French Penpal Exchange

Year 10 French pupils in class 10R/Fr are involved in an exciting penpal exchange with a partner school in Menton, a beautiful coastal town in the south-east of France. Through regular letters, our pupils are developing their French skills while helping their French counterparts improve their English - a perfect fit for GCSE study.  Recently, the exchange has taken a very entertaining turn, as our students received a series of voice notes featuring French jokes! These proved both hilarious and fascinating, giving us a real insight into how humour differs across cultures!  Some of our favourites included:

• What’s yellow and waiting? “Jonathan”  (a play on pronunciation : jaune + attend)
• What’s green and goes up and down? A pea in a lift
• What’s a baby’s favourite sport? Le baby-foot (French for table football!)
• What three letters do you drink at breakfast? “KKO”
• (French letters that sound like “cacao”)
• What’s a magician’s favourite bread? A baguette (also the word for a wand!)   

We are now preparing to send some typical British jokes in return – and we’re very curious to see what our French partners make of our own unique sense of humour!

Monsieur Tomlin