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School programme
The festival encourages all participants to be creative and explore the art of
drawing and illustration. Brilliantly bilingual throughout, the South Ken Kids
Festival is an occasion to celebrate children’s writing, illustration, translation:
books in all their glory!
This year we will be celebrating Mother Earth and Jean de la Fontaine’s 400th
birthday… and much more.
The South Ken Kids Festival is back for its 24th edition! This year, we welcome
some of the most talented children’s writers and illustrators from both sides
of the Channel and beyond: Momoko Abe, Clémentine Beauvais, Marc
Boutavant, Iris de Moüy, William Grill, Sharon King-Chai, Pauline Martin,
Chris Naylor-Ballesteros, Delphine Renon, Axel Scheffler and Jo Weaver.
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Introduction
Thursday 30th September: last day to return
your form to the IFRU.
"Events at the Institut booking form” has to be
returned to Agathe Morisse at schools@institut-
francais.org.uk.
"Online workshops booking form” has to be
returned to Nathalie Jackson at
Our guests will be giving workshops in more than 40 schools around London and
will also be at the Institut français for exciting public events! Once again, the
marvellous Quentin Blake has honoured us by being the festival’s patron featuring
an exhibition of his original works and the premiere of the BBC documentary:
Quentin Blake: The Drawing of My Life. . This year, we will be:
Bringing renowned artists for special school workshops: Momoko
Abe, Clémentine Beauvais, Marc Boutavant, Iris de Moüy, William
Grill, Sharon King-Chai, Pauline Martin, Delphine Renon and Jo
Weaver.
Hosting events at the Institut français tailored specifically for schools
(Pianist Olga Jegunova and storyteller Matthew Crampton with The Little
Prince, film screenings, Wild Immersion virtual reality workshop, and
artwork illustrating of Quentin Blake’s original Jean de la Fontaine and
luxuriant greenery).
Organising a Multilingual Poetry Slam and great translation
workshops with Translators in schools from the Stephen Spender Trust.
Registration deadlines
We must remind you only the requests
submitted via the form will be taken
into account.
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How we will do it
If they wish to see more of the artists, children can visit the Institut français with their
parents during the weekend for more workshops and many other activities. More info on
our website: http://southkenkidsfestival.co.uk/
Artists can run workshops for your school from Monday 15th November to Friday 19th,
depending on the artist’s availability. They can offer 1 workshop per class, 2 per half a
day.
Each workshop is limited to groups of up to 25-30 children.
Workshops last for one hour maximum unless otherwise specified. The workshop takes place
happening under the teacher’s supervision.
Festival artists will be paid directly by the Institut français du Royaume-Uni. Payment from
schools is due to the Institut français which will in turn cover the artist’s fees and
expenses, following the French Charter for children’s book artists (£400 full day, £250 a half
day).
Look out for our key that willhelp guide you around the
programme:FR – In French
FR/ENG – In French or in English (or easy French for French learners)
ENG – In English
So don’t miss out and register now!
For book orders: see p.5 to know more about our two partner bookshops.
Timeline
Tuesday 7th September 2021: Communication of the programme to the schools.
Please send us your choice of workshops and activities by filling in the booking forms
that are available at the end of this document and on the SKKF website (coming soon)
One form per school. http://southkenkidsfestival.co.uk/
Thursday 30th September: Last day to return your form to the Institut français.
Wed 6th- Friday 8th October: We will confirm your workshop allocation & dates.
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Festival Advice
Nathalie – Festival Officer,
workshop booking
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7073 1300
Agathe – School Activities Officer,
events at the Institute booking
Tel: + 44 (0)20 7871 3511
A member of our team would be
more than happy to chat with your
school and/or answer any questions
you might have about the festival,
so do get in touch!
Our partner bookshops are here to help!
In addition to its retail activities, LibrairieLa Page offers a wide range of services for
French schools and other institutional clients:
reading recommendation, orders with
special discount and conditions, workshops
with authors and illustrators, publisher and
network evenings. La Page can also
provide information about the festival
authors and related books.
