French

Year 3

In Year 3 children will learn:

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• to recognise the main word classes and start to realise the different genders of nouns

• to have a basic understanding of the usual order of words in phrases and simple sentences

• to ask and answer questions and respond appropriately

• to follow simple instructions and link pictures to key words

• to join in with repeated sections of songs or stories

• to recognise some familiar words

• to remember new words when reading

• to use mostly accurate pronunciations

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Year 4

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In Year 4 children will learn:

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• to recognise and use wider range of word classes (pronouns and articles)

• to use the correct form of an adjective according to the different noun gender

• to recognise different sentence forms (questions and negatives - the use of the word 'don't)

• to recognise the meaning of unfamiliar phrase in sentences

• to begin to work out the meaning of unfamiliar words using learnt clues to ask and answer a range of questions

• to use familiar sentences and models, make varied adaptations to create new sentences and phrases

• to read aloud and perform a learned piece using accurate pronunciation

• to orally use a range of adjectives

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Year 5

In Year 5 children will learn:

• the different forms of some verbs

• to gain some understanding of extended spoken text

• to use key sounds to spell topical words

• to read aloud a short text containing familiar language, using fairly accurate pronunciation

• to use dictionaries to extend vocabulary on a given topic

• to express opinions (negative and positive) and reasons in conversation

• to begin to use different sentence types

• to write phrase and some simple sentences using adjectives, verbs and word bank

Year 6

In Year 6 children will learn:

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• the different forms of some verbs

• to read aloud and spell unfamiliar words, using known phonemes

• to use a dictionary to check spelling of topic words

• to ask for clarification in basic conversations

• to create sentences verbally using knowledge of basic sentence structure

• to express meaning to an audience though intonation and pronunciation

• to write a range of phrases and sentences from memory and adapt them to write own sentences