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.

Impact – Our MFL curriculum will ensure all pupils develop key language learning skills set out by the national curriculum, as well as a love of languages and learning about other cultures.

French and Modern Foreign Languages

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 

Modern Foreign Languages Documents and Resources

Useful links