Year 3

 

Unit 1: Introductions

In this unit pupils learn how to have a basic conversation introducing themselves in French.

 

Unit 2: School

Pupils learn some classroom instructions as well as numbers 1-20 and classroom objects.

 

Unit 3: Birthdays

This unit introduces days, months and numbers 21-31. Pupils can then say when their birthday is in French!

 

Unit 4: Jack and the Beanstalk

In this unit pupils learn basic dictionary and translation skills to be able to understand a fairy tale in French. There is a video for this unit in the Videos section of the website! Each class will also make a display telling the story in French.

 

Unit 5: Parts of the body

Pupils learn some parts of the body in French along with colours and simple plural forms in French.

 

Unit 6: At the café

This unit teaches snacks, drinks and prices so that pupils can have a basic conversation ordering in a café.

Year 4

 

Unit 7: Transport

Pupils will learn about different types of transport along with saying how they get to school and talking about favourites.

 

Unit 8: Shopping

Numbers 1-69 are covered, along with prices and shops. There is then a speaking task where pupils act out a conversation in a shop.

 

Unit 9: Cinderella

The second fairy tale unit builds on dictionary and translation skills. Pupils will then act out the play in French! There is a video of the story in French in the Videos section of our website.

 

Unit 10: Healthy Eating

This unit introduces fruit and vegetables along with some less healthy alternatives! Dictionary skills are again practised and pupils will learn about breakfast in France.

 

Unit 11: Sports and Hobbies

The present tense is formally introduced in this unit to present sports and hobbies in French.

 

Unit 12: Carnaval des Animaux

Carnaval des Animaux by Saint-Saëns is covered in this unit, giving pupils the opportunity to learn about a French composer and his music.

Year 5

 

Unit 13: Weather

Pupils learn how to describe the weather in French and use compass points to give a weather report in French.

 

Unit 14: I am the musician!

This unit presents musical instruments with opinions. Pupils also learn how to sing a song in French.  There is a karaoke version of the song in the Videos section of the website.

 

Unit 15: Time

Numbers are revised so that students can say the time in French in both digital and analogue formats.

 

Unit 16: In town

This unit covers places in town and asking for directions.  Prepositions are also introduced to enable pupils to say where places are.

 

Unit 17: Les coquelicots

This artistic unit teaches students about the impressionist painter Claude Monet. They then learn how to describe one of his famous paintings.

 

Unit 18: Seasons

This unit introduces the four seasons in order to allow students to put together a longer piece of writing describing the different weather and activities that people do in different seasons.

 

Year 6

 

Unit 19: At school

School subjects are introduced along with opinions. Pupils also learn how to describe their classroom.

 

Unit 20: Where I live

In this unit, pupils learn the French for different rooms and how to describe their bedroom in French.

 

Unit 21: Past and Present

The past tense is introduced in this unit to compare what a town is currently like and what it was like in the past.

 

Unit 22: Holidays

This unit presents countries and revises both weather and activities so that pupils can write about a holiday.

 

Unit 23: Health

Pupils revise parts of the body so that they can talk about illnesses. The verbs avoir and être are formally introduced in the present tense.

 

Unit 24: Notre café

The final unit of the course is a transition unit and revises foods, opinions and prices.