Clifton Primary School
MFL Long-term Plan
Term /
Year
3
4
Autumn
1. Moi
All About Me
Greetings
SKILLS
• Simple greetings
• Make simple statements
about how you are and ask
others.
• Asking simple questions
(about name and age)
• Numbers 1–10
• s’appeler: je and tu forms
7. Back to School
SKILLS
• Names for classroom items
• asking for help in the
classroom
• J’aime plus infinitive
•silent final consonants
vert, faut, vous
2. Jeux
Games and Songs
SKILLS
• Numbers 11–20
• Simple instructions
• Expressing preference
• Singular and plural nouns
 Understanding and
responding to the
question ‘combien de’
8. Pocket Money
SKILLS
• Expressing likes and
dislikes (about toys)
• Justification of opinions
• Numbers 21–39
• Simple prices in euros
Spring
3. Celebrations
Bon Anniversaire
SKILLS
• Making simple
statements (about
birthdays)
• Expressing praise
• Months of the year
• Writing an invitation
• vingt et un et vingt-huit
(silent h in huit)
9. Tell me a
Story
Sleeping Beauty
SKILLS
 classroom instructions
• Numbers in multiples
of 10 up to 100
• Imperatives: vous form
• Adjectives: masculine
and feminine singular
agreement
4. Portraits
SKILLS
• Making simple
statements (about
appearance)
• Giving a simple
description (of a person)
• Adjectives: agreement
and position
• names of parts of the
body
 colours
 pronunciation of final
consonant when ‘e’ is
added vert/ verte
10. Sport
SKILLS
• names of sports with
the verbs jouer and
faire
• days of the week
Summer
5. Four Friends
SKILLS
Listen to a story
Le Quatre Amis
SKILLS
• Giving a simple
description (of an animal)
• Making simple statements
(about movement)
 ne…pas
11. Carnival of the
Animals
SKILLS
• Giving a simple
description (names of animals
and habitats)
• Telling the time on the
hour and asking the time
• pronunciation of adjectives
with and without ‘e’ endings
6. Growing
Things
Jack and the Beanstalk
SKILLS
• Expressing likes and
dislikes (about food)
• Saying what you would
like to buy or eat
• Regular -er verbs: tu and
vous forms
12. Weather
SKILLS
• Describing the weather
• Revision of numbers up
to 40
• names of items of
clothing
• Saying the date
• Complex sentences
starting with a clause
using Quand _____
phonics: one/onne
5
13. Le Musicien
SKILLS
Expressing and qualifying
opinions (about musical
preferences)
saying what instrument you are
playing
• Expressing future
intentions (about playing
a musical instrument)
• jouer + du, de la (musical
instrument)
•
aller plus infinitive
(future)je vais jouer/ je vais
chanter
• pronunciation of ‘r’ ending
‘re ‘ faire
14. Bon Appetit
SKILLS
• Talking about what has
been eaten and drunk
• Expressing likes, dislikes
and preferences (about
food and drink)
• Following and writing
instructions (as in a recipe)
• perfect tense: manger
(j’ai mange/ tu as mange)
boire (j’ai bu)
• using aux/a la/ a l’ / au
• plural nouns les/des
• imperatives : vous form
of some regular and
irregular verbs in the
present tense
•
6
19. L’ecole/ School
SKILLS
• Making statements (about
the school environment
and everyday school routines)
• Making statements about
break-time activities, with
reference to the past
• Telling the time using
half-hours, quarter-hours
and 24-hour clock notation
• definite and indefinite
articles un/une, le/la
•
perfect tense :regular ‘-er’
verbs with avoir (J’ai joue/
J’ai parle)
15. En Route
SKILLS
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Describe your journey
to school
places in town
simple directions
the alphabet
adverbial phrases of
time
il y a
phonics: letter names,
e, oi (wa) k (qu)
16. The Beach
SKILLS
• Giving a simple
description (of a scene
or place)
• Using adjectives to add
interest and detail to a
description
• Writing instructions
• Regular –er verbs
(present tense) third
person singular
• dormer (irregular)
• il/elle dort
• C’est / Ce n;est pas+
noun
17. Les Saisons
SKILLS
• Making simple statements
(about seasons)
• Describing the weather
(with reference to the
present and the past)
• Using adjectives as
antonyms
• prepositions en/au (with
seasons)
• imperfect tense: il faisait
beau/chaud
•
18. The Planets
SKILLS
• Giving a description
(of a planet)
• Making statements
(about the position of a
planet)
• Classifying nouns,
adjectives and verbs
•
Revise adjectival agreement
and positions
phonics revision: an/en,
au/eau
20. Our World
SKILLS
• Understanding and
naming continents
• Making statements
(about rivers and their
geographical features)
• Making a weather
forecast
• future tense: aller plus
infinitive, il va faire beau
• simple superlatives le/la
plus grand(e)
• pronouns il/elle
21. Café
SKILLS
• Quantities (of food
and drink)
• Transactional language
for a café
• Seeking clarification
of meaning
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•
Perfect tense third
person, singular form:
il/elle a mange, il/elle a
bu
prepositions: au, a la
22.Then and
Now
SKILLS
• Making statements
(about places in a town)
• Asking questions
(about places in a town)
• Giving a description
(of a town)
• Saying the year (eg
mille neuf cent quarantehuit)
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23. Theme Park
SKILLS
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Antonyms
•
imperfective tense of
avoir (avait) and etre
(etait)
•
beaucoup de…
peu de …
•
Making statements about a
visit to a theme park,
referring to the past
expressing an opinion about
what a theme park ride was
like
using adjectives to add
interest and detail to a
description
Perfect tense with etre,
aller (je suis alle/je suis
allee)
perfect tense with avoir :
prendre J’ai pris, voir J’ai
vu, entendre j’ai entendu
phonics revision of u/ou
24. What’s in
the News?
SKILLS
Celebration and
consolidation of learning
• Looking at French
newspapers
• Making statements
(about sections in a
newspaper)
• Making statements
(about what’s on TV)
• Expressing and justifying
opinions (using car as an
alternative to parce que)
Cross Curricular links can be made by individual class teacher linked to subject specific topics. Where possible, teachers should aim to use greetings, numbers and other basic forms of
French on a daily basis for instance, answering the register.
Other possible links are as follows:
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Counting, shape, money, and simple calculations in maths
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Grammar, reading and writing skills in literacy that can be transferred
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Reading and understanding of simple stories in French
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Geography- weather, travel, the world, seasons, physical and human features of the beach
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History- past and present tenses, birthdays.
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Science- space, growing things, animals, what the weather is like
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Art and Design- colour, shape, opinions, school equipment, food technology.
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PE- number, colours during warm up activities or keeping scores