Add a French touch to your summer: adults, teens
and children
courses running 14 - 23 January !
Important dates
| Marking Criteria | Permission
form
Year 3-10 Poetry Recital | Year
11 & 12 Oral Exam
| Year 9-12 Written Exam
If you are an independent participant enrolling individually, enrol here.
If you are a teacher enrolling students from your school, enrol here.
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| Oral Assessment Periods | |
| Year 3-10 | 5 May - 22 May 2026 |
| Year 11-12 | 22 July - 14 August 2026 |
| Enrolment deadline | |
| Year 3-12 | 8 April 2026 |
| Written tests returned by | |
| Year 9-10 | 26 May 2026 |
| Year 11-12 | 28 July 2026 |
| Results announced | |
| Year 3-8 | Announced by email June 4th to teacher coordinating the competition within the school |
| Year 9-10 | Announced by email June 23rd to teacher coordinating the competition within the school |
| Year 11-12 | Announced by email September 2nd to teacher coordinating the competition within the school |
| FINALS dates | |
| Year 3-6 | 14 June 2026 |
| Year 7-8 | 21 June 2026 |
| Year 9-10 | 2 August 2026 |
| Year 11-12 | 12-13 September 2026 |
| WINNERS ANNOUNCED | 7 October 2026 |
| Awards Ceremony | 16 November 2026 |
Assessment Period : Tuesday 5th to Friday 22nd May
The following options are available for years 3-10 students to participate in 2026.
Option A
Option B
Option C
Assessment Period : Tuesday 5th May to Friday 22nd May
The examiners assess all participants using the same assessment criteria and select finalists.
Results and individual time slots for finalists will be sent to the teacher/independent candidate.
Important note: All AFM employees have valid Working with Children Check Cards; have completed the State Government required Training - Protecting children - Mandatory reporting and other obligations and are bound to the AFM Child Safety Policy. Copies of these will be provided to the school upon request.
The Y3-8 finals will take place in Term 2, on-line via ZOOM meetings.
The dates and times of the finals cannot be changed.
Finalists will recite by heart their poem on-line before two judges.
Winners will be announced on the Alliance Française de Melbourne website and an Awards Ceremony will be held at the end of the year.
Assessment Period : Wednesday 22nd July to Friday 14th August
The following options are available for years 11-12 students to participate in 2026.
Option A
Option B
Option C
Assessment Period : Wednesday 22nd July to Friday 14th August
The examiners will assess all participants using the same assessment criteria and select finalists.
Results and individual time slots for finalists will be sent to the teacher. The dates and times of the finals cannot be changed.
Important note: All AFM employees have valid Working with Children Check Cards; have completed the State Government required Training - Protecting children - Mandatory reporting and other obligations and are bound to the AFM Child Safety Policy. Copies of these will be provided to the school upon request.
The Y9-12 finals will take place in Term 3, on-line via ZOOM meetings.
The dates and times of the finals cannot be changed.
The final assessment consists of 2 examiners asking general conversation questions related to the student’s personal world and their interactions with the French language and culture as a learner.
Winners will be announced on the Alliance Française de Melbourne website and an Awards Ceremony will be held at the end of the year.
The written exams must be conducted under exam conditions supervised by a teacher.
The teacher will receive by email the written exam paper (PDF) and audio track:
YEARS 9 & 10 : Thursday 23 April
YEARS 11 & 12 : Tuesday 2 June
Please print the number of exam papers required and have your students sit the exam in one session.
A dictionary (hard copy) is permitted.
Berthe Mouchette Competition Coordinator
Alliance française de Melbourne
Level 1, 140 Bourke St
Melbourne, VIC 3000
* electronic copies of exams are also accepted.
Please contact the coordinator for a link to upload electronic exams: competition@afmelbourne.com.au
Years 9-10: Tuesday 26 May 2026
Years 11-12: Tuesday 28 July 2026
Exam papers received after the deadline will be assessed & certificate issued, however these participants cannot proceed to the finals.
Candidates are considered Hors Catégorie if they meet any of the following:
Hors Catégorie students are marked according to the same standards as others but are competing against other Hors Catégorie candidates only.
Teachers/enrollers must identify Hors Catégorie candidates next to their names on the Student List at registration. Teachers must also explain this category to students.
Students enrolled in a bilingual program at Camberwell Primary School, Caulfield Junior College, Fitzroy Primary School, Auburn High School, and Glen Eira College are not considered Hors Catégorie. They compete in a separate entitled category.
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