French
All KS2 classes take part in weekly French lessons....
French Overview
Term |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
Year 5 |
Year 6
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Autumn 1
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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
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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
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Food and drink. Linking meal times with different foods. Numbers 10-20. Expressing thanks
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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
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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
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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
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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. |