French

At St Peter’s, we aim for our children to develop an interest and thirst for learning another language.  We consider our value of love, as by learning the language that another person speaks, we are practically showing our interest in their life and culture.

We are lucky to have a specialist who teaches French to our children in Year 3 and Year 4.

By the end of lower Key Stage 2, we want our children to have:

  • A positive start to language learning
  • Fun through engaging and relevant topics
  • A focus on speaking and listening, these activities will be supported by reading and writing where appropriate
  • An acquisition of key and everyday vocabulary and language to support future learning
  • A model which re-visits and repeats key skills and vocabulary, considering the nature of a rolling programme. For example, Year 4’s will start the year with knowledge from the previous, whereas Year 3’s will begin with no previous knowledge. We are mindful of this and incorporate activities to consolidate and further knowledge and skills
  • Skills and progression are built into planning using Year 3 and 4 targets

IMPLEMENTATION

MFL lessons are delivered in  KS2. Our MFL curriculum focuses predominantly on the French language and culture.

Children will cover the 4 key skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing.

In line with the National Curriculum, children are taught to:

  • Develop accurate pronunciation and intonation
  • Speak in sentences and engage in conversations to understand and respond in French using familiar vocabulary
  • Understand basic grammar and patterns and apply these to adapt and build their own phrases and sentences to express their ideas
  • Develop an understanding of the French culture and customs
  • Explore the patterns and sounds of language through songs and rhymes and link the spelling, sound and meaning of words
  • Read carefully and show understanding of words and phrases
  • Appreciate stories, songs, poems and rhymes in French
  • Describe people, places, things and actions orally and in writing
  • Broaden their vocabulary based around the topics taught