Primary French Project

This project was a partnership (of the Institut Français du Royaume-Uni, ALL and Network for Languages) and was devised to support primary schools wishing to teach French as part of the statutory curriculum  from 2014.  Suitable for all practitioners, including those who have no prior knowledge of the language, and also specialist linguists who are new to teaching children in Key Stage 2, the materials aim to train the teacher by providing the subject knowledge that is needed in order to meet the requirements of the Programme of Study for Languages in Key Stage 2, as well as age-appropriate language-teaching methodology.

The teaching materials include lesson plans and PowerPoint Presentations for the interactive whiteboard. The PowerPoint presentations include all images and voice recordings necessary to model language and grammatical concepts to children.  The materials are aligned to KS2 year groups as follows:

Niveau bleu - year 3

Niveau blanc - year 4

Niveau rouge – year 5

Niveau tricolore – year 6

For transition from KS2 to KS3, secondary teachers should use niveau multicolore.

For further information, please explore the Institut Français du Royaume-Uni's website.

Following is a collection of resources selected for both specialist and non-specialist teachers in primary school settings.  Included are a variety of commercial as well as non-commercial resources, publications, free websites and online materials for developing cultural awareness.  We are keen to hear from members with recommendations about other resources they use to good effect on a regular basis.

Please note, ALL does not recommend or endorse particular resources.