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"MFL Pimary: Nine French Lesson Starters"
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EXT. PRIMARY SCHOOL PLAYGROUND - DAY
QCA Unit 2 - Jeux et Chansons [Playground Games] - Year 3
A LARGE GROUP OF CHILDREN play in the playground.
A SMALLER GROUP OF CHILDREN stand in formation and sing
‘Frère Jacques’. At the front an ENTHUSIASTIC CHILD
conducts them.
At the back of the formation four children, THEA, NIELS,
CAMILLE B, CORENTIN W, look bored.
THEA puts her hand in her pocket and takes out a large
piece of chalk. She signals to her three friends to move to
the other side of the playground.
The four children slink away from the singing group.
The other children nod excitedly and NIELS points at the
ground.
CAMILLE B grabs the chalk from THEA, goes into a squatting
position and begins to draw out the game map. THEA looks
sulky and folds her arms over her chest.
As CAMILLE B draws the numbers on the ground NIELS and
CORENTIN W chant the numbers out loud.
Un!
One!
Deux!
Two!
Trois!
Three!
Quatre!
Four!
Cinq!
Five!
NIELS
CORENTIN W
NIELS
CORENTIN W
NIELS
When CAMILLE reaches the number five she draws a five
backwards.
NIELS shouts out.
NIELS (CONT’D)
Non, cinq….comme ça!
No, it's five - like that!
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2.
THEA grabs the chalk off CAMILLE B and draws the number
five correctly.
As she draws she shouts out the final numbers.
THEA
Cinq, six, sept, huit! Comme ça!
Five, six, seven, eight! Like
that!
The children start to play the game. THEA goes first and
skillfully navigates up and down the numbers. When she gets
back she turns to CAMILLE B.
à toi.
Your turn.
à moi.
My turn.
THEA (CONT’D)
CAMILLE B
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Niels steps away from the group.
Niels turns to camera with the remaining children playing
hopscotch in the background.
NIELS
Pouvez-vous écrire de un à dix en
français?
Can you write one to ten in
French?
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EXT. PRIMARY SCHOOL PLAYGROUND - DAY
Four children, THEO, CAMILLE H, ENZO, SACHA are standing in
the playground chanting a 'choosing rhyme'. They take it in
turn as they stand in a circle pointing at each child.
(This is intercut with rising numbers geese footage.)
THEO
Une oie, deux oies, trois oies,
quatre oies, cinq oies, six
oies...
One goose, two geese, three
geese, four geese, five geese,
six geese...
Slight pause as his finger hovers over Sacha.
THEO (CONT’D)
... c'est toi!
... you’re it!
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3.
CAMILLE H
Jouons à ‘un deux trois soleil’!
Let’s play ‘one, two, three sun’!
All the children laugh and spread into a new formation.
Enzo goes to one side of the playground.
Sacha turns away from the children, puts her hands over her
eyes and starts to count.
SACHA
Un, deux, trois...
She turns round and all the others freeze.
SACHA (CONT’D)
... soleil!
SACHA eyes them all sharply looking for any sign of
movement. They remain completely still.
SACHA turns around again.
SACHA (CONT’D)
Un, deux, trois... soleil!
She spins round quickly.
THEO is running too fast and cannot stop.
Theo!
SACHA (CONT’D)
THEO lets out a big huff of disappointment and sits down,
out of the game.
SACHA turns around and counts again.
SACHA (CONT’D)
Un, deux, trois... soleil!
She waits slightly before turning around. CAMILLE H is
balancing on one leg. She loses her balance and falls over.
Camille!
SACHA (CONT’D)
CAMILLE H sits down laughing.
ENZO, who is quite close now, stifles a giggle. SACHA eyes
ENZO suspiciously.
SACHA turns around again.
SACHA (CONT’D)
Un, deux, trois...
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ENZO runs up and taps SACHA on the shoulder before she can
say ‘soleil’.
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Camille H is sitting in down where left the game. She turns
to camera.
CAMILLE H
Pouvez-vous chanter une chanson
française?
Can you sing a French song?
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EXT. GREEN FIELD, NEXT TO PLAYGROUND - DAY
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A group of children stand in a field. COACH (40), wearing
awkward sporting gear, is blowing a whistle that hangs
round his neck. Coach is doing star jumps and clapping his
hands in the air.
