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Progression skills for French
Year 3
Content: 1
Numbers 0-6
Zéro, un, deux, trois,
quatre, cinq, six.
Oui, non
Asking for classroom
objects
Key skills and activities
- Letter strings – oi, eu
- Links between some
sounds and spellings
- Watch mouth of speaker
Content: 2
Greetings, asking and
Key Stage 2
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Revision of colours from
year 3
Say which colours you
like/don’t like
“J’aime le…”
“Je n’aime pas le…”
Parts of the body;
Une tête, un nez, des
dents, des cheveux, des
yeux, une bouche, des
oreilles.
Adjectives: grand, petit,
gros, long, pointu
Introducing oneself
(name, age, where you
live, pets, favourite
colour and opinion on
food and school
subjects).
Classroom routines:
Answering the register
Saying the date
Following instructions
Recap of simple negative
from year 4: Je n’ai pas
de
Revisit days of the week
Sports:
Say which sports you do
Who you do the sport
with.
- Listen to and follow a
short story
- Identify adjectives in a
text and recognise that
they can change spelling
- Listen for specific words
and phrases
- Pronounce some words
accurately.
- Make a simple sentence
and manipulate them by
changing an element
- Understand and use
negatives
- Recite a short text with
accurate pronunciation.
- Initiate and sustain
conversations
- Re-use previously learned
language in a new context
- Discuss language learning
and reflect on how to
memorise and recall
language
- Understand the formation
of a basic negative
sentence.
Parts of the body
Fruits (learn 12 fruits)
Leisure activities:
saying how are you
Bonjour, au revoir,
comment ça va? Trés
bien, bien, salut, je suis
fatigué, ca ne va pas.
Key skills and activities
Content: 3
- Listen and respond to
rhymes
- Imitate pronunciation
- Participate in a short
exchange.
Classroom instructions
Salut!
Ecoutez, regardez,
asseyez-vous, levez-vous,
répétez, venez ici,
silence
La jambe, le pied, le
ventre, la main, le bras
(l’épaule and le genou
introduced for receptive
use through song)
Asking for French
translation:
Comment dit-on..en
française?
Revision of adjectives
J’aime les
Je n’aime pas les
Say what you do, when
you do it and with whom.
- Identify the position of
adjectives in a sentence
- Understand that all nouns
have a gender
- Ask how to say something
in French
- Listen for a key sound as
it occurs in a rhyme
- Manipulate language by
changing an element in a
sentence.
- Perform a sketch in
French to an audience
- Present oral work
confidently, speaking
clearly and audibly with
good pronunciation
- Understand key details
from an authentic text
- Make predictions based
on existing knowledge.
- Evaluate work
Describe a monster.
Use adjectives
Understand plurals and
feminine endings.
Read and understand a
paragraph,
Write a paragraph
Use mental association to
remember words
Weathe;
Say what activities you
do according to the
weather
Subordinate “quand”
Key skills and activities
- Auditory discrimination
between un/une
- Enjoy making French
sounds
- Listen to and follow simple
commands.
- Appreciate similarities
between French and English
nursery rhymes
- Recite a nursery rhyme
- Follow a text as it is read
aloud.
- Recognise positive and
negative statements
- Conduct a survey
- Match sound to sentences
and paragraphs
- Understand details
including opinions from
spoken passages
- construct a short
paragraph by adapting a
model.
Content: 4
Ask for and give their
name
Comment t’appelles-tu?
Je m’appelle, Monsieur,
Madame, Mademoiselle
Ask for and state age
and where they live.
Quel âge as-tu? J’ai…ans.
Tu habites où? J’habite
à…
Animals: chosen by the
class
Play with words
Create new animals and
rename them
Say what pet they have
including colours and
description.
Verb – avoir (to have)
J’ai – I have
Je n’ai pas de – I haven’t
Connectives: et, aussi
Ice-creams
Learn 12 flavours
Clothes:
Describe what you wear
for school, at home or
when you go out.