Contact Aurore at 020 7589 5991 or via
Tales on Moon Lane are delighted to be
able to offer a 10% discount on all the
English books that you would like for your
classroom events and workshops. We have
a very quick and efficient school ordering
service. Just call 0207 274 5759 or drop
an e-mail to
more info on
www.talesonmoonlane.co.uk
English partner bookshopTales on Moon Lane
French partner bookshopLibrairie La Page
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Momoko Abe was born in Japan and has been drawing ever since she can remember. When she was 20, pursuing her passion for visual storytelling, she came to the UK to study filmmaking, and still works in the TV and film industry alongside her illustration work. Momoko is an AOI World Illustration Award Shortlist artist. Her debut picture book, Avocado Asks (Orchard Books), was published in 2020 and won Spark! Book Awards. She lives in London.
https://momokoabe.com/
Guests
Workshop: Draw-a-long and collage
Year Nursery – year 2 | Maternelle– CP| In English | 1 hour
Momoko Abe will take you into a story-reading, a draw-a-long and
a collage-based character development exercise, drawing
session based on the book.
Equipment needed: A4 paper sheets or larger, glue, scissors, coloured felt pens and pens,
coloured paper sheets.
Recent Books
Avocado Asks – OrchardBooks (2020)
When the Sun goes homes –Orchard Books (2021)
Le soleil a perdu son sourire –Kimane (2021)
Clémentine Beauvais is an author and translator, mostly of children’s books, with a few forays into adult ones. Among her children's novels you can find Les petites reines, Songe à la douceur, Brexit Romance and Age tendre, all published by Sarbacane. She is also the author of many picture books for younger children, including Va jouer avec le petit garçon, illustrated by Maisie Shearring, Boucles de pierre, illustrated by Max Ducos, and La Louve, illustrated by Antoine Déprez. She leads numerous creative writing and literary translation workshops, and is herself a translator of books by Sarah Crossan, Meg Rosoff, Elizabeth Acevedo, and J.K. Rowling's Ickabog, among others. She is currently a teacher-researcher in Educational Sciences at the University of York (UK).
https://www.clementinebeauvais.com/eng/
Guests
Workshop: Transformers of words in poetry
Year 2-year 6 | CP- CM2 | In English or French | 1 hour
In this workshop children will transform a bunch of words that make sense in one language (French)
into another bunch of words that (hopefully) makesense in another language – English. And to make itextra difficult, we’ll need some rhymes sometimes. No knowledge of French is required, but a love for
words in English would be desirable.
Recent Books
Hello Monster! – Thames & Hudson (2018)
In Paris with you – Faber &Faber (2018)
Boucles de Pierre – Sarbacane (2021)
Equipment needed: Poems in the original
French (to be printed out), 2 sets of
coloured Sharpies, coloured sheets of A4
paper (5 or 6 different colours) quantity:
x the number of participants x 4.
Born in Dijon, France, in 1970, Marc Boutavant is an award-winning author and illustrator. For years, Boutavant has illustrated for picture books and comic strips, and has done his fair share of editorial illustration as well. His comics and picture books have made him a widely sought-after illustrator. Boutavant's lively, expressive, and inventive illustrations appeal to both children and parents as they are layered in complexity, simultaneously witty, whimsical, and probing. He lives and works in Paris.
Guests
Workshop: Drawing Dumpster Dog or Ariol?
Year 2 – 6 | CP – CM2 | In English or French | 1 hour
Marc Boutavant will take you into a drawing session based on his two favourite heroes: Dumpster Dog (Chien Pourri) and Ariol, offering
them some new adventures!
Marc will connect his Ipad to a projector to share some of his works
for a discussion.
Equipment needed: A4 paper sheets or larger, felt pens, coloured
felt pens and pens.
Recent Books
Chien Pourri aux Jeux Olympiques – L’Ecole des loisirs (2021)
Jean-Bébé et Baby-John – L’Ecole des Loisirs (2021)
Woodland Dreams – ChronicleBooks (2021)
Iris de Moüy is an artist who lives and works in London. She draws, paints, and writes. She shares her universe through her personal publications, children’s books, exhibitions but also through collaborations with prestigious Publishing Houses. Her illustrations have been displayed in Paris and Kyoto, where she lived as a guest in the Kujoyama Villa in 2015.
https://www.irisdemouy.com/
Based on her book La Sieste, Iris will create with the children a multi-use art and craft.
