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To add depth to our French curriculum and to develop the children's cultural understanding as they learn the French language, we cover a number of the KS2 Geography National Curriculum objectives in French lessons:
| NC Geography Objective | Year Group | Topic / Term |
Locational Knowledge locate the world's countries, using maps to focus on Europe, key physical and human characteristics countries and major cities | Three | "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 | Four | "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 | Four | "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 | Five | "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 | Six | "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 | Six | "Paris" (Spring second half) Revisit eight points of the compass Human and physical features of the Paris (Ile de France) region |