FORFAR ACADEMY

Language and CommunicationFaculty

Welcome!By now, you should have watched our faculty’s video to

find out all about us and what you can expect.

The Language and Communication Faculty is made up of

the Modern Languages Department and the English

Department.

On the next few pages, you will find some activities.

French Activity 1

1. Draw around your hand on apiece of paper

2. Write FIVE facts about yourself in French (one on each finger of your paper hand)

3. Colour in your paper hand and decorate it with all of the things you like.

INSTRUCTIONS

There are some help sheets provided…

Example

Write five facts about yourself –one for each finger.

Decorate itbeautifully to reflect your interests

French Vocabulary

• Je m’appelle… - My name is…

• J’ai … ans - I am…years old

• J’ai … frères / sœurs - I have… brothers/sisters

• Ma couleur préférée est… - My favourite colour is…

• J’aime… - I like…

• Je n’aime pas… - I don’t like…

Help Sheet

Say your birthday 🎁🎈🎉• Mon anniversaire c’est le ... – My birthday is on the …

• The Months:Janvier – January Février – February Mars – March Avril – April Mai – May Juin – June Juillet – JullyAoût – August Septembre – SeptemberOctobre – October Novembre – November Décembre – December

• Note: Remember, in French, we do not put the “th” after the number and the number comes first. For example: Mon anniversaire c’est le 18 Juillet

Help Sheet

To say your nationality

• Je suis…. – I am… + Nationality

• Some examples include:Ecossais (Male) / Ecossaise (Female) – Scottish Anglais (M) / Anglaise (F) – English Français (M) – Française (F) – French Létonien (M) – Létonienne (F) - Latvian Polonais (M) – Polonaise (F) – Polish Russe (M/F) – Russian Indien (M) – Indienne (F) – Indian

• Example: Je suis italien – I am Italian

Help Sheet

Mention your pets 🐶🐱🐹🐴• J’ai … – I have …

• Un chien – a dog Un chat – a cat Une tortue – a turtleUn cochon d’Inde – a guinea pigUn hamster – a hamster

• Un cheval – A horse

• Des chevaux – Horses

• Je n’ai pas d’animaux- I do not have any pets.

Help Sheet

Likes and dislikes👍🏼👎🏽

• J’aime jouer à la Xbox- I like to play Xbox

• J’aime regarder Netflix – I like to watch Netflix

• J’aime jouer au foot- I like to play football

• J’aime jouer de la musique – I like to play music

• J’aime lire – I like to read

• J’aime faire des vidéos sur TikTok – I like to make tiktok videos

• J’aime faire du sport- I like to do sport.

Help Sheet

Activity 2

English

We would love you to create a Top Trump card

where YOU are the star.

This will help us to get to know you better.

These game cards always show characters’

strengths and areas for improvement.

You must first choose THREE qualities or skills

that you feel are your strengths and give

yourself a score out of 100.

Then choose ONE quality or skill that you

know you need to work on and give yourself a

score out of 100 for that too.

Your nameYour picture *this can be a photo or a drawing*

Three positive qualities*and mark out of 100*

One area for improvement *and mark out of 100*

On the next set of pages, you will find photographs of

members of our Faculty.

Beside each of our photographs, we have written FOUR

statements.

Three of them are TRUE.

ONE of them is a LIE.

Your job is to guess which one is the LIE...

Check the answer sheet afterwards to see if you were right.

Activity 3

1. I have read all the Harry Potter novels.2. I have two guinea pigs.3. I don't particularly like ice cream.4. I sat my driving test eleven times.

1. I can speak a little Gaelic.2. I went to school with a TV weather presenter.3. I used to be the astrologer for the Dundee Courier.4. I was the school swimming champion.

1. My birthday is on Christmas Eve.2. I am a twin.3. I have lived in Switzerland, Germany and California.4. I have two rabbits.

