Spring and Easter Teacher s Notes

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1 Spring and Easter Teacher s Notes Start-of-day Assembly What you will need: Resources CD: Template for 100 square grid Transcript and translation of songs Coloured images of eggs for the song Image of an egg, a flower, a fish, a moss covered stone and a butterfly Template with images of the egg Words for the 4 eggs activity Songs/Sound CD: French song Œufs de Pâques, track 1 Correct pronunciation for the 4 eggs activity, track 3. Other: Bunch of spring flowers, an egg. Ideas and suggestions: Welcome everyone in to the hall with the song Easter Eggs playing on CD. Do the children recognise the tune? Ask the children to listen to the song and show the lyrics on whiteboard. The song introduces simple vocabulary including colours. Use the coloured images of eggs available on the Resources CD and then ask them to sing along. Allow them to continue on their own with the instrumental version at the end. Tell the children they will sing it again at the end of the day. See page 2 for transcripts. Bring the children s attention to the spring flowers you have brought to the assembly. What do they remind us off and what is this time of year special for? Tell the children that throughout the day they will be doing activities related to Spring and the festival of Easter that always falls within Spring. Four eggs activity: Show the children 4 eggs, plastic Kinder surprise eggs for example, or show the image of an egg on a whiteboard (see image provided with question mark on resource CD). Tell the children that inside each egg something is hiding. Could they guess what? Egg 1 A flower to show that new life is starting in Spring (use vocabulary for flower and what s inside the egg? ). If you haven t got a real flower, show the image of a flower provided. Egg 2 A moss-covered stone, to show that things can grow in difficult places (use vocabulary for stone and moss and what s inside the egg? ). If you haven t got a real stone and moss, show the coloured image provided on the resources CD. Egg 3 A butterfly to show that things change from one thing to another and that there is beauty everywhere (use vocabulary for butterfly and what s inside the egg? ). Show the coloured image of a butterfly provided on the resources CD. Egg 4 Nothing... inside the last egg is air and without air there is no new life. Just because we can t see something doesn t mean it s not important (use vocabulary for air nothing and what s inside the egg? ). Ask the children What would you put in your egg?. Perhaps the children could have a competition to put something in an egg and find out the French word for it. The winner is picked out in a future assembly. Distribute the black and white image of an egg provided (see template with images of the egg). Show the children a picture of a fish, an egg and a 100 square grid. Say that by the end of the day they will be able to tell the rest of the school what they mean and why they are significant to today s theme. The children leave the hall listening and joining in with the song: Easter Eggs. Copyright La Jolie Ronde Ltd This page may be photocopied only within the purchasing institution. Page 1

2 Spring and Easter CD transcript Start-of-day Assembly Œufs de Pâques CD track 1 Oeufs de Pâques, oeufs de Pâques Cachez-les, cachez-les Les bleus et les rouges Les jaunes et les verts Dans le jardin, dans le jardin. What s inside the egg? CD track 3 Qu est-ce qu il y a dans l oeuf? Une fleur. Qu est-ce qu il y a dans l oeuf? De la mousse sur une pierre. Qu est-ce qu il y a dans l oeuf? Un papillon. Qu est-ce qu il y a dans l oeuf? Rien! De l air. Easter eggs Easter eggs, Easter eggs Hide them, hide them The blue ones and the red ones The yellow ones and the green ones In the garden, in the garden. What s inside the egg? A flower. What s inside the egg? Some moss on a stone. What s inside the egg? A butterfly. What s inside the egg? Nothing! Some air. Page 2 Copyright La Jolie Ronde Ltd This page may be photocopied only within the purchasing institution.

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7 4 Recall and sequence traditions around Spring and Easter in France Here the children will learn about another country s Spring and Easter traditions. What you will need: Resources CD: Images of traditions with dates Information on Spring and Easter in France Images for Spring and Easter List of key vocabulary Set of black and white images. Song/Sounds CD: Correct pronunciation for key vocabulary, track 9. The teacher shares with the children what happens across France in the Spring and at Easter, using the images provided to illustrate the events. The children then have the opportunity to ask questions about what they ve heard and seen. They are then given, as a group or individually, a set of the black and white images and they have to sequence them correctly remembering what happens when. The children then share their sequenced pictures and images with a friend or another group, retelling the traditions around Spring time and Easter from another country. 5 Calendar Activity Here the children will develop their season and month sequencing skills. What you will need: Resources CD: Template for personal profile Words for numbers (1 31) Words for seasons Words for months Template with images of seasons and their corresponding months. Song/Sounds CD: Correct pronunciation for numbers, track 15; seasons, track 8 and months, track 7. Display the words for numbers, months and seasons clearly for all to see. Go through the words with the children yourself or use the sound CD, see page 16 for transcript. This activity is best held in the hall or outdoors. Photocopy and distribute the personal profile template, one per child. The children have to complete their personal profile which asks them their name and their date of birth and the season they were born in. At the same time they check on their pronunciation skills. They then go to the hall or outside and they work together as a class to sequence the birthdays from 1st January to 31st December. As the children stand in a row or circle they say in French their name and their date of birth (date and month), and the season they were born in. They can refer to the list of the colour coded months available on the resources CD which you can enlarge. Page 12 Copyright La Jolie Ronde Ltd This page may be photocopied only within the purchasing institution.

8 Spring and Easter CD transcript 5 to 7 year olds Listen to and practise a song CD track 4 Mon jardin tout vert Remplace l hiver. Poules, lapins, brebis, Le froid est parti! Vois les canetons Toute la neige fond. Les petits moineaux Mangent les vermisseaux. Et près du ruisseau Naissent les petits veaux. Vois les canetons Toute la neige fond. Youpi! My green garden Replaces winter. Hens, rabbits, ewes, The cold weather has gone! See the ducklings All the snow is melting. The little sparrows Eat worms. And near to the stream Calves are born. See the ducklings All the snow has melted. Yippee! Instrumental CD track 5 Listen to, mime and practise a second song Œufs de Pâques CD track 1 Oeufs de Pâques, oeufs de Pâques Cachez-les, cachez-les Les bleus et les rouges Les jaunes et les verts Dans le jardin, dans le jardin. (Repeated) Easter eggs Easter eggs, Easter eggs Hide them, hide them The blue ones and the red ones The yellow ones and the green ones In the garden, in the garden. Instrumental CD track 2 Page 8 Copyright La Jolie Ronde Ltd This page may be photocopied only within the purchasing institution.

9 Spring and Easter CD transcript 5 to 7 year olds Joyeuses Pâques! CD track 6 Make an Easter card Season game Months CD track 7 janvier, février, mars, avril, mai, juin, juillet, août, september, octobre, novembre, décembre Seasons CD track 8 printemps, été, automne, hiver. January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December. spring, summer, autumn, winter. Recall and sequence Easter traditions Key vocabulary CD track 9 Mardi Gras une crêpe un beignet le carnaval la bataille de fleurs les cloches le jour de Pâques la chasse aux œufs les confiseries les chocolateries Mardi Gras a pancake a fritter the carnival the battle of flowers the bells Easter day Easter egg hunt Sweet shops Specialist chocolate shops April fish activities Poisson d avril CD track 10 Colours CD track 11 rouge, bleu, vert, jaune, blanc, marron, gris, orange, noir, rose, beige, violet. April fish red, blue, green, yellow, white, brown, grey, orange, black, pink, beige, purple. Easter Egg Hunt Easter egg hunt CD track 12 froid, très froid, chaud, très chaud cold, very cold, hot, very hot Copyright La Jolie Ronde Ltd This page may be photocopied only within the purchasing institution. Page 9