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Welcome to the Association of French Teachers in Victoria.

The Association of French Teachers in Victoria (AFTV Inc) is a professional association for French language teachers in Victoria. The AFTV supports teachers and learners of French throughout Victoria by providing quality services, including professional development for teachers and learning opportunities for students. The AFTV aims to encourage and promote the learning of French as an essential part of the school curriculum.

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AFTV 2024 Membership renewal

AFTV 2024 membership renewal is now open. AFTV membership provides discounted rates for AFTV teacher and student activities, unlimited access to AFTV member-only resources and regular emails providing important information for French educators.

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What's On

03
Sep
Student activity
AFTV 2023 Regional Online Atelier Oral

AFTV 2023 Regional Online Atelier Oral

ENTRAINEMENT PRE-EXAMENS VCE – AVANT LES EXAMENS

An opportunity for Year 12 French students from REGIONAL SCHOOLS to practise online for their oral exam. August is traditionally the month when VCE students know for real: the exams are upon them!

Date Sunday 3 September 2023

Time 10.10am - 12.40pm

Location via ZOOM

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10
Sep
Student activity
AFTV 2023 Metropolitan Atelier Oral

AFTV 2023 Metropolitan Atelier Oral

BOOKED OUT!
 
ENTRAINEMENT PRE-EXAMENS VCE – AVANT LES EXAMENS

An opportunity for Year 12 students from METROPOLITAN SCHOOLS to practise in person for their oral exam. August is traditionally the month when VCE students know for real: the exams are upon them!

Date Sunday 10 September 2023

Location Glen Eira College, 76 Booran Road Caulfield East

Time 8.30am-12.30pm

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18
Oct
Teacher activity
AFTV Language Maintenance Almaje Term 4 2023

AFTV Language Maintenance Almaje Term 4 2023

We are pleased to offer online French conversation classes in Term 4 2023.

The online classes are delivered by Marilyne Lopez of Almaje Language School.

Dates
Wednesday 18 Oct to Wednesday 22 November

Time 6.15pm to 7.45pm

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26
Oct
Teacher activity
AFTV Language Maintenance Castlemaine Term 4 2023

AFTV Language Maintenance Castlemaine Term 4 2023

Delphine Laboureau-Ormancey of French Tête-à-Tête will provide FOUR Face to face French conversation classes in Term 4 at Castlemaine Secondary College.

Dates Thursdays | 26 October, 2, 9, 23 & 30 November (no session on 16 Nov)

Time 4.15pm to 5.45pm

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28
Oct
Teacher activity
AFTV Atelier Théâtre

AFTV Atelier Théâtre


Please come and join us for our inaugural 'AFTV Atelier Théâtre'.

Open to teachers of all year levels - primary or secondary if you are  interested in the use of DRAMA in all its forms in the French classroom.

Date Saturday 28 October 2023

Venue St Michael's Grammar School, St George's Performing Art Centre

Time 9.30am - 3.30pm

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29
Oct
Teacher activity
AFTV 2023 Cultural / PL Event: Chagall

AFTV 2023 Cultural / PL Event: Chagall

The AFTV is pleased to invite AFTV members and guests to an AFTV Cultural  PL Event at The Jewish Museum of Australia; with thanks to The Art Co., we are proud to present CHAGALL – an exhibition celebrating the story of an international master, among the greatest artists of the twentieth century, Marc Chagall (1887-1985).

Venue The Jewish Museum of Australia: Gandel Centre of Judaica, 26 Alma Road St Kilda

Date Sunday 29 October 2023

Time 2.00pm

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Previous Events

11
Aug
Student activity
Compte Rendu - AFTV 2023 Soirée Trivia Années 9 & 10

Compte Rendu - AFTV 2023 Soirée Trivia Années 9 & 10

On Friday 11 August, Sacré Coeur in Glen Iris hosted the annual AFTV Soirée Trivia night. The evening was attended by 11 schools with 76 students from Years 9 and 10 and their teachers.

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04
Aug
Teacher activity
Compte Rendu - AFTV Tech It Easy PD

Compte Rendu - AFTV Tech It Easy PD

25 participants attended this tech session dedicated to the 'how to' of online learning apps and websites. Over the course of the day, teachers used their new skills to create an Answer Garden, a Mentimeter (how to create surveys, ranking questions, and provide pictures as prompts for medium length writing tasks). Jaclyn Curnow also introduced Baamboozle and demonstrated how to set up this easy-to-use game as a partner or group work activity.

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01
Aug
Teacher activity
Compte Rendu - AFTV Primary Resource Sharing: Ticking the boxes - Assessment

Compte Rendu - AFTV Primary Resource Sharing: Ticking the boxes - Assessment

A big thank you to Vincent Berraud who hosted this meeting at Caulfield Junior College on Tuesday 1 August.

Vincent showed us some of his opening routines and shared with us how he incorporates songs into his lessons to teach vocabulary such as family and professions. We then tackled the huge topic of assessment; comparing progression points, record keeping and how to interpret ACARA (and the soon to be released VCAA).

