Intent

Our mission ‘Guided by God to be the best that we can be’ is at the core of everything we do. To enable our children to celebrate and welcome differences in our world, it is vital that they have an understanding of different languages and countries. Encouraging our children to learn about other countries and cultures will develop their respect for others and enable them to play a valuable role as a member of both national and global society, all contributing to the development of their cultural capital. With this end point in mind, we aim to inspire a love of language and of learning about other cultures through our MFL curriculum. Learning a language stimulates children’s curiosity, and helps to build their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. It is our intention that, by the end of our children’s primary education, they have an understanding of both spoken and written French, confidence to speak in French with others and recognise the importance of learning languages.

Implementation

Our MFL curriculum is designed to progressively develop skills in French. We will be using resources from the ‘Lightbulb Languages’ scheme to deliver lessons. Lessons will ensure children acquire a bank of vocabulary organised around topics, and build on prior learning as children progress through units. Lessons are active and engaging, with actions, songs and games which help children to apply the language skills and vocabulary learnt. As children progress through their French learning, we also place a focus on sentence building, recognising word classes and grouping words according to their phonetic ‘family’. Classrooms have French displays, with a focus on key vocabulary. All children in Key Stage 2 are taught French in a weekly session, and signage around school is in both French and English to further extend learning.