✨ 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 |
An AFTV / Forum de la Francophonie Initiative
We are pleased to announce the AFTV 2025 Junior Video Competition, centered around the theme La Gastronomie.
This competition invites students from Year 5 to Year 8 to look into the rich culinary traditions of Francophone countries.
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
CALL FOR PRESENTERS
The AFTV is thrilled to announce the return of our conference in 2025 at The University of Melbourne! Save the date for Thursday 27 and
Friday 28 November, as we dive into this year's theme: #FrenchForward: Teaching and
Learning French in a Changing World.
Submissions Now Open!
We invite all passionate educators to submit their proposals for this year's conference. If you have innovative ideas, research, or
strategies related to the theme, we encourage you to share them with us! The deadline for submissions is Friday 16 May 2025, and successful
presenters will be notified by mid-June.
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.