FSM : Des Ricochets

Hello

This week I'm posting a song that has been stuck in my head for a while! Des Ricochets... it means "skimming stones". The Collectif Paris-Africa is a group of singers, musicians, actors, comedians and so on, who gathered and did that song in order to try to raise money for the some countries in Africa!







J'aurais pu être un môme,
Un bout d'chou qui sourit
Et se fout d'être mouillé
Comme de la dernière pluie

Mais ici y'a pas d'eau,
Qu'un silence ordinaire
Qui ne cesse de peser
Sur nous comme un enfer

Moi, ce que je voulais c'est jouer
Mais pas avec ma vie
Et je vous regarde verser
Des larmes qu'on a plus ici,

Moi, ce que je voudrais c'est danser
Pour faire tomber la pluie
Et je vous regarde creuser
La terre mais pas des puits

Je veux pas l'aumône
Je veux pas déranger
Mais juste un peu d'eau
Pour faire des ricochets, pour faire des ricochets, pour
faire des ricochets

J'aurais pu être un môme
Comme un autre qui grandit
Sans avoir à scruter
Un ciel qui vous oublie

J'demande pas un ruisseau
Encore moins une rivière
Je veux seulement jeter
Des bouteilles à la mer

Moi, ce que je voulais c'est jouer
Mais pas avec ma vie
Et je vous regarde creuser
La terre mais pas des puits

Je veux pas l'aumône
Je veux pas déranger
Mais juste un peu d'eau
Pour faire des ricochets, pour faire des ricochets, pour faire des ricochets

Je veux pas l'aumône
Je veux pas déranger
Mais juste un peu d'eau
Pour faire des ricochets

Je veux pas l'aumône
Je veux pas déranger
Mais juste un peu d'eau
Pour faire des ricochets, pour faire des ricochets, pour faire des ricochets
Je veux pas l'aumône, je veux pas déranger
Mais juste un peu d'eau
Pour faire des ricochets, pour faire des ricochets, pour faire des ricochets





So, what did you understand from the lyrics?
Keep on the good work! Have a good Easter holidays



Mathilde

FSM : Superbus - Butterfly

Bonjour à tous!

Aujourd'hui, I decided to post a song that I used to listen to when I was in year 10! I would suggest to listen to their other songs that are quite addicting (I want to listen to the entire album again now..)
As you can hear the chorus is not the most difficult to sing, but still, check the lyrics for the French bits! Please let me know what you think!







Have a great week!
Mathilde

FSM: Christine and The Queens

Hello,

here is your French song of the week! Christine and the Queens, that was heard a lot on the radio last summer.







Enjoy!



Mathilde

FSM: "Je Veux Le Monde"

Hon hon hon everyone



France often creates musicals, such as Le Roi Soleil (story about Louis XIV's reign, of course), Mozart l'Opera Rock, or 1789 (about the French Revolution, obviously), and some songs get really popular in France.

Here is one from the latest musical, 1789 Les Amants de la Bastille.







It's quite catchy, isn't it? Here is another song from the same musical. You can of course check the other musicals!



/!\ IF YOU WANT TO HAVE FUN CLICK HERE /!\
And you can chose other songs too :) #FrenchRules

See you next week!

Mathilde

Student of the Month - February 2015

Here are this month's specially selected hard-working and excellent star students! 

Well done to all of you!

A Daniel	Sophie Tarr-9H	Perseverance and sustained effort
A Metcalfe	Ellen McCarthy-9Q	Outstanding progress and commitment
A Chandra	Jayson Munro-9R	Excellent focus and effort in French
B Merle	Marcus Dainton-11M	Constantly working hard with enthusiasm and interest
E Christian	Nathan Kingham-8G	Excellent focus and participation in lessons
H Ryan	Michael Brindley-9G	Consistently demonstrating the skills required to be an outstanding linguist
H Quintana	Tom Cooper -9P	Outstanding speaking presentation
K Intxaurbe Ortiz	Zaria Zaman-8Y	Excellent progress and positive attitude to learning
L Allen	Grace Bonner-7R	Continued hard work and effort in German
L Sparkes	Jack Bowes-11G	Vastly improved grade on a past IGCSE paper
P Rollason	Amelia Bell-8M	Excellent independent work in Japanese outside of lessons
R Savochkin	Andrew King-Carly - 8Q	Hard work and excellent progress
S Chapman	Tom Lara-10G	Hard work and enthusiasm in Chinese

         

FSM: RENAN LUCE - La lettre

Hello!

Today's song is a song that was a huge hit a few years ago! The lyrics are super cute. But of course you'll need to read them and try to understand them. Hah! Wordreference is always here to help you as always!







Hope you enjoy it!



Mathilde

Kölner Karneval - Carnival in Cologne

On the 16th of February millions of people will be celebrating Rosenmontag in Germany again. Young and old get dressed up in silly costumes and line the streets of many cities to take part and watch huge processions with music, dancers, brass bands, and giant floats from which the carnival princes and princesses throw tons of sweets.
Schools are closed on Monday and Faschings-Dienstag (Fat Tuesday), as in the evenings there are parties everywhere (at least in the more Southern Catholic parts of Germany).
Have a look at these impressions of the carnival in Cologne:



Search for Karneval on the right hand side for more info on this crazy time!

Watch a German news report on Carnival:



Here is a recent procession from Mainz, the second biggest procession. Listen to the people shout Kamelle (the carnival word for sweets) to have them thrown in their direction!

German song: Christina Stürmer - Millionen Lichter