Prep 5: au revoir!

What a great week!

Prep 5: Vendredi

We have had amazing weather for our last day in France! We went to Jullouville this morning and bought presents and yet more pairs of fluorescent sunglasses at the market. We then had a picnic lunch at the beach, made sandcastles, buried Austin and paddled in the sea. This afternoon we had archery and a final French lesson. We will be packing this evening ready to set off at 9.00 tomorrow. It looks like we should be arriving back at Spring Grove at about 5.00, but I will let parents know if we will be earlier or later than this when we are through the tunnel!

I will be adding more photos to the slideshow later!

Prep 5: Jeudi

Our penultimate day at the château was spent climbing and canoeing. It was lovely to see Diana Page at lunch as she brought her school to the château for the day to do some activities. We drank cider with Gérard, had a barbecue dinner and watched the talent show this evening. We won certificates for our production of Snow White in French and for the combined talents of Paddy (piano), Sam (dance), Callum (diabolo) and Eloise (Rubik's cube). Well done SG!

Prep 5: les escargots!

Last night was la soirée française. We dressed up, ate pork cooked in cider, Normandy apple tart and SNAILS! Not everyone enjoyed the snails, but most of the children tried one. Well done to Sophia who holds the snail-eating record. We then had a French quiz outside on the lawn.

Prep 5: La Boue!

Today was mud day! We spent the morning in the woods in the rain and the mud, clambering over obstacles and shooting down slides into massive mud puddles. It was the coldest I've known it, but the children were brilliant, and kept their good humour throughout.

Prep 5: Mardi soir

La fabrication du pain! Look at the slideshow on the right for lots more photos...

Prep 5: Mardi matin

After a pain au chocolat for breakfast this morning, we were ready to face the rain for a morning of orientation and a visit to the mini-ferme. Some groups got lost in the woods, but managed to find their way back in the end and on the farm everyone wanted to take a baby bunny home with them. Callum showed incredible calm and patience waiting for the rabbits to eat out of his hand and one group were able to hold some newly hatched chicks. Lunch was melon followed by fish and rice, salad, cheese and fruit. Bread-making this afternoon.

Prep 5: Lundi soir

Prep 5 have had an afternoon of French and aéroballe, followed by a dinner of salmon pâté and pork with couscous, with crème caramel for pudding. Then we had an evening of indoor games led by Julien. I think they are ready for their beds tonight!

Prep 5: Lundi matin

After a breakfast of croissants, bread, cereal, hot chocolate, yoghurt and fruit, Prep 5 were given a tour of the Château followed by some sport outside. We've just had tomato and mozzarella salad, hachis parmentier, vegetables, cheese, bread and fruit for lunch and are looking forward to playing aéroballe this afternoon. We also met Jam the parrot!

Prep 5: Au Château!

Prep 5 have arrived safely at the Château! We were met by Julien who greeted everyone in French and whisked us off for a cold meal, a fire drill and a tour of the dormitories. After a quick run around on the front lawn amongst the rabbits, everyone is now asleep in bed, ready for a day of activities tomorrow. Look at the slideshow on the right to see more photos of our day!

Prep 5: Château de la Baudonnière

This time next week we will be off, Prep 5! Have a good half term and see you on Sunday 1st June at 9.00am!

Reception - Prep 6: Café de l'École

Prep 6R held a successful Café de l'École on Wednesday. It was the last café of the year and we sold lots of croissants and pains au chocolat, orangina and grenadine, with the proceeds going towards future French trips. Many thanks to Mrs Groom and her team for their help.

Click on this link to see more photos!

Nursery - Prep 6: Je vais à l'école!

Watch the video - what does the little boy forget to pack? How do you say each thing in French?

Prep 6: Mon Ecole

Prep 6 have been learning how to talk about Spring Grove this term. Watch this video about a school in Martinique. What subjects, rooms and times can you recognise?

Nursery and Reception: Mon Petit Lapin

Here's an Eastery song about jumping rabbits!

Nursery and Reception: Frère Jacques

Can you sing along to this?

Prep 4: Quelle heure est-il?

Prep 4 will be learning to tell the time in French when we return after the Easter break. Watch this video and see if you can work out what time it is each time the clock strikes!

Prep 3: Paris

Prep 3 are finding out about some of the monuments of Paris. They watched this presentation and now they are making their own presentations to share with the rest of the class.

How many of the monuments that we talked about and looked at in class can you spot in this video?

Nursery and reception: Les Fruits

Nursery and Reception have both been learning the names of some fruits in French. We counted fruits on a fruity number puzzle, played fruit guessing games and watched the video below before having a go at singing the song. Reception also learnt why the apricot is the odd one out in the song - because it is masculine and the other fruits are feminine!

 

We have learnt the following fruits: une pomme, une orange, une prune, une pêche, une banane, une fraise, une poire, un citron, un abricot.

Nursery and Reception: Les Animaux de la Ferme

Reception and Nursery have both been learning farm animals this week. How many of these do you recognise?