Learning a foreign language provides an opening to other cultures around the world. A high-quality language education should foster pupils’ curiosity and deepen their understanding of the world.

At Chislet Church of England Primary School, we have opted to teach French as our designated Modern Foreign Language. To support us with this, we use the Kapow The French scheme of work. This scheme of work aims to instil a love of language learning and an awareness of other cultures. We want pupils to develop the confidence to communicate in French for practical purposes, using both written and spoken French. Through our scheme of work, we aim to give pupils a foundation for language learning that encourages and enables them to apply their skills to learning further languages, developing a strong understanding of the English language, facilitating future study and opening opportunities to study and work in other countries in the future. The French scheme of work supports pupils to meet the National curriculum end of Key stage 2 attainment targets (there are no Key stage 1 attainment targets for Languages).

The French scheme of work is designed with three knowledge strands that run throughout our units with knowledge building cumulatively. These are:

• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Grammar

This knowledge can then be applied within our skills strands, which also run throughout each unit in the scheme:

• Language comprehension (Listening and reading)
• Language production (speaking and writing)

Through the French scheme, pupils are given opportunities to communicate for practical purposes around familiar subjects and routines. We provide balanced opportunities for communication in both spoken and then moving onto written French.