Regents Review Spring 2019

The Regents Review Spring 2019

DEPARTMENTAL NEWS Languages French Jokes Voici quelques blagues en français. Rire, c’est bon pour la santé! - Here are some jokes in French. Laugh, it’s good for your health! Blague 1 Joke 1: Une abeille:   J’ai internet dans ma ruche. L’autre abeille:   Super! Donne- moi ton e-miel! A bee: I have internet in my hive. The other bee: Super! Give me your e-honey! Client: Que me recommandez- vous? (en consultant la carte) Serveur:   Un autre restaurant! In a restaurant ... Client: What do you recommend? (by consulting the map) Server: Another restaurant! Restaurant Competitions Madame Loubier has organised restaurant competitions with her Year 7 classes. For this competition, the students had to organise themselves into groups of 6 maximum. Each group chose a group leader, they then decided what kind of restaurant they wanted to set up. It had to be linked to a French-speaking country. All the props, menus Blague 2 Joke 2: Dans un restaurant...

and food had to follow one same logic in order to win the competition. Moreover, they had to communicate in French to the judges.

complimentary on the prep sessions and how they found the experiment useful and reassuring. Both Year 10 teachers were very proud to see the students’ resilience and good work. Penpal Exchange For some years, Madame Loubier has maintained a penpal exchange with a school in St Lo in France. The French teacher was a French Assistant in the school where Madame Loubier used to teach and they kept in touch for the benefit of children on both sides of the English Channel. On the first of April, English students from Regents Park will get to meet their penpals. They will engage in a dodge ball game and then share a Franco-British snack together. We are all looking forward to this meeting. French Idioms

This task combined research, organisation, linguistic and cooking skills. After the judges decided who had done the best overall, students were allowed to taste each other’s food.

It was a lovely atmosphere and all the students made their teachers very proud. Mock Speaking Exams The MFL department have organised mock speaking exams. The students were very

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