Tag: French

Collage of photos showing student musical performances, instruments, and group singing

25/06/20252024-2025 School yearAssembly, Celebration, Community, Concert, Events, French, Music, Performance, Primary schoolby ISL

La Fête de la Musique at ISL

The primary school has been celebrating the start of summer with La Fête de la Musique, an event that has been rocking France since 1982! The school day began with the drumming circle waking up the neighbours with a lively selection of beats. To kick off lessons, we held a primary assembly featuring musical performances from many of our classes. …

The ISL students pose together at a park in Montchat

20/06/20252024-2025 School yearCommunity, French, Grade 3, International Mindedness, Penpals, Primary school, School tripby ISL

Penfriends meet at Ecole Condorcet

For three years now, the French B and French A students have been exchanging letters with students from another school in Lyon, Ecole Condorcet in Montchat. This year, Mme Delecourt, a Grade 3 teacher, welcomed us to her school. It was quite a journey—bus, metro and tram—since the school is on the other side of Lyon from ISL. Despite the …

Group photo of French teachers from ISL and visiting international schools, smiling outside ISL with colourful floral window decorations.

10/06/20252024-2025 School yearBilingualism, Community, Conference, French, Language, Professional Development, Teachers, Workshopby ISL

International French Educators Workshop

On Friday 6th June, ISL welcomed 11 teachers from various international schools in France, Belgium, and Portugal. The focus of the day was to discuss the challenges of teaching French as a first language in an international or bilingual school. The day began with a conference by Cathy Cohen, senior lecturer at INSPE in Lyon, who specialises in language teaching …

19/12/20242024-2025 School yearFrench, Grade 7, Grade 8, Middle school, School tripby ISL

Grade 7 and 8 Trip to Clermont-Ferrand

As part of their French studies, Grades 7 and 8 went to Clermont-Ferrand to visit the international exhibition “Rendez-vous du carnet de voyage”. This yearly event hosts “carnettistes”, writers and illustrators who present sketchbooks, art and travel journals documenting their own travels. The students had the opportunity to discover their work, interview the artists, watch documentaries and hopefully get inspiration …

Pastries and juice arranged on a table with French flags as decoration

07/11/20242024-2025 School yearFrench, Grade 3, Grade 4, Primary school, Semaine du Goutby ISL

Semaine du Goût 2024

On Thursday, October 17th, during the “Semaine du Goût,” a French event that promotes tasting food and encourages balance, courage, and open-mindedness, some parents from Grades 3, 4, and 3/4 volunteered. They responded to an invitation to prepare a signature dish from their culture and to present it, allowing all Grade 3 and 4 students (and the French teachers, too!) …

11/09/20242024-2025 School yearCompetition, French, Grade 4, Primary schoolby ISL

Les Petits Champions de la Lecture

This year, Grade 4 French A and B+ will participate in a competition where their Eloquence and Fluency skills will be on full display. Participating students will choose a book extract and practice reading it aloud. Then, an internal selection will take place first and a candidate will be picked to complete in a local competition called “Les Petits champions …

14/11/20232023-2024 School YearFrench, High school, Kindergarten, Middle school, Primary school, School tripby ISL

La Semaine du Goût 2023

La semaine du goût (tasting week) is a week-long event that French schools organise each year in October. That week is an opportunity to celebrate and learn about many aspects of food. The Grade 9 and 10 students focused on chocolate this year. In their French lessons, they brainstormed what they knew about cocoa: its origins, its history, how it …

30/06/20232022-2023 School YearEnglish, French, Grade 11, High school, Literature, School trip, Secondary schoolby ISL

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La Fête de la Musique at ISL

Penfriends meet at Ecole Condorcet

International French Educators Workshop

Grade 7 and 8 Trip to Clermont-Ferrand

Semaine du Goût 2024

Les Petits Champions de la Lecture

La Semaine du Goût 2023

Grade 11 Trip to Shepard Fairey Exhibition

Grade 5 & 6 French Newspaper Project

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