S1B - In S1 a number of topics are covered, ranging from Self, Family, School life, Hobbies, Home life and Holidays.

S2 - S2 focusses a little more on grammar and building on topics already seen in S1.

S3 - S3 are the first year to do the Intermediate course instead of the Standard Grade course. This allows them much more freedom in the choice of topics they study.

S4 - In S4 pupils spend a lot of time preparing their folios both writing and speaking.

Summer Term

The new S2 are now starting to look at how to talk about where they live and describe their house in detail.  We we be learning lots of new vocabulary and at the end of the chapter around the End of May they will be expected to do a talk IN FRENCH about where they live.

This Term

S1 willl be studying sports in French.   They will be learning how to talk about sports they enjoy doing and be learning about what types of sports are done in France.  We will be looking at hobbies and other leisure activities aswell. 

Currenty S1 are looking at how to talk about their school day in French. They can tell you what subjects they study and what they think about their timetable, what they think about their teachers and what they do in a normal school day. S1 have also started looking at present tense verbs. They have made labels in French for all the classrooms in the school, which they will put up next week.

The Summer Term

New S3 are now starting to look at Paris, the capital of France.  We are learning about all the different tourist attractions and how to travel around.  We are also learning how to read a metro map!  At the end of this chapter around the end of May, pupils will do a powerpoint presentation on a particular tourist attraction and tell the rest of the class about it and how to get there.

This Term

S2 we will be looking at parts of the body and illness and cures for a couple of weeks before moving onto the next chapter which is all about FOOD.  In this next chapter pupils will get to taste some French food and learn about different eating habits between Shetland and France. 

Currently S2 are creating their family trees, ideal or real. They are drawing their family tree and adding photos or pictures of the real people or celebrities they want in their famiy. They will then write a paragraph in French to describe their picture. They have just finished learning how to talk about their daily routine using reflexive verbs.

Summer Term

New S4 have just done their Pre-Prelim for Intermediate 1 French.  They all did very well.  We are now looking at different shopping habits between the French and the Scottish and will perform Role Plays in the next few weeks.

Currently S3 are researching different festivals over the world. They are comparing them to our festivals here in Shetland. Soon we will be looking in more detail at the advantages and disadvantages of living on an island. We shall be looking at environmental issues as well as comparing our way of life to that of a French island.