Key skills and activities
- Recognise a question form
- Perform a simple
communicative task.
- Listen for rhythm and
count syllables in a song
- Re-write a song and sing
it.
-Understand simple rules
for converting singular to
plural
- know about pets that are
popular in France
- Make links between fruits
- Include adjectives in your
description (colours)
- Write a paragraph about
what you wear, include
extra information about
yourself (age etc..)
and ice cream flavours
- Ordering ice creams
- Recognise formal and
informal language.
- Follow a text as it is read
aloud
- Write simple sentences
- Read some words with
correct pronunciation.
Content: 5
Key skills and activities
Content: 6
Revision of numbers 0-6
Introduction of number
7-12
Body parts:
Verb – être (to be):
Il est (he is)
Elle est (she is)
Quanti
- Participate in chorusing a
finger rhyme
- Understand and respond
to a question
- Make links between
sounds and spellings (e.g.
ou) and recognise some
familiar words in written
form.
- Follow a French story and
join in reading a story
“1,2,3 nous irons au boix…”
(Quittene Simon and Emilie
Challat)
- Write simple words and
phrases following a model
- Read words aloud with
accurate punctuation.
Colours
Bonjour
Monsieur/Madame
Vous désirez?
Je voudrais
S’il vous plait
Merci
C’est complie
Voilà
Au revoir
French songs
Transport
- Numbers up to 31 plus
months of the year
- Say when is your birthday
- Make a board game
- Conduct a survey.
- Listen to French songs
from the chart and give
your opinion
- say how you go to school
Months of the year
Countries
Rouge, blanc, bleu, noir,
vert, jaune, orange, rose
Key skills and activities
- Letter string oi, eu, ou
- Perform actions to a
French song.
- Compare spellings of
French/English months of
the year
- Sing a birthday song.
- say where you go on
holiday and how you get
there.
Content: 7
Colours
Gris, violet, marron
Verb – est (is)
Connectives – et (and)
Numbers up to 100.
French songs 2
Key skills and activities
- Experiment with writing
- Respond to sound
patterns
- Use colours to describe
object and apply word
order.
- Recognise and apply
patterns
-Understand euro prices
and find correct change.
- Sing French songs with
accurate pronunciation
-Speak audibly and clearly
when performing to an
audience.
Content: 8
Names of fruit
Les oranges, les poires,
les prunes, les fraises,
les pommes, les
pastéques
Food items
Pay using euros
Key skills and activities
- Letter string - on
- Understand and respond
to a question
- Perform a short dialogue
in a shop.
Recap phrases from year
4 and 5:
Ii y a; j’habite dans;
j’habite à
Voici
Une maison
Un appartement
Receptive use of eight
rooms of the house
- Match sounds to individual
words in a list of nouns
- Identify the sounds of
- Notice spelling of words
- Letter string – eu, oi
- Listen and respond to a
nursery rhyme and an
extended text
- Learn how to play a
popular French game.
some letters of the
alphabet
- Be aware of cultural
differences in housing at
home and abroad
- Reflect on techniques for
memorising language
- Re-use known language in
new contexts.
Content: 9
Days of the week
Lundi, mardi, mercredi,
jeudi, vendredi, samedi,
dimanche
Buy French sweets, try
them and give your
opinion.
As above: recap of
adjectives from year 4:
Petit, grand, superbe,
magnifique and immense,
de luxe, en haut, en bas
Key skills and activities
- Match sound to the
written word.
Content: 10
Food
Une sucette, une glace,
une tarte aux cerisés,
une saucisse, un
saucisson, du fromage,
une brioche, un gateau
Drinks – 12 drinks
Une fenêtre
Une piscine
- Join in reading a story
- Compare French words
- Memorise and perform a
- Recognise and practise
French vowel sounds
- Identify and substitute
nouns in a sentence
- Contribute to a shared
writing task, describing an
ideal home
- Produce own piece of
writing adapting a model.
