At Key Stage 2, our intent in teaching French is to foster a love of language learning and to lay a strong foundation for future language acquisition. We aim to develop pupils’ confidence and competence in speaking, listening, reading, and writing in French through engaging, meaningful, and age-appropriate activities.

Our curriculum is designed to:

• Introduce pupils to the sounds and patterns of the French language.
• Build essential vocabulary and grammar knowledge progressively.
• Enable pupils to communicate with increasing accuracy and fluency.
• Support pupils in writing for a range of purposes and audiences, adapting the length and style of their writing as appropriate.
• Develop pupils’ ability to apply a range of grammatical structures confidently in both spoken and written French.
• Encourage understanding of and meaningful responses to both spoken and written French drawn from a variety of authentic sources.
• Promote curiosity about French culture and the wider French-speaking world.
• Encourage resilience, independence, and enjoyment in learning a new language.

By the end of KS2, pupils will have gained a solid grounding in French, equipping them with the skills and enthusiasm to continue language learning at Key Stage 3 and beyond.In KS2 (Years 3- 6) we use Language Angels to teach French on a weekly basis. Units vary from early language units (which are ideal for children with little or no previous knowledge of foreign languages) to intermediate units (ideal for pupils building up their foreign language expertise) through to progressive units (which are great for extending and challenging pupils with a sound understanding of the basics of the language they are learning).

Our French lead is Mrs H Stuart.