French
Intent – Our intent at Parkdale is to ensure that children learn, apply and become more fluent in French. We want our children to thoroughly enjoy this experience and to learn about the French culture. It is our intention to ensure that by the end of our children’s primary education, they have acquired an understanding of both spoken and written French, confidence to speak in French with others and know how important other languages can be in their future.
Implementation – We teach French as our Modern Foreign Language in KS2. It is taught in a whole-class setting, using Language Angels scheme of work. The lessons are designed to motivate children from the first moment and have clear, achievable objectives and incorporate creative activities for different learning styles. French lessons provide a variety of sources to model the language, use games, stories and songs to maximise enjoyment and make as many connections to real life situations as possible. Each lesson, children build on the skills that they have already learnt and develop new ones through a range of fun, exciting and engaging activities.
French and Modern Foreign Languages Notices
Year 6 Chinese New Year Celebration
In Year 6, we have been celebrating Chinese New Year. Children enjoyed working collaboratively to create a fantastic dragon, which now hangs proudly in class.
Le Weekend
Our next topic is Le Weekend. We looked at some activities that you might do at the weekend and the children had to write their own sentences. The challenge was to see if they could add puis(then), plus tard(later) and a time when they did that activity. We then...
A l’ecole
Year 6 have been learning about school subjects, likes and dislikes and opinions in French. They have written some brilliant sentences.
French and Modern Foreign Languages
French Documents & Resources
Curriculum Information
French on a page
Subject Leader Reviews
French Progression of Knowledge
Useful Links
KS2 BBC Bitesize French
Try out some of your language skills!
Modern Foreign Languages
At Parkdale we explore and celebrate a Language of the Month. Our intent is to inspire our younger children to celebrate different cultures and develop early foreign language skills and awareness. We are especially proud of our children with EAL at Parkdale; they are supported to be bilingual and value their first language. Our Language of the Month scheme encompasses languages spoken in our community, celebrating our multicultural society. Most importantly our Language of the Month scheme is an opportunity for our bilingual children to be our teachers and experts. Recordings of their voices are used to demonstrate pronunciation and shared with all of our children.
In each language we follow a progression from Early Years to Year 2, of key language and vocabulary. This is all dual coded, and recorded by a native speaker. We also listen to music, watch television shows and listen to stories in the language. We look at who speaks the language, where it originated and find out fun facts about the language and associated culture.
If you have any language skills to share please let Mrs Rippon know!
MFL Notices
Chinese New Year in Year 1
This week we learnt about Chinese New Year in Year 1. It is the year of the dragon so we learnt how to write the word for dragon (long) and also made our own dragons.
Year 2’s Chinese Dragon Art
Year 2 have had a lovely afternoon learning about Chinese New Year. The children learnt why is was celebrated, how many days it was celebrated for and explored the animals that appear in the Chinese calendar. They had a go at saying; dog, monkey, chicken,...
Year 6 Chinese New Year Celebration
In Year 6, we have been celebrating Chinese New Year. Children enjoyed working collaboratively to create a fantastic dragon, which now hangs proudly in class.
Modern Foreign Languages Documents and Resources
Curriculum Information
This document shows the progression of language skills and vocabulary that we aim to support our children to develop.
Languages of the Month Overview
Useful links
Spanish lesson examples
Spanish story links
Listen to some stories, sing some songs or watch some Spanish children’s tv shows.
Stories :
Spanish Songs
Spanish Television
Example French lesson
French Songs
French Children’s Shows and Stories