Learning a foreign language is a liberation from insularity and provides an opening to other cultures.
A high-quality languages education should foster pupils’ curiosity and deepen their understanding of the world. The teaching should enable pupils to express their ideas and thoughts in another language and to understand and respond to its speakers, both in speech and in writing. It should also provide opportunities for them to communicate for practical purposes, learn new ways of thinking and read great literature in the original language. Language teaching should provide the foundation for learning further languages, equipping pupils to study and work in other countries. National Curriculum
At Brickhill, we have chosen to teach our pupils French as a majority of our cohort are likely to attend a local secondary school where French is the modern foreign language of choice. We use KAPOW Primary French Scheme to support our teaching of French as our Modern Foreign Language.
| Year 3 |
Autumn A | Autumn B | Spring A | Spring B | Summer A | Summer B |
| French greetings with puppets |
French adjectives of colour, size and shape |
French playground games – numbers and age |
In a French classroom |
French transport |
A circle of life in French |
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| Year 4 |
Autumn A | Autumn B | Spring A | Spring B | Summer A | Summer B |
| French greetings with puppets (condensed) |
French adjectives of colour, size and shape (condensed) |
French playground games – numbers and age (condensed) |
In a French classroom (condensed) |
A circle of life in French (Lessons 1 and 2 only) Portraits, describing in French (condensed) |
Clothes – getting dressed in French (condensed) |
| Year 5 |
Autumn A | Autumn B | Spring A | Spring B | Summer A | Summer B |
| French greetings with puppets (condensed) |
French adjectives of colour, size and shape (condensed) |
French playground games – numbers and age (condensed) |
In a French classroom (condensed) |
A circle of life in French (Lessons 1 and 2 only) Portraits, describing in French (condensed) |
Clothes – getting dressed in French (condensed) |
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| Year 6 |
Autumn A | Autumn B | Spring A | Spring B | Summer A | Summer B |
| French adjectives of colour, size and shape (condensed) |
French adjectives of colour, size and shape (condensed) |
Clothes – getting dressed in French (condensed) |
French food – miam, miam! (condensed) |
Verbs in a week (condensed) |
French sport and the Olympics (condensed) |
2022-2023
French teaching previously taught in UKS2 predominantly. Current Year 6 were taught the following units therefore unit selection for this academic year is altered in order to follow on:
- Autumn – Twinkl – Getting to know you (Greetings) = Kapow unit – French Greetings with Puppets
- Spring A – Twinkl – Time = Kapow unit – French playground games – numbers and age (condensed) / French numbers, calendars and birthdays
- Spring B – Twinkl – Our School = In a French classroom
- Summer – Twinkl – Family and Friends = In my French house / Meet my French family