FRENCH LEARNING
JOURNEY
KS2
Knowledge
Recognition of patterns and sounds, high frequency verbs, expressing simple opinions, speaking in sentences using familiar vocabulary, phrases and basic language structures, description of people, places, things and actions, develop understanding of pronunciation and intonation.
Key Concepts
Vocabulary
Grammar
Phonics
V – days of the week, months, numbers 16-31, dates, alphabet, brothers and sisters, likes and dislikes, conjunctions, classroom items, description, activities you do
G
– present tense, verb avoir (je/tu/il/elle), indefinite article, verb aimer (je/tu), definite articles, verb être (je/ tu/il/elle), using adjectives with agreement, negatives, infinitives, possessive adjectives
P - SFC, ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘I’, ‘u’, ‘au’, Sfe, ‘en/an’, ‘é/ez/er’, ‘c/ç,’ ‘ain/in’, ‘au’.
V – schools subjects, opinions, colours, uniform, telling the time, school day, describing a French school, ideal school
G – present tense, likes and dislikes with er verbs, adjectives after nouns, verb porter (je/tu/il/elle/on), er- verbs with on, il y a/ il n’y a pas de, combien de
P - ‘ê/è’, ‘eu’, ‘on’, ‘qu’, ‘ou’, ‘ain/in’, ‘ai’, ‘ien’, ‘ch’
V – personal information, school and free time, pets, colours, high numbers, family, house and activities, breakfast, Bastille Day
G
– present tense (regular –er and irregular verbs), definite and indefinite articles, adjectival agreement, possessive adjectives, avoir and être, habiter, opinion verb + infinitive, nous form of –er verbs, je mange/bois, partitive article, nous/ils form of –er verbs, il/elle
P – liaison, ‘h’ muet, syllables and stress, ‘a’, ‘I’, ‘aim’, ‘im’, ‘em/’am/, ‘om/on’, ‘gn’, ‘r’.
V – leisure activities, visit to a shopping centre, talking about sports, giving opinions, healthy living, injuries, illnesses.
G –present tense (regular and irregular), perfect, near future, time phrases, adjectival agreement, comparatives, questions, expressing opinions.
P – developing transcription skills.
CC- European Day of languages, Christmas in France
V –identity, weekend routine, friends, family, role models, celebrations, school, subjects, school rules, learning languages.
G –emphatic pronouns, reflexive verbs, adjectives, direct object pronouns, perfect, present, near future, opinions with reasons, comparatives, imperfect tense, using negatives.
P –’è / ê / aî / ai’, ‘œ / open eu’, ‘ch’, ‘ment/ent’, SFC, ‘er/é’, ‘oi/oy’, ‘ien’.
égalité,
V – my planet, environmental issues, day-to-day actions, new technologies, understanding adverts, town/ village, understanding and giving directions, shopping.
V – places in town/village, opinions, prices, weekend activities, invitations, drinks and snacks, what you are going to do, plans for a special weekend
G – il y a /il n’y pas, aller, à + definite articles, vouloir, je voudrais/ vous désirez, tu/vous form, near future with je, present tense
P – ‘o/ô’, ‘au/eau’, ‘eu/œu’, open/closed ‘o’, ‘-s-’, ‘th’, ‘ill/ille’, ‘aille/ail’, ‘eill/eil’, ‘oy’, ‘y’
V –visiting countries, impressive sites and monuments. money, careers, future plans, inventors
G –devoir and pouvoir, adjectives, opinion, je voudrais + infinitive, adjectives, simple future, questions, present and past tenses.
P – developing transcription skills.
CC- Francophone countries, monuments, Easter in France
V – Healthy lifestyle, mealtimes, good mental health, illness and accidents., making lifestyle changes.
G –imperative, partitive, modal verbs, perfect tense of reflexive verbs, simple future, complex sentence structures, imperfect, present.
P –’ en, an, em, am, ain, in, aim, im‘, ’eu‘, ’eu, ou, oi‘
V – weather, seasons, sports you do/play, sports other people do/play, leisure activities you do, what you like doing
G – present tense, verb jouer à and être (je/tu /il/elle/on), verb faire du/de la/des/d’ (je/tu/ il/elle/ on), aimer followed by an infinitive, nous/ils/elles
P –’oi’, ‘j/g’, ‘au’, ‘tion’, ‘u’, ‘Sfe’, ‘qu’, ‘é/ez/er’, SFC, ‘an/en’.
V – holidays (how long and where), what you did, visit to a theme park, where you went and how, disaster holiday, Likes and dislikes, festivals and special days
G – avoir and être, perfect tense with je, perfect tense with –er verbs, irregular past participles, perfect tense of irregular verbs, perfect tense with être, negatives, present, opinion verbs+ inf.
P – ‘h’ liaison, stress syllabification, ‘em/am’, en/an’, ‘aim/in’, ‘ain/in’, ‘om/on’, ‘um/un’, ‘r’, ‘eu/oeu’, ‘ill/ille’, ‘ail’aill/eill/eil/’, ‘euill’, ‘ouill’, ‘ouil’, ‘oy’, ‘y’, SSC , soft ‘c/ç/s/
V – Francophone events, online activities, staying active, what you watch, making plans to go out, last weekend, interview.
G – aimer+ noun / infinitive, present tense of –er verbs and irregular verbs, negatives, near future tense, perfect tense, asking questions in the perfect tense, using two tenses together (present and perfect).
P – ‘é/er/ez’, SFC, Sfe,
CC- Francophone countries, Fête de la musique, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Francophone Games
V – ideal home, visiting another town or city, summer plans, future plans and hopes, travelling and earning money, future career paths, jobs.
V – , holidays, accommodation, ideal holiday, festivals, booking holidays, staycation activities.
G –conditional tense, question types, perfect and imperfect tenses, relative pronouns, en+ present participle, si sentences.
P- ’ h’, ‘au/eau/closed o/ô’, ‘gn’, ‘on/om’, ‘un/en, an, em, am‘,
Content is taught, revisited & upscaled across the 5 years. GCSE Exams
G –numbers, percentages, comparatives, superlatives, present, imperative, en+ present participle, imperfect, perfect, être en train de/venir de, demonstrative adjectives, y/depuis, à/de
P- ‘-tion’, ‘open o’, ‘a; nasal sounds’, ‘i/y’, ‘r / th’,
CC- Madagascar, Francophone countries.
G –si clauses, questions, verb endings, future, après avoir, perfect, infinitives as nouns, verbs followed by à/de.
P –‘c+e/i/ç’, ‘ill/-ille ‘,
Post-16 Pathways
and tourism
up a second language