Intent

St Clement’s choice of Modern Foreign Language is French and is taught throughout Key Stage 2.

Our French Curriculum aims to:

• Help children develop their awareness of cultural differences in other countries
• Develop their speaking and listening skills
• Speak with increasing confidence and fluency and to continually improve their pronunciation.
• Teach useful vocabulary that will assist in real life situations, reading and writing another language.
• Be aware that language structure can differ from one language to another
• Develop an enthusiasm for language that will lay the foundations for future study at Key Stage 3.

Implementation

We use the Kapow scheme of work for French to deliver the National Curriculum for Modern Foreign Languages to Years 3,4,5,& 6 (Key Stage 2).

The scheme of work is fun and creative and engages children with themes such as Food, Weather, Animals, Festivals, Me and My Family, Free Time and Holidays. Children begin by responding to spoken French and move on to reading and writing in French as they become more advanced. Children are also taught the basic geography of France, as well some of the cultural similarities and differences (school, Easter and Christmas).

Pupils in Key Stage 2 are taught by their class teacher each week.

The Kapow scheme of work is designed with six strands that run throughout.

1. Speaking and pronunciation
2. Listening
3. Reading and writing
4. Grammar
5. Intercultural understanding
6. Language detective skills

Lessons are planned carefully to ensure that children of all abilities develop solid foundations in these key language learning skills - preparing them for the next stage of their language learning journey. These skills will develop children’s ability to understand what they hear and read and enable them to express themselves in speech and writing. We will extend their knowledge of how language works and explore the similarities and differences between the foreign language they are learning and English. 

Assessment is carried out informally during lessons in order to evaluate what the children have learnt. The four key areas of assessment are listening and responding, speaking, reading and responding, and written work and images.

Impact

The impact of Kapow’s scheme can be monitored continuously through assessment. Pupils should leave St Clement’s with a range of language learning skills to enable them to study French, or any other language, with confidence at Key Stage 3.