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French Café Event Preston Street Primary
Edinburgh May 2008Lorna Macdonald DHT
Aims:• To trial ML outcome: LAN253 MB (2nd level)• To create a real context for P6 pupils to
purposefully use French • To involve the community in the life and
learning within school• To raise money for Link School in Ghana
Empowerment - the pupils:
Led event from planning stage; had real say
Invited guests from local community; relevant
Made décor; personalized
Met guests at front door; social skills
Entertained guests; cross curricular, fun
Pupil Feedback
1. Main thing I learned-
more French from the guests
to work together as a team
people liked my music
be confident
talk to adults (in French)
working without getting stressed
Pupil Feedback
2. Thing I liked most:
being a waitress/ waiter/ my role
the decorated hall
eating croissants/ the food/ the drinks
people that were there/ guests were kind
playing music
speaking to adults in French
atmosphere
Links and contacts from event:
Transition - HS, DVD
Local businesses
Local community groups
Visits from community member - singing
Money for charity
Evaluations:
Successes -
Pupil ideas and level of involvement
Pupils contacting businesses to invite
Icebreakers
Clear roles for pupils
Scope for personalisation eg music
Motivation to use French
Evaluation:
Areas to develop -
Involvement of native speaker/s
Use of ICT - pupil work to display at event on screen
Sharing with school community before &/ or after event - assembly presentation/s
German market context this year - involving visiting specialist
Connections to the Big Ideas
• Diversity - understanding and valuing cultural and social diversity
• Creativity - thinking beyond the obvious & making connections
• Citizenship - understand and respect differences
• Enterprise - learning within real context and with community partners– responsibility for learning; using initiative– adopting different roles within a team