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23
Jul
Teacher activity
Compte Rendu - AFTV 2023 Cultural/PL Event – Melbourne Winter Masterpieces

Compte Rendu - AFTV 2023 Cultural/PL Event – Melbourne Winter Masterpieces

On Sunday 23 July, 47 members and guests gathered at the National Gallery of Victoria to attend 2023’s MELBOURNE WINTER MASTERPIECES EXHIBITION featuring more than 100 works by Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), celebrated for his iridescent palette depicting intimate domestic interiors, natural landscapes and urban scenes.

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07
Jun
Student activity
Compte Rendu: AFTV Francophonie Competition

Compte Rendu: AFTV Francophonie Competition

Forum de la Francophonie Melbourne and the AFTV have been collaborating for 3 years to offer students studying French from Years 5 to 8 an opportunity to discover the Francophone world by creating a video on a French speaking country.

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19
May
21
May
Teacher activity
Compte Rendu - AFTV French Immersion Weekend

Compte Rendu - AFTV French Immersion Weekend

The AFTV Language Immersion Weekend was a huge success, enjoyed by all participants who agreed unanimously it is a wonderful way to spend a weekend attending workshops on a variety of French teaching topics, sharing ideas, speaking only French all weekend, at the beautiful Bellinzona Guest House in Hepburn Springs.

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12
May
Student activity
Compte Rendu - AFTV Years 5 - 8 Bastille Day Video Competition

Compte Rendu - AFTV Years 5 - 8 Bastille Day Video Competition

AN AFTV / BASTILLE DAY FRENCH FESTIVAL INITIATIVE

The Bastille Day Video Competition was very popular again this year. Students from years 5 to 8 were asked to create a promotional video on how Bastille Day is celebrated in a French city/town of their choice.

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03
May
Teacher activity
AFTV Primary Network Potluck

AFTV Primary Network Potluck

The Primary Network attendees had a great night sharing their resources with like minded educators! What a hard-working and talented group it is! 

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30
Apr
Teacher activity
AFTV Cultural/PL event - THE LUME - Monet & Friends

AFTV Cultural/PL event - THE LUME - Monet & Friends

Compte rendu

After a chilly start to the morning of Sunday 30 April, 40 of us (well really, 39 plus 1 dog) gathered outside Door 17 at The Lume Melbourne to meet Monet and Friends and experience their adventure into French Impressionism, featuring works by Manet, Monet, Renoir, Degas, Morisot, Cassatt, Sisley, Signac, Cézanne, Caillebotte, Lautrec… sights, sounds, tastes and aromas combining to offer a unique chance to enter into their world and to see art in a new light, where light was such an integral component of their works.

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23
Mar
Teacher activity
AFTV Club Littéraire Pour Les Enseignants

AFTV Club Littéraire Pour Les Enseignants

An AFTV / Forum de la Francophonie Initiative

Compte Rendu

AFTV and Forum de la Francophonie launched the 1st Book Club for French Teachers in Victoria during Francophonie Week. We loved collaborating with [Charlotte Mackay] to launch our Club Littéraire pour les enseignants.

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03
Mar
Teacher activity
AFTV Primary PL - Hook, Lines & Sync-er

AFTV Primary PL - Hook, Lines & Sync-er

Compte Rendu

Hook, Lines & Sync-er was a great opportunity for Primary and Middle years teachers to get together and re-think some of the ways in which French is delivered and ‘received’ in Victorian schools.  

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17
Feb
Teacher activity
Nailing it! Assessing VCE French Units 1 & 3

Nailing it! Assessing VCE French Units 1 & 3

Compte rendu

Our presenters, Nathalie Marchand and Lucie Dickens welcomed 42 attendees to our PL Nailing it on Units 1 and 3 French on Friday 17 February at the Catholic Leadership Centre.

Thank you to all for the professional collaboration and rich discussion around how to design units of work to meet the expected outcomes, how to design SACs and for sharing ideas.

Stay tuned for details on a similar PL on unit 2 and 4 mid year !  

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10
Feb
Teacher activity
AFTV Annual General Meeting & 40 Year Anniversary

AFTV Annual General Meeting & 40 Year Anniversary

COMPTE RENDU

The 40th Anniversary and AGM of the AFTV was celebrated at the Catholic Learning Centre on Friday 10 February 2023. Being a special occasion, both Past Presidents and Life Members of the AFTV were invited to attend as well as AFTV members of schools in all 3 sectors. It was a very well attended and happy meeting where participants had plenty of opportunities to catch up with colleagues, some of whom they hadn’t seen for a long time.

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11
Nov
12
Nov
Teacher activity
2022 AFTV / FATFA Conference a great success

2022 AFTV / FATFA Conference a great success

Congratulations to everyone involved in making the AFTV/FATFA 2022 Conference, such a great success!! 

Attendance numbers exceeded expectations, food was superb and plentiful, plenary and session presenters thought-provoking, wellness sessions unique, relaxing and a lot of fun, brilliant venue, very interesting exhibitor stands!

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17
Sep
26
Sep
Teacher activity
AFTV New Caledonia Study Tour 2022

AFTV New Caledonia Study Tour 2022

Compte  Rendu

During the September school holidays, from Saturday 17 September to Monday 26 September, twelve dedicated French teachers spent ten days discovering the rich and diverse culture of New Caledonia. The Study Tour was a huge success, helped by the endless sunshine throughout the trip.

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