St John’s Primary recently transformed their school hall into a bustling French café for the day, bringing language learning to life in the most delicious way possible.
Throughout the day, each Year 6 class worked a shift in the café, dressed as French waiters, kitchen staff and Bureau de change cashiers. The Year 6 children were kept busy taking customer orders, preparing croissants and drinks and clearing tables, whilst their younger schoolmates from Years 3, 4 and 5 dressed up in French style, changed their pounds into euros at the Bureau de change desk, ordered their refreshments and settled their bills with their waiter – all in French! The children had great fun speaking the language and especially enjoyed eating croissants and sharing drinks at the café with their friends.
At St John’s, children begin learning French in Year 1 and continue with weekly lessons throughout the Juniors, making events like this a perfect opportunity to put their language skills into practice in a really fun way.
The success of this day was down to the hard work and dedication of Madame Allenby, the Juniors’ French teacher, who organised the event. She was supported by the Infants’ French teacher and four parents and grandparent volunteers who helped in the kitchen and with preparing drinks, ensuring everything ran smoothly.