This French video introduces teachers to a practical grammar activity where pupils use detective skills to identify patterns in French nouns. Through a phonics starter, children link sound and spelling before sorting nouns into Carroll diagrams by gender and number.

This French video introduces teachers to two of the most important and irregular verbs in French: être (to be) and avoir (to have). Pupils will already have encountered them in previous contexts, but this lesson places them centre stage, with a strong emphasis on correct pronunciation and confidence in using them.

This French video introduces teachers to creative, kinaesthetic strategies for helping pupils practise regular verb conjugations. Using a simple spinner template, pupils can test each other by forming verbs with different subject pronouns, reinforcing how endings change in the present tense.

This French video introduces teachers to the use of subject pronouns and regular -er verb conjugations in the present tense, helping pupils recognise how verbs change in both spelling and sound depending on the subject. Using a simple shared reading activity, the lesson models the verb chanter (to sing) across different pronouns so that children can spot patterns for themselves and practise with actions.

This French video introduces teachers to a grammar-based activity where pupils explore verbs in their infinitive form and learn to group them into families. Using picture prompts for common actions such as to sing, to dance, and to sleep, the lesson helps children identify that these are verbs and notice patterns in their endings.

This French video introduces teachers to a lively role-play lesson where pupils take a whistle-stop tour of the French-speaking world. The activity begins with setting the classroom as an “airline,” complete with passports for each child, and uses role play to capture imagination and build enthusiasm.

This French video introduces teachers to a lesson that uses language learning as a way to promote intercultural understanding and begin to challenge stereotypes about France and other French-speaking countries. Pupils work with the simple structure il y a (“there is/are”) as both a question and a statement, practising intonation to turn a phrase into a question.

This French video introduces teachers to a lesson where pupils go on a tour of French-speaking countries, building on the transport topic they encountered in Year 3. The lesson provides opportunities for speaking, listening, reading, and writing descriptive phrases, with a warm-up that revises colour adjectives through jumbled word and missing letter activities.