--- title: "News: French" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/french" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # News: French ![Image of Year 3 - What An Amazing Year!](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/720x440c/news/Screenshot_2025-07-16_10.44.53(1).png) 16 Jul [2025-07-16-year-3-what-an-amazing-year](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-07-16-year-3-what-an-amazing-year) #### [Year 3 - What An Amazing Year!](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-07-16-year-3-what-an-amazing-year) What an incredible year it's been for Year 3! We've explored so many exciting new topics, from forces and plants in science to building castles in DT. In computing, we learned to send emails, and in French, we mastered greetings. One of our favorite lessons was hot-seating as characters from "The Magic Faraway Tree". We even staged two fantastic productions: "The Christmas Story" and, at Easter, "Roll Back The Stone." It's safe to say we've learned a tremendous amount and had a truly brilliant year! ![Image of Year 3 French - 'Les Objets De La Classe' - Classroom Objects](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/720x440c/news/Screenshot_2025-06-16_15.15.24.png) 16 Jun [2025-06-16-year-3-french-les-objets-de-la-classe-classroom-objects](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-06-16-year-3-french-les-objets-de-la-classe-classroom-objects) #### [Year 3 French - 'Les Objets De La Classe' - Classroom Objects](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-06-16-year-3-french-les-objets-de-la-classe-classroom-objects) Year 3 students have been diving into French by exploring the objects around their classroom! They've learned the French names for several familiar items: Ruler: une règle Pencil: un crayon Pen: un stylo Rucksack (backpack): un sac A key part of their learning has been understanding that in French, all nouns have a gender. This means they are either masculine or feminine. They've learned to recognise this by looking at the word that comes before the noun: "Un" is used for masculine words (like un crayon and un stylo). "Une" is used for feminine words (like une règle). This is a fantastic start to their French language journey, helping them build a foundation for understanding more about French grammar! ![Image of Year 3 French - Learning Numbers From 1 To 6](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/720x440c/news/Screenshot_2025-01-07_15.25.30.png) 7 Jan [2025-01-07-year-3-french-learning-numbers-from-1-to-6](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-01-07-year-3-french-learning-numbers-from-1-to-6) #### [Year 3 French - Learning Numbers From 1 To 6](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-01-07-year-3-french-learning-numbers-from-1-to-6) Year 3 started their new topic in French learning to count numbers from 1 to 6. They played a game where they rolled a dice and counted their moves in french. ![Image of Year 6 - French - Football Vocab.](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/720x440c/news/Year_6_French.jpg) 21 Nov [2024-11-21-year-6-french-football-vocab](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-11-21-year-6-french-football-vocab) #### [Year 6 - French - Football Vocab.](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-11-21-year-6-french-football-vocab) As part of their unit on Sports, Year 6 have been learning lots of vocabulary connected to the game of football. In order to embed their learning they played a game of pictionary and became more confident with understanding and speaking the words. ![Image of Year 3 - French - Learning About Feelings](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/720x440c/news/Screenshot_2024-09-24_15.18.42.png) 24 Sep [2024-09-24-year-3-french-learning-about-feelings](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-09-24-year-3-french-learning-about-feelings) #### [Year 3 - French - Learning About Feelings](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-09-24-year-3-french-learning-about-feelings) This week, Year 3 have learnt how to talk about feelings in French. They played the game 'Hello Mary' using french phrases to say how they were feeling and answering with C'est and their name. ![Image of Year 3 French - Greeting](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/720x440c/news/Screenshot_2024-09-17_15.46.33.png) 17 Sep [2024-09-17-year-3-french-greeting](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-09-17-year-3-french-greeting) #### [Year 3 French - Greeting](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-09-17-year-3-french-greeting) Bonjour from Year 3. Today in French we have been learning different greetings for different times of the day. We greeted visitors into Year 3 with Bonjour and Au revoir when they left. ![Image of Year 3 French](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/720x440c/news/ef50d29d-6652-4194-91f9-18c5312c4f7a.jpg) 15 Jul [2024-07-15-year-3-french](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-07-15-year-3-french) #### [Year 3 French](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-07-15-year-3-french) In French, Year 3 have been learning how to describe shapes using their French vocab knowledge of shape, colour and size. Today they made pictures in the style of the French artist, Henri Matisse, who also used coloured shapes. They brilliantly labeled their work in French. ![Image of Year 4 French Expressing Opinions About Clothes.](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/720x440c/news/Collage_2024-07-11_08_20_57.jpg) 11 Jul [2024-07-11-year-4-french-expressing-opinions-about-clothes](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-07-11-year-4-french-expressing-opinions-about-clothes) #### [Year 4 French Expressing Opinions About Clothes.](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-07-11-year-4-french-expressing-opinions-about-clothes) In our French lesson we have been learning the names of clothes and today we used our great French speaking skills to express our opinions about different outfits. Their French accents are really sounding good. ![Image of Year 5 French ](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/720x440c/news/French_yr5_13-6-24.jpg) 18 Jun [2024-06-18-year-5-french](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-06-18-year-5-french) #### [Year 5 French ](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-06-18-year-5-french) In our French lesson we learnt how to say the words for brother and sister and how many that we have. ![Image of Year 3 French - Describing Animal Actions.](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/720x440c/news/cbf19ef2-8c03-4693-97c9-86e348aeb884(1).jpg) 20 May [2024-05-20-year-3-french-describing-animal-actions](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-05-20-year-3-french-describing-animal-actions) #### [Year 3 French - Describing Animal Actions.](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-05-20-year-3-french-describing-animal-actions) In today's French lesson Year 3 have been learning how to describe the actions of different animals. ![Image of Year 6 French ](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/720x440c/news/dfbe62ca-a8e6-431d-a114-83355fc12b50.jpg) 2 May [2024-05-02-year-6-french](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-05-02-year-6-french) #### [Year 6 French ](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-05-02-year-6-french) Year 6 enjoyed their French lesson with Mrs Colyer, learning the four points of the compass in French! ![Image of French in Year 5](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/720x440c/news/2-5-24_French_yr5.jpg) 2 May [2024-05-02-french-in-year-5](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-05-02-french-in-year-5) #### [French in Year 5](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-05-02-french-in-year-5) Year 5 have been learning the four points of the compass in French. ### Academy Life - [News](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/events) - [Clubs](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/basc) - [School Council](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Charities and Fundrasing](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/charities-and-fundraising) - ![School Games Gold](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Gold_Logo_25-26(1).png) - ![Healthy school](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/healthy_school.png) - ![Picture News](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/6_Years_of_Picture_News.png) - ![AP smilestar](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Screenshot_2026-07-27_10.26.27.png) ##### Location St James Crescent Darwen Lancashire BB3 0EY ##### Contact Us 01254 703260 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Darwenstjames) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/darwenstjames/) © Copyright 2021–2026 Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)