Modern Foreign Languages

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) articles supported by our Modern Foreign Languages curriculum:

Subject Leader: Miss Gaskill

Our Modern Language is French.

“One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every
door along the way.” – Frank Smith

Purpose of study

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.

Aims

The national curriculum for languages 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

French written work across KS2

Pupil Voice

Maisie, 6P

How much do you enjoy learning French at school? Why?

Yes because at home my Nana asks me questions about what I’ve learnt in French and she’s always impressed! I like doing the games with the actions, it’s so fun!

Do you think it's important to learn French in school?

Yes because if you went to France or if someone French comes to school and you need to help show them around you can speak to them.

What is the best thing you have learnt in French this term? Why was it so good?

When we learn it we’ve got to say it in French and English and write it. I really enjoy writing, even the long spellings! We've been learning about emotions.

Isabelle and Daniel showing what they have learnt in Y3, Autumn term 1.

Assessing in French

At the start of each half term, children are informed of their learning journey for the next few weeks using the Primary Language Learners' assessment for learning clouds. These are stuck in at the beginning of the term and have all their learning objectives for the upcoming lessons.

At the end of the unit, children are then assessed on what they have learnt. The are assessed on listening, speaking, reading and writing, which are the four key skills for language acquisition. Please find an example of our assessment tools below.

Key Documents