Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Listen carefully to instructions to build correct sequences of three to four colour blocks.
- Show their understanding by correctly identifying a described shape, drawing it in the air or pointing on the board.
- Recognise cognates, finding shapes that they are asked for.
- Use please and thank you.
- Describe some of the shapes in their work using language of colour, size or shape.
- Correctly select a decoration described to them by its colour.
- Use software to produce artwork in the style of Matisse.
Suggested prior learning
Y3/4 (A): Unit 1: French greetings with puppets
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Lessons
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 1: Colours in French
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 2: Sizes and shapes in French
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 3: Using shapes like the French artist, Matisse
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 4: In the style of the French artist, Matisse
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 5: Inspired by Matisse’s French ‘Christmas Night’ window
Key skills
Year 3
- Asking and/or answering
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Key knowledge
- To know that a
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Key vocabulary
rouge – red
bleu – blue
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Equipment list
Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.
This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)
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Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
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Coloured/ plain paper
×30 -
Pens/ paint
×15 - Scissors right- and left-handed options recommended. ×30
- Glue ×30
- Coloured bricks in: red, blue, green, and yellow ×15
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Coloured balls or beanbags
×8 -
Colourful 2D shapes
×15 - Cameras or tablets. ×8
The equipment below is optional
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Access to computers with paint package or creative materials; tissue paper, ribbons etc
×15 - A pair of colourful fly-swats ×2
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser: French Y3 – Adjectives of colour, size and shape
Aimed at pupils, two pages providing key facts and definitions from the unit "French adjectives of colour, size and shape".
Vocabulary display: French adjectives of colour, size and shape
A display version of the key vocabulary from the French adjectives of colour, size and shape unit.
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Cross-curricular opportunities
Art & design
‘Pupils should be taught:
- about great artists, architects and designers in history.’
Build on the learning
Y3/4 (A): Unit 3: Playground games – numbers and age
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