Greetings

Je m'appelle

J'ai ** ans

Expressions for how we're feeling

Colours

Body parts

Clothing

Foods

Colours

Je voudrais (I would like)

J'aime (I like)

Je n'aime pas (I don't like)

Famiy members

Pets

Rooms in house

Classroom objects

Days of week

Months of year

Phrases to express likes/dislikes

Animals/pets

Variety of pass-times

Phrases to express likes/dislikes

Parce-que (because)

Foods and drinks

Manger (to eat) Boire (to drink)

Eight compass points

Revision of numbers

Days

School subjects

Phrases to express likes/dislikes

Time to 5 minutes

Names of countries, nationalities and languages

How to say where I live, what nationality I am and what languages I speak

Donc (so), Mais (but), Et aussi (also)

Common circus activities

Weather expressions

Eight compass points

Numbers to 10,000

Days and months

Time to 1 minute

Personal pronouns

Variety of -er verbs

The four seasons

Weather expressions

European countries

8 compass points

Physical and human features of Paris

Foods and drinks

Vocab specific to the 14th July celebrations

Je m'appelle

J'ai huit ans

J'ai un frère etc

J'aime

Je n'aime pas

Je détèste, J'adore

Il est

Je mange, il mange, elle mange

Je bois, il bois, elle bois

Present tense of faire - je fais, tu fais, il fait, elle fait, on fait, nous faisons, vous faites, ils font, elles font

Past (imperfect) tense of il fait - il faisait

Present tense of -er verbs e.g. je chante, tu chantes, il chante, elle chante, on chante, nous chantons, vous chantez, ils chantent, elles chantent

Present tense of boire - je bois, tu bois, il boit, elle boit, on boit, nous buvons, vous buvez, ils boivent, elles boivent

Past (perfect) tense of manger and boire using avoir:

J'ai mangé, tu as mangé, il a mangé, elle a mangé, on a mangé, nous avons mangé, vous avez mangé, ils ont mangé, ells ont mangé

J'ai bu, tu as bu, il a bu, elle a bu, on a bu, nous avons bu, vous avez bu, ils ont bu, elles ont bu

The pronouns je, il and elle

Gender un/une le/la

Use of apostrophe when a vowel follows je

Use of lowercase letters for days/months

Notice how the negative is formed

The conjunction parce-que (because)

Agreement of à and the definite articles - au, à la or à l', aux

Using Le to say on which day something occurs

Agreement of nationality and speaker

Introduction of additional conjunctions: donc (so), mais (but) et aussi (also)

Present tense of the verb faire using all subjects/personal pronouns

Begin to understand the difference between tu and vous; ils and elles

Understand when to use present and past tense

Past tense of il fait - il faisait

Correct use of prepositions to create time adverbials:

En plus the year

Le plus day of the week

En plus month of year or season

Il y a plus time (it is)

A plus time (at)

Subject - verb - object : sentence construction

Change verb ending depending on subject

Correct use of prepositions to create adverbials of place:

En plus feminine country

Au plus masculine country

Aux plus plural country

A plus name of city/village etc

A or Au for compass points

Present and past (perfect) tenses of manger (to eat) and boire (to drink)

Where is France ?

The most significant French cities and locate them on a map

(Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Nice)

The 10 most significant monuments in Paris

Link to Y4 Art and Design work based on the work of French architect Eugene Viollet le Duc.

The prominent French cities and their location within France

Typical French foods and drinks

Life in French schools

Where is French spoken across the world ?

