“Il était un petit homme.. ” We have been having fun listening to the story of Pirouette Cacahuète. Here is a video of the song for us .. only we know what really happened in the end “le beau fil s’est cassé et le bout du nez s’est envolé!”
Il fait beau, il y a du soleil! Une partie de pétanque, ça fait plaisir! Here’s a Provençal song all about pétanque!
et voici nos photos…
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Dirleton Primary had a lovely assembly today to say goodbye to their Headteacher who is leaving to go to another school. P6/7 thought it would be a nice idea to sing a “goodbye song” in French and funnily enough they do sing a song in France which we know very well. It is to the tune of “Auld Lang Syne” which is one of the world’s best known songs (apparently it is played in department stores in Japan when they are closing!).
To help us learn the words in French we recorded one of our practice sessions.
The Dirleton pupils can tell you what all the words mean in English!
Bravo à tous! C’est en forgeant qu’on devient forgeron! (Practice makes perfect… and you were! You sang beautifully!)
P6 are all starting to learn to talk about their families. Tu as des frères ou des soeurs? They have been singing “Frère Jacques” this week and the P6/7 pupils at Athelstaneford decided to sing it for their French penpals. Bonne idée! Bravo à tous et à toutes!
La finale se déroulera le 16 mai à Moscou. The French singer Patricia Kaas is representing France and she is singing “Et s’il fallait le faire” (If I had to”) Vous l’aimez? Qui va gagner? L’Espagne, l’Allemagne, la Russie, le Portugal… la France… le Royaume-Uni??
Ever since we learned this song last year it has been a firm favourite with everyone! Here are the Gullane P6 pupils doing all the actions for us and they managed to learn a lot of the words too! Bravo! On s’est bien amusés!
On the 6th January (Twelfth Night) they make a special cake in France called “la galette des Rois”. There is a bean or a little trinket hidden in it and the tradition is that the youngest member of the family goes under the table and calls out who the piece of cake is for as it is cut. Whoever gets the “fève” (bean) is king (le roi) or queen (la reine) They even get a crown!
There is a little song which is sung by children in France “J’aime la galette” Dirleton P6/7 sang it beautifully! Bravo à tous!
(pour lire les paroles)
Comment faire “une galette des Rois” Bon appétit!
(We got a real “fève” sent to us from our link school. Here is a photo - scan0003)
P6 at Aberlady learned this French song recently and they decided to record it for you so you can learn it too. It is about people dancing on the bridge at Avignon (the ladies curtsey and the gentlemen bow). Bravo P6! Vous dansez bien!
You will see from the photo that the bridge only goes half way across the river. Who can find out why that is?
Do you know how to plant cabbages? Bonne question! Can you hear all the parts of the body used to plant them? 7C at Law sang this French song to send to their link school in Champigneulles. They have also given descriptions of themselves. Vous avez compris? Et vous, vous êtes comment?
Frère Jacques
P6 are learning to talk about their brothers and sisters and have been singing “Frère Jacques”. Here is a great rendition by Aberlady. Merci à Lauren qui a joué de la guitare!
Un air d’accordéon
We are lucky to have a former pupil who plays the accordion. He has very kindly played ”Sous les ponts de Paris” (Under the bridges of Paris) for us. Merci beaucoup Owain - tu joues super bien!
