Bonsoir et bienvenue à Kits!

1. Bonsoir et bienvenue à Kits! L’ immersion française à Kitsilano – Grade 7 parent night – January 24th 2013

2. Our featured speakers • Merci!

3. Why continue? • To become bilingual • To remain in a family-like setting within a larger community • To reap the benefits of future exchanges, bursaries, studies, employment, and travel • To continue to be in a unique group of motivated and focused students • To have a sense of accomplishment & pride from completing a goal

4. Mme Boutot Mme Dumais Mme Eberle Mme Fogale Mme Fritz Mr Matisz Mr Morel Mme Port Mme Tessier Mme Yang Mme Desjarlais Mme Perrett Introducing: the French Immersion teaam

5. 2012-2013 456 students in French Immersion 11 teachers in the Program Late and Early Immersion students combined from several feeder schools Community Resource Teacher Our Program

6. Art/Drama: Grade 8 Expo-science/Challenge: Grade 8 Mme Desjarlais: transition to grade 8 Sciences environnementales: Grade 9 Concours d’art oratoire (CPF): 8-12 French mark: self-evaluation: 8-12 DELF: Grade 12 DELF: Diplôme d'Études en Langue Française Our Program

7. OSEF 3 month exchange with France 2 month exchange with Québec 2 week trip to France and or Switzerland Sea-to-Sky : gr. 9 ecology camp Beyond the walls of Kitsour program offers

8. Coup de Coeur Francophone Théâtre la Seizième Francophone Events

9. Our Programme Overview

10. Français ▪ Incorporating listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills in 4 units: cuisine, childhood memories, coping with stress, & advertising ▪ Medieval literature: fencing ▪ Cuisine Unit: Eating out / potluck food party ▪ International francophone cartoon study ▪ Concours d’art oratoire: national speaking contest on a topic of interest ▪ DELF activities to prepare for A2 and B1 levels

11. Scienceshumaines Excursions: Chinatown: Tai Chi, calligraphy, Kung Fu Little India: Indian buffet, spice tasting Units covered: Asia (China, India, Japan) Medieval Europe

12. Sciences Excursions: Aquarium, Playland, UBC science lab Units: Pressure & Forces Biology: cells, body systems, the eye, optics & light properties, fresh water & salt water

13. French Immersion Skills & Peer Tutoring Taking skills is intended to help students complete their class assignments by assisting them with study skills, learning strategies, and overcoming difficulty with concepts and language difficulties. Please complete the referral form with application to assist us with planning.

14. Art dramatique 8e • Objectives: • Improvisation • Character development • Working with written text • Writing original scripts • Developing confidence and Oral French fluency • Projects & activities: • Presenting a one act scene • Adapting a film scene to the stage • Workshops from the French Cultural Centre

15. Art • Excursions: • Vancouver Art Gallery, Public Art Walks, Commercial Galleries • Content: • A fun, hands-on class devoted to creative and critical thinking • Drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, ceramics • Projects with Artists in Residence • Assessment values process as well as product • Exploring identity, play, consumption, and our environment

16. Environmental Studies Ecology and Ecosystems Climate Change Renewable Energy Media Awareness Agriculture and Food Supply: our garden Urban Development: inventing Eco homes Natural Resources Management: shoreline cleanup Sustainability: Pacific Park Recycling: creating furniture out of recycled “garbage” Outdoor camp

17. The France Trip

18. FRIM 10 Students!! First hand experience

19. 472 reasons why I am at Kits!

20. Questions? mperrett@vsb.bc.ca 604-713-8961 (local 241) Marlene Perrett ~~~~~~~~~~ Un très grand merci