French

At Hawkinge Primary School we aim to develop children’s skills and knowledge in practical communication in French, enabling them to make progress in speaking, listening, reading and writing as well as in their understanding of grammar.   We wish to encourage children’s curiosity about the world around them, thinking about their own culture and that of others.

Lessons provide an appropriate balance of spoken and written language and lay the foundations for further foreign language learning at key stage 3 and hopefully beyond.  Children will be able to make links between French and their own mother tongue, understanding similarities and differences and using that to further their language learning skills.

Pupils learn to understand and communicate ideas, facts and feelings in speech and writing, focused on familiar and routine matters, using their knowledge of phonology, grammatical structures and vocabulary.  Children develop their resilience, and are encouraged to ‘have a go’, take risks with their learning and learn in a fun and engaging way.

If you wish to see the progression of skills document for French, please contact the school.  To find out more about what your child will be learning in French this year, please see the curriculum plans on the relevant class pages.

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.

Speaking and Listening

Reading and Writing

Songs, stories, poems and rhymes

Grammar