We offer French workshops, French film screenings, and presentations on careers with French - suitable for Primary and Secondary-level French classes.
They will experience:
- an immersive French-language environment,
- a workshop or presentation delivered by a qualified French teacher, and
- an opportunity to use French outside the classroom without the need to travel abroad!
All our French activities for schools are designed to boost students' confidence, enthusiasm and exam grades.
Read on for full details of the options and to book your visit.
Following a short presentation of the Alliance Française, your students will take part in a thematic workshop created and led by an AF teacher. A fun and immersive way for your students to improve their knowledge of language and culture! Suitable for students from Year 5 upwards.
Have a look at the options for themes for your year group below!
Price: £158
Maximum capacity: 15 students
Duration: approx. 2 hours
We can also come out to deliver a French Workshop at your school! (price £158 + travel expenses)
Year |
Theme |
Objectives |
Language topics |
| Y5-6 | Eat well, be active |
- Describe what we eat for breakfast - Identify healthy and unhealthy foods - Identify physical activities that are good for your health |
- Food and drink - Physical activities |
| Y5-6 | A weekend in Paris |
- Describe the weather in France - Choose clothes according to the weather and describe an outfit - Plan activities for a weekend in Paris |
- Weather - Clothes and colours - Touristic activities in Paris |
| Y5-6 | All about me |
- Give essential information about yourself - Describe your family - Describe your hobbies |
- Name and age - Numbers and colours - Family and pets - Hobbies |
| Y5-6 | At the café |
- Describe your eating habits - Express your likes, dislikes and preferences - Identify prices and pay |
- Meals of the day - Food and drink - Orders and polite forms |
| Y7 | Likes and dislikes |
- Express tastes in food, sport and cultural activities - Describe preferences |
- Likes and dislikes - Sports and hobbies - Food and drink |
| Y8-9 | Hobbies |
- Talk about leisure activities - Suggest, refuse or accept an outing |
- Hobbies and weekend activities - Invitations |
| Y10-11 | Environment |
- Discuss our feelings about ecological issues - Reflect on the obstacles to ecological commitment - Discover an ecological initiative in French schools |
- Nature - Emotions - Ecological initiatives |
| Y10-11 | Holidays |
- Consolidate holiday vocabulary - Discuss holidays at the beach - Say what you bring on holiday |
- Holiday destinations and activities - Expression of a rule (on peut, on ne doit pas...) |
| Y12-13 | Volunteering and marginalisation |
- Define volunteering and the reasons for getting involved - Discover some French charities - Consolidate the vocabulary of social action - Imagine an association and a volunteering offer |
- Solidarity and volunteering - Health and social issues |
| Y12-13 | Cyber-society |
- Assess our use of the Internet and our dependence on mobile phones - Discuss the impact of the Internet and social networks on our lives - Exchange views on the uberisation of the economy |
- Internet and new technologies - Habits and frequency (parfois, souvent...) - Giving and justifying an option |
Following a short presentation of the Alliance Française, your students will watch a film in French (with English subtitles).
Price: £179
Maximum capacity: 20 students
Duration: approx. 2 hours
Films available: Teachers can choose a suitable film from this
list of films,
our large library (catalogue available here) or
from the IF Cinéma online catalogue (when you
search, remember to filter your selection to check for subtitle availability, and on the IF Cinéma catalogue, availability at your
visit date).
A further selection of recent films specially tailored to the age and level of your students can be provided on demand for an additional fee of £45.
Following a short presentation of the Alliance Française, your students will watch a film in French (with English subtitles). After the film, they will attend a workshop led by an AF teacher where they will discuss the theme and the film and work on related vocabulary and expressions.
Price: £200
Maximum capacity: 15 students
Duration: approx. 3 hours
Films available: Teachers can choose a suitable film from this list of films, our large library (catalogue available here) or from the IF Cinéma online catalogue (when you search, remember to filter your selection to check for subtitle availability, and on the IF Cinéma catalogue, availability at your visit date).
A further selection of recent films specially tailored to the age and level of your students can be provided on demand for an additional fee of £45.
With a view to inspiring your pupils to take up French learning or to take their learning further, one of our Alliance Française expert teachers will visit your school and give a 40-minute interactive presentation in English to your pupils about the relevance of learning French (employability, working and living abroad, travel, etc.), which will be followed by a 10-minute Q&A.
Price: £163 (+ teacher travel expenses)
Maximum capacity: 150 students
Duration: approx. 50 minutes
