French in Year 3

In year 3, we have kicked start the term with looking at members of our family and describing their personalities. Pupils exchanged opinions on both male and female members. Since the beginning of the year, pupils have learned the numbers from 0-20 and confidently repeat and often identify a number written in French. We will continue to learn up to 31 which enables pupils to write the date independently given we have also looked at data of the week and months of the year late term. In addition, we have also started to learn the alphabet in French. Using songs and practising by echoing the vocabulary, pupils have begun to pick up the French alphabet. They enjoyed spotting the similarities to English and shared the letters which they knew were the same in other European languages such as Romanian. Our knowledge was then extended to help spell their names and the name of another peer. Pupils checked on one another's pronunciation and double checked their partner had spelt both names correctly. Furthermore, we enjoyed guessing the names of Inside Out characters in English whilst they listened to the French spelling.