La fête nationale française

‘La fête nationale française’ was celebrated in the morning assembly of Orchids on 15.7.13. The students studying French as the second and the third language, of all the classes, participated with a lot of enthusiasm. The programme began with a PowerPoint presentation by the tenth class students. Amina Maqavi and Ramya Donthireddy explained the depiction of the first storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, all that France is famous for and how the National Day is celebrated in France.

Shubhasree B. and Agradoot Maity of the ninth class compered the programme as a continuation.   Jacques Prévert, a renowned poet who is very popular in the schools of France, was introduced to the audience briefly, with his pictures shown on the screen. His poem ‘Le Cancre’ and its translation were read by Maurya Sappa and Shubhasree B. of the ninth. ‘Le Cancre’ was sung by the students of the two senior classes, IX and X and they were accompanied by Shubhasree on the guitar and Mr.Samuel on the keyboard.  The brief discussion on ‘les magies’ by Ramya, Amina and Kaushiki Ch. made the audience curious.

Yahya Maqavi, Md. Affan Khan and Dhruv M. of class VIII introduced Jean de la Fontaine to the audience. The dance by the students of the eighth was spirited and the ‘Fashion parade’ of the students of the second, third and sixth classes entertained the audience.  The special assembly on the occasion of ‘The French National Day’ remains one of the memorable events organized in Orchids.