Today’s Sclingoshorts French session began with the game ‘Fetch me a Pumpkin’. This game, along with the others the children have learned, will be included in the website that the children are helping to create!

After the game, the children were given the choice of three groups that they could be part of. After a little compromise, all the children appeared happy with their choice!

Ronan led the first group. This group is working on creating the script and acting. First of all the children had to use French dictionaries to collect all of the vocabulary they would need for their part of the story. They then practised voicing and recording what they thought the characters would sound like!

The second group worked with Miriam. This group will be working on creating the art and visual effects needed for the animation. The children spent time sketching the characters and their surroundings for the part of the story they are to animate. They will then use the programme ‘Stop motion’ to draw, colour and add textures to their drawings.

The final group worked with Rory. This group compiled a list of sound effects that they felt were needed to tell the story and used the website ‘Freesound’ to record and download their sounds.

This was a very busy session. The children all engaged with their tasks well and learned lots whilst having fun!