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Progression in Foreign Languages

Term

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Year 7

 

Autumn 

French Greetings with puppets

  • French greetings day and night
  • Describe how you are feeling in French
  • Learn and perform a finger rhyme

French adjectives of colour, size and shape

  • Colours in French
  • Shapes in French
  • Describe shapes by size and colour
  • Use shapes like French Artist Matisse - Create collage and label with colors, shapes etc.

 

Portraits – describing in French

  • Describing portraits as happy or serious (ending change for male/female), based on images from le Louvre
  • Know descriptions for hair colour and eye colour – listening and understanding and writing own descriptions
  • Describe simple personality traits in French
  • Draw a portrait and describe using simple sentences

 

Clothes – getting dressed in French

  • Recognise and use vocabulary relating to clothing
  • Describe clothing using colours
  • Expressing likes/dislikes about clothing
  • Describe outfits using adjectives correctly (masculine/ feminine)

French monster pets

  • Read information texts about animals and extract vocabulary
  • Know the names of the different body parts
  • Describe monsters – body parts
  • Creating and describing monsters using adjectives

 

Space exploration – in French

  • Learn vocabulary linked to Space
  • Use nouns and adjectives linked to space to create metaphor poetry
  • Space – make comparisons in French, asking and answering questions

French sport and the Olympics

  • Say which sports you play
  • Express an opinion about sports
  • Learn the words for countries around the world in French
  • Say they are going to a country using the verb ‘to go’
  • Learn vocabulary relating to the Tour de France
  • Learn about the French games of Petanque with correct vocabulary
  • Write an article in French about the Olympic games

 

French football champions

  • Learn and explore vocabulary about football (techniques)
  • Read and de-code French football player profiles
  • Use words and phrases to say which place or country a French footballer comes from
  • Compete in a French vocabulary tournament (linked to football)
  • Use knowledge of football related vocabulary to create a football player profile
  • Phonics
  • Introducing yourself/
  • Others
  • Birthdays/
  • Numbers to 31
  •  Likes and dislikes  Describing yourself and others
  • Sports
  •  Leisure activities

 

Spring

 

 

 

 

French playground games – numbers and age

  • Know (Read and Say) the numbers 0-12
  • Say how old you are in French
  • Learn and take part in French outdoor games, linking to numbers

 

In a French classroom

  • Understand and respond to classroom instructions in French
  • Name school bag objects in French and say whether they are masculine or feminine
  • Ask and answers questions about objects that you have or do not have in French
  • Read a short text about classroom objects
  • Write a short text about classroom objects

French numbers, calendars and birthdays

  • Read and say numbers to 31 in French
  • Know the days of the week and the date
  • Know the months of the year in French
  • Know own and ask others when their birthday is – explore birthday celebrations in England and France
  • Say the seasons of the year

 

French weather and the water cycle

  • Learn weather phrases in French
  • Make statements about the weather, and points of the compass
  • Counting to 100 in multiples of 10
  • To understand the Water cycle in French

Shopping in France

  • Recognise number words in written from - French money, numbers and prices
  • Know and name French fruits and notice patterns in sounds
  • Describe a quantity of different food nouns linked to shopping
  • Find relevant vocabulary linked to food and shopping in given texts

 

French Speaking World

  • Recognise and respond to directional language
  • Give and follow directions
  • Know other French speaking countries and what they are like
  • Use authentic materials to investigate climate data from the French speaking world

In my French House

  • Describe house types in French
  • Know the names of rooms in houses
  • Know correct vocabulary for furniture
  • Use prepositions to describe position of furniture in the bedroom
  • Write a letter describing your home

 

Planning a French holiday

  • Recap the names of countries
  • Use the future tense to describe going to different countries (Verb – aller)
  • Holiday clothes vocabulary – describing what will be packed for a holiday
  • Read simple stories about a summer holiday and show comprehension through answering questions
  • Plan a holiday to France

 

 

