Y5/6 (A): Unit 6: Planning a French holiday
The children learn to use a combination of present and near future tenses, and become familiar with holiday related vocabulary around packing a suitcase and planning a journey. They explore which countries they might visit and why and ultimately research and plan a holiday to France.
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Read and understand a simple story.
- Identify use of present and future tenses in reading and listening.
- Know how to form the near future tense.
- Speak in sentences.
- Integrate familiar language into a new context.
- Create a written paragraph including present and future tenses.
- Use a bilingual dictionary confidently.
Suggested prior learning
Y5/6 (A): Unit 5: Exploring the French-speaking world
Get startedLessons
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 1: To go to France and other countries
- To begin using the future tense.
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 2: The near future in French
- To identify and form the present and near future tenses.
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 3: Holiday clothes
- To describe which clothes to pack for a holiday.
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 4: Holiday story
- To read and understand a story about a summer holiday.
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 5: Planning my French holiday
- To plan a holiday to France.
Key skills
Key knowledge
Related content
Resources
Unit resources

French
Knowledge organiser: French – Y6 Planning a French Holiday
Aimed at pupils, two pages providing key facts and definitions from the unit " Unit 4: Planning a French holiday".

French
Vocabulary display: Planning a French holiday
A display version of the key vocabulary from the Planning a French holiday unit.
Cross-curricular opportunities
None relevant to this unit.