French Binational Program
In French Literature, our Year 7 French Binational students have been exploring the theme of metaphors to describe animals. Through a creative writing task, students experimented with imagery and figurative language to bring animals to life in new and imaginative ways. This activity encouraged them not only to develop their language skills, but also to reflect on how metaphors can express feelings, character traits, and relationships between humans and animals. The students showed great creativity and originality in their work – well done to all!
Senate Delegation Visit
Recently, Auburn High School had the honour of hosting a short visit from a Senate delegation, under the direction of our French Consul, Madame Paule Ignacio.
This visit provided an excellent opportunity for the delegation to meet representatives from several primary and secondary schools offering a French program in Victoria, including Camberwell Primary School, Caulfield Junior College, Fitzroy Primary School, Glen Eira College, as well as a representative from the Association of French Teachers of Victoria. Discussions focused on the importance of French language education in our state and highlighted some of the challenges schools face in recruiting high-quality teaching staff from France. We were proud to showcase Auburn High School as part of this important dialogue and look forward to continuing our strong partnerships within the French education community.
French Partial Immersion Program
The Year 7 FPIP enjoyed an immersive language activity called “l’hôtel”. The classroom was transformed into a restaurant where students took on the roles of various characters, each with their own compelling reason to visit Paris. Whilst “meeting” the other guests from the hotel at the restaurant and being served by their “waitress” (Madame Boyer), “Inspector” Azar ( the language assistant) burst through the door announcing a burglary at the local jeweller and started interrogating the hotel guests who were all suspects! Luckily, the culprit, Madame Delafontaine (Coco Lewis) was found out and the jewellery recovered from her handbag! It was quite a day to close our unit on crime stories and embark on the reading of Arsène Lupin, le Bouchon de Cristal.
French Specialist Programs Pre Orientation
On Monday 15 September, we had the pleasure of welcoming our 2026 French Specialist Programs students! They participated in a range of classroom activities during their morning at AHS. In the classroom, depending on their selected FSP program, students were able to get a taste for French Advanced, Maths, Humanities and Science. In Science, students learnt about laboratory safety rules and how to use a Bunsen burner safely. Congratulations to all who received their Bunsen burner licence on this occasion! They also started to become familiar with some of the lab equipment and used measuring cylinders to measure volumes accurately.
We look forward to welcoming them all again in Term 4 during our next Transition event, and of course at the start of the 2026 school year!
