Curriculum - French
Hernhill Church of England Primary School has universal ambitions for every child, whatever their background or circumstances. Teachers are knowledgeable of and incorporate the Mainstream Core Standards to ensure all children learn and thrive at Hernhill.
Learning a foreign language is part of the primary National Curriculum and is a requirement for all children within Key Stage 2.
At Hernhill we teach French in key stage 2.
Our goal is for the chidlren to be passionate, curious and confident about their own foreign language learning abilities when they finish the primary school phase of their education, developing confidence and competence. We will help them develop and demonstrate substantial progress in the 5 key language skills necessary for learning French – Speaking, Listening, Reading, Writing and Grammar. French is taught in a whole class setting. Teachers plan their lessons using the Language Angels scheme of work and can supplement this with their own ideas and experience and those of their colleagues.
CURRICULUM APPROACH
Across the school, we deliver many of the curriculum areas using a thematic approach. We deliver the National Curriculum content with science, history or geography being the key drivers for a topic with the subjects of art, design technology, music, computing and PSHE added to enrich the topic. RE, PE, MFL and maths are taught as separate subjects.
We operate a two-year rolling programme of topics with some topics in Year A and some in Year B. This enables year groups and teachers to work together on a similar theme. Our school’s Christian values are interwoven into each topic. Every term, each class also have a "Big Question" to ponder on.
Teachers follow a clear planning structure for our theme-led curriculum. Curriculum guides are produced to ensure the correct National Curriculum coverage and to outline the key learning questions/enquiries for each term or half term.
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