Term
Autumn-1
Y6
French Medium Term Planning 2014-2015
Content
Revision of Year 5 Work (2-3 weeks)
Introduction to ER verbs and conjugation
Game Le monstre with song to practice endings
Application of conjugation of verbs in sentences (3-4 weeks)
Y5
Revision of Year 4 work (2-3 weeks)
Personal details name where they live how old they are date of
birth how many sisters and brothers they have
To say what colour eyes they have
To say what colour hair they have (3-4 weeks)
Y4
Revision of Year 3 work (2-3 weeks)
Recap alphabet Personal details name where they live how old
they are date of birth. Difference between Masculine and femine
words and recap adjectival agreement
To say how many brothers and sisters they have (3 weeks)
To ask another whether they have brothers and sisters (1 week)
Y3
Simple greetings
Class instructions
Numbers 1-10 using games poems and songs and pairwork
Cross Curricular
links
Literacy position of
adjective noun
Personal pronouns
Phonics- identify
sounds within word
Literacy recognition
& function of
adjective noun
Phonic work
identifying sounds
within words
Literacy recognition
& function of
adjective noun
Phonics finding
sounds within
words
Literacy –
instructions imperatives
Autumn 2
Y6
Y5
Y4
Y3
Using ER verbs in extended sentences using opinions and giving
reasons for opinions (Level 4 work).
Write a paragraph using present tense ER verbs about what they
do at the weekend. (Level 4 Writing)
If time introduction to conjugation and formation of IR and RE
verbs using game Le monstre and song to learn the endings.
Simple dialogue to assess (talking about what they do at the
weekend)
Length and hair type
To say how tall they are
To describe another – Game -Guess the description
To describe our personality
Assessment to describe ourselves
Introduce sentiments (opinions)
Introduce a range of hobbies
Say how we feel about a variety of hobbies
Assessment to talk about our family
Sound work- Write and learn by heart ‘Deux Petits Oiseaux’
Work on paired dialogues including simple greetings asking
another their name and how they are.
Writing out dialogue and practicing with a partner
Assessment of dialogue work
Literacy adverbs
function
Dictionary skills
Complex sentences
Literacy -Adjectival
agreements
Using 3rd person
Position of adjective
in relation to noun
in sentence
Literacy – using a
variety of simple
connectives.
Literacy – Poetry
Phonic work
identifying sounds
in words.
Music – Song Frere
Jacque
Spring 1
Y6
To talk about past events
Introduction to past tense phrases practice with mimes in pairs
and group games.
Talk about what we did over Xmas using complex sentences.
Prepare and write a paragraph (teacher assessment L5 work)
To talk about where I live
To say where we live either town village country mountains
To say what we live in house flat and how we feel about it
To identify and pronounce rooms in the house
Literacy- compare
number of words
used in English and
in French in past
tense.
Y4
To talk about Nationality and pets
To recognise and pronounce a variety of countries
To say what Nationality someone is
To say what Nationality I am
To recognise and pronounce pets
Y3
To talk about myself
To recognise and say the alphabet to actions
To spell my name and someone else’s name
To recognise and say the days of the week to actions
To record the days of the week in writing.
Agreements
feminine and
masculine
adjectives
Geography links –
Location of
countries in world.
Phonics –identifying
sounds within
words
Y5
Phonics –identifying
sounds within
words
Spring 2
Y6
Y5
Y4
Y3
To recognise where to use certain possessive pronouns.
To recognise, pronounce and say how we feel about school
subjects. Giving reasons for our opinions to form complex
sentences.
Preparation for assessment talking about what we do and have
done over the weekend. End of Term Assessment
To describe our home which rooms are downstairs and which
rooms are upstairs.
To say what we do in rooms of the house.
To prepare for assessment End of Term Assessment.
To describe our pets using adjectival agreements. Application of
agreements.
To talk about our pets’ character/personality.
To say whether I have a pet and to ask another if they have a pet.
Preparation for assessment. End of Term Assessment.
To identify, pronounce and mime to actions the months of the
year.
To recognise and pronounce nos to 31. To say when my birthday
is. To ask another their birthday.
To say where I live and to ask another where they live.
Preparation for assessment.
End Of Term Assessment.
Possessive
pronouns Literacy –
past and present
tense. Use of
connectives and
formation of
complex sentences.
Phonic work
identifying sounds
within words.
Literacy – adjectives
and simple
connectives. Phonic
work, identifying
sounds within
words.
Phonic work,
identifying sounds
within words.
Maths numbers and
time Months of the
Year.
Summer 1
Y6
To pronounce and mime weather.
To talk about what we do in certain weathers.
To research facts about France.
To research aspects of French culture. (using laptops and saving
work to their files)
Y5
Recap description of our homes and what we do there.
To recognise, pronounce and mime prepositions. Create a poster
using prepositions.
To recognise, pronounce and mime bedroom furniture.
Draw a labelled plan of my bedroom.
Y4
To recap recognition and pronunciation nos to 60
To recognise and say the time to O’Clock and half-past the hours.
To say what we do at certain times.
To design and create a booklet illustrating what another does at
certain times of the day.
Y3
To identify and pronounce parts of the head/ the arm/ leg and
body.
Identify and classify masculine/feminine/plural words
Song Head Shoulders Knees and Toes in French with actions
Links to ICT -saving
Fact Files and Power
Points.
Geography –
Geographical facts
of France
Literacy –
prepositions – the
difference between
the order of words
between French and
English.
Art – poster work
Maths – numbers –
time o’clock, halfpast the hour.
Design Technology
Designing a book
Art - Illustrations
Music - song
Summer 2
Y6
Y5
Y4
Y3
Say what we did over the holidays. Design and create a booklet
for a younger child including pictures.
To consolidate use of present tense verb endings. Introduce IR
and RE verbs. To create a short paragraph and to include aspects
of the weather and a paragraph using past tense sentences.
To prepare for assessment . End of Term Assessment.
To say where things are using prepositions and ‘il y a’
To describe where things are in my bedroom.
To prepare for assessment. End of Term Assessment
If time to introduce, identify and pronounce ER verbs
Introduction to personal pronouns. Song to verb endings
Recap time before introduction to recognise, pronounce and
mime school subjects.
To give opinions on school subjects. Give reasons for opinions.
Preparation for assessment
End Of Term Assessment.If time mini-topic Le meteo (weather)
To talk about what is wrong with us ...J’ai mal....
To recognise and pronounce class objects. To describe them.
Agreements of adjectives
To say what I have in my pencil case and what I don’t have. To ask
another what they have.
Prepare for assessment. End of Term Assessment.
Design Technologyplanning designing
layout and making
of booklet.
Art – pictures &
colour
Music – singing verb
endings to song and
game.
Drama skills using
mime.
Art – illustrations
Drama skills using
mime.
Addendum
Drama skills are used during mime which is used in many of the
lessons particularly when learning new vocabulary or phrases.
There is room for cross-curricular topics which form part of school
based projects as in the Rousseau Project.
There will be more songs and use of authentic French Resources
as used in the equivalent of ‘We are going on a Bear Hunt’ which
was adapted to the tiger hunt for the Rousseau Project, used with
a Year 3 class. Also the cartoon story of the Jungle Book outlining
the simple beginning of the story in French which the children
thoroughly enjoyed.
LiteracyFormation of basic
sentences using
capital letters and
full stops are reinforced in all
lessons as is
handwriting.