Each child will have a folder with 3 pages to decorate to prepare a game on the naptime
using an animal eyes! The playful folder can be transformed in masks also!
Guests
Recent Books
Workshop 1: Come to read, cut, draw and have fun!
Workshop 2: How to create a book?
Reception-year 6 | Maternelle -CM2 | In English or French | 1 hour
Iris offers the chance to discover the secret of the publishing process. How to
create a book? The workshop is discussion based illustrated by panels.
Children will need to prepare their questions.
No equipment needed
Year 3-year 9 | CE1 - 5ème | In English or French | 1 hour
Naptime – Groundwood Bookds(2014) in French La Sieste –L’Ecole des Loisirs (2013)
Kyoto – Be-Poles Publisher (2019)
La Maison d’Honoré – Ecole des Loisirs (2019)
Equipment needed: A4 paper sheets, black
felt pens thick if possible, scissors, glue,
pens and pens.thick paper yellow,
green, red and black.
William Grill is an illustrator, who draws most of his inspiration from the natural world and enjoys working with coloured pencils and occasionally print processes like lino and lithography. His first book Shackleton's Journey won the 2015 Kate Greenaway award and has been translated into over 14 languages, his second book The Wolves of Currumpaw won the 2016 Bologna Ragazzi prize for non-fiction and was recently chosen as one of the Book Trust's 100 best children’s books of the last 100 years. When away from his pens, William enjoys teaching, from primary schools to universities. His latest book Bandoola - The Great Elephant Rescue is to be published this October.
https://williamgrill.co.uk/
Guests
Workshop : Draw and travel into the wild nature
Year 2 – 6 | CP – CM2 | In English | 1 hour
Based on any of his 3 books, William Grill invites you to draw
natural surroundings from his books, illustrating a particular scene,
drawing characters or animals from the story, and designing a unique
book cover.
Equipment needed: A4 paper sheets or large off-white sugar paper, black Indian ink and big
brushes.
Recent Books
Shackleton's Journey – Flying Eye Book (2014) exists in FR Le Voyage extraordinaire –Casterman (2014)
The Wolves of Currumpaw –Flying Eye Books (2016) exists in FR Le dernier roi des loups –Sarbacane (2019)
Bandoola – Flying Eye Books (2021)
Sharon King-Chai is a children's book author, illustrator and designer. Her book Starbird won the CILIP Kate Greenaway Shadowers' Choice Award 2021. Born in Australia to Chinese-Malaysian parents, she moved to London in 2003. She fell in love with storytelling through music and books – and found her place working as a designer in music and publishing industries. This eventually led her to create her own books. Sharon has a great passion for experimenting and loves exploring format, narrative and new characters. She references nature a lot in her artwork and also loves using unexpected materials. Ingredients often include potatoes, blackberries, onions, feathers and sticks.
https://www.sharonkingchai.com/
Based on the book Starbird, let’s express empathy, freedom, love,
kindness, conflict and understanding
How to decorate and cut out your own bird? How to draw Starbird? Printing
with potato stamps and feathers.
Equipment needed: Paints, paper, unusual materials (can be confirmed
closer to date).
Guests
Recent Books
Workshop 1: Make yourown bird
Workshop 2: Make your own animal
Year Nursery – Year 4 | Maternelle –CE2 | In English | 1 hour
Based on the books Animalphabet and Counting Creatures about early
learning, alphabet, animal traits and names, and counting creatures
How to draw any animal? And printing with unusual materials – eg.
onions, potato, bubble wrap, etc.
Year Nursery – Year 4 | Maternelle –CE2 | In English | 1 hour
Starbird – Pan Mac Millan(2019)
Counting Creatures – Pan Mac Millan (2020)
Animalphabet – Pan Mac Millan reedition (2020)
Equipment needed: Paints, paper,
unusual materials (can be confirmed
closer to date).
