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Art and design Computing Design and technology French Geography History Music Physical education Spanish Religion and worldviews RSE & PSHE Science Wellbeing

Lesson 5: Celebrating a French birthday

Learning about the similarities and differences between traditional birthday celebrations in France and England and studying an invitation to a class birthday party, singing Joyeux Anniversaire (Happy Birthday) and eating le gâteau (cake).

Learning objective

To compare similarities and differences between traditional birthday celebrations in France and England.

Success criteria

I can describe similarities between birthday celebrations in

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Choose a child and say, Bonjour [Name]. C’est quand, ton anniversaire ? – Hello [name] When is your birthday? Children should answer in the following format: Bonjour [Monsieur/Madame [Name]]. Mon anniversaire c’est le [onze] [mars] – Hello [name] My birthday is the eleventh of March. This child then selects another child to greet…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

May require adult or peer support to research the French words for their birthday wish lists, checking that they write down the words accurately.

Pupils working at greater depth

Can create a longer list and present this to a peer and/or the class verbally, starting the sentence with je voudrais – I would like.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: saying the similarities and differences between

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Vocabulary and translations

C’est quand, ton anniversaire ?

When is your birthday?
un anniversaire

a birthday

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In this unit

Assessment - French Y4: Numbers, calendars and birthdays

Lesson 1: Learning numbers 1-31 in French

Lesson 2: Days of the week in French

Lesson 3: Months of the year in French

Lesson 4: Seasons and dates in French

Lesson 5: Celebrating a French birthday

Originally created by:

Simone Haughey

French specialist

Previously a generalist Primary teacher for 12 years, Simone now specialises in Languages. She is MFL Consultant and Languages Teacher at Robin Hood Primary. Her work with Mandarin Chinese resulted in the IoE Confucius Institute for Schools awarding her school with Confucius Classroom…

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