French: Blog items
Year 6 - A Special French Visitor
Date: 30th Jun 2026 @ 3:43pm
Today, Year 6 had a very exciting and unique experience when we welcomed a special visitor into our classroom – Caroline, who is from Montpellier in the south of France.
Caroline spoke to us about her life, her hometown and what it is like to live in France – all in French! At first, it felt challenging, but we quickly realised how much we already know. Using our listening and translation skills, we worked together to understand key words, phrases and meanings. It was fantastic to see everyone so engaged and willing to have a go.
Throughout the session, we practised translating what we heard and discussed our ideas as a class. This helped us to build confidence and showed us how important it is to listen carefully and think about the context of what is being said.
Caroline was incredibly impressed with the children’s effort, enthusiasm and positive attitudes. She commented on how confidently they approached the challenge and how well they worked together to make sense of the language.
She also very kindly brought us a gift of three lovely French picture books, which we are really looking forward to exploring together in class. This will be a fantastic way to continue developing our understanding of the French language and culture.
We would like to say a big merci to Caroline for visiting us and helping to bring our French learning to life. It was a brilliant experience that we will remember for a long time!
À bientôt! 👋
Year 6 - Telling the time in French
Date: 22nd Jun 2026 @ 11:35am
This week in Year 6, we had a fantastic time learning how to tell the time in French! The children approached the lesson with great enthusiasm and a real willingness to have a go.
Using mini clocks, pupils practised saying different times and worked hard to build their confidence in speaking French aloud. It was wonderful to see so many children supporting one another and enjoying the challenge.
To help us remember key phrases, we also learned and sang a fun song called “Quelle heure est-il?” which quickly became a class favourite! The singing helped everyone to recall vocabulary and develop their pronunciation in an engaging way.
Overall, it was a fun and lively lesson, and we are very proud of the children’s positive attitudes and excellent effort.
Date: 15th Apr 2026 @ 4:54pm
Date: 25th Mar 2026 @ 4:15pm
This week, we used all of our knowledge from this half term to talk about where we live and what rooms we have and don't have in our house.
Date: 19th Mar 2026 @ 9:08am
Year 4 - Les pieces de la maison
Date: 3rd Mar 2026 @ 8:50am
This week in French, Year 4 pupils have been building their confidence with key phonics and learning new vocabulary linked to les pièces de la maison (rooms of the house). We explored several important French phonics patterns, including e/eau, silent letters such as s and t, and the elision of je to j’. Pupils also practised vowel sounds and the phonemes ch, ou, on, oi, in, ique, and ille, helping them develop more accurate pronunciation and intonation.
Using the Language Angels programme, the class learned five new nouns for rooms in a house, along with their determiners. This supported their understanding that all French nouns have a gender, which affects the articles used. Pupils practised listening carefully to spoken French and used these new sounds in their own speaking and reading.
During our listening activity, all pupils worked hard to identify the correct room names, with additional adult support provided for those who needed it. Pupils then took part in a paired speaking task, where they asked and answered questions using the new vocabulary.
Date: 29th Jan 2026 @ 9:01am
Last half term, we worked hard on developing our French phonics skills, and this week the children put that knowledge to excellent use. We revisited key sounds and practised saying animal names, paying close attention to pronunciation.
From stretching out vowel sounds to noticing the silent final letters that French is famous for, the class showed real confidence in reading and speaking aloud. It was wonderful to see their enthusiasm as they recognised familiar phonemes and applied them independently.
Year 4 - Introduce family members
Date: 26th Jan 2026 @ 12:19pm
This week, we learnt to introduce our family members. We had to write these in French and use good intonation and pronunciation.
We need to use J'ai for I have.. to introduce our family members.
Date: 13th Jan 2026 @ 3:56pm
Year 6 Start Their French Unit on Vikings!
This term, Year 6 are starting an exciting new topic in French – Les Vikings! They will learn words and phrases about Viking life, such as ships, warriors, and homes, all in French.
The children will also learn how to describe:
- Hair colour
- Hair length
- Eye colour
This is a great way to learn French while exploring history. By the end of the unit, Year 6 will be able to talk about Viking life – en français!
Date: 26th Nov 2025 @ 12:54pm
This half term we have been learning how to say different pets in French. Working collaboratively with partners we have developed our ability to introduce ourselves discussing what pets we do and do not have. This is building on our previous learning in school. We are going to continue to build our confidence as we move on through this half term.
Year 4 - Days of the week and colours
Date: 30th Sep 2025 @ 6:07pm
Over the last couple of weeks in French we have been recapping and learning the days of the week and colours in French. We even learned how to count to 20! You can find some videos of us speaking French using the QR code on this post.
