Y3/4 (A): Unit 1: French greetings with puppets
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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Look carefully at a speaker and respond confidently with the appropriate gesture and phrase.
- Begin to recognise how some sounds (‘on’, ‘ou’, ‘et’ and ‘oi’) are represented in written form.
- Link actions or pictures to the new vocabulary, both in spoken and written form.
- Imitate the pronunciation of sounds, taking turns to speak and using appropriate intonation.
Suggested prior learning
This is the first unit in the Kapow Primary Mixed-age French scheme.Lessons
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 1: French greetings
- To greet someone and introduce yourself in French.
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 2: French greetings – day and night
- To use the correct French greeting for the time of day.
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 3: How are you feeling? – in French
- To ask and answer a question about feelings in French.
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 4: French finger rhymes
- To perform a finger rhyme in French.
Key skills
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Knowledge organiser: French – Y3 Greetings with puppets
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit " Unit 1: French greetings…

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Vocabulary display: French greetings with puppets
A display version of the key vocabulary from the French greetings with puppets unit.
Cross-curricular opportunities
Design & technology
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- select from and use a wider range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks [for example, cutting, shaping, joining and finishing], accurately
- select from and use a wider range of materials and components, including construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their functional properties and aesthetic qualities’
See National curriculum - Design & technology key stages 1 to 2.