St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolFrench
Intent
At St. Oswald’s, we aim to foster an interest in learning other languages in a way that is enjoyable and fun. We aim to stimulate and encourage children’s curiosity about language and to celebrate other languages spoken in our school community. In our diverse, multi-cultural society, we aim to help the children develop their awareness of cultural differences within their own and other countries.
Implementation
All children from Reception to Year 6 are taught French every week by a specialist teacher in line with the national curriculum programme of study for languages.
In Key Stage 1, French is taught through games, songs and stories so lessons are lively and engaging. The focus is on the key skills of listening and speaking. We aim to develop their confidence to have a go as they begin to memorise and recite familiar words and phrases.
In Key stage 2, we follow the national curriculum for languages. This aims to ensure that all pupils:
• understand and respond to spoken and written language from a variety of authentic sources;
• speak with increasing confidence, fluency and spontaneity, finding ways of communicating what they want to say, including through discussion and asking questions, and continually improving the accuracy of their pronunciation and intonation;
• can write at varying length, for different purposes and audiences, using the variety of grammatical structures that they have learnt;
• discover and develop an appreciation of a range of writing in the language studied through stories, songs and poems.
Impact
The structure of our French Curriculum ensures our children have a foundation for future language learning. It encourages and enables them to apply their skills to learn further languages, further develop their understanding of the English language and enabling them to be able to study and work in other countries in the future.
Galleries
Les planetes- complex sentences in year 5
Matisse - describing artwork in year 4
Le Jour du Souvenir - Remembrance Day
Adjectival agreement - Pumpkins by year 5
L'Automne display Year 1 and Year 2