All pupils are encouraged to take an active and
creative part in lessons through memory games,
songs, pairs, group and team work. The children
develop language skills by discussing similarities
and differences and making links with other
languages they already know.
¿Qué vamos a
aprender?
(What are we going to learn?)
Year 6
Year 6:
This half term our topic is Spain. We will
revise verb conjugation and word
agreement in the sentence. We will also
link this to new vocabulary related to
countries and traditional clothes.
Our challenge this half term will be to
research and prepare a presentation
about different Spanish speaking
countries, traditional clothes and music.
Year 5. Our topic this half term is to
describe the clothes we or others
are wearing. We will learn how to
use different adjectives to describe
these clothes in order to provide a
fashion commentary.
At Key Stage 1 pupils will be
responding to the language and
speaking with support. In Key
Stage 2 pupils will also be
taking part in questions and
answers, role-playing, reading
and writing words in French or
Spanish.
Why not encourage your child to teach you some
of the words, phrases and songs he or she already
knows?
Early Years
Year 4
This half term Year 4 will
learn to give opinions on
school subjects and find
out what others like or
dislike through
questioning.
Our challenge will be to
lengthen our sentences
using connectives and to
begin to use different
parts of the verb.
Our challenge will be to speak
clearly and accurately when
describing the outfits of our choice
and to use the correct word order.
Qu’est-ce qu’on va
apprendre?
(What are we going to learn?)
Year 1 &
Year 3
2
In Year 3 we will review numbers 1
– 31 with confidence so that we
can say the date and our birthday
in French.
We will also learn how to name
pets and how to ask and answer
questions about pets.
Our challenge will be to recognise
and use the negative in French.
Year 5
Nursery: This half term our topic is The
World, so we will learn to name different
types of weather conditions and means of
transport we use in French.
Reception: Learning how to name animals on
the farm will be our focus. We will learn how
to make clues to help us remember, and listen
to a story about farm animals.
Year 1: We will be learning how to name
pets in French. We will learn how to make
clues to help us remember, sing a song
and listen to a story about domestic
animals. We will also learn the months in
order to say the date in French.
Year 2: This half term we will use what we
know in different contexts, E.g. numbers
with fruit – adding and subtracting. We will
describe what we wear according to the
weather. We will read a story which
contain as many of these words as
possible.
MFL: French & Spanish
Summer Term 2
Curriculum Newsletter
Ecole Godefroy Cavaignac
Year 5
Our penpals have received our letters about
Orchard. We hope to have a reply very soon.
Year 6
In preparation for their visit to Paris, Year 6
have watched a guided tour about the city
and have been learning about the different
monuments
Bienvenue / Bienvenidos!
Dear Parents and Carers,
The date of the visit is:
Welcome to our French summer newsletter. For
Wednesday 24th June 2015. The coach will
be leaving at 05.00 in the morning to St.
Pancras Station and will return at
approximately 20.30. Please ensure that you
have given a contact number on your reply
slip.
parents who are new to Orchard my name is Madame
Alexander-Joseph. I teach French at Orchard from
Nursery to Year 5 and Spanish in Year 6.
I look
forward to bringing you up to date with our learning
and events as the year comes to an end.
If you need to contact me please leave a message at
the school office.
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