1. Poisson dávril
By
Joél R and Ace H

2. Quand est poisson d’avril?
Poisson d’avril est
le premier avril

3. When do you celebrate?
On the first of April every year, people in France
celebrate April fool’s day by playing tricks and
jokes on each other

4. How do you celebrate?
Children in France stick paper fish to the backs
of as many adults as possible for a joke and
shout out ´Poisson d’avril’ (April fish) when they
find out

5. Why do you celebrate?
• In the pre-Gregorian calendar New Year’s day
used to be celebrated on the first of April.
• When the calendar was changed by the
French king in 1564 , some people still stuck to
the old calendar and people started to play
tricks on them and call them ‘Poisson d’avril’

6. Mots clés
Poisson d´Avril
Un poisson
Une blague
Nouveau calendrier
Un roi