At Great Linford we teach French as our chosen foreign language, in accordance with the guidelines set out by the National Curriculum. It is widely believed that the early acquisition of a foreign language facilitates the learning of other foreign languages later in life and as such we are providing our pupils with the tools and skills required to do this. Take a look below at the examples of our learning and activities you can do at home to reinforce your learning.

How We Teach French:

We aim to provide the children with a basic, accurate understanding of French vocabulary, ready for a more detailed study of the language in secondary school. We do this through a series of lessons with a fluent French speaking member of staff, enhancing the children's understanding of how to speak the language before moving onto spellings and reading. The children complete simple conversations with their peers; play games and complete short burst activities whilst adding to their own learning journeys along the way. These pictures will give you an indication of what we do on a weekly basis.

A Cross-Curricular Approach:

Where possible, we aim to link our French learning to our topics. In year 5, we have learnt the names of the planets in French and in year 6, we have linked maths to learning French numbers 1-10. Check out our work!

Below are some links to websites where you can play games and sing along to simple French songs to help improve your skills.
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primarylanguages/french/families/games/
​www.french-games.net/
www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2french.html

Year 6 French Restaurants

In year 6, we learnt about French food and how to order food in a restaurant. We created our own menus and then practised ordering food from each other's menus. We then had to draw the food we ordered onto plates to check we ordered correctly!