French

All KS2 classes take part in weekly French lessons….

French Overview

^Term	^{Year 3}	^{Year 4}	^{Year 5}	^{Year 6}
^{Autumn 1}	^{Greetings, classroom instructions. How to say your name, age and where you live, family members, days of the week and seasons}	^{Revision of all topics that were studied in year 3. Parts of the body. New core vocabulary}	^{Revision of all topics studies in years 3&4. Places in a town. Further connectives and adjectives.}	^{Revision of all topics studies in years 3,4 and 5. Introduction of the negative. Transport. Places in a town – further vocabulary and directions.}
^{Autumn 2}	^{Saying how are you, saying Yes and no, numbers 1-10. School life and classroom objectives. Christmas activities}	^{Clothes, linking clothes with colours. Introduction of adjectives ‘grand’ et ‘Petit’. Christmas activities}	^{Numbers 30-60. ‘Les glaces’ and ‘quels parfums’. Introduction and understanding of the Euro. Christmas activities}	^{Numbers 60-100. Activities, development of opinions, using connectives and negatives. Food and drink. Christmas activities}
^{Spring 1}	^{Food and drink. Linking meal times with different foods. Numbers 10-20. Expressing thanks}	^{Introduction of the weather. Everyday France and how French people greet others. Learn about ‘Les geants’ in the north of France.}	^{Directions ‘a’ gauche, a’droite, tout droit. Asking where places are, asking for/giving/understanding directions.}	^{School. Giving opinions on school subjects, learn the names of different rooms in a school. Clothes- further development of full sentences.}
^{Spring 2}	^{Pets )Domestic animals) colours, connectives, Easter Activities}	^{Revision of clothes, revision of the weather. Linking the two, saying what you wear in different sorts of weather. Easter Activities.}	^{Learning about St Bernadette feast day/ April 16th. Extension of food and drink. Introduction on activities, sports and pass times. Easter Activities}	^{French art-history of the impressionist. The human body and illnesses. Extended family members. Easter activities.}
^{Summer 1}	^{Pets (farmyard animals) Ask another student how they are, link pets with colours}	^{Numbers 20-30. Further work on food and drink. Cafés in France with role play.}	^{Continuation of activities, giving an opinion about different activities. Celebration of the life of saint Joan of Arc, feast day May 30th}	^{Shop, cafes and restaurants. Further work on currency and animals}
^{Summer 2}	^{Further development into French speaking countries around the world. Learn about Paris}^{End of year activities}	^{Understand the gender of nouns. Learn further connectives and adjectives. Understand and express simple opinions. End of year activities.}	^{Further development of clothes and parts of the body. Further development of animals and introduction of zoo animals. End of year activities.}	^{Telling the time, the weather, holidays and countries. End of term activities.}