Homerswood
Primary and Nursery School
‘A pathway to grow, be curious and discover’
Modern Foreign Languages
Modern Foreign Languages at Homerswood
At Homerswood we focus on enabling pupils to make progress in one language; French. Children are encouraged to listen, and ask and answer questions.
They have an opportunity to speak in sentences and engage in conversations. They are taught to appreciate French songs, poems and rhymes. They learn to demonstrate an understanding of reading and writing simple words and sentences, and are also taught to develop the appropriate pronunciation.
We also celebrate the many other languages spoken by our pupils and wider community. We celebrate Mother Language Day annualy and give pupils the opportunity to learn about other languages and cultures than their own.
MFL Guidance 2020-2021
MFL Gold Standards Years 3 - 6
Impact Statements
Recommended Reading
Spring Term
Year 6 have made a great start on their new topic "World War 2".
French club have been learning about different types of food through a lovely story in french called "Le chien très gourmand". Here is a board game they played to practice their new vocabulary learnt!
Year 6 have been learning some vocabulary for their hobbies at the weekend.
Autumn Term
Nursery are starting to learn some nursery rhymes in French! They are starting with Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star.
Year 2 are learning how to say different fruits in French. They listen to the word and have to select which fruit matches the word.
Year 4 have purchased a well-known book in french and have challenged themselves to read the story and see which words they recognise!
2021-2022
Bonjour! We are looking forward to a new term of MFL sequences in Homerswood's chosen foreign language: French.
Here are the topics we are covering in Key Stage 2 this term:
| Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 |
| Musical Instruments | Goldilocks | The Weather | The Weekend |
| Fruit | Habitats | Romans | Planets |
French club will also continue to run every Thursday evening from 3:20pm- 4:00pm.
Reception chose to study France for One World Week, they enjoyed building Eiffel towers, comparing French and English culture and learning about french food!
Autumn 2021
Welcome to a new academic year of MFL at Homerswood. We are very excited to continue our passion for communicating in other languages and will be continuing our teaching of french in key Stage 2. We follow a rich and engaging curriculum supporting listening, reading, writing and speaking skills giving our children the confidence to communicate in another language.
We also celebrate the many other languages spoken throughout our school with lots of extra language celebration days. Check this website for any updates and news to share.
Year 5 are learning how to say the date in French. We change the date each day and practice saying it in a full sentence e.g "aujourd'hui c'est jeudi le quatre novembre"
A great start to the Autumn term so far. Here are some examples of year 5 completing some french sentences about which pets they have. They are applying their knowledge of animals, numbers and the verb "to have".
Homerswood Celebrated a "French Day" where all year groups took part in a celebration of languages. Part of this day involved practicing their french speaking skills to order some french food at a cafe! They made their choice between a brioche or a croissant by saying "je voudrais" and not forgetting their manners!
A great way to learn new languages is through rhythm. At Homerswood we use lots of catchy songs, rhymes and chants to help remember new vocabulary. Here is Year 3 showing how they remember the different "body parts", can you recognise the song?
Here is what some of our pupils think about learning French at Homerswood. Some quotes speak about being able to apply their language skills when they visit France, and others love the interactive activities we do in class.
Year 9 students, from Monkswalk School, visited year 6 to share some fun Spanish games and activities.
French Around the School At Homerswood.
