Our Modern Foreign Languages Subject Leaders are: Miss Barnes and Miss Proctor 

Intent

As foreign language learners, we will develop a keen interest on learning the French language and culture. By exposing children to this language, we will promote enthusiasm and respect for different languages and countries, allowing children to play a valuable part in the global society. We will endeavour to provide children with the necessary skills of: listening, speaking, reading and writing, to allow children to apply their knowledge into different contexts. Consequently, we aim to lay the foundations of future language learning and inspire a love for language.

Implementation

Our MFL curriculum is designed to progressively develop children’s language skills in French, through regularly taught lessons. Throughout the year, the children learn and apply a growing bank of vocabulary, arranged around topics. At Disley, we follow the ‘Rigolo’ scheme of work, which ensures full coverage and progression across KS2. These French lessons are taught each week, and are as practical and as verbal as possible to give children full exposure of the language. The children are encouraged to develop their listening and speaking skills through songs, games and conversational work. Children also have many opportunities to recap topics and vocabulary already taught, as we ensure the language is embedded in the teaching e.g. classroom instructions. As the children’s confidence grows, children record their work through pictures, captions and sentences.  

Impact

The children at Disley Primary enjoy learning about the French culture and how it is different to our own. The children will learn and remember new French vocabulary, which they can use in a variety of contexts, such as improving their conversational skills when visiting other countries. The children are also encouraged to understand the relevance of what they are learning and how it relates to everyday life. As French linguists, the children will learn valuable lessons from MFL that may influence the decisions they make and their understanding of different cultures. This in turn, lays the foundations of future language learning and prepares them for opportunities in later life.