Welcome to Pattishall Church of England Primary School

Intent: Why do we teach French?

We teach French as our Modern Foreign Language in Key Stage Two

300 million people speak French across 5 continents
Second most widely learned language after English
Fifth most widely spoken language in the world
France receives 87 million tourists each year
French is the official language of the European Union, NATO, the United Nations, UNESCO and the National Olympic Committee
France is a country of deep cultural capital - with regards to fashion, food, art, literature and music
French is easier for an English speaker to learn as English is derived from French and German, so there are many cognates
Having mastered French, learning Spanish, Italian and Romanian is much easier
French is an analytical language that structures thought and develops critical thinking - which ties into our Golden Thread of Enquiry
French is often described as the language of love. Love is our core value: everything we do is done with love.

Intended impact:

The ultimate goal is for the children to be able to understand French vocabulary and grammatical structure in order to be able to listen, converse, read and write in French. In addition to this, we want the children to gain French cultural capital and an appreciation for the language's history.

Knowledge Threads

Our Golden Threads have been devised to meet the needs of the children in our community; to ensure that they are fully equipped to flourish in a diverse and complex society.
From these golden threads, we have built each subject's curriculum.

Each subject has up to nine knowledge threads that reoccur year on year at the age appropriate level. Other elements will be taught too - but through these knowledge threads, we are building what we value and what our children need.

For example in History, we revisit the Slavery Knowledge Thread year on year as this is an important part of Black history, as well as an important opportunity to gain WISDOM from the past. It can also be played forward and linked to modern day slavery, including County Lines - an issue in our locality.

Golden Threads

Nous construisons ce que nous apprécions

Intent: Why do we teach French?

We teach French as our Modern Foreign Language in Key Stage Two

Intended impact:

Northampton is twinned with Poitiers

Knowledge Threads

Implementation: How we teach French...

European Languages Day

Que tout ce que nous faisons soit fait avec amour...