Modern Foreign Languages

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Pupils at East Garforth Primary Academy learn French in Key Stage 2.

Learning a foreign language provides an opening to other cultures. It promotes children’s curiosity and deepens their understanding of the world.

Our aim is to ensure that children develop a good basic understanding and a love of French. We hope to give them the foundations for further foreign language learning at Key Stage 3 and beyond.

We enable our pupils to express their ideas in French by working on their speaking, listening and reading skills. We use songs, videos, games, books, stories and interactive activities to support and engage them. As children progress through Key Stage 2 they build on these skills and begin to write words, phrases and sentences in French.

Children in KS1 are also being exposed to French vocabulary to begin building an understanding before they continue their journey in Year 3.