Primary Theme: Sport

Lesson 5: The French Olympic Games

Learning vocabulary relating to the Olympics; using a range of familiar grammar structures and vocabulary learned throughout the scheme to prepare and deliver a presentation about an imaginary Olympic games.

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Y5/6 (B): Lesson 5: The French Olympic Games

Learning vocabulary relating to the Olympics; using a range of familiar grammar structures and vocabulary learned throughout the scheme to prepare and deliver a presentation about an imaginary Olympic games.

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Lesson 5: French boules - pétanque

Practising using the infinitive of the P.E. verbs learned in Lesson 4 with an opinion about the sport. Developing cultural awareness through learning how to play the famous French game, pétanque.

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Unit outcomes

Pupils who are secure will be able to:

  • Pronounce the name of a sport accurately and confidently.
  • Use the verbs jouer and faire correctly with different sports.
  • Create sentences using two verbs, the seconds one in the infinitive form.
  • Construct simple sentences to say whether or not they play a sport.
  • Express and justify opinions in relation to sports.
  • Identify some of the French country names using cognates and near cognates.
  • Use the correct form of aller with correct preposition to indicate where you are going.
  • Write an article in French, using a writing frame, about an imaginary Olympic Games.

Suggested prior learning

Y5/6 (B): Unit 5: Visiting a town in France

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Lessons

Y5/6 (B): Lesson 1: Sports in French

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Y5/6 (B): Lesson 2: Olympian opinions

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Y5/6 (B): Lesson 3: France – ready to go!

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Y5/6 (B): Lesson 4: A French sporting week

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Y5/6 (B): Lesson 5: The French Olympic Games

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Key skills

  • Listening and inferring information from audio passages using language detective skills.
  • Reading short authentic texts for enjoyment or information.
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Key knowledge

  • To know that an understanding of different sounds in French can help when attempting to pronounce new vocabulary.
  • To know whether to use the pronouns il – he, or elle – she, when describing someone.
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Key vocabulary

le sport

je joue

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Equipment list

Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.

This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)

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  • French – English dictionaries ×30

  • A large space like a hall, gym or playground area

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  • 1-3 sets of plastic boules (If you cannot get hold of boules, you could improvise using different kinds of balls but you will need to explain to the children that what you are using are not the correct boules) ×1
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Knowledge organiser: French – French sport and the Olympics

Aimed at pupils, two pages providing key facts and definitions from the unit.

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Vocabulary display: French sport and the Olympics

A display version of the key vocabulary from the unit 'French sport and the Olympics'.

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Cross-curricular opportunities

Geography

Locational knowledge

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including the location of Russia) and North and South America, concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries, and major cities.

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