Revisit prominent French cities

Watch a few examples of weather forecasts (La Météo)

Research famous French historical figures

Timeline of French history

Christmas traditions in France

Research basic Geography of France - settlements, mountains, rivers, coasts etc

Physical and Human features of Paris

Easter traditions in France

Typical French foods

The history and traditions surround the 14th July

Locational Knowledge

locate the world's countries, using maps to focus on Europe, key physical and human characteristics countries and major cities

"En ville" (Spring term)

Learn the names of some of most significant French cities and locate them on a map of France (Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Nice)

Locational Knowledge

locate the world's countries, using maps to focus on Europe, key physical and human characteristics countries and major cities

"Likes and Dislikes" (Autumn term)

Learn about the 10 most significant landmarks in Paris

Locational Knowledge

locate the world's countries, using maps to focus on Europe, key physical and human characteristics countries and major cities

Geographical Skills and Fieldwork

use the eight points of the compass to build their knowledge of the wider world

"En France" (Summer term)

Saying where a French city is located using the eight points of the compass (au nord, au sud, à l'est, à l'ouest, au nord-est, au nord-ouest, au sud-est, au sud-ouest)

Geographical Skills and Fieldwork

use the eight points of the compass to build their knowledge of the wider world

"La météo" (Summer term)

Revisit eight points of the compass

Locational Knowledge

locate the world's countries, using maps to focus on Europe, key physical and human characteristics countries and major cities

"The Four Seasons" (Spring first half)

Name of countries of Europe

Research task: the basic geography of France - settlements, mountains, rivers, coasts

Place knowledge

understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of a region in a European country

"Paris" (Spring second half)

Revisit eight points of the compass

Human and physical features of the Paris (Ile de France) region

Recognise the numbers 1 - 10

Follow simple classroom instructions

Identify the colour of clothing

Identify parts of the body

Recognise the numbers 1 - 20

Recognise names of foods

Recognise if some likes or dislikes something

Recognise the numbers 1 - 20

Identify who someone lives with

Identify what rooms people have in their houses

Recognise the numbers 1 - 30

Identify the names of classroom objects

Identify the colour of the objects

Recognise the numbers 1 - 31

Understand when someone's birthday is

Recognise the numbers 1 - 100

Recognise the names of foods, drinks and animals

Recognise whether someone likes or dislikes a particular food / drink

Recognise the question Qu'est-ce-que tu aimes ?

Recognise the question As-tu un animal ?

Recognise the numbers 1 - 100 and the multiples of 100 to 1000

Recognise the names of pass-times

Recognise whether someone likes or dislikes a particular pass-time

Recognise the question Qu'est-ce-que tu aimes ?

Recognise the time (o'clock and half past)

Recognise the numbers to 1000

Recognise the names of foods and drinks

Recognise whether someone likes or dislikes a particular food/drink

Recognise the question Qu'est-ce-que tu aimes ?

Recognise the eight compass points

Recognise the question Où est Lille ?

Recognise days of the week

Recognise school subjects

Recognise what time a lesson starts

Recognise which country someone lives in

Recognise their nationality

Recognise which language they speak

Recognise the names of some circus activities

Recognise who is doing the activity

Recognise a variety of weather expressions

Recognise where / when that weather w

Translate into English numbers up to 10,000

Understand when something happens: time, day, month, year

Who is doing what ? Recognising the subject and verb in a sentence.

Who is doing what at what time ?

Can you hear what the weather is like in different places during the different seasons of the year ?

From oral descriptions of places in Paris, can the children pick out vocabulary they know to gain the gist of what is being said ?

In increasingly complex sentences, listen out for who ate / drank what on different days of the week.

From oral descriptions of activities on 14th July celebrations, can the children pick out vocabulary they know (verbs and nouns) to establish understanding of the sentence ?

Count to 10

Greet each other

Say what their name is

Say how old they are

Say how they are feeling

Count to 10

Name colours

Name items of clothing

Name part of the body

Count to 20

Ask for foods

Express likes/dislikes

Count to 20

Say who lives with us

Say what rooms we have in our houses

Count to 20

Name classroom objects

Say what colour an object is

Count to 31

Say when our birthdays are

Count in hundreds from 100 to 1000

Say what foods and drinks I like or dislike

Saying what pets I have

Count to 1000

Say what pass-times I like or dislike

Saying the time (o'clock and half past)

Count to 10,000

Say what foods/drinks I like or dislike

Saying where a city is in France (which direction)

Say which subjects we have on which days on the week

Say what time a lesson begins

Say where they live, what nationality they are and what language they speak

Begin to use conjunctions donc (so), mais (but), et aussi (also) e.g. J'habite aux Etats Unis, mais je suis français. Je parle l'anglais et aussi le français (I live in the USA but I'm French. I speak English and also French.

