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Meet Paddington: family and friends

A bear from Peru, a London family and the royal family: I introduce myself and I present a family in English.

A1be · have gotmy / his / her · 's
Yellow card · September → October · 6 lessons

I am · I have got · his or her?

Read the model, listen to it, then tap the cards: you can see the traps to avoid.

Hello! My name is Paddington. I'm a bear and I'm from Peru. I live in London with the Brown family. Mr and Mrs Brown have got two children: Judy and Jonathan. Judy's brother is funny. Mrs Bird is their housekeeper. I love marmalade sandwiches!
I am 11
For age, use be, never have.
I am eleven years old.
his / her
It depends on the owner: his (a boy or a man), her (a girl or a woman).
Judy loves her brother.
Judy's
The 's: owner + 's + thing.
This is Judy's book.
has got
With he, she, it: has got. With I, you, we, they: have got.
Paddington has got a blue coat.

My words → tap a card: it turns over and I hear the word

Culture → Paddington, London and the royal family

A bronze statue of Paddington Bear sitting on his suitcase in Paddington Station
Statue of Paddington, Paddington Station, London · Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Paddington is a bear. The British writer Michael Bond invented him in 1958. In the book, he comes from “darkest Peru”, and the Brown family finds him at Paddington Station, in London, with a label: Please look after this bear. Thank you. He wears a hat and a blue duffle coat.

Today, there is a statue of Paddington in the station. The books are translated into more than 40 languages.

The royal family is a very famous real family. Since 2022, the King is Charles III. In 2022, for Queen Elizabeth II's 70 years on the throne, a short video showed her having tea with Paddington: they both had a marmalade sandwich in a bag or a hat!

Did you know? → tap a card

I listen → Lily meets Jonathan

Listen without reading. Write down Lily's name, age, town and pet. Then listen again with the script.

I watch

Video: “Ma'amalade sandwich Your Majesty?” · channel The Royal Family · watch on YouTube. The video only loads when you tap (youtube-nocookie player).

My mission during the video
  1. Listen and write down three English words you know.
  2. Find who is talking to who.
  3. Write down what the two characters have in common.
The lessons in this learning journey (6)
  1. Hello! I introduce myself (or a character): name, age, from, I like.
  2. Paddington arrives in London: reading (the label “Please look after this bear”).
  3. The Brown family: a family tree and 's.
  4. Grammar: his or her? have got.
  5. Culture: the British royal family, a real family.
  6. Final task: I present a family (real or imaginary) in five sentences.
Sentence starters → for my final task
  • “Hello! This is…”
  • “He is … years old. / She is … years old.”
  • “She has got… / He has got…”
  • “Her brother is… / His sister is…”
  • “They live in…”
For the teacher → goals and official curriculum
  • Theme 1 “People and characters” → topic: real and imaginary families.
  • Introduce yourself and someone else: name, age, origin, family, likes.
  • Grammar: be in the present, have got, possessive words (my, his, her, their), the 's.
  • Sounds: the /h/ in he, her, his, have (breathe out!).

Texts and materials: Michael Bond, A Bear Called Paddington (1958); the Paddington films; an official video of the royal family (2022).

Theme 1 “People and characters”. Source: French national English curriculum for lower secondary school, decree of 5 May 2025, BO no. 22 of 29 May 2025 (in force in 6e since September 2025).

Worksheet to fill in (paper or ENT)

The same learning journey, to print or to put on the ENT. For a PDF, choose “Save as PDF” in the print window.