  • Your town/village
  •  Advancing opinions
  • What you can do
  •  Where you live
  • Describing your house
  • Relationships
  • Chores

 

Summer

 

French transport

  • Compare French and English and identify words which are cognates
  • Modes of transport vocabulary
  • Talk/write about how they will travel
  • Say how many vehicles are in a picture and describe a scene using known vocabulary
  • Describe a journey to a French-speaking country around the world
  • Conduct a survey in French about transport to school

 

A circle of Life

  • Use a dictionary to learn French animal names and say whether they are masculine or feminine nouns
  • Write simple sentences in French about animal habitats
  • Life cycles in French
  • Build noun-verb-noun sentences to describe food chains

 

French Food

  • Learn vocabulary for food and drink in French to complete a simple order in a ‘café’
  • Read and say amounts of money in French
  • Say the names of French shops correctly
  • Create a French menu based on authentic texts

 

French and the Eurovision song contest

  • Match French instrument words to the appropriate picture
  • Say which instrument you play or would like to play
  • Say which music you like or dislike
  • Research and write about European countries in French
  • Perform a song in French from memory with accurate pronunciation

Verbs in a French week

  • Find infinite verbs in a dictionary
  • Recognise some regular verbs in the present tense
  • Choose and use appropriate verb endings
  • Know French irregular verbs – to have and to be
  • Build and deliver a short presentation choosing and using a range of action verbs

 

Meet my French Family

  • Recognise and use phrases to say if you have a brother or a sister
  • Name different family members on a family tree
  • Build descriptive sentences into a short paragraph and into a presentation
  • Give likes and dislikes of different family members

 

Visiting a town in France

  • Directional vocabulary – Create a description of route to school and around town
  • Learn French transport vocabulary and travel through role play
  • Express and justify an opinion about different sightseeing hotspots in France
  • Create a leaflet in French for local area
  • School subjects
  • Describing your teachers
  •  Fancy opinion phrases
  • Describing your school
  • School rules

 

 

Term

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Year 7

 

Autumn 

French Greetings with puppets

  • French greetings day and night
  • Describe how you are feeling in French
  • Learn and perform a finger rhyme

French adjectives of colour, size and shape

  • Colours in French
  • Shapes in French
  • Describe shapes by size and colour
  • Use shapes like French Artist Matisse - Create collage and label with colors, shapes etc.

 

Portraits – describing in French

  • Describing portraits as happy or serious (ending change for male/female), based on images from le Louvre
  • Know descriptions for hair colour and eye colour – listening and understanding and writing own descriptions
  • Describe simple personality traits in French
  • Draw a portrait and describe using simple sentences

 

Clothes – getting dressed in French

  • Recognise and use vocabulary relating to clothing
  • Describe clothing using colours
  • Expressing likes/dislikes about clothing
  • Describe outfits using adjectives correctly (masculine/ feminine)

French monster pets

  • Read information texts about animals and extract vocabulary
  • Know the names of the different body parts
  • Describe monsters – body parts
  • Creating and describing monsters using adjectives

 

Space exploration – in French

  • Learn vocabulary linked to Space
  • Use nouns and adjectives linked to space to create metaphor poetry
  • Space – make comparisons in French, asking and answering questions

French sport and the Olympics

  • Say which sports you play
  • Express an opinion about sports
  • Learn the words for countries around the world in French
  • Say they are going to a country using the verb ‘to go’
  • Learn vocabulary relating to the Tour de France
  • Learn about the French games of Petanque with correct vocabulary
  • Write an article in French about the Olympic games

 

French football champions

  • Learn and explore vocabulary about football (techniques)
  • Read and de-code French football player profiles
  • Use words and phrases to say which place or country a French footballer comes from
  • Compete in a French vocabulary tournament (linked to football)
  • Use knowledge of football related vocabulary to create a football player profile
  • Phonics
  • Introducing yourself/
  • Others
  • Birthdays/
  • Numbers to 31
  •  Likes and dislikes  Describing yourself and others
  • Sports
  •  Leisure activities

