Pets Descriptions (physical and personality) Opinions Numbers (1–100) Articles Negatives Possessive adjectives Unit 2: Where I live Content Grammar Literacy/language Culture Countries Nationalities House and home including descriptions, rooms Daily routine Household chores Irregular adjectives (including nationalities) More irregular verbs in the present tense Likes and dislikes followed by an infinitive Dictionary skills Sound patterns (eg alphabet) Francophone countries Unit 3: Education Content Grammar Literacy/language Culture Description of school including facilities School subjects and opinions Teachers Giving reasons (including connectives, car, parce que, puisque) Adverbs of frequency Learning vocabulary Language learning strategies Differences in education systems between France, England and other countries
School routine (times) Uniform School Reflexive verbs Telling the time Unit 4: Future plans Content Grammar Literacy/language Culture Future education plans (Key Stage 4 and beyond) Future life plans Where to live Family plans Future job intentions Use of je voudrais/j'aimerais + infinitive Near future tense (aller + infinitive) Memorisation techniques Differences in jobs in different countries Working times Year 2 Unit 5: Holidays Content Grammar Literacy/language Culture Countries and languages Weather Past holiday destinations Near future revision Future tense of regular verbs and key irregular verbs Asking questions Reading complicated French holiday destinations French conventions including eating out
Holiday experiences Regions and sightseeing Future holiday plans Accommodation Perfect tense of verbs (avoir/être and irregular verbs) Use of the infinitive Unit 6: Travel Content Grammar Literacy/language Culture Means of transport Places in a town and directions Travel arrangements and preferences Extended justifications and reasons for opinions Cardinal and ordinal numbers Imperatives Modal verbs with infinitive Advanced dictionary skills Sound patterns (nasal vowels) Greeting people in France Popular holiday destinations including ski resorts Unit 7: Sports Content Grammar Literacy/language Culture Sports and games with opinions Past and future sporting events Famous French sports people Jouer/faire and sports Prepositions Adverbs of place Revision of perfect tense Imperfect tense Language learning strategies including identifying gender of words Famous French sportsmen and women Tour de France
Unit 8: Hobbies Content Grammar Literacy/language Culture TV programmes Films and opinions Leisure time with friends Past and future hobbies Invitations Excuses Jouer de + musical instruments Revision of perfect tense Revision of imperfect Conditional tense More complex sentence construction including the use of adjectives, adverbs, connectives and intensifiers to increase complexity Famous French musicians/singers Year 3 Unit 9: Health Content Grammar Literacy/language Culture Parts of the body Illnesses and injuries Visiting a doctor/pharmacy Seeking and understanding medical help Partitive article Use of à + definite article Revision of adjectives Listening skills – detail and gist Extended conversations Emergency procedures Differences in visiting a doctor in France Unit 10: Fitness/healthy lifestyle Content Grammar Literacy/language Culture
Revision of all topics covered in units 1–11 Revision of all grammar but concentrating on verb tenses, connectives, adjectives, adverbs and opinions with justifications to prepare for study at GCSE (Key Stage 4) Reading Listening Speaking Writing French and Francophone countries – differences in cultural outlooks