French Implementation
Children in Key Stage 2 (Year 3 to 6) learn French which is timetabled and taught weekly. We use the ‘Rigolo’ French Curriculum published by Oxford Owl. This scheme ensures that we teach a logical progression of French skills across Key Stage 2 and that children are immersed in the target language and have opportunity to practise their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. Arbury Primary School’s programme of study is in line with the requirements of the Primary Languages Curriculum. Following the Rigolo programme, our children study six units in each year group; twenty four in total over their four years in Key Stage 2. Each unit and each new year aims to build on the knowledge from the previous. The units include learning about countries, cultures, peoples and communities.
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Rigolo 1 - Unit 1 – Bonjour Greetings and introductions Numbers 1-10 Basic nouns |
Rigolo 1 - Unit 7 – Encore! Describe people. Describe someone’s nationality. Use a range of adjectives. |
Rigolo 2 - Unit 1 – Salut, Gustave! Greet people and ask and answer questions. Talk about brothers and sisters. Use avoir to say what people have and have not. Use être and the 3rd person to say what people are like. |
Rigolo 2 - Unit 7 – Le week-end Ask and talk about regular activities (1st person). Use negatives to say what you don’t do. Ask and say what other people do. Talk about what you like/dislike doing. |
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Rigolo 1 - Unit 2 – En classe Identify classroom objects. Identify colours and describe an object’s colour. Classroom instructions Giving your age. |
Rigolo 1 - Unit 8 – Quelle heure est-il? Use present tense verbs to describe activities. Express the time. Talk about what time you do activities. |
Rigolo 2 - Unit 2 – Á l’école Name school subjects. Talk about likes and dislikes at school. Ask and give the time. Talk about timings of the school day. |
Rigolo 2 - Unit 8 – Les vêtements Identify clothes and ask and say what you’d like. Give opinions about clothes. Describe the clothes you wear. Numbers 60-80. Ask/give prices. |
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Rigolo 1 - Unit 3 – Mon Corps Identify parts of the body. Describe eyes and hair appearance. Days of the week Use adjectives to give basic character descriptions. |
Rigolo 1 - Unit 9 – Les fêtes Talk about festivals and dates. Count from 31-60. Give and understand instructions. |
Rigolo 2 - Unit 3 – La nourriture Name and ask politely for food items. Give instructions in the vous form. Express opinions about food. Talk about healthy and unhealthy food. |
Rigolo 2 - Unit 9 – Ma journée Ask and talk about daily routine, including times. Ask and talk about breakfast. Give details of a typical day. |
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Rigolo 1 - Unit 4 – Les Animaux Identify animals and pets Numbers 11-20 Give someone’s name and describe someone. |
Rigolo 1 - Unit 10 – Où vas-tu? Recognise French cities. Ask and answer where you are going. Give and understand basic directions. Describe the weather. |
Rigolo 2 - Unit 4 – En ville Name places in a town. Ask the way and give directions. Use prepositions with places to say where you are going. Give the time and say where you are going. |
Rigolo 2 - Unit 10 – Les transports Forms of transport. Ask and talk about where you’re going and how you get there. Talk about plans for a trip. Buy tickets at a station. |
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Rigolo 1 - Unit 5 – Ma famille Identify family members The alphabet Name household items Basic prepositions to describe position |
Rigolo 1 - Unit 11 – On mange! Identify food items. Ask what someone wants/say what you want. Ask/say how much something costs. Talk about activities at a party. Give opinions about activities and food. |
Rigolo 2 - Unit 5 – En vacances Ask and say where you’re going on holiday. Express opinions. Talk about what you’re going to do on holiday. |
Rigolo 2 - Unit 11 – Le sport Name sports. Give opinions about different sports. Give reasons for preferences and opinions. Talk about sporting events. |
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Rigolo 1 - Unit 6 – Bon anniversaire! Recognise and ask for snacks. Give basic opinions about food. Numbers 21-31 Months of the year Form dates. |
Rigolo 1 - Unit 12 – Le cirque Give the names of some French-speaking countries. Discuss the languages we speak. Identify items of clothing. Use colour adjectives to describe clothing. |
Rigolo 2 - Unit 6 – Chez moi Name rooms in the house. Use adjectives to describe rooms in the house. Say what people might do at home. Say what people do and where. |
Rigolo 2 - Unit 12 – On va faire la fête! Revise transport, places and future plans. Revise descriptions of people and clothes. Revise opinions of food and clothes. Order food. |
Additionally, we celebrate and promote different languages through a variety of extra events in school. This includes an annual languages week celebrated in the Summer term. A special assembly celebrating the diverse range of languages spoken by our school community is held. In class, children share other languages that they speak through presentations and small teaching sessions and parents are invited in to school to share stories in different languages. Displays in classrooms and corridors further promote and celebrate different languages and cultures.