French

Intent

At St. Joseph’s, the aim of the French curriculum is that children are taught to develop an interest in learning another language in a way that is enjoyable and stimulating.

We encourage children to be confident in learning a new language and we strive to stimulate and encourage children’s curiosity about France and the French language. We aim to embed the skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing necessary to enable children to use and apply their French learning in a variety of contexts and lay the foundations for future learning.

Our MFL curriculum is designed to progressively develop children’s skills in languages and provide the foundation for future learning.

As a school we recognise the richness and variety of different languages that are spoken at home.

motivate children from the first moment and have clear, achievable objectives and incorporate creative activities for different learning styles.

Each class has a timetabled weekly lesson. French lessons provide a variety of sources to model the language, use games, stories and songs to maximise enjoyment and make as many connections to real life situations as possible.

Each year, children will build on the skills that they have already learnt and develop new ones through a range of fun, exciting and engaging activities:

• Learning French vocabulary.
• Asking and answering questions, following instructions in French.
• Reinforcing memory with short quizzes at the start of each lesson.
• Playing games and learning songs.
• Video clips.
• Teaching of basic French Grammar, sentence structure and spelling patterns.

Curriculum Overview

• French Progression in Knowledge
• SEND Provision in French

What our Children Say…

“I love listening to different languages being spoken.” – Year 5 child

“I like to learn about other people and how they communicate.” – Year 4 child

“I like sharing my knowledge of French as I speak it at home!” – Year 3 child

Deepening Opportunities

We have a number of children who speak French at home and they enjoy sharing opportunities, beyond the planned curriculum, to speak French and practise the language.