In French this term, Year 7s have been busy mastering the art of talking about the weather – an essential skill if you live in England, where discussing the rain is practically a national pastime! Students can now describe what they enjoy doing in all sorts of weather and they are also starting to extend sentences with a variety of frequency adverbs and by using a wider range of justifications for their opinions. Simply saying “J’adore jouer au foot car c’est amusant” is so last year!

Below is the French equivalent of “It’s raining cats and dogs!” The expression in French literally translates as “it’s raining ropes!”

Here are four fantastic examples of their recent language skills in action from Robbie V, Eddie B, Nathan F and Olivier B, along with a song by Alain Le Lait that perfectly matches our glorious British climate. Well done, Year 7! Keep up the great work – and “N’oublie pas ton parapluie! ☔