 

Spring

 

 

 

 

French playground games – numbers and age

  • Know (Read and Say) the numbers 0-12
  • Say how old you are in French
  • Learn and take part in French outdoor games, linking to numbers

 

In a French classroom

  • Understand and respond to classroom instructions in French
  • Name school bag objects in French and say whether they are masculine or feminine
  • Ask and answers questions about objects that you have or do not have in French
  • Read a short text about classroom objects
  • Write a short text about classroom objects

French numbers, calendars and birthdays

  • Read and say numbers to 31 in French
  • Know the days of the week and the date
  • Know the months of the year in French
  • Know own and ask others when their birthday is – explore birthday celebrations in England and France
  • Say the seasons of the year

 

French weather and the water cycle

  • Learn weather phrases in French
  • Make statements about the weather, and points of the compass
  • Counting to 100 in multiples of 10
  • To understand the Water cycle in French

Shopping in France

  • Recognise number words in written from - French money, numbers and prices
  • Know and name French fruits and notice patterns in sounds
  • Describe a quantity of different food nouns linked to shopping
  • Find relevant vocabulary linked to food and shopping in given texts

 

French Speaking World

  • Recognise and respond to directional language
  • Give and follow directions
  • Know other French speaking countries and what they are like
  • Use authentic materials to investigate climate data from the French speaking world

In my French House

  • Describe house types in French
  • Know the names of rooms in houses
  • Know correct vocabulary for furniture
  • Use prepositions to describe position of furniture in the bedroom
  • Write a letter describing your home

 

Planning a French holiday

  • Recap the names of countries
  • Use the future tense to describe going to different countries (Verb – aller)
  • Holiday clothes vocabulary – describing what will be packed for a holiday
  • Read simple stories about a summer holiday and show comprehension through answering questions
  • Plan a holiday to France

 

 

  • Your town/village
  •  Advancing opinions
  • What you can do
  •  Where you live
  • Describing your house
  • Relationships
  • Chores

 

Summer

 

French transport

  • Compare French and English and identify words which are cognates
  • Modes of transport vocabulary
  • Talk/write about how they will travel
  • Say how many vehicles are in a picture and describe a scene using known vocabulary
  • Describe a journey to a French-speaking country around the world
  • Conduct a survey in French about transport to school

 

A circle of Life

  • Use a dictionary to learn French animal names and say whether they are masculine or feminine nouns
  • Write simple sentences in French about animal habitats
  • Life cycles in French
  • Build noun-verb-noun sentences to describe food chains

 

French Food

  • Learn vocabulary for food and drink in French to complete a simple order in a ‘café’
  • Read and say amounts of money in French
  • Say the names of French shops correctly
  • Create a French menu based on authentic texts

 

French and the Eurovision song contest

  • Match French instrument words to the appropriate picture
  • Say which instrument you play or would like to play
  • Say which music you like or dislike
  • Research and write about European countries in French
  • Perform a song in French from memory with accurate pronunciation

Verbs in a French week

  • Find infinite verbs in a dictionary
  • Recognise some regular verbs in the present tense
  • Choose and use appropriate verb endings
  • Know French irregular verbs – to have and to be
  • Build and deliver a short presentation choosing and using a range of action verbs

 

Meet my French Family

  • Recognise and use phrases to say if you have a brother or a sister
  • Name different family members on a family tree
  • Build descriptive sentences into a short paragraph and into a presentation
  • Give likes and dislikes of different family members

 

Visiting a town in France

  • Directional vocabulary – Create a description of route to school and around town
  • Learn French transport vocabulary and travel through role play
  • Express and justify an opinion about different sightseeing hotspots in France
  • Create a leaflet in French for local area
  • School subjects
  • Describing your teachers
  •  Fancy opinion phrases
  • Describing your school
  • School rules