French traditional tales

Mrs Shaw came to school to tell the Year 1 children about life as a French child. She told them about growing up in France, going to school in France and about the stories of La Fountaine.


The children asked her lots of interesting questions and were surprised to learn that lots of the stories French children read are the same as our own. They did not expect to hear that Snow White, Cinderella and Rapunzel are known in other countries!

Mrs Shaw explained how every French child learns to recite some of La Fountaine's tales and then stands and performs this to the rest of their class. Our Year 1 children were quite glad they did not have to do this.

Thank you Mrs Shaw for coming in and sharing some of your culture with us.