INTENT:
The intention of the French curriculum at All Saints Primary is that by nurturing hearts and inspiring minds children develop an interest in learning other languages in a way that is enjoyable and stimulating. We encourage children’s confidence and creative skills. We strive to stimulate and encourage children’s curiosity about language. We help children develop their awareness of cultural differences in other countries; we strive to embed the skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills necessary to enable children to use and apply their French learning in a variety of contexts and lay the foundations for future language learning.
IMPLEMENTATION:
Our French curriculum is designed with six strands (identified within the National Curriculum) that run throughout the termly units.
These are:
• Speaking and pronunciation
• Listening
• Reading and writing
• Grammar
• Intercultural understanding
• Language detective skills
Our French curriculum is designed to develop children’s skills in languages, through regular taught lessons. Children progressively acquire, use and apply a growing bank of vocabulary organised around topics. Our 2 year planning cycle is a spiral curriculum, with key skills and vocabulary revisited repeatedly with increasing complexity, allowing pupils to revise and build on their previous learning. Cross-curricular links are included throughout the lessons, allowing children to make connections and apply their language skills to other areas of their learning. Lessons incorporate a range of teaching strategies from independent tasks, paired and group work including role-play, language games and language detective work. All our children in KS2 have weekly language lessons which are then incorporated into the class room environment throughout the week to encourage fluency.
IMPACT:
The impact of our French learning is monitored continuously through formative assessment whereas summative assessment is used at the end of every half term by the class teacher.
The expected impact of our scheme of work is that children will:
• Be able to engage in purposeful dialogue in practical situations (e.g., ordering in a cafe, following directions) and express an opinion.
• Make increasingly accurate attempts to read unfamiliar words, phrases, and short texts. • Speak and read aloud with confidence and accuracy in pronunciation.
• Demonstrate understanding of spoken language by listening and responding appropriately.
• Use a bilingual dictionary to support their language learning.
• Be able to identify word classes in a sentence and apply grammatical rules they have learnt.
• Have developed an awareness of cognates and near-cognates and be able to use them to tackle unfamiliar words in French, English, and other languages.
• Be able to construct short texts on familiar topics.
• Meet the end of Key Stage 2 stage expectations outlined in the national curriculum for Languages.
Pupils are assessed against the national curriculum objectives every half term. This is monitored by the subject leader, the senior leadership and the School Development Group.
SMSC: (to be developed in all lessons)
Spiritual: Explore beliefs and experience; respect faiths, feelings and values; enjoy learning about oneself, others and the surrounding world; use imagination and creativity; reflect. Emphasise our school’s close links to our local churches and our wider community.
Moral: Recognise right and wrong; respect the law; understand consequences; investigate moral and ethical issues; offer reasoned views.
Social: Use a range of social skills; participate in the local community; appreciate diverse viewpoints; participate, volunteer and cooperate; resolve conflict; engage with the 'British values' of democracy, the rule of law, liberty, respect and tolerance.
Cultural: Appreciate cultural influences; appreciate the role of Britain's parliamentary system; participate in culture opportunities; understand, accept, respect and celebrate diversity.
BRITISH VALUES
(to be developed in all lessons)
The core British Values are:
- Democracy
- Rule of Law
- Mutual Respect
- Individual Liberty
- Tolerance
British Values are a natural focus of MFL. People, their relationships and their interactions with others are an intrinsic part of what we teach, and the cultural immersion of learning a language cannot be avoided. We give our students an opportunity to both consider the needs and experiences of people of other cultures, and reflect upon their own response to this. We also encourage students to discover, discuss and debate unfamiliar lifestyles. Students learn about and reflect upon the development of a sense of identity, self-worth, culture and tradition.
We hope that the study of languages will positively affect our students’ lives and their understanding of the world around them.
