Bonjour et bienvenue……… Hello
and welcome!
As you might have guessed, we study French here at Oakwood
as our Modern Foreign Language.
Since Oakwood is a signing school, we also teach the pupils
to sign in French at the same time! We are very lucky to have
moved into a fantastic new French room this year and have bought
lots of new resources to support our learning. We have launched
a new French curriculum programme and a new assessment scheme,
too.
To help you to do your best, lessons have clear Learning Objectives
and our achievement levels are written in a way that is pupil-friendly
and parent-friendly, too. We make extensive use of Talking
Partners and we use Success criteria so you know what you need
to have done to succeed. Much of the language in the lesson
is in French – it is amazing how quickly our pupils pick
it up!
In KS 3, pupils in Year 7 and 8 follow some of the units form
our scheme of work, which has been adapted from QCA KS2 French
units. French is also being reintroduced into Year 9 as from
September 2007.
In KS4, pupils who choose French as an Option will study the
remaining units and follow the exam board syllabus. They will
be able to gain an Entry Level qualification at Level 1,2 or
3 depending upon their achievement and ability. We are also
re-launching the French residential visit for KS4
Curriculum overview and the Units covered
Unit 1 Je parle français! – I speak French!
In this first unit pupils learn to introduce themselves, to
greet others and use simple language of classroom interaction.
Unit 2 Je me présente - I introduce myself
Pupils learn to say their age and where they live. They learn
the days of the week, and become familiar with the alphabet
in French.
Unit 3 En famille – In the family
Pupils learn the nouns for members of a family. They learn
to describe colours, to express preferences and use months
of the year, including language associated with the festival
of Christmas.
Unit 4 Les animaux - Animals
Pupils learn to talk about animals. They continue to gain confidence
in manipulating numbers and they also learn further vocabulary
associated with festivals, including Easter.
Unit 5 Mon anniversaire – My birthday
Pupils learn more language relating to special occasions and
celebrations. They also learn how to tell the time on the
hour and to ask and answer questions about birthdays and
the calendar.
Unit 6 Le monde – The world
Pupils learn to name some countries and some towns, the points
of the compass, and some phrases about the weather.
Unit 7 Moi et mon école – Me and my school
Pupils learn to talk about what they do at school. They express
likes and dislikes for school subjects, using some simple
adjectives to describe them.
Unit 8 Qu’est-ce que tu veux? – What would you
like?
Pupils learn to ask for drinks and snacks and begin to learn
about the Euro as French currency. They take part in running
a French café within the classroom kitchen area, as
both customers and as staff.
Unit 9 Les sports – Sports and hobbies
Pupils learn the names for some sports and the main parts of
the body, they learn the language associated with hobbies
and past-times, and they extend their work on likes and dislikes.
Unit 10 Les vêtements - Clothing
Pupils learn the names of common articles of clothing, revise
adjectives of colour and learn some common adjectives. They
apply these to describing clothes, shopping for clothes and
giving opinions about clothes.
Unit 11 J’habite – I live…
Pupils learn to understand and use the names for places in
their local area. They learn to understand, ask and give
directions and further develop their dictionary skills.
Unit 12 Un pays francophone – A French-speaking country
Pupils apply their knowledge and extend it when learning in
more depth about France as a French-speaking country. Work
might include: preparing for a real or imaginary visit; study
of a French-speaking location; planning and executing a joint
project with a partner school abroad; planning and performing
a concert of French songs and sketches; a French day; video-conferencing
with French-speaking pupils abroad.
Staff involved
Ms Brunt teaches French support by Mrs Burke, as do our 1:1 support staff who work
with individual pupils.
Skills required and developed
The only skills required are to try your best and to enjoy
your learning!
If you do this, then you will be able to speak, sign, read
and write in French! Fantastique!
We also like you to look after your homework book so you can
show off to your parents and carers!
Specialist equipment
Pupils with “Talkers” have their target language
put in for them in French, and are also fully integrated as
we sign as well as speak in French - many thanks are due to
our excellent Speech and Language staff for their input. In
addition, we use a wide range of brand new 3D resources and
games to help you to learn. We use Boardmaker for flashcards
and for display resources in dual language format. We also
use a range of websites and interactive whiteboard software,
including the award winning “Petit Pont”. We have
a CD listening centre with a class set of infra-red headphones – no
more trailing wires. As we like to record your doing your best
work, we also use digital cameras and video cameras.
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