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
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 2: Olympian opinions
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 3: France – ready to go!
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 4: A French sporting week
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 5: The French Olympic Games
Key skills
Language comprehension
- Listening
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Key knowledge
Phonics
- To know
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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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Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
- French – English dictionaries ×30
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A large space like a hall, gym or playground area
×1 - 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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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser: French – French sport and the Olympics
Aimed at pupils, two pages providing key facts and definitions from the unit.
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.
