Rachel Hawkes

KS2 French 2021


Y5 and Y6 French

This is a new primary scheme of work (including resources) created for Cam Trust schools, and is available for any teachers to download, adapt and use.

The lesson materials were created by Dr Marie-Odile Guillou (biog and contact details) and me.

The SOW implements key recommendations from the pedagogy review and the Ofsted languages research report, which highlight the three key knowledge strands phonics, vocabulary and grammar. The lessons draw on the NCELP French team (led by Natalie Finlayson and Cath Salkeld) KS3 SOW and resources, which are in turn informed by the research work of Professor Emma Marsden and colleagues, including Dr Rowena Kasprowicz.

All resources are licensed as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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Artwork is by Steve Clarke. All additional pictures selected are available under a Creative Commons license, no attribution required.

I will eventually include here the SOW document (Excel) and other support material. (We will have SOW, primary languages policy doc, and a language guide booklet).

The overall curriculum plan for KS2 French has the following design:

Here is a termly overview of the contexts for learning, the phonics, vocabulary and structures we teach. Follow the term links (Autumn, Spring, Summer) to get to the lesson resources.

Links will become 'live' as the materials become available.

Note: The previous KS2 French SOW and resources will remain on the site.

The full Bleu and Vert scheme of work is available here. Please download this regularly as it will be updated as needed.

Overview document: Language Progression KS2 French

Here is an example (editable) of a Primary Languages Policy Document

Autumn Term

Half-term 1: Describing me and others

Half-term 2: Saying what I and others have

Phonics: the SSC (sound-symbol correspondences) revisited and/or introduced this term are:
Silent Final Consonant [SFC] |Silent Final E [SFe]
[a ] [an/am/en/em]
[i] [in/im] [qu]
[u] [ou] [on] [au/eau/o/ô]
open and closed [eu]
We also revisit liaison.

Vocabulary: greetings, adjectives to describe mood and character, months, numbers 13-31, dates, nouns and adjectives for places, festivals, physical description, interrogatives qui ? quell ? quelle ?

Grammar: être (plural) regular plural adjective agreement (-s) avoir (plural), singular and plural indefinite articles (un, une, des), intonation questions (including with quoi, où, qui, quand, comment)

Spring Term

Half-term 1: Saying what I and others do

Half-term 2: Saying how many and describing things

Phonics: the SSC (sound-symbol correspondences) revisited and/or taught this term are: [é/et/ez/er] [è/ê] [oi] [(a)in] [ai]
We also revisit liaison.

Vocabulary: verbs and nouns to describe activities in school, at the weekend, life in the city and country, journeys

Grammar: -ER present tense (singular) and 1st person plural (we), JOUER + à + sports, ALLER (singular), definite articles (le, la, les), regular plural marking on nouns (-s), indefinite articles (un, une, des), il y a, Est-ce que questions (including with WH-words), negation (ne ... pas)

Summer Term

Half-term 1: Describing things and people

Half-term 2: Expressing likes and saying what I and others do

Phonics: the SSC (sound-symbol correspondences) revisited and/or taught this term are:
[SFC] |Silent Final E [SFe] soft [c/ç] [ch] [-ien] [qu] [j/soft g] [-tion]
We also revisit liaison.

Vocabulary: verbs and nouns to describe sports, playing instruments, activities in different countries, life at home, home town, requesting food and drink

Grammar: FAIRE (singular), weather expressions with faire, faire vs. jouer with sports, jouer + de + instruments, pronoun on meaning you (general) and we, 2-verb structures (aimer, detester, devoir, vouloir, pouvoir - singular)

When you click on Autumn, Spring, Summer you will get to separate pages, each with the layout of the SOW for that term (like the current page but with different column design).