Foreign Languages

Vision

'To learn a language is to have one more window from which to look at the world'

Chinese Proverb                

At Throston Primary School, we believe that learning a foreign language provides a valuable educational, social and cultural experience for pupils. Pupils develop communication and literacy skills that lay the foundation for future language learning. Learning another language gives children a new perspective on the world, encouraging them to understand their own cultures and those of others.

Here at Throston, the core language taught throughout Key Stage 2 is French. All children access first quality teaching of French.  Lessons are interactive, fun and lively and children are given the opportunity to develop new communication skills and build a vocabulary in a foreign language. 

By the time our children leave us to transfer to secondary school, they will: 

• listen to French and begin to pick out familiar words and cognates
• engage in simple short conversations on familiar topics
• read short texts using known phonic knowledge
• write using a model, beginning to conjugate verbs and use conjunctions and adjectives
• develop an understanding of gender and nouns, adjectival agreement and verb conjugation

Long term plan 

Below you will find key documents relating to our French curriculum.  If you have any questions or would like to find out more, please contact our subject leader, Ms Neal.