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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

Y3/4 (B): Lesson 3: Seasons and dates

Learning the seasons in French, conducting a class survey about birthdays and translating written dates from English to French.

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Learning objective

To locate and express information about important dates.

Success criteria

I can pronounce the seasons accurately.
I can ask

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National curriculum

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Cross-curricular links

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Play the video using the Link: Alain le Lait - Months of the year in French on VideoLink and sing the months of the year as a class. Display slide 1 of the Presentation: Birthdays. Ask the class to match the months shown in French to their English translations. This could be completed individually…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could use the Knowledge organiser: Birthday celebrations to help write their birthday in French; could express their birthday using the month only, e.g. Mon anniversaire c’est en mars – My birthday is in March.

Pupils working at greater depth

Could use full sentences to communicate different dates including the date of their birthday: mon anniversaire c’est le dix avril – my birthday is the 10th April.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: asking someone when their birthday is

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Vocabulary and translations

les saisons

the seasons
le printemps

spring

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In this unit

Assessment - French Y3/4 (B): Birthday Celebrations

Y3/4 (B): Lesson 1: Numbers 1-31

Y3/4 (B): Lesson 2: Months of the year

Y3/4 (B): Lesson 3: Seasons and dates

Y3/4 (B): Lesson 4: Celebrating a French birthday

Y3/4 (B): Lesson 5: Birthdays in France

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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