Author: Michelle Osborne

WHAT YOU SAID:
Do you have opportunity to show teachers how you feel your learning is going?
‘At the bottom of the page, you circle the face to say if it is “excellent, très bien, bien, comme-çi comme-ça and mal” The teacher sometimes tells us what they mean.’ Y3

WHAT WE DID:
We have gone back to giving smiley faces to all year groups so everyone remembers to let the teacher know how they feel about their learning. Don’t forget you must still put your hand up in lessons too!

WHAT YOU SAID:
Do you have any ideas to help your learning in French?
‘After school club to do games and things in French.’ Y4
‘Could we watch some films or cartoons in French like we watch the books being read?’ Y6

WHAT WE DID:
We have a Fun French club
starting in Autumn 2022. We will play games, make things following French instructions, watch cartoons and books being read in French (with subtitles).

WHAT YOU SAID:
Do you have any ideas to help your learning in French?
‘We could make French posters for the walls around school showing our learning.’ Y4

WHAT WE DID:
One French lesson each term to be given for children to produce a published piece for display in classrooms and the best from each year group to be put on the French display board near the French Food cart.

WHAT YOU SAID:
Do you have any ideas to help your learning in French?
‘Mr Needham could write a song in French for our school.’ Y4

WHAT WE DID:
Mr Needham is a very busy man but instead, Mrs Bayliss is going to introduce some French songs into our singing assemblies, for all Key Stages which means even KS1 will be able to sing in French.

WHAT YOU SAID:
Do you have any ideas to help your learning in French?
‘If you find the lesson hard then extra staff could take you out to give you extra help after the lesson.’ Y4

WHAT WE DID:
We are training more of our staff to be able to help you learn French. This means small groups could get extra help when needed.

WHAT YOU SAID:
Do you have any ideas to help your learning in French?
‘I like the French food cart but I would like to be able to ask “How much is it?” in French.’

WHAT WE DID:
Our new French Ambassadors will be learning how to say a range of questions and vocabulary to teach you this year. There will be a different expectation for each year group to learn when they come to the cart.