The children look bored. They ignore Coach’s efforts to get
their attention and huddle together in a circle arms over
shoulders.
MARINE
Tu préfères la corde à sauter ou
le foot?
Do you want to do skipping or
play football?
CORENTIN
Moi, je préfère le foot.
I'd like to play football
MARGOT
Ah, non - je déteste le foot!
On no - I hate football!
IVANA
Ah oui, moi aussi.
Yes, me too.
MARGOT and JUSTINE separate from the huddle. They pick up
the skipping ropes.
MARGOT
On joue à la corde à sauter…
We'll do skipping…
MARGOT and IVANA start skipping and counting out loud.
IVANA/MARGOT
Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq,
six, sept, huit. Neuf, dix
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Coach has successfully organised the remaining children.
They each have numbers on their shirts. Two captains are
selected by Coach.
Yoann is given a GREEN ARM BAND and Kevin BLUE ARM BAND.
Each captain selects their team members in random order.
YOANN
Le cinq, le dix, le six, le
trois...
Five, ten, six, three...
KEVIN
Le sept, le huit, le six, le huit
And seven, eight, six, eight...
On y va!
Come on!
YOANN
Kevin’s team score a goal. It’s a goal kick. The COACH
places the ball on the goal line for YOANN to kick off.
Kevin runs to the ball and dribbles it away.
The COACH blows his whistle repeatedly but KEVIN ignores
him and shoots it illegally into the net.
Yoann’s team protest and crowd around the COACH.
COACH runs to the other side of the pitch and places the
ball on the penalty line. He signals and blows his whistle.
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MARGOT and JUSTINE hear the commotion, drop their skipping
ropes and run to the edge of the football pitch.
Justine jumps up and down.
IVANA
Allez les bleus!
Come on you blues!
Margot glares at Ivana and shouts.
MARGOT
Allez les verts!
Come on you greens!
Yoann and the GOAL KEEPER stare each other out.
The whistle blows.
Yoann takes a run up and kicks the ball hard.
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The GOAL KEEPER dives the other way and the ball flies into
the back of the net.
Coach indicates to his watch and blows the final whistle.
Yoann’s team cheer, pick him up and run off the pitch.
Margot goes running after them.
Ivana crosses her arms.
IVANA
Je n'aime pas le football!
I don’t like football!
Ivana turns to camera.
IVANA (CONT’D)
Qu'est-ce que tu préfères... le
foot ou la corde à sauter?
What do you like best... football
or skipping?
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INT. NICOLAS BEDROOM - DAY
QCA UNIT 7 - On ya va (Let’s Go) - Year 4
4
NICOLAS is looking at his swimming trunks before going to
the computer. Reading out loud as he types.
NICOLAS
Jeudi, je vais à la piscine. Tu
viens avec moi?
On Thursday I'm going to the
swimming pool. Are you coming
with me?
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INT. INES BEDROOM - DAY
5
INES is reading a book on the bed.
SOUND FX:
EMAIL ALERT
INES jumps out of bed and reads the email on the computer.
INES
Jeudi, je vais à la piscine avec
Nicolas.
On Thursday I'm going swimming
with Nicolas.
INES leaves the room.
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INT. INES LIVING ROOM - DAY
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INES hurries into the room where her MOTHER is reading the
newspaper.
INES
Quel temps fait-il, jeudi?
What's the weather like on
Thursday?
Mother leafs through the newspaper.
MOTHER
... eeuh... jeudi... il fait beau
mais froid! Pourquoi?
Ummm….Thursday - it's nice but
cold! Why?
INES
Je vais à la piscine avec
Nicolas.
I'm going swimming with Nicolas.
MOTHER
Comment vas-tu à la piscine?
How are you getting to the pool?
INES shrugs.
MOTHER (CONT’D)
à pied ou à vélo?
walking or on your bike?
INES
A vélo.
On my bike.
Ines walks to the window.
Ines turns to camera.
INES (CONT’D)
Préfèrez-vous voyager à vélo, à
pied ou en autobus?
Do you prefer to travel by bike,
on foot or by bus?
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EXT. INES HOUSE - DAY
INES leaves the house pushing her bike. She is wearing a
scarf, hat and gloves.
