The national curriculum for languages aims to ensure that all pupils in KS2:

• understand and respond to spoken and written language from a variety of authentic sources
• speak with increasing confidence, fluency and spontaneity, finding ways of communicating what they want to say, including through discussion and asking questions, and continually improving the accuracy of their pronunciation and intonation
• can write at varying length, for different purposes and audiences, using the variety of grammatical structures that they have learnt
• discover and develop an appreciation of a range of writing in the language studied.

It should enable pupils to understand and communicate ideas, facts and feelings in speech and writing, focused on familiar and routine matters, using their knowledge of phonology, grammatical structures and vocabulary. The focus of study in modern languages will be on practical communication.

At Worstead we use Language Angels to support our teaching of French (the agreed modern foreign language at our cluster high school). We also have links with the KS3 language department and French days.

Play French language games at home:

1. Follow this web link: Language Angels
2. Press login and scroll down to 'Login Pupil Games'
3. Username: Worstead,  Password: French
4. Have fun trying the different French games.

Intent

We want our children to leave the Belfry CEVA Primary School having developed a rich vocabulary and able to respect diversity and individuality. The teaching of Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) is an important part of this. We aim to inspire curiosity and a love of languages that pupils will strengthen and develop as they progress through our school. Pupils should be able to extend their knowledge of how language works and explore the differences between how the French and English languages are structured.

Implementation

Our MFL curriculum has been designed to cover all of the objectives as set out in the National Curriculum in relation to the French language. The curriculum has been planned and sequenced as a progression, which introduce new vocabulary to pupils, allowing them the opportunity to apply, consolidate and build on this as each unit progresses.

Pupils are initially taught the ‘core’ vocabulary to ensure that they have a secure understanding of basic words and phrases. This knowledge base is then extended, allowing pupils to expand their recognition of French vocabulary, subsequently leading them to apply this to conversations and written tasks.  

Impact

MFL assessment is ongoing throughout each module to inform future planning, lesson activities and differentiation. Summative assessment is made against Learning Objectives.