Pauline Martin was born in Paris and grew up near the botanic garden, le Jardin des Plantes. After studying design and illustration, she is now a full-time illustrator and author for both kids and adults (Albin Michel Jeunesse, Actes Sud Junior, Gallimard Jeunesse, and La Partie). She is also an artistic director for a publishing house. Her books can be found in English with Gecko Press. Her characters offer a bright and humorous look on what it means to be a child and to grow up.
Guests
Workshop: Create your own pop up Mon Gros Chat
Year 1 – 6 | CP – CM2 | In English or French | 1 hour
Pauline Martin loves presenting her work. She has developed a workshop on how
to make a book.
She also does "pop up" workshops cutting and folding papers following her books
Mon Gros Chat.
Equipment needed: A4 paper sheets, scissors, glue, ruler, for each child.
Recent Books
Daydreams of a Solitary Hamster– Gecko (2015)
Mon Gros Chat – Albin Michel (2020)
La course au chocolat – Nathan (2021)
Delphine Renon lives and works in Paris. She has been a children's book illustrator for more than twenty years and has many picture books under her belt. She creates her own world through both illustration and ceramics.
http://delphinerenon.blogspot.com/
Presentation of Delphine’s work and Q&A Beginning of group work building a fresco.
Delphine will draw the crocodile; each child will draw an element that they will stick to the
crocodile’s back. Children will be able to continue decorating the
crocodile even after the workshop.
Guests
Recent Books
Workshop 1: Create your own fossil
Workshop 2: DrawingEmmett and Caleb
Nursery – Year 2 | Maternelle –CP | In French | 1 hour
Based on the book Emmett et Caleb, the session is as follows:
Presentation of Delphine’s work from material, sketches, drawings and Q&A.
Guided drawing: Delphine will draw one of the 2 heroes and children will follow step
by step.
Year 2 – 5 | CP – CM1 | In French | 1 hour
Tranquille comme Fossile – Actes Sud (2014) exists in English The Quite Crocodile – Princeton Architectural Press (2017)
Emmett et Cambouy (FR)– Seuil Jeunesse (2017)
Emmet and Caleb (EN)– Book Island (2018)
Equipment needed: A4 sheets
of white paper, black felt pens
and coloured felt pens,
scissors, blue tack.
Based on the book Tranquille comme Fossile.
Equipment needed: A4 sheets of white
paper, black felt pens and coloured felt
pens, scissors, blue tack.
Jo Weaver is an illustrator and author whose picture books focus on the rhythms of the natural world. She works mainly by hand with willow charcoal and putty eraser. Her work has been nominated twice for the prestigious Kate Greenaway Award. Jo lives and works on the east coast of Scotland with her young family and a happy brood of chickens. When away from her drawing board, she can usually be found combing the wild and windy beaches near their home.
https://www.joweaver.co.uk/
Guests
Workshop : Draw a Little Whale
Year 1 – 6 | CP – CM2 | In English | 1 hour
Based on the book Little Whale, the session is
partitioned as follow:
Recent Books
Petits Tigres – Kaleidoscope(2019)
Little Tigers – Hachette Children’sGroup (2019)
Little Whale – Hachette Children’s Group (2021)
Equipment needed: Willow charcoal,
paper, putty rubbers.
Focus on the grey whales, learning their habitat
and their migration journey.
Focus on what charcoal is, and how to use it.
Learning how to draw a whale with charcoal and
how to use a putty rubber to draw in reverse.
Film-making Workshop
Workshop: Make your Own
Movie
Year 5– 12| CM1 – 5ème | In French and In English | 1 day (2 times 3 hours with lunch
break) | £360
New at South Ken Kids Festival
With industry standard equipment the class will
have the unique opportunity to experience what
happens in front of and behind a camera.
The class will be divided accordingly, splitting in
groups of actors and technicians to make a short
film.
The workshop requires a full day,
two sessions of 3 hours.
Alix is a passionate freelance filmmaker, for whom cinema has
become the way to explore and share creativity. In 2018, she
created her first film production workshop with the aim to
initiate young children to the art of filmmaking. Since then, she
has been closely collaborating with creative companies who
promote filmmaking courses such as Heyday UK and the Young
Film Academy.
From storyboarding to filmmaking, Alix will lead a class into the
production of a short movie based on a book from the SKKF
programme (book to choose with her).
