Year 6
Year 6 Rationale for French
Autumn 1 – Notre école (Our school)
In this unit, children learn to:
- Listen attentively to spoken language and show understanding by joining in and responding.
- Speak in sentences, using familiar vocabulary, phrases and basic language structures.
- Engage in conversations; ask and answer questions; express opinions and respond to those of others.
- Read carefully and show understanding of words, phrases and simple writing.
- Broaden vocabulary and develop ability to understand new words that are introduced into familiar written material, including the use of a dictionary.
- Write phrases from memory, and adapt these to create new sentences, to express ideas clearly.
- Describe people, places, things and actions orally and in writing.
- Understand basic grammar appropriate to the language being studied, including (where relevant) feminine and masculine forms, key features and patterns of the language; how to apply these, for instance, to build sentences; and how these differ from or are similar to English.
Core language:
la salle de classe the classroom
l’entrée principale (f.) the main entrance
la cour the playground
le terrain de sport the sports field
Je cherche ... I’m looking for ...
Je cours. I run/I’m running.
Je travaille. I work/I’m working.
ici here
là there
Voici here it is
Voilà there it is
il est deux heures et quart it’s quarter past two
il est deux heures moins le quart it’s quarter to two
il est deux heures cinq/ it’s five/ten/twenty/
dix/vingt/vingt-cinq twenty-five past two
il est deux heures moins it’s five/ten/twenty/
cinq/dix/vingt/vingt-cinq twenty-five to two
le déjeuner lunch(time)
le professeur the teacher (general term)
le maître, la maîtresse primary school teacher
Il/Elle a ... He/She has ...
Autumn 2 – Notre monde (The world around us)
In this unit, children learn to:
- Listen attentively to spoken language and show understanding by joining in and responding.
- Explore the patterns and sounds of language through songs and rhymes and link the spelling, sound and meaning of words.
- Speak in sentences, using familiar vocabulary, phrases and basic language structures.
- Engage in conversations; ask and answer questions; express opinions and respond to those of others.
- Broaden vocabulary and develop ability to understand new words that are introduced into familiar written material, including the use of a dictionary.
- Understand basic grammar appropriate to the language being studied, including (where relevant): feminine, masculine and neuter forms; key features and patterns of the language; how to apply these, for instance, to build sentences; and how these differ from or are similar to English.
Core language:
l’Europe (f.) Europe
l’Afrique (f.) Africa
Où est ...? Where is ...?
des ... some ... (indefinite plural)
le matin the morning
l’après-midi (m. or f.) the afternoon
Spring 1 - Le passé et le present (Then and now)
In this unit, children learn to:
- Listen attentively to spoken language and show understanding by joining in and responding.
- Explore the patterns and sounds of language through songs and rhymes and link the spelling, sound and meaning of words.
- Speak in sentences, using familiar vocabulary, phrases and basic language structures.
- Engage in conversations; ask and answer questions; express opinions and respond to those of others.
- Develop accurate pronunciation and intonation so that others understand when they are reading aloud or using familiar words and phrases.
- Present ideas and information orally to a range of audiences.
- Broaden vocabulary and develop ability to understand new words that are introduced into familiar written material, including the use of a dictionary.
- Understand basic grammar appropriate to the language being studied, including (where relevant): feminine, masculine and neuter forms; key features and patterns of the language; how to apply these, for instance, to build sentences; and how these differ from or are similar to English.
Core language:
un supermarché a supermarket
une boulangerie a baker’s (shop)
une boucherie a butcher’s (shop)
une épicerie a grocer’s (shop)
une pâtisserie a cake shop
Il y avait ... There was/were ...
maintenant now
Qu’est-ce que c’est? What is it?
Il/Elle porte ... He/She is wearing ...
Il/Elle s’appelle ... His/Her name is ...
Spring 2 - Ici et là (Out and about)
In this unit, children learn to:
- Listen attentively to spoken language and show understanding by joining in and responding.
- Explore the patterns and sounds of language through songs and rhymes and link the spelling, sound and meaning of words.
