French

Our Curriculum Intent

The languages department will meet the Howard’s Curriculum Intent.

• We will bring out the best by opening minds and broadening horizons through learning about languages and cultures that enrich our global community, as well as challenging stereotypes, prejudices and preconceptions. 
• Learners will develop a range of transferable and interpersonal skills, enabling them to understand and produce target language and be able to apply their learning to other subjects and future jobs.
• We aim to foster a love of languages and other cultures.
• We aim to ensure students will not only learn a new language but will also become global citizens ready for the modern world.

Our Learning Journey

Please click here for our KS3 French Learning Journey.

Please click here for our KS4 French Learning Journey.

Please click on the relevant link below for our KS3 French Learning Journey:

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Please click on the relevant link below for our KS4 French Learning Journey:

Year 10

Year 11

National Curriculum Mapping

Our schemes of work are aligned with the National Curriculum and are designed to at least meet its requirements, going beyond them in many respects.

To access the National Curriculum Programmes of Study for KS3 Languages, click here. 

The National Curriculum Purpose of Study for Languages is as follows: 

Learning a foreign language is a liberation from insularity and provides an opening to other cultures. A high-quality languages education should foster pupils’ curiosity and deepen their understanding of the world. The teaching should enable pupils to express their ideas and thoughts in another language and to understand and respond to its speakers, both in speech and in writing. It should also provide opportunities for them to communicate for practical purposes, learn new ways of thinking and read great literature in the original language. Language teaching should provide the foundation for learning further languages, equipping pupils to study and work in other countries.

KS4 Course Information

For information about KS4 courses, please refer to the KS4 Curriculum e-booklet.

Please click here for the KS4 French exam specification.

KS5 Course Information

For information about the KS5 Courses available, click here.