Date: 22nd Sep 2025 @ 4:23pm
To celebrate European Day of Languages, we held a special assembly. We learned more about the languages spoken in Europe and why it is important to have a special day to celebrate languages. We finished with the 'Boundary European Day of Languages Quiz' and learned how to say hello and goodbye in several European languages.
Year 3 - 'I'm Learning French'
Date: 8th Sep 2025 @ 9:31pm
Year 3 had a fantastic first French lesson! Some children already knew a few French words like Bonjour, Ça va?, and how to count to 10. We found France on a world map and knew it’s in the continent of Europe. We also looked at France’s neighbouring countries like Spain, Germany, and Italy. The class enjoyed spotting famous French landmarks like the Eiffel Tower and learning about tasty French snacks! We also discovered that French is spoken in other countries too, such as Canada, Senegal, and Haiti. A great start to our French journey!
Date: 8th Sep 2025 @ 6:39pm
Year 6 have made a great start to their French unit this half term, which focuses on Grammar. We bagan by exploring the gender of French nouns and using the correct indefinate article. We used bilingual dictionaries to find the correct translation and gender of the nouns.
Date: 8th May 2025 @ 11:14am
So far this half term, Year 4 have learned how to recognise, recall and spell 12 different classroom items with their indefinite articles/determiners in French.
Date: 1st May 2025 @ 9:18am
This week in our French lesson, we had so much fun exploring the story of Little Red Riding Hood! We learnt eight nouns related to the tale. We talked about “Le Petit Chaperon Rouge” (Little Red Riding Hood), the sneaky “loup” (wolf), and our lovely “grand-mère” (Grandma). We even met her “parents” and discovered her “maison” (house) in the magical “forêt” (forest). The brave “bûcheron” (woodcutter) was there too! And oh, let’s not forget the delicious “gâteaux” (cakes) that Little Red Riding Hood brought! It was very challenging but we gave it a good go - our favourite word was 'le loup'.
Year 6 - School Subjects in French
Date: 9th Apr 2025 @ 4:06pm
This half term we are learning about school in French. We will learn the names for school subjects and how to express opinions about school subjects. We will finish the unit by learning how to tell the time so we can explain what time we study each subject
Date: 8th Apr 2025 @ 8:54am
This half term, Year 4 have been learning how they would describe where they live in French. The children prepared a conversation in French in pairs or small groups. They listened to each other carefully and responded back to questions.
The children used the sentence stem Chez moi il y a and Chez moi il n' y a pas de which means In my home there is or there is not a ________
Year 5 - Aujourd'hui , c'est quel jour?
Date: 23rd Jan 2025 @ 10:06am
This half term, Year 5 are focusing on how to say the date in French. They have been learning how to say the days of the week, the months of the year and numbers up to 31. They have also been learning how to ask and respond in French to questions about the days of the week.
Date: 9th Jan 2025 @ 12:58pm
This week we began our new French topic, Les Vikings. We used our knowledge of cognates, known vocabulary and French dictionaries to translate a brief history of the Vikings. The children did brilliantly and can't wait to carry on with this topic.
Date: 22nd Nov 2024 @ 2:32pm
This half term Year 6 have been learning all about French verbs and how to conjugate them. We have learned that verbs have different endings depending on the personal pronoun being used. We have identified stems and endings, learned the endings to regular ER, IR and RE verbs and began to look at some of the more common irregular verbs, which do not follow the pattern.
Date: 14th Nov 2024 @ 2:36pm
This half term we have been looking at our Core Vocabulary and Phonetics lessons. In this unit we will cover some of the common phonemes found in French words. We will also learn some core vocabulary that will help us with French lessons in Year 3.
Date: 14th Nov 2024 @ 9:10am
Year 4 have been learning the question, "Comment tu-t'appelles?" which means what is your name and how to answer.
In the video clips, the children are asking each other their names. They then used this knowledge and applied it to expand their conversation in French as they have used a greeting, asked how the other is feeling and have been able to answer.
Date: 14th Nov 2024 @ 8:09am
This half term we have been learning in French how to talk about animals. We have improved our pronunciation of the animals, asked questions, introduced the characters and said if our animals have a name. We have also learned the negative 'Je ne pas' and started to use the connective but 'mais' to explain different examples. We did some excellent listening tasks too!
Date: 24th Sep 2024 @ 3:43pm
Today, we recapped the phonemes è, é, e, eau, eux. We did some listening tasks where we had to listen for the correct phoneme. Then we moved on to looking at the days of the week. We recapped how to pronounce them, put them in the correct order and had a go at asking each other what day it is today and responding.