- Speak in sentences, using familiar vocabulary, phrases and basic language structures.
- Engage in conversations; ask and answer questions; express opinions and respond to those of others.
- Develop accurate pronunciation and intonation so that others understand when they are reading aloud or using familiar words and phrases.
- Present ideas and information orally to a range of audiences.
- Broaden vocabulary and develop ability to understand new words that are introduced into familiar written material, including the use of a dictionary.
- Understand basic grammar appropriate to the language being studied, including (where relevant) feminine, masculine and neuter forms; key features and patterns of the language; how to apply these, for instance,to build sentences; and how these differ from or are similar to English.
Core language:
soixante-et-onze, soixante-douze, 71–79
soixante-treize, etc.,
soixante-dix-neuf
quatre-vingt-un, quatre-vingt-deux, 81–89
quatre-vingt-trois, etc.,
quatre-vingt-neuf
quatre-vingt-onze, quatre-vingt-douze, 91–99
quatre-vingt-treize, etc.,
quatre-vingt-dix-neuf
un homme a man
une femme a woman
Qu’est-ce que tu aimes/détestes? What do you like/hate?
Tu veux jouer au rugby/ Do you want to play rugby/
netball/ping-pong? netball/table tennis?
Oui, je veux jouer. Yes, I want to play.
Non, je ne veux pas jouer. No, I don’t want to play.
Summer 1 - Monter un café (Setting up a café)
In this unit, children learn to:
- Explore the patterns and sounds of language through songs and rhymes and link the spelling, sound and meaning of words.
- Engage in conversations; ask and answer questions; express opinions and respond to those of others.
- Speak in sentences, using familiar vocabulary, phrases and basic language structures.
- Develop accurate pronunciation and intonation so that others understand when they are reading aloud or using familiar words and phrases.
- Appreciate stories, songs, poems and rhymes in the language.
- Present ideas and information orally to a range of audiences.
- Broaden vocabulary and develop ability to understand new words that are introduced into familiar written material, including the use of a dictionary.
- Understand basic grammar appropriate to the language being studied, including (where relevant) feminine, masculine and neuter forms; key features and patterns of the language; how to apply these, for instance, to build sentences; and how these differ from or are similar to English.
Core language:
une limonade a lemonade
une eau minérale a mineral water
un jus d’orange an orange juice
un verre de coca a glass of cola
un chocolat chaud a hot chocolate
un café a (black) coffee
un café au lait a coffee with milk
une tasse de thé a cup of tea
un paquet de chips a packet of crisps
une portion de frites a portion of chips
une glace au chocolat a chocolate ice cream
une glace à la fraise/à la vanille a strawberry/vanilla ice cream
Vous désirez? What would you like?
C’est combien? How much is it?
Bon appétit! Enjoy your meal/food!
Summer 2 - Quoi de neuf? (What's in the news?)
In this unit, children learn to:
- Speak in sentences, using familiar vocabulary, phrases and basic language structures.
- Engage in conversations; ask and answer questions; express opinions and respond to those of others.
- Speak in sentences, using familiar vocabulary, phrases and basic language structures.
- Develop accurate pronunciation and intonation so that others understand when they are reading aloud or using familiar words and phrases.
- Present ideas and information orally to a range of audiences.
- Broaden vocabulary and develop ability to understand new words that are introduced into familiar written material, including the use of a dictionary.
- Describe people, places, things and actions orally* and in writing.
- Understand basic grammar appropriate to the language being studied, including (where relevant) feminine, masculine and neuter forms; key features and patterns of the language; how to apply these, for instance, to build sentences; and how these differ from or are similar to English.
Core language:
la météo the weather forecast
la mode fashion (fashion pages of a magazine)
la cuisine cookery (cookery pages of a magazine)
C’est beau. It’s beautiful.
C’est intéressant. It’s interesting.
C’est ennuyeux. It’s boring.
C’est dégueulasse. It’s disgusting.
C’est trop long. It’s too long.
car as, since, because
à mon/son avis in my/his/her opinion