For more info contact Alix by
email: [email protected]
Website: http://rlsdfilms.co.uk/
Translation Workshop
Decode - Translate- Create
For its second year, the South Ken Kids Festival is partnering with
the Stephen Spender Trust to deliver translation workshops.
They are run by three talented facilitators, MFL teachers and
literary translators from the Stephen Spender Trust: Laura
Bennett, Chloe Daniels and Katell Sevellec.
Creative translation brings authentic texts into the
classroom for collaborative activities that energise
pupils and teachers. It teaches and practises core
literacy skills, and helps pupils to explore the
relationship between languages and cultures. All the
translation workshops begin with the pupils decoding
the text, by looking at the images and re-telling the
story; then translating through glossaries and other
resources; and finally creating a new English version
of the text, or a new piece of writing inspired by the
book. Pupils also learn about the life of a translator,
and the opportunities open to those with more than
one language.Watch the 3-minute film about
creative translation workshops:
https://youtu.be/c7K2-ZowAPU
Year 5-9 | CM1-4ème | In English |2h
Translation workshops with the Stephen
Spender Trust
More info for each workshop
on the next page
Translation Workshop
In this workshop, pupils will work together to translate a comic story about the mischievous young Akissi by Ivorian writer Marguerite Abouet. They will experience French as a non-European language and how we can translate francophone culture and humour into English. The hugely engaging visuals and lively stories in this graphic novel inspire young readers and turn them into code-cracking language detectives.
Workshop 1 Akissi – Translating Mischief
Available: Monday 15 or Tuesday 16 November
In this workshop, pupils will work together to translate the delightful picture book La Valise by South Ken Kids author Chris Naylor-Ballesteros. This book will encourage the pupils to think about friendship, imagination, and belonging, before asking each other – “What’s in your suitcase?”
Workshop 2 La Valise – Translating Friendship
Available: Monday 15 – Friday 19 November (i.e. the whole festival)
In this workshop, pupils will work together to translate the enchanting picture book Ma vie en Pyjama by South Ken Kids author Pauline Martin. Inspired initially to decode the story by looking at and sharing the illustrations, the pupils will be challenged to find English alternatives for the colloquial language and exlore how to translate tone and humour. They'll finish by writing their own note-to-parents, but what will it say?
Workshop 3 Ma Vie en Pyjama – Translating Humour
Available: Monday 15 – Friday 19 November (i.e. the whole festival)
Multilingual Poetry Competition
Michaël Vidon is a French poet, curator and MFL teacher based in the South of England. He worked in a range of educational and arts organisations as a spoken word educator. His poems can be found in multiple magazines for instance Streetcake, Irisi Magazine, Harana Poetry, etc. His work was selected to feature in exhibitions like ‘Home' by Mellom Press (multilingual) and anthologies like Stephen Spender Prize Suggested Poems List or the Rewilding by Crested Tit Collective. He curates 'Listen to the music', a series of videos where poets of different languages discuss sound in poetry to perfect translation. He is interested in the crossovers between language learning, multilingualism and creative writing. He enjoys bridging languages and navigating the space between meanings in different languages. .
More at https://www.michaelvidon.com / @michaelgvidon (twitter)
Competition Multilingual
Poetry Slam
Workshop : “Planet on Fire, don't look way"Year 6 – 6th Form | 6ème – Terminale | In English |1 day
We are glad to bring back the Multilingual Poetry Slam run by Michaël
Vidon for the 5th year in a row! A Poetry Slam is a competitive event where
poets are judged on their skills as writers as well as performers. Think X-
Factor but without the mean judges and added poetry in multiple languages.
The Poetry slam is always warm, rowdy and fun. This year the theme is:
“Planet on Fire, don't look away”.
Prizes include tokens from The Institut français for the winners of
the different categories
(best imagery, best collaboration, best performance,
best combination of languages,
most expressive and audience choice).
This experience is a self-contained activity lasting a day: students from
different schools and year groups work on group poems in the morning;
they practise their performance skills after lunch; and perform their
poems on stage in the afternoon in front of a panel of judges including
professional poets, publishers and a member of the audience.
