Our students enjoy daily French lessons within the classroom both individually and in small groups. They acquire basic vocabulary in a variety of areas, including numbers, colours, parts of the body and items of clothing, foods, family and feelings, everyday activities,
Our students enjoy daily French lessons within the classroom both individually and in small groups. They acquire basic vocabulary in a variety of areas, including numbers, colours, parts of the body and items of clothing, foods, family and feelings, everyday activities, time, weather, seasons, special holidays, the names of common animals as well as a reasonably large bank of descriptive words. Songs, communicative games and hands-on activities are an integral part of each lesson. Our French program boasts the use of the gesture approach – which is just being incorporated into many immersion schools. This approach leads to earlier comprehension and better retention of the language.
In our Music classes children enjoy singing songs and developing them into rounds. They expand their vocal range by learning to match pitch and develop their sense of rhythm by clapping, playing a variety of percussion instruments and expressing themselves through dance movement. These activities are also used to introduce the basics of simple notation. The children also have the opportunity to explore various instruments such as the recorder, flute and guitar. In June they presen