La fête d’Halloween October 31, 2008
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Pour s’amuser - some games to play etc
Halloween has old Celtic origins - the 31st October was the end of the old year and the 1st of November the beginning of the new one. French children started to celebrate Halloween recently too but it is not as popular as in this country. We will have to find out if they dress up and go out guising like we do!
On the 1st November it is Toussaint which is the day when the French celebrate all the saints and on the 2nd of November it is “La fête des morts” which is when many French families go to the cemeteries to tend the graves of their loved ones and to lay flowers (often chrysanthenums).
Rap de Pâques! March 18, 2008
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Some games and fun activities Vive Pâques.
7D at Law had great fun making up a rap with M. Curt to send to their link school for Easter! Bravo à tous!
La Saint-Valentin February 13, 2008
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Cliquez ici! (see under Bricolages)
La chanson “Je t’aime le lundi”
La Chandeleur February 1, 2008
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Le 2 février c’est La Chandeleur. Many French people make crêpes and the tradition apparently is to hold a coin in your left hand and to toss the crêpe with your other hand. If you manage it your family will have enough money for the rest of the year. M. Curt hasn’t in fact heard of this but he is going to find out all about it and let us know.
To find out more about Mardi Gras and Carnival time here is a quiz.
La Fête des Rois January 6, 2008
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Families in France celebrate Twelth Night by eating a special round pastry cake called “la Galette des Rois”. Inside the cake is hidden a bean called “une fève”. Whoever gets the part of the cake with the bean is crowned king (le roi) or queen (la reine).
Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année! December 14, 2007
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Des chants de Noël - a website with some Christmas carols in French.
A French Christmas website with games and fun activities.
The pupils from the Ecole Jean Moulin have recorded a song for us.
http://www3.ac-nancy-metz.fr/eco-p-moulin-champigneulles/article.php3?id_article=501