Key skills and activities
Content: 11
Key skills and activities
- Look for key words in a
story “La Chenille qui fait
des trous” Eric Carle
- Rewrite your own story by
changing what the
caterpillar is eating
- Copy correctly
- Imitate pronunciation of
sounds
-Identify social conventions
at home and in other
cultures
- Experiment with writing.
for drinks with English
- Understand the word
order is different from
English
- Use actions to memorise
words
-Perform a short dialogue in
a café.
verse from a song
- Evaluate work
- Understand the gist of an
audio recording, matching
adjectives to nouns.
- Identify different text
types.
Revision of fruit from
year 3
Snacks (pupil’s choice)
Le pain, La baguette, le
riz, les pâtes, les pommes
de terre, le jambon, le
poisson, le fromage, l’eau,
le yaourt, le chocolat, la
glace, le gateau, les
biscuits, les chips, les
frites, la salade, les
carottes, les petit pois
Recap of prepositions
from year 5
+ sur and sous
- Identify nouns and
adjectives contained in a
text
- Sort words cards into
nouns, verbs, adjectives and
prepositions
-Read phrases with
appropriate intonation and
expression.
Content: 12
Key skills and activities
Give commands
Recap of repetition
requests from year 3 and
4:
Répète, s’il vous plait,
répétez, s’il te plait
…qu’est-ce-que c’est en
français?
Furniture vocabulary
- Recognise a verb (verbs
chosen by the class).
- Ask for
repetition/clarification in
French
- Revise the sound of the
letter I in French
- Use knowledge of
pronunciation patterns to
create a rap.
Content: 13
Design a range of
activities to learn and
practice the new
vocabulary.
No new vocabulary
Key skills and activities
- Order snacks in a café
- Sustain an unrehearsed
conversations
-Read for enjoyment
Content: 14
Recap of the days of the
weeks and months of the
year.
Key skills and activities
- Understand that French
is spoken in many countries
around the world
-Use the internet to
research climate
- choose a country for the
holiday and select dates
- Make predictions about
meaning based on existing
knowledge
-Write short sentences
Content: 15
On va rester dans…
Un hotel, un
appartement, un gîte, un
camping
Key skills and activities
-Use the internet to
research different
accommodation.
-Write a short letter to
book accommodation,
adapting a model
- Use dictionary as
appropriate.
Content: 16
On va aller, prendre
Recap of means of
transport from year 4:
En bateau, en avion, en
vouture, en train
Key skills and activities
Content: 17
Key skills and activities
Content: 18
-Use the internet to
research travel options
-Use the internet to
research food typical of
the country
- write short sentences
outlining holiday plans,
adapting a model
- Read authentic texts for
enjoyment and information.
Revision of weather
phrases
Seasons
En automne, en hiver, au
printemps, en été
Extension
Normalement, en general
On va vistiter, regarder
D’abord, plus tard
Names of places to visit
- Identify rhyming words
and makeup short rhyming
poem using weather
conditions
- Use simple sentences to
present a mini weather
report in French
- Write two or more
sentences in French to
describe each season
Recognise similarities and
differences between
places.
-Use the internet to
research places of interest
at holiday destination
- Write a programme of
activities for a week on
holiday, adapting a model
Saying where you live
No New vocabulary
J’habite à + town, dans le
nord, le sud, l’ouest, l’est
l’Angleterre.
Key skills and activities
-Prepare presentation for
next lesson in relation to
holiday plans.
Content: 19
No new vocabulary
Key skills and activities
-Perform to an audience.
Content: 20
No new vocabulary
No new vocabulary
Key skills and activities
- Take part in a quiz which
revises many topics and
skills learnt during the
year.
- Recall key vocabulary and
structures learned during
the year
- Work collaboratively to
answer quiz-type questions.