Foreign Languages

Foreign Language (French) Curriculum

Intent
At Hexham First School, we believe that learning a language provides a valuable educational, social, and cultural experience. It helps pupils develop essential communication skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing, while laying the foundations for future language learning. Learning another language opens windows to the world, giving children a broader perspective, and encouraging them to understand and appreciate both their own culture and those of others.

Implementation
We use the Language Angels scheme to teach French in Key Stage 2, providing structured, engaging lessons that build language skills progressively.

Key Stage 2: Pupils have weekly French lessons delivered by their class teachers using the Language Angels scheme. Lessons are adapted to meet the needs of our children, ensuring progress in all areas of language learning.

Impact
Our French curriculum ensures all pupils develop key language skills as outlined by the National Curriculum. By the end of each stage, pupils can:

Listen attentively to spoken language and respond appropriately
Explore the patterns and sounds of language through songs, rhymes, and spelling links
Engage in conversations: ask and answer questions, express opinions, and seek clarification
Speak in sentences using familiar vocabulary, phrases, and basic structures
Develop accurate pronunciation and intonation
Present ideas and information orally to different audiences
Read and understand words, phrases, and simple texts
Appreciate stories, songs, poems, and rhymes in the language
Broaden vocabulary and understand new words in context
Write phrases from memory and adapt them to create new sentences
Describe people, places, things, and actions orally and in writing
Develop an interest in and awareness of cultural differences