MFL
Our MFL subject leader is Mrs Moynihan
At Whitley Abbey our MFL Curriculum is taught to Years 3 – 6
Year 3 MFL Curriculum
Throughout the Year
Listen to and show understanding of single word through a physical response
Listen and identify rhyming words and sounds in songs and rhymes
Recognise a simple question and respond with a simple rehearsed response
Name objects and actions in a rehearsed statement
Use simple connectives to join phrases
Join in with actions to accompany songs, stories and rhymes
Use knowledge of the sound of some letters in French to read aloud or say individual words
Read and show understanding of familiar simple words
Identify strategies for memorising new vocabulary
Write and say familiar words from memory with understandable accuracy
Begin to recognise first, second and third person singular pronouns and forms of high frequency words
Identify nouns, adjective, pronoun and conjunctions
Recognise plurals
Express a simple opinion
Explore French culture and life and compare it with their own experiences.
Year 4 MFL Curriculum
Throughout the Year
Listen to and show understanding of longer/more complex familiar phrases and sentences
Follow the text including familiar language and identify the meanings of some of the words
Follow the text and read aloud using the knowledge of letter strings and silent letters
Read and show understanding of a complex sentence using familiar language
Use a bilingual dictionary to find the meanings of words including nouns, adjectives and verbs
Write and say longer more complex sentences to describe people, places, things and actions using a language scaffold
Writes some familiar phrases from memory with increased accuracy
Produce positive and negative sentences using HF verbs and pronouns
Apply rules of agreement of adjectives in singular and plural
Give reasoned opinions
Be aware of and know when to use tu and vous
Explore French culture and life and compare it with their own experiences
Year 5 MFL Curriculum
Throughout The Year
Listen to and show understanding of longer/more complex familiar phrases and sentences
Follow the text of familiar songs/rhymes/stories and identify the meanings of some of the words
Follow the text and read aloud using the knowledge of letter strings and silent letters
Read and show understanding of a complex sentence using familiar language
Use a bilingual dictionary to find the meanings of words including nouns, adjectives and verbs
Write and say longer more complex sentences to describe people, places, things and actions using a language scaffold
Writes some familiar phrases from memory with increased accuracy
Produce positive and negative sentences using HF verbs and pronouns
Apply rules of agreement of adjectives in singular and plural
Give reasoned opinions
Be aware of and know when to use tu and vous
Explore French culture and life and compare it with their own experiences.
Year 6 MFL Curriculum
Throughout The Year
Listen to and show understanding of single word through a physical response
Listen and identify rhyming words and sounds in songs and rhymes
Ask a few simple and/or familiar questions and respond with a rehearsed response
Use familiar vocabulary to say simple sentences with the aid of a scaffold
Use one or more connectives to join phrases
Join in with words of songs, stories and rhymes
Use knowledge of the sound of familiar phrases and short sentences
Use a bilingual dictionary to find the meaning or translation of a word
Read and show understanding of familiar phrases and short sentences
Write and say simple phrases to describe people, places, things and actions using a language scaffold
Write some familiar phrases from memory with understandable accuracy
Use the definite and indefinite article according to the gender of the noun and in plural form
Recognise first, second and third person singular forms of high frequency words
Express and discuss opinions
Begin to demonstrate understanding of the position of the majority of adjectives and their agreement with nouns
Explore French culture and life and compare it with their own experiences.