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Year Four

Autumn Term 

Phonics (for reading) is introduced in Year 4.  This was a new element of the curriculum in 2023-2024, therefore all year groups (4, 5 and 6) are revisiting from the same starting points. 

Phonics

Alphabet - focus on consonants c, g, j, q

a and an sounds

Vocabulary

Counting to 100; multiples of 100 (to 1000)

Recognising numbers to 100

Revise foods and drinks 

Saying what we like / dislike responding to the question Qu'est-ce-que tu aimes ? (what do you like ?)  with J'aime (I like) and Je n'aime pas (I don't like)

Recognise the question As-tu un animal ? (Have you got a pet ?) and respond using Oui, j'ai un ...

Grammar

Notice how the negative is formed using ne ... pas around the verb

Cultural Understanding 

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. 

Expected OutcomesListening:

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 ?

Speaking:

Count in hundreds from 100 to 1000

Say what foods and drinks I like or dislike

Saying what pets I have

Saying which monuments in Paris I like

Reading:

Read numbers 1 to 60 written in words

Read the names of some foods, drinks and animals 

Read some basic facts about monuments in Paris

Writing:

Using word banks, write simple sentences saying what I like or dislike using J'aime (I like) and Je n'aime pas (I don't like)

Spring Term - Les passe-temps

Phonics

e, é and è sounds

i, ien and in sounds 

Vocabulary

Counting to 1000

Recognising numbers to 1000 (multiples of 100)

Variety of sports / pass-times 

Je détèste (I hate), J'adore (I love)

parce-que (because)

Reasons e.g. il est ennuyeux (it's boring)

Time to the hour and half hour e.g. il est deux heures, (it's 2 o'clock) il est trois heures et demie (it's half past three)

Grammar

Introduction of the conjunction parce-que (because) to make complex sentences

Cultural Understanding None covered in this unit 
Expected OutcomesListening:

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)

Speaking:

Count to 1000

Say what pass-times I like or dislike

Saying the time (o'clock and half past)

Reading:

Read numbers 1 to 80 written in words

Read the names of some pastimes

Writing:

Using word banks, write simple sentences saying what I like or dislike using J'aime (I like), Je n'aime pas (I don't like), Je détèste (I hate), J'adore (I love)

Summer Term - En France

Phonics

o, open o, oi, on and ou sounds

u, un and y sounds 

Vocabulary

Counting to 10,000

Recognising numbers to 1000 

Variety of foods and drinks

the verbs manger (to eat) and boire (to drink) using the pronouns Je (I), Il (he) and Elle (she)

Compass points au nord (north), au sud (south),  à l'est (east), à l'ouest (west), au nord-est (north east), au nord-ouest (north west), au sud-est (south east), au sud-ouest (south west)

Saying where a French city is located

Grammar

Use the correct form of

- de plus definite article  - du (masculine), de la (feminine) or des (plural)

à plus definite article - au (masculine ), à la / à l' (feminine) or aux (plural)

Cultural Understanding 

The main cities of France and their location 

Typical French foods and drinks

Expected OutcomesListening

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 ?

Speaking:

Count to 10,000

Say what foods/drinks I like or dislike

Saying where a city is in France (which direction)

Reading:

Read numbers 1 to 100 written in words

Read the names of some food/drinks

Writing:

Using word banks, write simple sentences saying what I like or dislike using J'aime (I like), Je n'aime pas (I don't like), Je détèste (I hate), J'adore (I love)

Every lesson contains revision of previous learning

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