Northside children really embrace learning French in school, which is a joy, because it is so useful cognitively for their learning in all subjects.   They are so good at finding strategies to remember words, or connections to words in their own language, for example.  We have a beautiful display of children’s work outside the staffroom as well as a white board on entry to the school, which has the French date and weather updated daily, by a rotation of children in Year 6.  

Year 6 have produced some amazing writing this term. They read their first French comic, Les Deux Grenouilles (The Two Frogs) and used it as a guide, to create their own wonderful comic strip stories, changing the animals and descriptions, using correct French gender and plural adjectives.  We have also learnt all about clothes, so they can describe what they wear in different weathers and contexts.

Year 5 have learnt how to describe the weather, which we discuss each week – Quelle temps fait-il aujourd’hui?  We are learning about My Home and they will be able explain where they live, in a flat or house and what rooms they have and don't have.

Year 4 have been practising lots of conversational French with each other, learning to use correct phonic sounds in French and present themselves to the class, how to say their name, their age, where they live and their nationality.  They will also learn how to order food and drinks in a French Cafe.

Year 3 are doing a fantastic job starting to learn and speak and read French! So far, they have learnt greetings, asking someone their name and asking 'how are you?', learning to give appropriate responses. They have also learnt the colours and numbers to ten.  We are playing lots of games to reinforce learning the new vocabulary, and we are focusing on pronouncing the French phonic sounds to ensure a strong foundation for speaking and reading accurately.

Mrs Goldhill
French leader and Music Teacher