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‘Bonjour’ and ‘Guten Tag’ Year 6 from the Modern Foreign Languages department at De Aston School! We are so excited to meet you in September! When you come to De Aston, not only will you learn French and possibly also German, you will also learn about the cultures of some of the many different countries where these languages are spoken! To give you a taster of what you can expect from us, we have made you a virtual trip to Tahiti! One of the many beautiful countries where French is spoken. Click on the globe below to get started! Salut, je m’appelle Mademoiselle Johnson Bonjour, je m’appelle Madame Bibby Salut, je m’appelle Madame Oliver Coucou, je m’appelle Mademoiselle Inkster
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‘Bonjour’ and ‘Guten Tag’ Year 6 from the Modern Foreign Languages department at De Aston School! We are so excited to meet you in September! When you come to De Aston, not only will you learn French and possibly also German, you will also learn about the cultures of some of the many different countries where these languages are spoken! To give you a taster of what you
can expect from us, we have made you a virtual trip to Tahiti! One of the many beautiful countries where French is spoken. Click on the globe below to get started!
Salut, je m’appelle
Mademoiselle Johnson
Bonjour, je m’appelle
Madame Bibby
Salut, je m’appelle Madame Oliver
Coucou, je m’appelle
Mademoiselle Inkster
Tahiti is a the largest of the French Polynesian islands in the middle of the Pacific ocean. Click on the red pin to
see Tahiti through ‘Google earth’!
On Google Earth, explore by zooming in and out and click on the little person icon to
see ‘Street view’. It’s almost like you’re there!
When you’ve finished, click the plane to go to
the airport!
Shall we go to Tahiti?
Click on my suitcase to get
started!
Look out for some key words in French!
Time to go! Click on the red pin to see what landing
in Tahiti looks like!
Then click the steps to board the plane.
Land in Tahiti
plane = l’avion
Listen to the plane safety announcement in French
Watch the safety announcement and then click on the ticket to take you to
Tahiti!
What time will it be when we land? Click on the clock to
find out the time difference between England and Tahiti!
This journey will take at least 24 hours! Why not click on the magazine below and read about Tahiti before you get there?
Diving Animals in Tahiti
Once you’ve started
exploring, click the Tahiti icon above on any page to come back to this
home page and when you’re
done click the passport to
end!Tourist
information office
History of the island
Geography of the island
Bienvenue à Tahiti!Click on the red pins to start exploring!
The markets
Tahitian foods
Click the thermometer to find out about the
weather in Tahiti!
Traditional Tahiti
dancing
welcome = bienvenue
The islands were first discovered by Polynesians as early as 500BC (that’s a long, long time ago!). They were later discovered by
European explorers during the 16th century and then colonized by France. This
is why it is known officially as ‘French Polynesia’ and
French is the main language spoken there!
French = français
history = l’histoire
Here there are lots of interesting animals!Click the red pin to watch a drone tour of the islands.
How many of these animals can you spot?
Les dauphins
Les requins
Les poissons Les raies
Les tortues marins
Les oiseaux
Les baleines
animals = les animaux
No visit to Tahiti is complete without a diving trip to see all the beautiful
animals! Click on the red pin to watch a diving tour!
diving = la plongée
In Tahiti, the post popular dance is the ‘Ōte’a’. Traditionally, dancing on the island is used to attract a
partner, challenge an enemy, worship a god or for prayer. Click the red pin to watch a traditional dance!
dancing = la danse
When visiting Tahiti, you must sample their exotic and delicious foods! Sea food is very popular, but here they also grow pineapples, bananas, vanilla, ginger, yams and
much more! Click the red pin to find out more.
pineapple = l’ananas sea food = les fruits de mer
In beautiful Tahiti it’s summer all year round! During the ‘dry’ season (March-November), the temperature ranges from 21-27C. In the rainy season (December- February),
the temperatures range form 25-35C.
Other activities
Museums
Click on the Tahiti flag to learn about its origins. Don’t forget to also click on the sign posts to check out some
of the places to visit and activities to do here!
Click on the painting to find
out about a famous painter!
Paul Gauguin is a famous French painter who lived in Tahiti, the island which inspired many of his paintings like this one!
Click on my paint brush to see more of his paintings!
Click on his picture to find out more about him
Tourist
information
Now let’s discover the famous ‘Marché de Papeete’! (Papeete market).
Click on my money to see a video inside the market!
The currency here is called the CFP
franc. Click on the notes to find out
the exchange rate. If you had £100, how many CFP francs would
you get?
market = le marché
We hope you enjoyed your virtual trip! Tahiti is just one of the many different countries where
French is spoken. Have a look at the creative tasks on the next page and see which ones you’d like to do! We’d LOVE to see your work if you
can email us a picture! Email Miss Johnson at:
J’adoreTahiti, c’est
beau! Au revoir!Go to the
creative tasks
How many of these Tahiti-inspired creative tasks can you do?!
Watch the film Moana which is set in Tahiti (available on Disney+) and change the settings to read the
subtitles in French! Note down as many French words as you can that you
recognise or that look like the English.
Design a poster to advertise a trip to Tahiti.
Draw/Paint a picture of Tahiti, in the style of Paul Gauguin.
Click here to listen to a song from Moana in
French. Can you sing along?!
Create an information leaflet (in English) including all the key facts and information that you’ve learnt
about Tahiti.
Make up your own Tahiti traditional dance routine. Watch the video again for some inspiration- perform your
dance for your family!