1. I have a Guinness world record2. My dog is named after a Harry Potter character3. I used to go to Primary school in Germany4. My favourite food is pizza.

1. I enjoy rooting about in Antique shops - the messier the better. I keep hoping for the dream find of a long lost heirloom.2. I grew up in California. I lived in LA, I went to American schools and enjoyed everything about them.3. I love nature, especially small cuddly looking animals. I have a family of squirrels that live in the wood near my home which I feed.4. During lockdown I have been learning to do new tasks. One that I have enjoyed is learning to paint using water colours. I think some of them have turned out to be pretty.

1. I broke my arm jumping out of a tree trying to be Mary Poppins.2. I once won the Regional (West of Scotland) Scrabble Championship.3. I have walked on the Great Wall of China.4. I have hitchhiked my way to Morocco.

1. I was once knocked off my bike by a Porsche.2. Although I don’t believe in ghosts, I am convinced I once saw a spectral child in a tree. I think it was an oak tree.3. I have a picture of the Scottish poet Norman MacCaig tattooed on my left shin.4. I once visited the Beano Office to star in a Children’s BBC programme.

1. In 2019/2020 I became two times Scottish silver-medallist in boxing and I have taken part in a national training program with boxing Scotland in the same year.

2. I am French, one of my favourite meals is frog legs, with noodles and a nice salad on the side (it actually tastes like rabbit/chicken, you would be surprised, it’s delicious!) My least favourite, despite being French is snails... Yuk, I don’t advise them.

3. I am part of a military firemen band in France, I play bugle, base drum, cymbals in it, depending on what they need me to do. During my free time I also enjoy playing keyboard and singing, but I am really shy when it comes to singing.

4. I enjoy drawing, singing, and doing sports in my free-time. I have taken part in a singing contest in my hometown last summer and went up to the finals.

1. I do travel a lot and I have visited more than 45 countries already. My favourite one is Costa Rica. 2. My mum is French and my dad is Spanish, I can speak these two languages and more. I visit my French and Spanish families twice a year.3. I love sports. I do swimming, yoga, Zumba, tennis, badminton, etc... One of my favourite hobbies is cycling. I can cycle more than 50 kilometres every day.4. Every week, I try to read two books and watch at least one new movie my friends have recommended.

1. I wanted to pursue a career as a cowgirl well into my teens.2. I have read two 'Harry Potter' novels but watched ALL the films many times.3. I love reality T.V. shows like 'I'm a Celebrity...' and 'SAS Who Dares Wins...'4. I deliver fresh eggs to other staff members

1. I jumped off a moving train in France.2.My first job was gift wrapping Christmas presents at a department store.3.I once babysat Tom Holland (current Spider-Man)4.I have been playing the drums since I was ten years old.

1. I love dogs and have a wonderful yellow Labrador called Poppy. Poppy is very special because she is totally blind but she certainly doesn’t let that stop her from chasing her ball!

2. I hate bananas! I split my tongue open when I was 7 and was fed so many mashed bananas that can’t go anywhere near them now.

3 I love to sing and when I was a student one of the jobs I had was hosting a karaoke night.

4. I had to have emergency spinal surgery three years ago following a parachute jump where my chute failed to open. Although I have made a really good recovery I have been left with lots of nerve and muscle damage down the left side of my body and walk with a stick and have a splint on my leg.

INSTRUCTIONS: Now you must do the same. Please send us FOUR statements about yourself.

THREE of them must be TRUE. ONE of them must be a LIE.

Tip: Take time to think carefully about some really interesting and unusual true statements. That

way we will find it harder to spot the lie!

Send your responses to Activity 1, 2 and 3 to:

grp-falanguagesfaculty@glowschools.org.uk***PLEASE PUT “P7 Transition” AS YOUR EMAIL SUBJECT***

You can complete the work on a Word document and attach that to your email or you can do it on

paper and attach a photograph of that to your email.

We will reply to your email with some feedback.