Progression of Skills

Year 3

Year 3 Unit 1

To introduce ourselves in French
To listen to particular sounds in songs and rhymes in French
To use phonics knowledge to pronounce numbers 1-10
To learn a minimum of 5 colours in French
To learn five family members in French
To use single words and phrases in French
To complete a series of activities to re-cap what they have learnt in this unit

Year 3 Unit 2

To explore the story 'The very hungry caterpillar' in French
To be able to say 5 food items in Spanish from memory
To describe food items using colours
To express our opinions and preferences about food in French
To understand mealtimes in French
To learn about Christmas food and drinks in France
To recap and assess what we have learnt during this unit

Year 3 Unit 3

To explore the names of rooms in the house in French
To label our homes in French
To explore the story of the 'three little pigs' in French
To learn how to give your opinion on School Subjects in French
To practice 'I like' and 'I don't like' in French
To be able to give our opinions on our hobbies
To recap and assess what we have learnt during this unit

Year 3 Unit 4

To recap phonics of vowel sounds and use new animal vocabulary to describe preferences
To learn nouns for pets and adjectives to describe them in French
To understand and to read phrases containing animal vocabulary in French
To construct short French phrases using familiar words
To order familiar words to create sentences in French
To write a short phrase and hold a short conversation about animals in French
To recap and assess what we have learnt during this unit

Year 3 Unit 5

To blend sounds to produce words
To understand letter strings and use a bilingual dictionary to find meanings
To write and say a sentence with single familiar words
To compose a question using familiar phrase and a noun
To understand the first person singular of an irregular verb when presenting in a sentence
To understand and construct short sentences containing new vocabulary
To recap and assess what we have learnt during this unit

Year 3 Unit 6

To explore different countries in French
To show understanding of simple phrases about holidays in French
To use "aller" to talk about our holidays in French
To ask and answer questions about what we like and don't like in French
To learn our body parts in French
To create a holiday journal in French
To recap and assess what we have learnt during this unit

Year 4

Year 4 Unit 1

To introduce ourselves confidently in French and introduce other people
To listen and respond to short simple questions in French
To construct a basic sentence describing themselves with the use of a language scaffold
To listen and show understanding of short phrases through physical response
To describe our clothing using numbers and colours
To learn 5 items of clothing and use numbers with clothes
To complete a series of activities to re-cap what they have learnt in this unit

Year 4 Unit 2

To be able to name 4 fruits in French
To be able to name 4 vegetables in French
To express our opinions and preferences about food in French
To give a description about food in French
To describe meal times using previous knowledge about daily routine
To learn about Christmas food and drinks in France
To recap and assess what we have learnt during this unit

Year 4 Unit 3

To be able to name 4 rooms in the house in French
To use adjectives to describe the rooms in my house
To use rooms of a home in sentences
To link family members and numbers to our home topic
To say what hobbies we have in French
To practice giving our opinions on hobbies
To recap and assess what we have learnt during this unit

Year 4 Unit 4

To recap animal vocabulary and masculine and feminine words
To recognise when to use "le" or "la" by looking at a noun they have never seen before
To recognise the difference between nouns and adjectives in written French
To construct short French phrases using familiar words
To participate in a conversation about Zoo animals with classmates
To decode a familiar text about animals
To recap and assess what we have learnt during this unit

Year 4 Unit 5

To build a sentence to describe our homes
To understand letter strings and use a bilingual dictionary to find meanings
To build a positive and negative sentence with singular familiar words
To understand the formation of a question in French
To understand the first person singular of an irregular verb when presenting in a sentence
To give our opinions on our towns
To recap and assess what we have learnt during this unit

Year 4 Unit 6

To explore different countries in French
To show understanding of simple phrases about holidays in French
To use "aller" to talk about our holidays in French
To understand how to share our opinions in French
To learn the weather in French
To learn the seasons in French
To recap and assess what we have learnt during this unit

Year 5

Year 5 Unit 1

To hold a conversation in pairs discussing names and ages
To learn how to say when my birthday is in French
To ask and answer familiar questions with a scaffold of responses
To learn to describe others
To learn how to describe how we are feeling in French
To use a reflexive verb in a sentence
To complete a series of activities to re-cap what they have learnt in this unit

Year 5 Unit 2

To be able to name 5 fruits in French
To be able to name 5 vegetables in French
To express our opinions and preferences about food and drink in French
To use the conditional tense to order what we would like to eat in a restaurant
To describe meal times using previous knowledge about daily routine
To learn about Christmas food and drinks in France
To recap and assess what we have learnt during this unit

Year 5 Unit 3

To learn how to describe our homes in French
To use adjectives to describe the rooms in my house
To use rooms of a home in sentences
To be able to say what chores we do at home in French
To practice household chores in French
To write our daily routine in French including chores we do at home
To recap and assess what we have learnt during this unit

Year 5 Unit 4

To recap animal vocabulary and masculine and feminine words
To use opinions to discuss animals in French
To construct a sentence made up of an opinion and a reason in French
To fill in the gaps in sentences by recognising the placement of words
To order words correctly in a sentence in French
To decode a familiar text about animals
To recap and assess what we have learnt during this unit

Year 5 Unit 5

To recap colours and directions and learn shapes in French
To recap telling the time in French
To learn about Euros in French
To count in tens and hundreds in French
To recap and assess what we have learnt during this unit

Year 5 unit 6

To learn about French speaking countries
To understand letter strings and use a bilingual dictionary to find meanings
To learn different methods of travel and transport in French
To use "aller" to talk about our holidays in French
To understand a conversation using "Aller" in French
To use our opinions and prepositions to write about an upcoming holiday in French
To recap and assess what we have learnt during this unit

Year 6

Year 6 Unit 1

To confidently participate in an introductory conversation in French
To confidently describe ourselves and others in French
To learn to tell the time to the hour in French
To follow linguistic patterns to create sentences
To use reflexive verbs to describe our daily routines
To create a speech about ourselves in French
To complete a series of activities to re-cap what they have learnt in this unit

Year 6 Unit 2

To say the names of food shops in French from memory
To respond to questions about shopping for food using previous knowledge about question form and time
To use our food and drinks vocabulary to create a Café Menu
To create a script for our cafe role plays
To perform our cafe role plays in groups
To learn about Christmas food and drinks in France
To recap and assess what we have learnt during this unit

Year 6 Unit 3

To be able to say what chores we do at home in French
To write our daily routine in French including chores we do at home
To express our opinions about hobbies in French
To extend our opinions by explaining why we like/dislike certain hobbies
To write our own diary extracts in French
To recap times and hobbies
To recap and assess what we have learnt during this unit

Year 6 Unit 4

To recap animal vocabulary and identify if an unfamiliar word is masculine or feminine
To use a connecting word to connect two phrases together in French
To re-cap pets/ genders of pets and construct a conversation with this vocabulary
To order words correctly in a sentence in French
To have a debate in French
To decode a familiar text about animals
To recap and assess what we have learnt during this unit

Year 6 Unit 5

To learn the French names of planets and give our opinion on them
To finish learning planets and to learn other key words about the universe
To create and describe our own aliens in French
To explore the story ‘Alien landing’ and use it to learn the past tense
To complete our topic on the solar system and create our own solar systems in French
To recap and assess what we have learnt during this unit

Year 6 Unit 6

To learn holiday vocabulary in French
To build complex sentences about our holidays in French
To talk about travel in French
To complete a challenge from the Great Languages Challenge
To create a project about the world around me
To present The World around me projects to the class to gain peer assessment
To recap and assess what we have learnt during this unit