French
Mount Pleasant Primary School believes that the learning of a foreign language provides a valuable educational, social and cultural experience for pupils. We aim to teach French to all our children in a fun and interactive way. Our aspiration is to ensure that all children make good progress through engagement and enjoyment. We encourage them to develop skills and apply them in a variety of ways to communicate in a different language.
We intend that through learning French our children will develop an awareness of cultural
differences and develop a tolerance of diversity within society. As well as being open minded
and adventurous in all aspects of their learning. Children will learn French in a dedicated
French lesson each week. Children in Key Stage 1 develop basic French skills through the singing of French songs, learning basic phrases and learning from an early outset that French is fun.
Subject Leader: Mrs Bowie/ Mrs Shaw
Pupils should be taught to:
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Listen attentively to spoken language and show understanding by joining in and responding.
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Explore the patterns and sounds of language through songs and rhymes and link the spelling, sound and meaning of words.
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Engage in conversations; ask and answer questions; express opinions and respond to those of others; seek clarification and help.
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Speak in sentences, using familiar vocabulary, phrases and basic language structures.
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Develop accurate pronunciation and intonation so that others understand when they are reading aloud or using familiar words and phrases.
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Present ideas and information orally to a range of audiences.
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Read carefully and show understanding of words, phrases and simple writing.
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Appreciate stories, songs, poems and rhymes in the language.
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Broaden their vocabulary and develop their ability to understand new words that are introduced into familiar written material, including through using a dictionary.
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Write phrases from memory, and adapt these to create new sentences, to express ideas clearly
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Describe people, places, things and actions orally and in writing.
Key stage 2