Learning objective
- To be able to describe a journey to different French-speaking countries around the world.
Success criteria
- I can repeat phrases aloud and adapt them
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National curriculum
Languages
Pupils should be taught to:
- Speak
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Cross-curricular links
Geography
Key stage 2
Geographical skills and
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
The children sing the Transport song from French, Year 3, French transport, Lesson 2: How shall we travel in France? If they need a prompt, give them the action for each piece of transport. If they need a reminder, you can play them a part of the song using the Pupil video: Transport song.
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could use reduced vocabulary for sentence building, choosing one destination, or by using a grid cut down to 4 x 4.
Pupils working at greater depth
Could be challenged to create their own Connect 4 grid using the blank template provided.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: using the sentence builder to create
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Vocabulary and translations
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tu vas où ?
where are you going?
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tu y vas comment ?
how are you going there?
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In this unit
Assessment - French Y3: Transport
Lesson 1: French transport language detectives
Lesson 2: How shall we travel in France
Lesson 3: On the road in France
Lesson 4: Travel the French speaking world
Lesson 5: Journey to a French school
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 15th September, 2025
Assessment – French Y3: Transport
Assessment quiz and Knowledge catcher for use at the start and/or end of the unit...
Lesson 1: French transport language detectives
Using language detective skills to recognise cognates and near-cognates to help work out the meaning...
Lesson 5: Journey to a French school
Revising numbers, transport vocabulary, prepositions and parts of the verb aller- to go, by conducting...
Lesson 3: On the road in France
Using images of traffic scenes from around the world, the children spot different modes of...
