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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Listen carefully to build correct sequences of three to four blocks.
- Show understanding by correctly identifying a described shape, drawing it in the air or pointing on the board.
- Recognise cognates.
- Use please and thank you.
- Listen carefully to instructions.
- Describe some of the shapes in their work using language of colour, size or shape.
- Listen and then select the correct decoration according to its colour.
Suggested prior learning
Unit 1: French greetings with puppets
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Lessons
Lesson 1: Colours in French
Lesson 2: Shapes and colours in French
Lesson 3: Shapes of different colours and sizes in French
Lesson 4: Using shapes like the French artist, Matisse
Lesson 5: In the style of the French artist, Matisse
Key skills
Language comprehension
- Listening
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Key knowledge
Phonics
- To become
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Key vocabulary
rouge
bleu
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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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Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
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Coloured/ plain paper
×30 -
Pens / Paint
×15 - Scissors right- and left-handed options recommended. ×30
- Glue ×30
- Coloured bricks in: red, blue, green, and yellow ×15
- A selection of coloured balls or beanbags ×30
- Colourful 2D shapes
- Digital camera ×8
The equipment below is optional
- Access to computers with paint package or creative materials; tissue paper, ribbons etc ×1
- A pair of colourful fly-swats ×1
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser: French Y3 – Adjectives of colour, size and shape
Aimed at pupils, two pages providing key facts and definitions from the unit "French adjectives of colour, size and shape".
French phonics videos: Y3 Adjectives of colour, size and shape
Phoneme practice for sounds used in this unit.
Vocabulary display: French adjectives of colour, size and shape
A display version of the key vocabulary from the French adjectives of colour, size and shape unit.
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Cross-curricular opportunities
Art and design
‘Pupils should be taught
- about great artists, architects and designers in history.’
See 'National curriculum - Art and design key stages 1 and 2'.
Build on the learning
Unit 1: Portraits – describing in French
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