MFL

What French looks like in Holmer C of E Academy

What French looks like in our school:

• Opportunities to learn about life in another country, developing an awareness of cultural similarities and differences;

• Speaking and listening activities to develop confidence with pronunciation and speaking and listening skills;

• Enjoyable and fun activities and songs to foster an interest in learning another language;

• Grammar activities which reinforce and develop their understanding of their own language;

This is our philosophy:

• Children learning through enjoyable activities;

• French language embedded throughout the school with instructions, class routines etc sometimes delivered in French.

This is what we do:

• A progressive curriculum with areas of vocabulary revisited and built on each year, with a clear progression in core skills of reading, writing speaking and listening.

• 30-45 minutes of French teaching for 10 weeks each term.

• Start each lesson with speaking and listening revision of language from previous lessons.

• Teach language based on familiar areas – the home, food, meeting people, familiar sons and stories.

This is what you might typically see:

• Happy and engaged learners

• A variety of techniques used to encourage active engagement – games, role play and songs.

• Engagement and perseverance

• Self-motivated children

• Children talking about, sharing and reflecting on their learning

This is how we know how well our pupils are doing:

• Marking and feedback by teacher and peers.

• Displays of work in classrooms

• At the end of each year the skills are highlighted according to whether a child has demonstrated that they have met a skill and a summary judgement is made of whether the child is Working Towards, Working At or Secure in the skills for their year group.

• mistakes/misconceptions

• Targeted use of TAs- TAs noting and recording observations of individual children

This is the impact of the teaching:

• Children who are excited about learning a foreign language

• Children who are able to gain an insight on the similarities and difference between different countries.

• Children with developing confidence in their ability to communicate orally and in writing in a foreign language.