Bastille Day resources for primary schools

14th July 2024

Vive la France! Celebrate all things French with this selection of themed games and activities — ideal for Bastille Day at primary schools. You’ll find French language and vocabulary exercises, as well as a range of creative projects and resources that will encourage your pupils to explore the culture of France.

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Postcard from Paris

Imagine you have been on a trip to Paris. Design a postcard from Paris and write a message.

Key points:

  • In which country is Paris? What language do they speak there?
  • Have you been to Paris in real life? If you have you could write about that trip.
  • What can you do in Paris and where can you visit?

 

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Numbers 1-10 (French)

Learn and demonstrate knowledge of nouns in French. Drag the labels to the correct picture slots. Use the 'Mark' button to see if you're right.

Key points:

  • Can you count from 1 to 10 in French?
  • Use numbers with objects to say how many of something there are, e.g. 'j'ai deux chiens' (I have two dogs).

 

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Numbers 11-20 (French)

Drag the labels to the correct picture slots. Use the 'Mark' button to see if you're right.

Key points:

  • Can you count from 1 to 20 in French?
  • Use numbers with objects to see how many things there are.

 

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Multiples of 10 (French)

Drag the labels to the correct picture slots. Use the 'Mark' button to see if you're right.

Key points:

  • How high can you count in French?
  • Practise using numbers with nouns to say how many there are.

 

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Numbers (French)

Learn and demonstrate knowledge of nouns in French. Drag the labels to the correct slots. Use the 'Mark' button to see if you are right.

Key points:

  • Can you use your knowledge of numbers to build and say any number?
  • How high can you count in French?

 

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Food (French)

Label the food in French. Use the 'Mark' button to see if you are right.

Key points:

  • Try and use these words in a sentence: "Je mange une pomme" (I am eating an apple).
  • Ask your teacher how to order these food items in a café.

 

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Drinks (French)

Drag the labels to the correct slots. Use the 'Mark' button to see if you are right.

Key points:

  • Try to use these words in a sentence: "Je bois de la lemonade" (I am drinking some lemonade).
  • Ask your teacher how to order these drinks in a café.

 

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Drink recall (French)

This activity is for teachers to use at the front of the class to test recall of facts.

There are two basic ways to use this activity:
1) Proceed from flashcard to flashcard in rapid succession (turn 'Right or wrong animations' off).
2) Reveal the correct answer before moving on to the next flashcard (turn 'Right or wrong animations' on).
In addition to this, you can allow the children a second attempt at wrong answers (turn 'Allow retrying' on).

If you are using a tablet in front of a group of children, you may like to turn 'Fullscreen cards' on to make them as big as possible.

Whilst using flashcards use the tick button or the cross button depending on whether the children call it correctly, where available a flashcard can be reversed to show the answer by using the flip button. If you have selected 'Allow retrying' you will need to advance the flashcard yourself with the arrow button.

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Pets 1 (French)

Learn and demonstrate knowledge of nouns in French. Drag the labels to the correct slots. Use the 'Mark' button to see if you are right.

Key points:

  • Have you ever been to France before?
  • If so, did you try to speak any French there?
  • Do you know how to say "please" and "thank you" in French?
  • The French language is spoken in many countries across the world

 

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Pets 2 (French)

Learn and demonstrate knowledge of nouns in French. Drag the labels to the correct slots. Use the 'Mark' button to see if you are right.

Key points:

  • Have you ever been to France before?
  • If so, did you try to speak any French there?
  • Do you know how to say "please" and "thank you" in French?
  • The French language is spoken in many countries across the world

 

Animals (French) icon

Animals (French)

Learn and demonstrate knowledge of nouns in French. Drag the labels to the correct slots. Use the 'Mark' button to see if you are right.

Key points:

  • Have you ever been to France before?
  • If so, did you try to speak any French there?
  • Do you know how to say "please" and "thank you" in French?
  • The French language is spoken in many countries across the world.

 

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Classroom objects (French)

Learn and demonstrate knowledge of nouns in French. Drag the labels to the correct slots. Use the 'Mark' button to see if you are right.

Key points:

  • Have you ever been to France before?
  • If so, did you try to speak any French there?
  • Do you know how to say "please" and "thank you" in French?
  • The French language is spoken in many countries across the world

 

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Colours (French)

Learn and demonstrate knowledge of adjectives in French. Label the colours, then use the Mark button to see if you are right.

Key points:

  • In French, adjectives (describing words) come after the noun.
  • The ending of the adjective will often change depending on the gender of the noun.
  • A feminine adjective will often have an 'e' at the end where the masculine form does not.

 

Colours recall (French) icon

Colours recall (French)

This activity is for teachers to use at the front of the class to test recall of facts.

There are two basic ways to use this activity:
1) Proceed from flashcard to flashcard in rapid succession (turn 'Right or wrong animations' off).
2) Reveal the correct answer before moving on to the next flashcard (turn 'Right or wrong animations' on).
In addition to this, you can allow the children a second attempt at wrong answers (turn 'Allow retrying' on).

If you are using a tablet in front of a group of children, you may like to turn 'Fullscreen cards' on to make them as big as possible.

Whilst using flashcards use the tick button or the cross button depending on whether the children call it correctly, where available a flashcard can be reversed to show the answer by using the flip button. If you have selected 'Allow retrying' you will need to advance the flashcard yourself with the arrow button.

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Body parts (French)

Learn and demonstrate knowledge of nouns in French. Drag the labels to the correct slots. Use the 'Mark' button to see if you are right.

Key points:

  • Nouns in French have a gender - either masculine or feminine.
  • The word 'the' is 'le' if the word is masculine, or 'la' if it is feminine.
  • If the noun starts with a vowel, 'the' is 'l'', e.g. 'l'oreille'.

 

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Travel (French)

Learn and demonstrate knowledge of nouns in French. Drag the labels to the correct slots. Use the 'Mark' button to see if you are right.

Key points:

  • Have you ever been to France before?
  • If so, did you try to speak any French there?
  • Do you know how to say "please" and "thank you" in French?
  • The French language is spoken in many countries across the world

 

Months of the year (French) icon

Months of the year (French)

Learn and demonstrate knowledge of nouns in French. Drag the labels to the correct slots. Use the 'Mark' button to see if you are right.

Key points:

  • Have you ever been to France before?
  • If so, did you try to speak any French there?
  • Do you know how to say "please" and "thank you" in French?
  • The French language is spoken in many countries across the world

 

 

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