At Horbury Primary Academy, we teach French to all our KS2 children as part of our school curriculum. Although French is not taught as a curriculum subject in KS1, children are made aware of other languages and are encouraged to begin using them informally as part of their daily routine in order to prepare them for KS2.
Our curriculum intent is as follows:
- To build an MFL curriculum which develops learning and results in the acquisition of knowledge and skills which enables children to access the wider curriculum and to prepare children to be a global citizen now and in their future roles within a global community.
- To design a curriculum with appropriate subject knowledge, skills and understanding to fulfil the duties of the NC whereby schools must provide a balanced and broadly-based curriculum which promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils and prepares them for the opportunities and responsibilities and experiences for later life.
- To build an MFL curriculum that incorporates the understanding of French so that children know more, remember more and understand more. As a result children will develop the knowledge to be able to communicate in another language other than English.
- To design, and resource, a French programme of work within the MFL curriculum which enables pupils to explore the cultural capital of another country through its language and traditions.
- To foster an interest in learning other languages by introducing children to French in a way that is enjoyable and fun.
- To make children aware that language has a structure, that structure differs from one language to another, and to develop their speaking and listening skills.
- To help children develop their awareness of cultural differences in other countries.