french café event preston street primary edinburgh may 2008 lorna macdonald dht aims: to trial ml...

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