MFL
Intent:
We have designed our French Curriculum to instil a love of language learning and an awareness of other cultures; it is a necessary part in being a member of a multi-cultural society.
We aim to ensure that all pupils:
- Have high aspirations in the four areas of speaking, listening, reading and writing, by providing opportunities for them to communicate for practical purposes.
- Develop their oracy skills through speaking confidently and fluently in French, as well as listening and responding to others.
- Use the written form, children will be encouraged to write at length, using the variety of grammatical structures they have learnt.
- Understand and appreciate how exploring another language will help to lay the foundations for further language learning in the future
- Apply their language skills in everyday life, both now and in the future; facilitating future study and opening opportunities to study and work in other countries in the future.
- In line with the national Curriculum, French learning will be focused in KS2, not KS1.
Implementation:
French at Sessay is taught using a carefully planned curriculum, supported by the KAPOW French Scheme of work.
This is implemented through:
- Weekly focused lessons in KS2.
- A spiral curriculum, with key skills and vocabulary being repeatedly revisited- with increasing complexity. This allows pupils to revise and build on their previous learning.
- Cross- curricular links within our planning ensures children have the opportunity to make links and apply their language skills to other areas of their learning.
- Opportunities to communicate for practical purposes around subjects that are familiar and regular routines.
- Communicating in both written and spoken form (Year 3 focuses on developing oral skills primarily).
- Incorporating a range of teaching strategies from independent tasks, paired and group work including role-play and language games.
- Focusing on developing an understanding of French grammar through the use of ‘language detective skills’.
- ‘During the week’ activities to incorporate French into the classroom environment, outside of timetabled French lessons.
Impact:
At Sessay, French is assessed throughout lessons using ‘assessment through learning’. This helps to determine pupils’ understanding and their ability to apply what they have learnt to either a piece of written or oral work. Pupils are given opportunities to practise their language skills outside of their French lessons and also apply these skills to learning other languages.
Pupils are enthusiastic and show an enjoyment in learning French. This positive attitude gives pupils the confidence to speak, listen, read and write in another language and hold purposeful conversations with others.
