✨ The AFTV 2024 AGM was another fantastic evening, celebrating the achievements and tireless efforts of our dedicated committee members. Together, we continue to promote the teaching and learning of French in Victoria, offering dynamic, innovative projects and professional learning sessions to support French teachers.
🌟 This year, we had the privilege of hosting the event at the magnificent Immigration Museum, featuring a private viewing of the Notre-Dame: The Augmented Exhibition. Open until 27 April, this immersive experience is a perfect excursion opportunity for students to explore the cathedral's extraordinary history—its 12th-century origins, its illustrious 850-year legacy, and the restoration following the devastating fire. (See more information below.)
Members can apply for an AFTV subsidy to fund this excursion.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for this inspiring evening! 💙🤍❤️
Click here to read the AGM 2024 Minutes
Please see below the 2025 Committee members:
President Philippe Vallantin
Vice President Lucie Dickens
Treasurer Marie Pépin
Minutes Secretary Fiona Curnow
Sub-committees
| Finance and Scholarship |
Marie Pépin, Philippe Vallantin, Lucie Dickens |
| Professional Learning Secondary |
Philippe Vallantin, Gretchen Bennett, Fiona Curnow, Lucie Dickens, Anne-Lise Llewellyn, Isabelle Mangeot-Hewison, Nathalie
Marchand, Loveena Naranayan (Book Club), Sandrine Prosser |
| Professional Learning Primary |
Christelle Breimeyer, Richard Dowling, Marie Pépin |
| Student Activities |
Loveena Naranayan and Severine Peyronnet, Lucie Dickens, Anne-Lise Llewellyn, Isabelle Mangeot-Hewison, Nathalie Marchand,
Marie Pépin, Gretchen Bennett (films), Claire Cowen (films), Estelle Payne (French Model UN) |
| Cultural events |
Gretchen Bennett, Claire Cowen, Sandrine Prosser, Kyla Vaz (co-opted), Jenny Jeffery (co-opted) |
| France Study Tour |
Caitlin Hancock, Philippe Vallantin |
| FATFA |
Diane de St Léger, Lucie Dickens |
| Digital presence |
Philippe Vallantin, (Dinah Stimar) |
| AGM |
Lucie Dickens, Nathalie Marchand |
We are pleased to continue to offer online French conversation classes in Term 2 2025.
The online classes are delivered by Marilyne Lopez of Almaje Language School.
Dates
30 April to 11 June (no session 7 May)
Time 6.15pm to 7.45pm
The AFTV invites new teachers of VCE (Units 1, 2, 3, 4) and those needing a refresher, to attend this all-day professional development
workshop, especially dedicated to OUTCOME 2.
Venue Catholic
Leadership Centre, 576
Victoria Parade East Melbourne
Date Friday 2 May 2025
Time 9.00am - 3.00pm
The AFTV is pleased to invite AFTV members and guests to an AFTV Cultural / PL Event at the NGV for the Melbourne Winter
Masterpieces exhibition 2025: French Impressionism from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, one of the largest and most significant
collections of French Impressionism ever to visit Australia.
Venue The National Gallery of Victoria
Date Sunday 15 June
Time 10.45 onwards
FRENCH Trivia is back AGAIN in 2025!
A night of learning and fun for your Years 9 & 10 French students
Date Friday 8 August 2025
Time 6.00pm - 8.00pm (approx
Venue Sacré Cœur – 172 Burke Road, Glen Iris 3146
Bookings close Friday 25 July
CALL FOR PRESENTERS
The AFTV is thrilled to announce the return of our conference in 2025 at The University of Melbourne with the support of the French
program
and the School of Languages and Linguistics!
Save the date for Thursday 27 and Friday 28 November.
Submissions Now Open!
We invite all passionate educators to submit their
proposals for this year's conference.
Information Night & Expression of Interest
We
are very excited to invite AFTV members to visit France for an extended professional learning experience, to be fully immersed in French
language and culture for two weeks during the 2026 Easter school holidays.