French

The teaching of French at Rodings provides excitement, enjoyment and challenge for children, helping to create enthusiastic learners and to develop positive attitudes towards languages. Our MFL curriculum is designed to progressively develop children’s acquisition of skills, and their ability to use and apply a growing bank of vocabulary organised around particular themes. Children are encouraged and supported to develop their speaking and listening skills through conversational work, singing activities and games and then, as their confidence and skills grow, the children are exposed to written French and start writing phrases and sentences in their books.

At Rodings Primary School, we aim to foster an interest in learning other languages and to introduce young children to another language in a way that is enjoyable and fun. We encourage children’s confidence and creative skills and strive to stimulate and encourage children’s curiosity about language. The necessary skills to enable children to use and apply their French learning in a variety of contexts include listening, speaking, reading, and writing. These skills will lay the foundations for future language learning, and are embedded within a well-structured curriculum. At Rodings, we give the children opportunities to practise language in a fun context: organising French cafes; trying food; having special immersion days.

We teach languages to all children, whatever their ability, in accordance with the school curriculum policy of providing a broad and balanced education to all children. In French, we provide learning opportunities that all children can access.

The study of languages is a stimulating and exciting activity at any age. Learning a language enables children to

1. develop the ability to communicate

2. gain insight into another culture

3. develop an awareness of the nature of language

4. promote learning skills

5. provide enjoyment and intellectual stimulation