Junior boys pen letters to French soldiers

At Scotch, our boys become world citizens in Junior School. Last year in their French class, they were tasked with penning letters to French soldiers, utilizing language skills they had learnt and putting into practice in a written format.

"The boys worked with a collection of sentence starters that allowed them to describe themselves (I am, I have, I like) and then also worked with a questioning structure to ask the French soldiers about themselves as well." French Teacher Carolyn Vinton said. "Every boy created a two to three paragraph letter that incorporated those elements of language as well as past verbs we had used during the year, they also included drawings." 

The aim was to offer some friendship to French airmen based in Jordan for airstrikes in Syria. 70-odd letters which were delivered to the solders just before Christmas last year.

Representatives from the French Embassy visited the College on Tuesday afternoon to thank the students personally.  Mr Frederic Flipo, French Consul, and Captain Philippe Petitdidier, French Defense Attaché, attended a special service in Memorial Hall and spoke to our Year 5 and 6 boys to show his appreciation for the initiative that he felt honours a century-old relationship between our forms that date back to Australian military involvement in France during World War 1.

The diplomats were treated to performances by our Middle School Pipe Band and Junior School Vocal Ensemble.

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