French
Our Vision
Our MFL curriculum is designed to ensure that Meadowhead students:
- Understand and respond to spoken and written language;
- Speak and write with increasing confidence, fluency and spontaneity, finding ways of communicating what they want to say;
- Recognise and use grammatical rules and a range of vocabulary to communicate effectively; and
- Discover and develop an appreciation of foreign languages and other cultures.
We want every student at Meadowhead School to experience the fun and satisfaction of a foreign language. Being able to communicate in another language opens up doors to a wider range of better-paid jobs, new friends, and a more understanding world view. The future needs open-minded, forward-thinking, more tolerant linguists.
“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart” - Nelson Mandela, South African politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
“You live a new life for every new language you speak. If you know only one language, you live only once” – Czech proverb
Key stage 3 (7-9)
Please click the hyperlinks to access the knowledge organisers
| Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Term 1 |
• Greetings • Name and Age • Numbers 1 – 31 •Months •Birthdays • Alphabet • Classroom Language • Family members• Adjectives of personality• pets • colours • hair and eyes • countries • Nationalities |
• Places in town• Saying what there is and is not • Asking for and giving directions •The verb aller • Saying where you’re going • Monuments of Paris • Near future tense • sports • musical instruments • leisure activities • modal structures • frequency phrases • holiday activities in future • ideal holiday destinations.
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Relationships with family and friends • Talk about family and friends •Use “avoir” and “être” in present tense • use adjectives • Use reflexive verbs • talk about personal relationships • talk about future relationships • use comparatives•full paradigm of “aller” • use near future tense • use future tense time markers • Describing your home • using negative phrases • adjectives • prepostions • chores • bedroom furniture • places in town • activities in town |
| Assessment | Writing and translation | Reading, translation and writing | Listening and reading |
| Term 2 |
School and School life •subjects, •teachers •times, • days of week •routine •opinions • reasons • present tense• reflexive verbs |
Clothes and shopping •items of clothing • adjectives • Numbers to 100 • question formation • making a complaint • comparatives |
Free time•Music •TV programmes • types of films • Perfect tense with AVOIR • time markers Food and Eating out • breakfast • lunch • types of cuisine • ordering food Food – consolidate perfect tense. Transactional language in restaurants/cafés. |
| Assessment | Listening, reading, and writing | Listening, reading, and writing | Reading |
| Term 3 |
House and home life;• Rooms • furniture • prepositions • activities at home • furniture •descriptions of room • ideal house. |
Body and Health, • Body parts • Illness • advice •going to the doctors/chemist, •sports • healthy lifestyle |
Festivals. • French festivals • celebrations • perfect tense with être • daily routine• reflexives with être. |
Key stage 4 (10-11)
| Year 10 | Year 11 | |
|---|---|---|
| Term 1 | Technology; School subjects and School Life | Environment; Future plans and higher educationhigher education |
| Assessment | Writing | Trial exams – speaking, listening, reading, and writing |
| Term 2 | Holidays and Tourism; Healthy and unhealthy living | Poverty and homelessness; and choice of career |
| Assessment | Reading | GCSE Speaking Exam |
| Term 3 | Retrieval of units 1 – 5 with focus on transactional language and Exam Skills. |
Exam practice. GCSE 150 word writing mat |
| Assessment | Trial exams – speaking, listening, reading, and writing | N/A |
Key stage 5 (12-13)
| Year 12 | Year 13 | |
|---|---|---|
| Term 1 | The changing family; and the digital world; La Haine | Exclusion; Prison systems; and La Haine |
| Term 2 | Volunteering; music; La Haine; and Cultural Heritage | Youth politics; trade unions and strikes; and La Haine. |
| Assessment | Trial exams – speaking, listening, reading, and writing. | Trial exams – speaking, listening, reading, and writing. |
| Term 3 | Cinema; IRP launched; multicultural society | Immigration |
| Assessment | Assessment week – speaking, listening, reading, and writing. | Resit Trials |
Useful websites
Extra-curricular / enrichment
Trips and exchanges abroad, access to Foreign Language Assistant, Homework Support Club, KS4 weekly revision sessions, February and Easter holiday revision sessions