Historically, this format was used to make poetry accessible to all, so all
styles are welcome!
12.30pm-1pm: Lunch
2.45pm-3.00pm: break
3.00pm-4.00pm: Poetry Slam
The Event on Friday 19th November at the Institut français.
Price
£100 per class
Free for public school
Literacy skills: creative writing in English Confidence in speaking in public and developing
fluidity and spontaneity in a foreign language Self-esteem and emotional literacy:
expressing and talking about feelings and thoughts
Metalinguistic skills: switching between different languages and translating, comparing
linguistic structures Collaborative skills working with students from other schools and
backgrounds Use of GCSE and A Level topic in a meaningful and creative way
Benefits for students
Language students of French, German and Spanish (year 9, 10, 12 and 13) of all abilities
Any students with a home language or with an interest in languages
Who's targeted?
10.30am-12.30pm: Writing session
1.00pm-2.45pm: Performance session
For any question, please contact him
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All events offered to schools within the
South Ken Kids Festival week are
booking only. Contact Agathe
Morisse if you want to organise a
booking for just your school!
Film screenings, virtual reality workshop and exhibition are free but please
note booking is mandatory; extra sessions can be organised for your school only
for a fee.
All sessions are free for accompanying adults.
Please note we also run a means-based outreach programme called SK+, if you think
your school might be eligible for this please get in touch. With the support of the
Friends of the French Institute Trust.
Performance The Little Prince It is a paying event and can be booked by
contacting Agathe at [email protected].
If you would like to bring your class to the Institut français:
Agathe [email protected]
Direct + 44 (0)20 7871 3511
- Not in the office on Mondays –
Schools events at the Institut Français
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Movie: The Horn Quartet - Cow Trip to the Sea + Up the Mountains
Schools events at the Institut Français
Monday 15th November 2021
11am to 12 pm
Movie: Yakari
FR/BEL/GER | 2019 | 82 mins | Animation | dir. Xavier GIACOMETTI & Toby GENKEL | Cert. TBC | in French with Eng subs | 6+
Exhibition: Quentin Blake22 October – 25 November 2021
Quentin Blake, illustrator of Roald Dahl’s famous books and patron of the South Ken Kids Festival, shares special illustrations. From La Fontaine’s Fables celebrating the 400 years of the author’s birthday to some nature-inspired drawings highlighting the urgency to tackle climate change, this exhibition takes us into Blake’s world.
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FR | 2018-2020 | 52 mins | Animation | dir. Benjamin Botella et Arnaud Demuynck | Cert. TBC | in French with Eng subs | 3+
7+ | FREE
After their first road trip to the sea, our four cows Clarisse, Marguerite, Aglaé & Rosine are now heading up to the mountain. Come along for two hilarious adventures inspired by Yves Cotton's books.
Enter the world of the the bravest little Sioux boy Yakari adapted from the Franco-Belgian comic book series, written by Job and illustrated by Derib. With his tribe’s move to follow the migrating bison imminent, Yakari sets out on his own to follow the trail of Little Thunder, a wild mustang said to be untamable. On his journey, and alone for the first time in his life, Yakari is visited by Great Eagle, his totem animal. Great Eagle gives Yakari a magnificent feather as well as the incredible ability to speak to animals. Travelling far from home and deep into the territory of the terrible pumaskin clad hunters, Yakari and Little Thunder undertake a great adventure through breath-taking but treacherous landscapes.
Monday 15th November 2021
1pm to 2.30pm
Schools events at the Institut Français
Following their success with traditional tales such as The Firebird and Diana &Actaeon, pioneering storytellers Olga & Matthew now take on the beloved story of The Little Prince. Their unique fusion of words and music is perfectly suited to bring this French classic to audiences.
In a spellbinding show, storyteller Matthew Crampton and pianist Olga Jegunova tell their own version of the world’s best-selling and most-translated book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince, improvising on classical themes to weave musical magic through the words.
Performance: The Little Prince
Movie: Poly
Hello World! is a whimsical examination of a fragile ecosystem, made with papier-mâché puppets and set in beautifully painted backgrounds. How is a bird born? Why does one come into the world as an insect, mammal or fish? Discover the world through the lens of Anne-Lise Koehler and Éric Serre.
