Modern Foreign Languages
Vision Statement
At St Edmund’s we want our children and their families to develop positive attitudes to, and respect for, languages and cultures other than their own. We believe that learning a Modern Foreign Language will provide children with a life-long practical skill, and that their language learning at Primary School will provide them with the building blocks for learning many languages at High School.
Through our teaching and learning in French, we aim to foster children’s curiosity and deepen their understanding of how the English language works as they compare it to French. The focus on speaking, listening and practical games and activities which lead into writing encourages a deeper level of engagement and enjoyment for all pupils.
Games, interactive activities, songs and stories all engage pupils in language learning at St Edmund's.
What our pupils say about learning languages at St Edmund's.
Freya: 'Learning Languages will be useful in case we travel to another country.' Samuel: Learning a language will help us to communicate with other people' Sophie: 'It's interesting because we get to learn different words in a different language.' Kian: 'It's amazing because we get to play games and learn songs in another language.' Alessia: 'It's fun and enjoyable.' Lauren: 'It's satisfying learning French because we get to learn new things and we're able to express them to our friends.'
Languages around school
LKS2
During the first half term, year 3 and 4 completed their first unit 'Ourselves'. This focused on simple nouns for family members. Children completed the unit by writing a short paragraph to describe their family.
Christmas Celebrations
Across KS2, we learnt about Christmas in France. Pupils began to describe and compare traditions in their family to traditions in France. They then learnt to describe Christmas decorations using adjectives for size and colour, building up to a creative project where they used their language skills for a practical purpose.
Each week, children listened to a French Christmas song. Click the links below to hear the some of the songs.
L'as tu vu? Have you seen him?
Petit Papa Noel Little Father Christmas
Vive le vent Jingle Bells
UKS2
Pupils in Year 5 and 6 researched and produced their own presentations about French Christmas traditions. They then shared presented these to the class.