She wipes her brow and sighs.
INES
Il fait froid?... il pleut?...
Non, il fait beau!
(MORE)
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INES (CONT'D)
Cold day?... Raining?... No it’s
nice!
Ines sets off on her bicycle.
EXT. NICOLAS HOUSE - DAY
NICOLAS leaves his house.
Nicolas looks up at the clear sky.
NICOLAS
Oh il fait beau, je vais à la
piscine à pied.
It’s a nice day, I’m going to
walk to the pool.
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EXT. ALLEY WAY - DAY
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Ines cycles down the alley way.
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EXT. HAIRDRESSER - DAY
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Nicolas walks past a hairdresser on the corner of a street.
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EXT. SIDE OF THE ROAD - DAY
10
Ines is seen cycling on the right hand sice of the road and
she reaches a road sign showing, among others, Piscine,
Complexe Sportif and Toutes directions.
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EXT. TABAC - DAY
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NICOLAS passes the bureau Tabac.
EXT. PATH - DAY
Ines get off her bike and takes off her hat.
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EXT. GRASS FIELD - DAY
Nicolas is seen running across a field.
He passes the roadsigns.
EXT. OUTSIDE SWIMMING POOL - DAY
Ines is sitting on the steps outside the pool.
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9.
INES
Oh, il fait froid.
Oh, it’s cold.
Ines turns towards camera.
INES (CONT’D)
Quel temps fait-il aujourd'hui?
Il fait froid ou il fait chaud?
What's the weather like today? Is
it cold or warm?
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EXT. SWIMMING POOL - DAY
INES is sitting on steps outside the pool. She pick up her
hat and scarf and walks to the top of the steps.
Nicolas walks around the corner.
Salut!
Hi!
NICOLAS
INES looks up and waves.
Salut!
Hi!
INES
Nicolas run up the steps and they kiss eachother on the
cheeks.
NICOLAS
Ah, tu viens à vélo!
Oh, you've come on your bike!
INES
Oui. Et toi?
Yes. And you?
NICOLAS
Moi, à pied.
Me, on foot.
INES
Allez, on y va... il fait froid.
Let’s go then, it’s cold.
The two children walk up to the door of the pool.
They both stop in their tracks and stare at the sign. They
read out loud in unison.
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10.
NICOLAS
lundi, mardi, mercredi,
vendredi, neuf heures à dixhuit heures.
jeudi, fermé!
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
nine o’clock to six o’clock.
Thursday, closed!
Fermé?!
Closed?!
INES
lundi, mardi, mercredi,
vendredi, neuf heures à dixhuit heures.
jeudi, fermé!
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
nine o’clock to six o’clock.
Thursday, closed!
NICOLAS
Nicolas turns away from the door and sits down on the steps
with his head resting on his palms. He looks at camera.
NICOLAS (CONT’D)
A quelle heure ouvre la piscine
le lundi?
What time does the pool open on
Mondays?
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INT. TOM’S BORROWED BEDROOM - DAY
QCA Unit 8 - L’argent de poche (pocket money) - year 4
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Two children, NOE and CORENTIN W, are looking around a room
with lots of toys. Corentim W motions to various toys that
Noe picks up and examines.
Noe’s mouth keeps dropping open in awe of Corentin W’s
things.
Noe is engrossed in a particular toy when Corentin W taps
him on the shoulder.
Noe turns around and Corentin W signals him to come to the
corner where there is a big BOX/CHEST with a LID.
The children kneel down in the corner of the room. Pablo,
very carefully, lifts up the lid. A light from inside the
box shines onto their faces.
CORENTIN W
(whispers)
Regarde ma console. C'est hypercool, n'est-ce pas?
Look at my console. It's great,
isn't it?
Noe reaches inside the box but CORENTIN pulls his hand away
and closes the box.
NOE
C'est magnifique! Je n'ai pas de
console. Je voudrais une console.
It's great. I haven't got a
console. I'd like a console.
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Noe lifts the lid again and stares into the box.
NOE (CONT’D)
C'est combien?
How much is it?
CORENTIN W
C’est à trente-cinq Euros, au
supermarché.
It’s thirty-five Euro, at the
supermarket.
Noe slams the lid down and looks shocked.
