KS2 French curriculum

This unit introduces essential early knowledge: the verb ‘être’ to be; the sound-symbol correspondences a,e, i, o, u, eu, the nasal sound an/en, and silent final consonants. Singular regular adjective agreement for gender is key knowledge for describing self and others effectively and high frequency vocabulary is selected to support this communicative aim. Greetings enable them to initiate first interactions in French and a Christmas lesson anchors key sounds. In another unit, pupils extend their knowledge of adjective agreement and apply it to grammatically gendered nouns.

1. The vowels in French: [a] [e] [i]
2. Practice with French vowels and verbs for the classroom
3. Greetings: 'je suis' and 'il, elle est'
4. Introductions and taking the register: singular regular adjective agreement
5. In class: intonation questions
6. Is it going ok? 'Ça va ?'
7. What you are like: 'tu es'
8. What you are like: singular regular adjective agreement
9. Friends: adjectives ending in -e
10. What is he or she like? Intonation questions
11. It's Monday! 'C'est' and days of the week
12. I'm brave! Adjectives ending in -eux, -euse
13. Poem: Matthieu le merveilleux
14. Christmas: practice with key sounds

• Pupils know what a vowel is
• Pupils knows what a verb is
• Pupils know what an adjective is