Movie: Hello World!
FR/BEL | 2020 | 102 mins | Feature | dir. Nicolas Vanier, with Francois Cluzet, Julie Gayet, Patrick Timsit | in French with EN subs | 8+
Tuesday 16th November 2021
11am to 1pm
Tuesday 16th November 2021
1pm to 2.30pm
Screening in partnership with Into Film. Inspired by Cecile Aubry’seponymous novel, Poly takes us on a trip to memory lane. Cécile, 10 years old, moves to the South of France with her mother, Louise. Integration with the other children of the village is not easy. When a passing circus settles down next door, Cécile discovers that Poly the star pony is being mistreated, so she decides to protect him and organise an escape. Pursued by Brancalou, the disturbing directorof the circus, and the mysterious Victor, Cécile and Poly embark on an adventure full of twists and turns, a true journey of initiation and an incredible story of friendship…
FR | 2019 | 67 mins | Animation | dir. Anne-Lise Koelher & EricSerre | Cert. TBC | in French with Eng subs | 3+
Wednesday 17th of November 2021
11pm to 12 pm in English | 8+ | £7 per child
We are glad to bring back the Multilingual Poetry Slam run by Michaël Vidon for the 5th year in a row! A Poetry Slam is a competitive event where poets are judged on their skills as writers as well as performers. The poetry Slam is always warm, rowdy and fun. This year the theme is: “Planet on Fire, don’t look away!”
* £100 for independent schools
Free for state school
Multilingual Poetry Slam Theme this year is: “Planet on Fire / Don't look away
Schools events at the Institut Français
Immerse yourself in nature with 360° VR films, discovering hundreds of wild species in their natural habitat. This is an interactive, playful, and sensorial setting to raise awareness on climate change and nature conservation. https://en.wildimmersion.io/productions.
Workshop: Wild Immersion virtual reality
The Children’s Bookshow: Chris Naylor-Ballesteros
In English | 6+ | £6 per child, teachers FREE
Thursday 18th of November 2021
11pm to 12 pm
Friday 19th of November 2021
11am to 12 pm Performance 3pm-4pm | Workshops all day| in English with bits of French and bobs of other languages | 10+ |Free/£100*
Friday 19 November 2021
11am to 12pm
Come and meet author and illustrator Chris Naylor-Ballesteros for
a morning of stories and illustration. Chris will be telling us about
his work as a picture book creator, reading his books, and
drawing live too. With the chance to ask questions, this event will
inspire children to read, write and draw!
More info to book tickets on https://thechildrenbookshow.com
Virtual Reality | 7+ | FREE
"Events at the Institut booking
form" has to be returned to
Agathe Morisse at
Contact detail:
Name of your school:Address:
Reference person and email address:Phone number:
Contact of the teacher or librarian whowill be present at Institut français:Email address:Phone number:
Booking Forms
"Workshops booking form" has to
be returned to Nathalie Jackson
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1. Event
Number of classes and pupils
Class
Number of accompanying adults
Contact of teachers who will come to the French Institute:
Name
Phone number
2. Event
Number of classes and pupils
Class
Number of accompanying adults
Contact of teachers who will come to the Institut français:
Name
Phone number
3. Event
Number of classes and pupils
Class
Number of accompanying adults
Contact of teachers who will come to the Institut français:
Name
Phone number
Events at the Institut booking form *
has to be returned to Agathe Morisse [email protected]
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List a maximum of three artists/ authors who will deliver workshops (in order of preference!). The
session is for one class only.
1. Name of the artist:
Date and time preferred for the online session:
Class:
Number of pupils:
2. Name of the artist:
Date and time preferred for the online session:
Class:
Number of pupils:
3. Name of the artist:
Date and time preferred for the online session:
Class:
Number of pupils:
Film making workshop
Please tell us your wishes and we’ll put you in contact with Alix
Translation workshop
Would you like to participate to a translation workshop with the Stephen Spender Trust ?
Please tell us the option in between the 3 you would like to do?
Workshops booking form *
has to be returned to Nathalie Jackson [email protected]
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