Year of learning 1 · KS1 · Primary

Year of learning 1 French Resources

6 units for Year of learning 1, typically ages 5 to 6. No previous learning needed: this is a first year of the language.

Year of learning 1 is for pupils typically ages 5 to 6, and any year group can start. No previous learning needed: this is a first year of the language. Each unit is six ready-to-teach lessons built around one “Can I…?” question, with a growing sentence builder, a picture story, games, phonics, a song or chant and Talk time at support, core and challenge level.

Every unit is a PowerPoint viewed on the site. Word, PDF and audio files can be downloaded and kept. Members can also download PowerPoints to edit and keep — three a month on a yearly plan, one a month on a monthly plan. New resources are added regularly.

Year of learning 1 units

Year of learning 1 units (typically ages 5 to 6, any year group can start)

  1. Unit 1: Bonjour, petit monstre ! (Hello, little monster!) — Can I say hello, ask how someone is and say how I feel?
    Say hello, goodbye and how you feel with Pip and Pom, two little monsters!
    Lessons: Hello, Pip! · How are you? · Oh no! · So-so · Thank you, Pom! · Hi, friends!
  2. Unit 2: La chasse aux couleurs (The colour hunt) — Can I name colours and say if something is big or small?
    Hunt for colours in the woods with Filou the fox and Picot the hedgehog!
    Lessons: Filou's basket · The duck and the frog · What colour is it? · Big and small · The colour stones · The rainbow
  3. Unit 3: Le bal des animaux (The animals' ball) — Can I name six animals and say where one is hiding?
    Meet six musical animals, find the hiding cat and join the big concert!
    Lessons: Miaow! Woof! · The rabbit and the bird · Splash! · The big parade · Where's the cat? · The big concert
  4. Unit 4: Le robot qui danse (The dancing robot) — Can I name parts of my body and follow action commands?
    Head, hands, feet: jump, turn and freeze with two dancing robots!
    Lessons: Beep, beep! Hello! · The big feet · Jump and turn! · Freeze! · Quick, Robo! · The robot party
  5. Unit 5: Le pique-nique des peluches (The teddy bears' picnic) — Can I name picnic food and say what I like?
    Apples, bananas, bread and water: yum, or no thank you?
    Lessons: Apple or banana? · Bread and water · I like it! · Peekaboo! · The waiter · It's a party!
  6. Unit 6: Le jardin enchanté (The enchanted garden) — Can I count to three, talk about the weather and say goodbye?
    Count to three, spot the sun and the rain, and wave goodbye to Gaston!
    Lessons: A little seed · It's growing! · It's sunny! · It's raining! · Hop, hop, hop! · Goodbye, garden!

Common questions

What format are the resources in?

Units are PowerPoint files, viewed on the site in the browser. Word, PDF and audio files can be downloaded and kept. Members can also download PowerPoints to edit and keep: three a month on a yearly plan, one a month on a monthly plan. Buying a unit outright includes its PowerPoint to keep.

Are they suitable for my exam board?

Resources are designed to be broadly compatible with AQA, Edexcel, and OCR. GCSE units are most closely aligned to AQA 8652 (French) and AQA 8692 (Spanish), with Cambridge IGCSE 0520 / 7156 (French) and 0530 / 7160 (Spanish) folders organised by the five Cambridge modules.

How many lessons does each pack cover?

Each KS3 and GCSE topic pack covers 7–9 lessons, and each KS2 unit six 30-minute lessons. Some larger topics include additional extension or revision materials on top of that.

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