French

This subject is lead by a French graduate and qualified teacher.

It is taught from Reception onwards and by graduate specialists from Year 2 onwards. The Department is well resourced and has easy access to a variety of the latest technologies. The teaching of French at Amesbury is structured to develop pupils’ communicative skills in French and their understanding of how the language works.

French is spoken where appropriate in the classroom and class activities are designed to increase pupils’ confidence and enthusiasm for communicating in French. At the same time, grammar is taught thoroughly in order to give pupils an understanding of how the foreign language works and thus enable them to use the language productively and creatively.

The work is carefully differentiated within each year group to ensure that all pupils work at a level that provides them with a feeling of success and sufficient challenge.

Topics of study:

Information Technology

	Michaelmas	Lent	Trinity
Year 3	Greetings Numbers 1-50 Alphabet Days of the week, months of the year Classroom objects	Pets Colours Family Parts of the body	Weather Clothes Sports Food
Year 4	Greetings Introducing yourself Numbers 50-100 Family Pets	Food and drink Parts of the body School subjects	Weather Sports Describing yourself
Year 5	House and home Classroom objects	School Clothes	Festivals Family and pets
Year 6	Weather Leisure activities	Likes and dislikes Town Time	Daily routine Meals, food and drink
Year 7	Describing yourself Shopping	Town House and home	Holidays
Year 8	School Daily routine Health	Holidays and leisure Meals, food and drink House and home	Revision and Exams

For pupils who join the preparatory school, but who have not come from our preparatory department, care is taken to ensure that their needs are catered for by placing them in appropriate sets and by arranging individual extra tuition for them, if so desired. There are a number of annual events in the school calendar run by the Modern Languages department. For many children the highlight is the annual Year 7 residential trip to Chateau de la Baudonniere in Normandy.