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 

Les étoiles de la semaine

 

This week (April 25-29), the stars are:

Cette semaine (25-29 Avril), les étoiles sont: 

Gr 2: Lili for participating a lot in class

Gr 3: Olivia for being compassionate with Mathilde

Gr 4: Teppi and Kanika for being independent when creating their video for Ms Molavy

Gr 5: Adam for expressing his knowledge about French food: so good to learn from our buddies!  

Bravo et merci! Vous nous inspirez!

Congratulation and thank you! You inspire us!

Les étoiles de la semaine

  This week (April 18 - 22), the stars are:

Cette semaine (18 - 22 April), les étoiles sont: 

Gr 2: Keyra and Mia for taking the lead in a game 

Gr 3: All the students who participated to the flash mob dance performance to help us to take action in ou community and to promote ways to keep our planet healthy. You have been awesome! 

Gr 4: Tommy and Visal for being engaged when creating their play. 

Gr 5: Danica, Louis and Haziq for being responsable while working independently.  

Les étoiles de la semaine

This week (March 28-April 1), the stars are:

Cette semaine (28 mars - 1 April), les étoiles sont: 

Gr 2, 3, 4, 5: For being focused on the unit content before the Formative assessment and for doing their best!

Bravo et merci! Vous nous inspirez!

Congratulation and thank you! You inspire us!

Les étoiles de la semaine

This week (March 21-25), the stars are:Cette semaine (21-25 Mars), les étoiles sont: 

Gr 2: Rosie for being a risk-taker while participating a lot in class 

Gr 3: Mathilde, Oceana and Tilly while being engaged in their learning

Gr 4: Kanika and Fatima for being curious about French famous people

Gr 5: All the students for being engaged even if you were a beat tired or stressed because of the PYP exhibition event

Bravo et merci! Vous nous inspirez!

Congratulation and thank you! You inspire us!

Le jour de la Terre

ISPP celebrated Earth Day all dressed up in green and blue! Grade 3 students surprised other elementary and secondary students during lunch with a flash mob dance performance as a way to take action in their community to promote ways to keep our planet healthy. The students lifted everyone’s spirits, and warmed the hearts of Secondary students and teachers alike.

Guys, you were awesome! Thank you for being so engaged!  

For more information, click here. 

Here are some clips from Quebec to inform that this event:

Here is a French documentary, "HOME" created by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. It shows that We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of the Earth's climate. 

Documentary trailor in French: 

Complete documentary in English: 

Student-Led Conferences

We marvelled at reflection, responsibility and independence, as teachers sat back, parents leaned in, and children took charge of assessment in the PYP!

With parents in tow, students from Early Years 1 to Grade 5 conducted conferences about their growth as learners. They shared  portfolios, as well as authentic inquiry experiences from daily life at school; math investigations, writing activities, coding, blogging, game skills and play spaces. Elementary was buzzing with proud children sharing what it means to be an ever-improving learner.

Our wonderful parents listened, asked questions, and affirmed their child’s reflections. Our teachers gained further insight into their students’ developing knowledge, understandings, skills and attitudes.

Francophonie Festival

During this week, the students are participating to the Francophonie Festival which celebrate the French language around the wolrd.They discovered first what does " francophonie" means, the countries in the wolrd where French language is spoken and some value and know-how are shared in the 6 continents, such as gastronomy, history, inheritance, fashion, sport...

Some of the students did some research about a particular cultural issue they were interested in, such as " le tour de France". 

Grade 2 students discovered some French creative pastries. 

Grade 3 shared experiences in those countries.Grade 4 students created plays to show what could happened in these French spoken country in funny situation. Some of the Grade 5 created movies to present a cultural aspect. 


Some of them shown us their " treasure" from French spoken countries" too. 
      

Then, on Friday, the students discovered the diversity of French language music all around the world, for example: Raï music (from North Africa: Algeria, Tunisia...), Ndombolo music (from Center of Africa: Congo, Cameroun...), Merengue music (from the French Island in the Carribbean: Guadeloupe, Martinique)... For sure, it had promoted an international mindedness and bring joy and fun! 

For this activity, they have their face painted with the flag country they liked to most among the countries belonging to Francophonie organisation. And most of them danced so much!!! I guess Magic System, an african music group from Abibjian, Ivoiry Cost, was one of the most famous in class! Thank you to all the kids who were so enthusiastic and creative! I had a lot of fun with them!

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Grade 4: 





If you want to know more about the French territory, please watch these video:

- La Réunion
-Mayotte
- la Polynésie
 - Les Antilles
- La Guyane
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK4jyOldwX0La Nouvelle Calédonie
- Saint Pierre et Miquelon
- Wallis et Furtuna

More information about the French language spoken in the word. Click here.

PYP Exhibition, such a success!

 Congratulation for all the Grade 5 students. Their performances and presentation during the PYP exhibition were amazing!

What's up in France?

To discover the news in France and know more about one funny animal which have an elephant face, please read the number 4627 of a pretty good French newspaper.
Click here.

What's up in France?

To discover the news in France and know more about one  of our body part: " la main", please read the number 4626 of a pretty good French newspaper.

Click here.