Jan Lewandowski

La Poste in France has just issued a pack of 2 ready-stamped postcards which is ideal for primary children to send back to home &/or school in the UK.
It looks really easy to complete in simple language with boxes to tick for the weather and word and symbol stickers to add. Price 4,20 €
I’m […]

Colleagues who are planning school visits to France may be interested to
know about the `Happy Packs’ that are available from the Eurotunnel desk
inside the Eurotunnel terminal. They contain stickers, pencil, coloured
pencils, activity book, pairs game, other games, word search and a postcard.
All of the activities are easy and suitable for KS2 age range.
All instructions are […]

If you’re considering organising a school trip, Rouen is another great place to visit. Packed with interesting historical and artistic associations: Joan of Arc (Jeanne d’Arc) was burned at the stake there and Monet painted the famous cathedral at many different times of day. If you can’t get to Rouen in person, you might […]

Picking up on a post that Jo Rhys-Jones put up on primarymfl.ning about aliens (thanks Jo! Lots of really useful ideas and links) I thought I’d do a bit of research on UFOs. In French and Spanish a UFO is known as an OVNI (Objet Volant Non-Identifié) which is pretty much the same as UFO, […]

We’re getting to that stage in the year where schools are beginning to organise Language Days.You can’t have a Language Day without appropriate food and drink. I’ve mentioned before that Aldi often have foreign specialities, I’ve certainly bought Greek, Spanish and Italian in the past and I’m sure they offer other goodies.
From today, LIDL have […]

On the 14th of June, the ALL London meeting will be taking place at the Gœthe Institute. You can download a flyer here. I’ll be doing a half-hour session. The title is a bit of a secret just yet but suffice it to say that I shall be incorporating lost of hands on activities: doing, […]

Many are the school visits I’ve run to Normandy and a favourite day trip has always been to the Bayeux Tapestry or as the French call it ‘La Tapisserie de la Reine Mathilde’. I’m always astounded by the length, skill and detail of the tapestry and how you go round a corner and there’s […]

I’ve been co-writing a day course for AQA (enter Primary Languages - CPD in the subject box) which we will be presenting in June and July. It isn’t really intended for primary schools that are up and running with MFL but for those schools that have yet to start and need help and advice to […]

Photo by Aldor
Look very carefully at the rear view of this statue and you will see ‘un petit poisson’.
On April Fool’s Day in France it is traditional to stick a paper fish onto the back of the unsuspecting victim who then, with luck, spends the rest of the day with the fish on his/her back.
Last […]

I came across this little song video today from French theatre company Les2vents

Could definitely be useful in the Primary classroom.
If there is a problem with buffering go straight to YouTube.