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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 
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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!) 
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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 
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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 
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The Grade 11 English and French Language and Literature classes ventured down to the Musée Guimet in Lyon to see the temporary Shepard Fairey OBEY exhibition.
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The Grade 5 and 6 French A students are happy to share with you their annual ISL newspaper “Between the Pages”. Happy reading and a great summer to everyone!
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The Grade 3/4 students have been corresponding with a CE2 class at a French school in Montchat called Condorcet. For their final message of the year, they wanted to share their
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Ms Matrat’s Grade 7-8 French class entered the national competition “concours scolaire du carnet de voyage”. The class worked all year on a 40-page collective carnet de voyage
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During the “semaine de la langue française”, Thierry Mery, a comic book artist, delivered a workshop in ISL. Grade 5, 6, 9 and 10 students were taught how to use simple geometric
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Parlez-vous français ? At ISL, students can boost their learning in French thanks to our extra French lessons, which are offered to both Primary and Secondary students. The 2-hour lessons take place over
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