French

Mrs T Hill is the subject lead for MFL at Cottam.

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European Day of Languages

European Languages Day

On 26th September 2024 we were delighted to take part in European Languages Day at Cottam. This day was first celebrated in Europe in 2001 to recognise the range and diversity of languages spoken throughout Europe. We wanted to celebrate this day at Cottam because we believe that learning a language not only allows us to communicate with people from other countries but it also introduces us to different cultures and opens up a world of wonderful opportunities.

In order to mark the special day, the children dressed in colours to represent the French flag or the flag of their own country. Each class had been given a French song to learn and they impressed everyone when they sang these so beautifully in the special European Languages Day assembly. Each class then took part in a variety of activities based on European countries and languages throughout the day and also enjoyed eating pain au chocolat. Year 4 and 5 then continued their language learning the following day when they enjoyed a French lesson taught by Mr Tomlin, a languages teacher from Broughton High School.

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Learning a foreign language at Cottam

At Cottam Primary School, children learn French throughout

Key Stage 2.

Our aim is to inspire children and stimulate their curiosity in learning a foreign language and finding out about other cultures.

Aims

The National Curriculum for Languages aims to ensure that all pupils:

  • understand and respond to spoken and written language from a variety of authentic sources

  • speak with increasing confidence, fluency and spontaneity, finding ways of communicating what they want to say, including through discussion and asking questions, and continually improving the accuracy of their pronunciation and intonation

  • can write at varying length, for different purposWe write letters to our French penpalses and audiences, using the variety of grammatical structures that they have learnt

  • discover and develop an appreciation of a range of writing in the language studied.

Modern Foreign Languages (French) Curriculum Map

MFL French Curriculum Maps

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Plan of Units For Teaching French

We write letters to our French penpals

Examples of penpal Letters

Listen to Year 3 singing 'Head, shoulders, knees and toes' in French.

Year 4 had great fun learning French with Mr Tomlin from Broughton High School

Year 5 enjoyed learning French with Mr Tomlin from Broughton High School

At Cottam Primary School our French lessons take place within a classroom environment in which children are tolerant of each other and encourage each other to have a go. We design lessons which are fun and create happy, motivated French learners who have a positive attitude to learning languages.