French at Marsh Gibbon CE School
Our School Vision
"Succeeding together — fostering a love of learning within a nurturing Christian community, to bring out ‘the best in everyone’."
Rooted in Philippians 4:13—"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me"—we believe learning a new language opens doors to understanding other cultures, building confidence, and fostering respect. Guided by our Christian values of love, friendship, compassion, honesty, forgiveness, and respect, we encourage children to explore the world through language, developing their skills, confidence, and curiosity.
Join us in inspiring children to explore new languages and cultures, living out our Christian values and opening doors to global understanding and lifelong curiosity!
Our Intent
To inspire a love of language learning and cultural awareness, helping children to:
Implementation
Impact
Our School Vision
"Succeeding together — fostering a love of learning within a nurturing Christian community, to bring out ‘the best in everyone’."
Rooted in Philippians 4:13—"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me"—we believe learning a new language opens doors to understanding other cultures, building confidence, and fostering respect. Guided by our Christian values of love, friendship, compassion, honesty, forgiveness, and respect, we encourage children to explore the world through language, developing their skills, confidence, and curiosity.
Join us in inspiring children to explore new languages and cultures, living out our Christian values and opening doors to global understanding and lifelong curiosity!
Our Intent
To inspire a love of language learning and cultural awareness, helping children to:
- Mirrors: See reflections of their own culture and identity in language and stories.
- Windows: Gain insight into other cultures, countries, and ways of life through French.
- Doors: Open pathways to communicate, understand, and enjoy new languages, laying foundations for future language learning and a deeper understanding of the world.
Implementation
- Curriculum: Follow the 'Language Angels' French curriculum, ensuring consistency and progression.
- Practical Use: Daily opportunities in KS2 for children to use French—answering register, short conversations, ordering lunch, following instructions.
- Active Learning: Use songs, games, roleplay, and routines to make lessons engaging and meaningful.
- Skills Development: Practice phonics, grammar, and vocabulary through purposeful activities suited to all levels of ability.
- Resources & Enrichment: Provide links and activities to extend learning in French and other languages, fostering curiosity and enjoyment.
Impact
- Children will be happy, confident, and excited learners of French, engaging in purposeful dialogue and expressing opinions.
- They will read, speak, and respond with increasing accuracy and confidence, demonstrating understanding of spoken language.
- Children will be able to construct short texts, apply grammatical rules, and meet the end-of-Key Stage 2 expectations.
- Ongoing assessment ensures children make good progress, developing a strong foundation for further language learning and cultural understanding.
