French

We believe that learning a second language enhances our children’s awareness of the multilingual and multicultural world we live in.

We understand language development starts from EYFS and KS1 through the recognition of our own diverse languages spoken in school and through teaching songs and stories starting in Nursery to Key Stage One.  Our aim is to develop the confidence and competence of each child and our goal is for them to be passionate, curious and confident about their own foreign language learning abilities, and in particular in the teaching of French, when they finish the primary school phase of their education,

In Key Stage Two we will help children to develop and demonstrate substantial progress in the 5 key language skills necessary for learning French:

• Speaking
• Listening
• Reading
• Writing
• Grammar

These skills develop children’s ability to understand what they hear and read and enable them to express themselves in speech and writing. We will extend their knowledge of how language works and explore the similarities and differences between the foreign language they are learning and English. We will also help strengthen their sense of identity through learning about culture in other countries and comparing it with their own.

French Overview