Say who is doing a particular circus activity using the correct form of the verb faire

Say what the weather is like in places by using the names of French cities or compass points e.g. au nord (in the north), au sud-est (in the south-east)

Begin to use the past tense with some weather expressions e.g. le mardi il faisait du vent (On Tuesday it was windy)

Translate into French any number up to 10,000

Say when something happens (ref grammar section above and add previously learned vocabulary and phrases)

Recalling the endings of -er verbs (e, es, e, e, e, ons, ez, ent)

Saying what someone is doing at different times e.g. à huit heures nous regardons la télévision

Saying what the weather is like, in different place, during different seasons of the year.

Say what attractions you would find in Paris e.g. il y a la tour Eiffel

Say what was eaten/drank on different days by different people e.g. Le dimanche, il a mangé un gâteau et il a bu de l'eau.

Say what people do to celebrate la fête nationale.

Read numbers 1 to 10 written in words

Read colour words

Read items of clothing

Read numbers 1 to 20 written in words

Read the names of some foods

Names of rooms in our house

Read numbers 1 to 30 written in words

Read the colour different objects are

Read days of the week
Read months of the year

Read numbers 1 to 60 written in words

Read the names of some foods, drinks and animals

Read numbers 1 to 80 written in words

Read the names of some pastimes

Read numbers 1 to 100 written in words

Read the names of some food/drinks

Read numbers 1-1000 written in words

Read the days of the week

Read some school subjects

Read the name of some countries, nationalities and languages

Read the names of some circus activities

Read the personal pronouns

Begin to read the different forms of the verb faire

Read a variety of weather expressions

Read days of the week

Read il fait and il faisait

Read numbers up to 10,000 written in words; translate into English

Read when something happens: time, day, month, year

Sentences with time adverbial, subject and verb (and sometimes object)

Sentences with the season, the weather and sometimes the place.

Reading basic information leaflets about Paris attractions to find basic facts.

Read basic sentences about when food/drink was eaten/drank, read with accuracy, using phonic knowledge for unknown words.

From written descriptions of activities on 14th July celebrations, can the children pick out vocabulary they know (verbs and nouns) to establish understanding of the sentence ?

Using word banks, begin to write the numbers 1 to 10 in words

Create a phrase using an item of clothing and its colour (trying to agree the adjective)

Using word banks, begin to write the numbers 1 to 20 in words

Using word banks, write simple sentences to say which foods they like/dislike

Write a sentence to say what rooms there are in our houses

Using word banks, begin to write the numbers 1 to 30 in words

Write phrases with classroom object and colour

Write dates using the day, number and month

Using word banks, write simple sentences saying which school subjects like/dislike

Write a simple sentence to say at what time a lesson starts and who teaches it.

Using word banks, write simple sentences saying where they live, what nationality they are and what languages they speak.

Using word banks, write simple sentences saying the activities different people do at the circus, using the correct form of the verb faire

With the support of a vocabulary list, write numbers up to 10,000

With the support of a vocabulary list, write months and days

From memory, write the time using il est or à

With decreasing dependence on words lists, write sentences with time adverbial, subject and verb (and sometimes object). Focus on choosing the correct ending for the verb (to agree with the subject).

With decreasing dependence on vocabulary lists, write sentences that describe what was eaten on a particular day in the past e.g.

Le lundi j'ai mangé un sandwich et j'ai bu une limonade.

Write simple and complex sentences to describe what happens at 14th July celebrations e.g. ils portent le drapeau français. Il est bleu, blanc et rouge. Ils regardent le feu d'artifice.