Daily Routine
Colours Numbers Simple Rhymes and Songs
Use the links above go directly to these topics on Gaidhlig nan Og
French Colour walkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvZ7NacMkkg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX1Hj1BHFKE
Ours Brun Ours Brun Story (Brown Bear, Brown Bear – PowerPoint with sound files)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpaKZ0Y6Tms
The link below will open a document listing authentic French story books (on Culturetheque) which you can share with your child. The stories are read aloud so you don’t need to worry about pronunciation.
Pupils at St. Andrew’s Primary School Using BSL
The links above show children on Bute developing their language skills through BSL. Liam Dunnachie, a local resident who is a BSL user has volunteered to support St. Andrew’s PS and Apple Tree nursery pupils develop their BSL skills.
Do you think you could sing or rap in French? Do you have the skills to make a video clip for your song? If so, this competition is for you!
Click HERE to find out more about this exciting competition for primary and secondary schools.
Advent calendar with French songs
Christmas in France- Information and quiz
Colour and number Christmas activity
Growstorygrow-Christmas stories: Le Père Noël, Les Vêtements de Père Noël, L’histoire de Noël
French Christmas Songs
Gaelic Christmas resources
Vieille sorcière, Vieille sorcière,
Vieille sorcière, Vieille sorcière,
Que fais-tu ? Que fais-tu ?
Que fais-tu ? Que fais-tu ?
Je mange une citrouille. Je mange une grenouille.
Je mange une citrouille. Je mange une grenouille.
Crique, craque, croque. Couah, Couah, Couah
Crique, craque, croque. Couah, Couah, Couah
Poster– the-rights-of-the-language-learner
Effective resource to generate a class discussion about creating a positive ethos around language learning.
Resources from PowerLanguage Schools
Choose French or Spanish Cultural Treasure Hunt, questionaire and interactive quiz or if you have time do both.
6 QR codes for printing and placing around the school, questionaires to complete during the cultural hunt and a follow on interactive quiz:
Spanish culture-hunt_questionnaire-for-printing
French culture-hunt_questionnaire-for-printing
You can also login to https://powerlanguage.school/ to find these resources.
(If you do not have login details please contact gwen.mccrossan2@argyll-bute.gov.uk )
Click on PLANNERS
PLS4 Block 4- French Culture Hunt
PLS4 Block 4-Spanish Culture Hunt
You will need an iPad per group for this culture hunt. You also need to download a QR reader from the App store. These codes can then be read by the camera on the iPad. Hide the QR codes around the school. When the children find the code, they scan it and then watch the associated video. They can then answer the questions on the questionaire. If you do not have ipads, the videos can be accessed on PowerLanguage Schools. The activity is the completed with the interactive quiz.
Go to Go!Gaelic to download the sound enabled Gaelic Introductions PowerPoint presentation
ECML (European Centre of Modern Languages) website for comparing animal noises and idioms in many different languages. There are also many other language related activities available on this site.
Guidelines for Literacy and Languages Comic Book Transition Project