Oh là là!
Oh no!
NOE
Corentin W turns to camera. Behind him Noe lifts the lid
and peers inside the box.
NOE (CONT’D)
Pouvez-vous compter jusqu’à
trente-cinq en français?
Can you count to thirty-five in
French?
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INT. NOE’S LIVING ROOM - DAY
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NOE is counting out notes and coins in front of his father.
NOE
Quinze, seize, dix-sept, dixhuit, dix-neuf... vingt, vingt-etun, vingt-deux!
Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen,
eighteen, nineteen... twenty,
twenty-one, twenty-two!
NOE looks triumphantly at his father. He smiles sweetly.
NOE (CONT’D)
Papa, la console est à trentecinq Euros. Je n’ai que vingtdeux Euros.
Je vais au supermarché. Je
pourrais avoir treize, Euros,
s'il vous plaît!
Dad, the games console is 35
Euro. I've got 22 Euro. I am
going to the supermarket - I'd
like 13 Euro, please!
DAD
Non, c'est trop cher...
No, it’s too expensive...
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PABLO huffs and folds his arms over his chest.
DAD (CONT’D)
Moi, je voudrais une Porsche mais
c'est trop chère!
I’d like a Porsche, but it’s too
expensive!
Dad looks thoughtful.
DAD (CONT’D)
Ah, ma voiture.
Oh, my car.
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EXT. NOE’S HOUSE, DRIVEWAY - DAY
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NOE blows on the bonnet of a shiny car creating a small
patch of steam.
He buffs it with a cloth and looks up at his father. He
holds out his hand.
His father smiles and reaches in his pocket.
DAD
Ah, l'argent de poche... cinq
Euros... et dix Euros pour la
voiture. C'est comme une Porsche!
Now, here's your pocket money...
five Euro... and 10 Euro for the
car. It's like a Audi!
NOE
Merci papa.
Thanks Dad.
Noe turns to camera.
NOE (CONT’D)
Combien d'argent de poche vous
donne-t-on?
How much pocket money do you get?
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INT. SUPERMARKET - DAY
CORENTIN W pushes Noe in a trolley through the big aisles
of the supermarket. They look around in awe.
They arrive at the toy aisle.
CORENTIN
Tiens! Voilà les consoles.
Hey! Here are the consoles.
NOE jumps out of the trolley.
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NOE
Et voilà mon argent! Je vais
compter...
And here’s my money! I’m going to
count...
NOE empties the money from a WALLET onto the floor.
NOE (CONT’D)
Vingt, vingt-cinq, trente, trentecinq, trente-sept.
Twenty, twenty-one, thirty,
thirty-five, thirty-seven.
The children look at each other.
CORENTIN W
Trente-sept Euros? C'est trop!
La console est à trente-cinq
Euros.
Thirty-seven Euro? That’s too
much! The console is thirty-five
Euro.
NOE looks further up the display aisle. A label reads ‘2
Euro’. The item, in a small box, is hidden from view.
NOE smiles.
NOE
Oui, ça va.
Yes, that’s OK.
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INT. SUPERMARKET, CHECK-OUT - DAY
The children, NOE and CORENTIN W, wait in line to pay for
the console and the small box.
Bonjour!
Bonjour!
ATTENDANT
NOE/CORENTIN W
The supermarket ATTENDANT (BERENICE) scans their items.
ATTENDANT
Trente-sept Euros, s'il vous
plaît.
Thirty-seven Euro, please.
Merci.
Thanks.
NOE
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14.
EXT. OUTSIDE SHOPI- DAY
NOE
Salut!
Bye!
Salut!
Bye!
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CORENTIN W
INT. NOE’S LIVING ROOM - EVENING
Noe is proudly showing off his new console.
NOE
Papa, Regarde ma console!
Dad, Look at my console!
Ah, oui!
Oh, yes.
DAD
Noe has his hand behind his back. His father frowns.
NOE
Et pour toi.....une Porsche.
And a Porsche for you.
Noe beams at him as he hands over the small box.
Dad opens the box and takes out the small toy car.
Noe turns to camera.
NOE (CONT’D)
Tu as vingt-cinq Euros! Qu'est-ce
que tu vas acheter?
You have 25 Euros! What are you
going to buy?
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