars-pour-le-coup-d-envoi_1446264.html