Term 1

Term 2

Term 3

Term 4

Term 5

Term 6

Year 3

WELCOME TO FRENCH!

-Numbers 1-12 and giving their age

-key phonic sounds.

-rhyming stories, sing songs, practise tongue twisters

-nouns (pencil case items

- verb forms 'j'ai - I have', 'il/elle est - it is'

ANIMALS AND COLOURS

key verbs are 'il/elle est' (he/she/it is), 'ils sont' (they are), il y a (there is/are).

-introduction to 'aussi' (also/too/as well), 'mais' (but). 

WE ARE GREAT AT LEARNING FRENCH!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar - in French. Pupils are first introduced to useful vocabulary from the story - numbers, days of the week, fruits, foods

Year 4

LET’S CELEBRATE!

Numbers 1-31

Months, dates, language associated with birthdays celebrations

Christmas vocabulary -epiphany in France

Songs and stories about celebrations

All ABOUT ART!

Shapes and prepositions of place – art project focusing on Matisse.

Parts of the body and face

Describe the work of Matisse using body vocabulary.

MY FAMILY AND PETS

Language for family members

Re-tell the story – ‘The giant turnip’

J’ai un/une…qui s’appelle

Adjectives for describing personality and physical description (hair and eyes)

Year 5

IS IT TIME FOR LUNCH?

5 times table, asking for and giving the time

Food and drink vocabulary

Comparing eating habits in France.

Opinions of different food and drink

GETTING SPORTY!

Sports and opinions.

Describe sports using simple sentences – je fai, c’est and ‘Il y a’

Likes and dislikes – ‘aimer’

EVERYTHING MUSICAL!

Different instruments

Opinions of types of music – reasons using ‘parce-que’.

Create short raps or songs about food, sports or music.

Year 6

WEATHER AND PLACES

Describing the weather, seasons, climates

Basic understanding of the geography of France ad learning key geographical features in French.

Learn countries that border France and compass points

Learn the French for some countries and their flags – describing them in French with colours.

Learn ‘ER’verb parier

WHAT CAN WE FIND IN A TOWN?

FRENCH FESTIVALS

Where they and others live – c’est ce n’est pas

Vocabulary for places in a town

Building sentences

Memory skills, learning French poem about Paris

Key festivals in France and of their own

ER regular verbs in present tense

SUMMERTIME!

Revision and consolidation.

Holidays, clothes, going to a café & buying ice-creams.