Numbers

 Here is a small selection of French number videos from Youtube that will help you to practise the vocabulary for counting up to twenty.

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__**Now listen to what some of our pupils can do...**__

Kieran C (Y2) can count to 12 and answer some maths questions in French too! media type="file" key="kieran maths to 12.wav" width="300" height="50"

Dominic G (Y2) wanted to prove he could do it too! media type="file" key="dominic maths to 12.wav" width="300" height="50"

And Lucas S (Y2) didn't want to be outdone either... media type="file" key="lucas maths 12.wav" width="300" height="50"  Why not listen to Sara B (Y4) count to 39. media type="file" key="Sara nos39.wav" width="300" height="50"

And now here's Abigail S (Y4) who can count as far as 59! media type="file" key="Abigayle nos59.wav" width="300" height="50"

If you want to practise and perfect your own knowledge of French numbers, (and maybe even learn some new ones), then Vincent the frog is the perfect creature to help you do just that! Just choose from the selection of videos below, listen carefully to the pronunciation and repeat the exercise as many times as you need. media type="custom" key="4454381"

//__**LINKS TO SOME INTERACTIVE NUMBER GAMES** __//



Do you think you can label all of the French numbers from 1-9? Here's [|a game] that will test if you can do just that!

How well can you read number words to 12? Why not try this [|snap game]- be careful to click 'snap' only when the word and number match! Have fun!

 Here's another game using the number words from 1-12. This time it's a traditional game of [|'Pairs'] so it's a test of your memory skills as well as your French!

 If you're getting confident with numbers 1-12, then why not try this [|addition activity] which involves finding the total of two numbers. How quickly can you work out the answer?

Still using just the numbers from 1-12, test out your spelling with this game of [|Hangman.]

Now test whether you can label numbers between 10 and 20. Follow <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|this link] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">to find out if you can!

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 108%;"> How quickly can you recognise the words for 13-20? Try this on-line word and [|number matching game] to find out! <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 108%;"> Here's the [|addition game] again but this time it's getting more difficult! The answers range from 11-20 and you've got to be able to read the French words of course! <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 144%;"> <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 129.6%;">And here's the [|Hangman] game again but this time it will test your spelling of numbers from 22-40!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">If you like practising your spelling in particular, this selection of activities will help you to write the numbers from <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">[|1-21] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">and from <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">[|42-60].

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">This <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">[|reading exercise] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">will test whether you can rearrange a selection of numbers from 1-40 into the correct order.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Now for a <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|really exciting game] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">where you have to save the planet from an invasion of extra-terrestrials! First choose your level of difficulty (0-20), (20-40), (40-60), (60-80), (80-100) and then you are ready to play. Click on the image of the headphones to hear a number, then shoot at the corresponding spaceship to obliterate it! Good luck!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 108%;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Finally here's an <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|on-line activity] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">that's great for if you want to practise your pronunciation of any of the French numbers from zero right up to one hundred.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Many Fairfield pupils have created their own striking [|Wordle] posters using French number vocabulary. It's such a great way to practise writing skills that the children can't get enough of it! Just click on any of the thumbnails below to see a larger image of the design. Why not print out a poster to revise from?

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<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> And here is a slideshare of the pupils' written number work across different age groups. media type="custom" key="5223419"

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Of course, you need to know how to count in order to tell somebody how old you are! Here is another slideshare of the pupils' written work, this time showing examples on the topic of 'age'. media type="custom" key="5223449" <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Just think... being able to count as far as 31 is vital if you want to say what the date is or tell somebody your birthday! So why not take a look at the work pupils have completed on 'The Calendar' topic?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> Here's a wonderfully simple [|Storybird created by language teacher Sara Ghani]. Read the book and see if you can understand how old each of the characters are. Perhaps you can also work out each of their birthdays too.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Of course, it's also really important to be able to count accurately if you're handling money too. This [|selection of Euro activities] on the Northumberland Grid for Learning will help you to familiarise yourself with the coins that are used in France as well as many other parts of Europe.