Languages Curriculum Posts
University Challenge 2021
Children from Y5/6 have studied hard throughout the year to earn a place in our annual University Challenge competition. Almost every pupil passed at least one Graduate Award (with many gaining ten or even [...]
French (Year 4)
Recently Year 4 have been working on the French Language. They've worked very hard to learn some phrases and have been able to use them in conversation. Below are some examples of what they've learnt.
The New Language Curriculum
Starting in September every school has to teach a different language. Some of the children talk about what they’ve already been doing in French and why they think learning a different language is important. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQl3iXkBXyI
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