Happy Francophone Week!
Happy Francophone Week! Did you know that French is the second most studied language in the world, with some 125 million students and 900,000 teachers of French abroad? It is...
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Happy Francophone Week! Did you know that French is the second most studied language in the world, with some 125 million students and 900,000 teachers of French abroad? It is...
Posted by Hilarie Charles
FLAIR week was a fantastic opportunity for our students to show-off their enthusiasm for languages and we loved seeing how proud the students are of their achievements. There was...
Posted by Victoria Hargreaves
Earlier this week, Ms Hargreaves gave me the opportunity to deliver a presentation about Francophone countries to my French class. Initially, the prospect of speaking to my peers...
Posted by Victoria Hargreaves
Posted by Daniela Bourke
In addition to the whole school World Book Day activities on 4th July, MFL students celebrated this special day by completing a range of additional activities in French and...
Posted by Hilarie Charles
In KS3 French lessons just before half-term, we were looking at the French festival of “la Chandeleur” which is held every year on 2nd February. Unlike our tradition...
Posted by Victoria Hargreaves
Posted by Hilarie Charles
MFL Faculty once again received some very creative entries for the annual Christmas Card Competition. The entries were all the more impressive as students who were self-isolating...
Posted by Hilarie Charles
Benigna Bernotaite 9B says: Enrichment Day was a great experience as it taught me about the benefits of learning a language. We don’t only learn a different language, which will...
Posted by Hilarie Charles
It was a real pleasure to be able to walk around and visit so many wonderful enrichment day activities last Friday. One of the nicest highlights was in the Year 10 French and...
Posted by Suresh Varsani
Happy Francophone Week!
Did you know that French is the second most studied language in the world, with some 125 million students and 900,000 teachers of French abroad? It is shared by 270 million people worldwide and is the fifth most spoken language on the planet. Along with English, it is the only language spoken on all five continents.
This week, in MFL, we celebrated French language and Francophonie week (17th-25th March) with quizzes, student presentations and a virtual tour of Francophone countries.
To find out how much you know about Francophone countries, click on this link and complete our quiz!

Merci
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