French
Preparing our pupils for a multi-cultural world
It is now compulsory for all children in key stage 2 and above to receive regular Modern Foreign Languages lessons.
At Brompton-on-Swale CE Primary School, we provide lessons to all children from Year 1 to Year 6, covering both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2, as we believe second language acquisition should start as early as possible. Second language acquisition empowers children with the development of neural pathways that would otherwise remain dormant, and all linguistic input plays a critical role in this development.
Our chosen language is French. Our aim is to provide the children with access to the language structures of French, as well as a meta-cognitive appreciation of language; learning how to learn a language. This includes developing an overall sense of grammatical structures.
There are many key benefits of learning foreign languages for children at primary school. For instance:
- Understanding and appreciation of their own language(s)
- Knowledge about language in general
- Development of cognitive problem-solving skills involved in the decoding and acquisition of language
- Understanding of their place in the world as a global citizen
- Appreciation of social diversity and intercultural understanding
Lessons are delivered by a subject specialist once a week. Our aim is to become a truly bilingual school, and as such we try to embed the language skills learned in the weekly lessons throughout school life. This includes performing French in class assemblies and learning French songs for the Christmas and summer concerts, as well as in singing assemblies during the year.
Curriculum and Subject Progression
French - Revised Subject Progression Sheet
