French
Philosophy
Our aim is for all children to master learning skills that bring a love of learning, achievement, confidence and independence, in order for them to be the designers of their future. We will work with our partners to learn, develop and improve. The Shade and its community will encourage a caring and respectful attitude, take pride in our roots and celebrate our successes.
Aims
Modern Foreign Languages
The national curriculum for languages aims to ensure that all pupils:
- understand and respond to spoken and written language from a variety of authentic sources
- speak with increasing confidence, fluency and spontaneity, finding ways of communicating what they want to say, including through discussion and asking questions, and continually improving the accuracy of their pronunciation and intonation
- can write at varying length, for different purposes and audiences, using the variety of grammatical structures that they have learnt discover and develop an appreciation of a range of writing in the language studied
Curriculum Plan
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
Year 5 |
Year 6 |
Greetings |
Animals |
Sports and opinions |
Houses |
Classroom instructions |
Body parts |
Sports and clothing |
Comparatives |
Animals |
Colours |
The verb avoir + revision of hair/eyes/brothers/sisters |
Rooms |
Petshop |
Monsters |
Weather |
The home |
Numbers |
Adjective agreements |
Hobbies |
My bedroom
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Connectives |
Food |
Hobbies / pets / avoir revision |
Avoir / être |
Gender |
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Story - pets |
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Name |
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Christmas |
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Colours |
Numbers 1-31, months, birthdays |
erb être + story Negatives Dictionary skills |
Aller + places in town |
Colours and opinions
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Hair and eye colour |
Numbers 1-31, months/dates revision |
Directions |
Word order and adjectives |
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Numbers 32-60 |
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Numbers to 20 |
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Age |
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Easter |
Mardi gras |
April Fools |
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Je voudrais
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Family words Mon, ma, mes |
School subjects + French schools |
Buying food |
Mais |
Dictionary skills |
Opinions on school subjects + reasons |
Numbers 1-100 |
The hare and the Tortoise story |
Clothes |
Classroom objects and prepositions |
Numbers revision and café dialogues
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Days of the week |
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Pronunciation focus |
Food and menus |
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The verb aller + a story (if time) |
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Transport and the verb aller (if time) |
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Assessment Prep |
Assessment Prep |
Assessment Prep |
Assessment Prep |
Reading and Writing assessment |
Reading and Writing assessment |
Reading and Writing assessment |
Reading and Writing assessment |
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Project - Paris |
Project - Food |
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