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FRENCH
2019 - 2020
The curriculum
Our vision: to ensure that all children are passionate and confident linguists and that they develop the language learning skills needed for secondary and beyond.
Languages is a compulsory subject for KS2 under the 2014 Curriculum.
At Sudbury, we aim to provide our pupils with a multicultural understanding and a firm foundation for continued language learning as they progress to secondary education and beyond.
We have a rich and broad curriculum, where the use of authentic resources motivate the pupils and enable them to develop their language skills and their intercultural understanding.
Some of the French units are planned through a cross-curricular approach. Linking the school topics to the language lessons allows the students to communicate for practical purposes (KS2 PoS), use higher thinking skills and be immersed in the language.
We regularly work on joint projects with our two French partner schools. In addition, we embed a creative range of international activities to provide the children with a window into different cultures and countries, preparing them for life in a global society.
Pictures of the pupil's work in French
Yearly overview
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Autumn 1 Back in time
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France: location and culture Greetings Introductions
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Cross curricular History The Romans in France There is + names of buildings Directions High frequency verbs + Roman gods
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Sports Opinions I play / I practise
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Introductions Personality description |
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Autumn 2 Healthy living
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Class instructions Classroom objects
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Parts of the body Adjective agreement
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Food and drinks Meals Adjectives of frequency
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Victorians: Physical description Cross curricular Black History Month
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Spring 1 Environment and sustainability
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Days of the week Numbers 1 to 10 Colours
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Weather The seasons Cross curricular Science Types of pollution
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The plural form Cross curricular Science Recycling |
Places in school Subjects The time Timetable |
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Spring 2 Everyone a reader
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Numbers 1 to 10 Expressing age Hurray for books Spring poems Easter poems |
Months Transport Numbers 20 to 30 Full date Le loup qui ne voulais pas marcher
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Cross curricular Everyone a reader: types of books, my favourite book Dialogues
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At the café Ordering food Shops
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Summer 1 World of work
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Numbers 10 to 20 Family members Introduce my family
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Shapes Prepositions Describing Matisse’s paintings
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Places in town There is / there isnt Conjunctions
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Numbers 30 – 60 My parents’ jobs Pronouns Verb être |
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Summer 2 Countries project |
Canada: location, weather, culture. Animals Asking and answering “Do you have a pet?”
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Clothes + adjective agreement Dramatize authentic story “Je m´habille et je te croque”
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Cross curricular Geography Continents, Oceans, Maps, compass points African countries The superlative sentence
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Countries, prepositions, nationalities |
The topics listed may change in terms of focus and length depending on pupils’ needs.
French Extra-curricular Clubs
Sudbury staff members celebrating the International Mother Languages Day
(click link below)
Introducing the school to our penpals and describing ourselves: Who is who?
Y6 Physical description
Y5 Cross-curricular learning Recycling
Y4 Cross-curricular writing about Pollution
Y6 Clothes and seasons
Y3 Colours
Y5 Poem "Canon de la fève"
Y4 Reading comprehension about " La couronne des rois "
Y3 learnt about the French tradition of " La galette des rois "
Highlights Autumn 2019
Useful links for home learning
Please see our French blog Français pour loulous to know more about the activities we do in class and to see samples of the pupils work.
Ask Madame Rivas for the login to linguafun, our language learning site where children can enjoy practising the language they have learned in class through a variety of activities.
If you would like to play more games to help support our learning at school, check the following websites:
Previous Years Highlights
Highlights 2018 - 2019
Partner schools
We regularly work on joint projects with our three French partner schools. The children develop fluency in the process of writing letters and recording videos to their pen pals. In addition, school partnerships add an extra dimension to language learning and build intercultural understanding in a real context, as the pupils experience the French culture in first person.
In 2016, we met our pen pals from Cherbourg
Celebrating languages
We celebrate languages and diversity all year round. We participate in international projects to mark the European Day of Languages and the International Mother Languages Day. Every year we organise a French language and culture day where the children enjoy art activities, food tasting and a French theatre performance.
European Day of Languages cards from an International Project
International Mother Languages Day
French Day
Mrs Rivas wins National Teacher Award
Ms. Rivas was awarded the Primary Language Teacher of the year 2017 for her creative teaching approaches with well developed CLIL (cross curricular) lessons, for having a good sense of pupils progress linked to the curriculum, teaching lessons which are very popular (favourite subject for two years in a whole school pupil survey), and for presenting workshops at different languages conferences as well as sharing ideas freely via her blog.
We have been featured on the Teach Primary magazine
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Sudbury's Mission Statement
Working together in harmony to develop confident, well-educated learners with healthy minds and bodies, who are independent, resilient, motivated and committed to lifelong learning.
Sudbury's Mission Statement
Working together in harmony to develop confident, well-educated learners with healthy minds and bodies, who are independent, resilient, motivated and committed to lifelong learning.