niveau bleu

1. The Primary French Project niveau bleu Training event to introduce practitioners to Training Date and Name of Trainer

2. The Primary French Project • The Primary French Project is a collaboration between • The Association for Language Learning (ALL) • Network for Languages • Institut français du Royaume-Uni (IFRU) • The purpose of the Primary French Project is to support any primary school in the UK that wishes to teach French throughout Key Stage 2 as part of the statutory curriculum, by offering excellent training for teachers.

3. The Primary French Project • The training takes place as the teacher uses the French teaching materials classroom. The materials have the following aims: • to exemplify the Programme of Study for Languages in Key Stage 2 • to train teachers with little or no knowledge of French (language and methodology)

4. The Primary French Project • The materials support all teachers of French in KS2 by: • providing class teaching materials that develop the teacher’s subject knowledge (French language and culture); • saving planning time - all materials include half-termly planning and weekly lesson plans; • saving preparation time - all materials include easy-to-use PowerPoint presentations to enable teachers to deliver each lesson through the interactive whiteboard, together with printable picture cards and word cards, and links to French story books on line; • providing exemplification of the Programme of Study for Languages in KS2, with strong links to literacy; • providing a scaffolding for linguistic progression throughout KS2.

5. Primary French Project Training Although the Primary French Project materials can be used to teach children, their core purpose is to be a mechanism that trains the teacher.

6. Primary French Project Training By using the materials to teach children, the teacher’s subject knowledge is developed in terms of vocabulary, linguistic progression, grammar, pronunciation, intonation and spelling, as well as cultural knowledge.

7. Primary French Project Training Primary French training is developed over a minimum of four years, starting with niveau bleu, then moving on to niveau blanc, niveau rouge and niveau tricolore.

8. Primary French Project Training A complete course of KS2 French training comprises: 1st year of training - use niveau bleu materials to teach children in year 3; 2nd year of training - use niveau blanc materials to teach children in year 4; 3rd year of training - use niveaurouge materials to teach children in year 5; 4th year of training - use niveau tricolore materials to teach children in year 6.

9. Primary French Project Training • Primary French training at each level is achieved as the teacher uses the materials for a minimum of one school year for: • planning • delivery • assessment

10. Primary French Project Training Training for secondary teachers is identified as niveau multicolore, and this is designed to help secondary teachers to understand the primary experience and to build upon it in Key Stage 3 and beyond.

11. Primary French Project Training Training at each level begins when the Primary French materials are introduced by means of a one-day course to teachers, subject leaders, headteachers, governors, advisors or trainers.

12. Primary French Project Training The materials can then be disseminated and used in schools by any practitioner or trainer who has attended the initial training day, or who has been introduced to the materials by a colleague who has attended the initial training day.

13. Primary French Project Training The introductory training days are run throughout the country by Network for Languages. For details of training events in your region, please see www.culturetheque.org.uk, or contact your local Network for Languages Centre.

14. Primary French Project Training Primary schools are strongly encouraged to become members of the Association for Language Learning. ALL Primary Hubs across the country will offer focussed support that can help teachers to further develop their subject knowledge, and their confidence in the classroom.

15. Primary French Project Accreditation Delegates who attend the introductory training day receive an attendance certificate. Teachers who use the materials as recommended, to teach French to children throughout a whole school year, may download a certificate, as evidence that they have completed the training at the corresponding level.

16. Primary French Project Training KS2 practitioners should start at niveau bleu level, before moving on to niveau blanc, niveau rouge and niveau tricolore.

17. Primary French Project Training The full length of training for KS2 French is a minimum of four years. Full training in one level or “niveau” should be completed before moving to the next level. For example, teachers should complete niveau bleu before embarking on niveau blanc.

18. Training Log A downloadable log and a digital information pack are currently being developed and will be available on Culturethèque from June 2014. The log will help schools to provide evidence of training and development in terms of primary French teaching.

19. Continuity KS2-KS3 Training and support for secondary teachers of French will be offered as part of the project, to enable secondary teachers to build on children’s prior learning. This level of training is known as niveau multicolore.

20. Continuity KS2-KS3 A similar log for secondary schools will be downloadable from Culturethèque from Autumn 2014. The log will help secondary MFL departments to show how they are building upon children’s prior learning in French.

21. Culturethèque The Primary French Project materials are all downloadable from the Culturethèque website. The Training Logs will also be there from Autumn 2014. Partner Roles

22. Email primaryfrench@institutfrancais.org.uk

23. Purpose of PFP materials 1 To exemplify the Programme of Study, including progression in each year group, and throughout Key Stage 2

24. Purpose of PFP materials 2 To train the teacher by developing knowledge of the French language and how to teach it in Key Stage 2 • save planning time by providing easy-to-follow lesson plans

25. Purpose of PFP materials 2 To train the teacher by developing knowledge of the French language and how to teach it in Key Stage 2 • save preparation time by providing easy-to-use PowerPoint presentations for the whiteboard that include images and voice recordings

26. Purpose of PFP materials 2 To train the teacher by developing knowledge of the French language and how to teach it in Key Stage 2 • support practitioners who have little or no subject knowledge, by providing planning and teaching materials that will help to build subject knowledge

27. Purpose of PFP materials 2 To train the teacher by developing knowledge of the French language and how to teach it in Key Stage 2 • support practitioners with little or no knowledge of French by including all necessary sound recordings Bonjour, Nounours !

28. Purpose of PFP materials 2 To train the teacher by developing knowledge of the French language and how to teach it in Key Stage 2 • provide user-friendly teaching materials in short lessons (15 mins) – not daunting - will not demand much time in a busy curriculum

29. Purpose of PFP materials 2 To train the teacher by developing knowledge of the French language and how to teach it in Key Stage 2 • provide what is necessary to enable the teacher to start teaching French

30. for practitioners who haven’t yet started materials exemplify PoS for KS2 children starting French, or in year 3 niveau bleu

31. Transition KS2-KS3 • Secondary languages teachers will also be supported by the Primary French Project • Martine Pillette will run training to support transition

32. Languages – Purpose of Study Learning a foreign language is a liberation from insularity and provides an opening to other cultures. A high-quality languages education should foster pupils’ curiosity and deepen their understanding of the world.

33. Languages – Purpose of Study The teaching should enable pupils to express their ideas and thoughts in another language and to understand and respond to its speakers, both in speech and in writing.

34. Languages – Purpose of Study It should also provide opportunities for them to communicate for practical purposes, learn new ways of thinking and read great literature in the original language.

35. Languages – Purpose of Study Language teaching should provide the foundation for learning further languages, equipping pupils to study and work in other countries.

36. Languages – Aims The national curriculum for languages aims to ensure that all pupils:  understand and respond to spoken and written language from a variety of authentic sources  speak with increasing confidence, fluency and spontaneity, finding ways of communicating what they want to say, including through discussion and asking questions, and continually improving the accuracy of their pronunciation and intonation  can write at varying length, for different purposes and audiences, using the variety of grammatical structures that they have learnt  discover and develop an appreciation of a range of writing in the language studied.

37. Subject Content – KS2 Teaching may be of any modern or ancient foreign language and should focus on enabling pupils to make substantial progress in one language. The teaching should provide an appropriate balance of spoken and written language and should lay the foundations for further foreign language teaching at key stage 3.

38. Subject Content – KS2 It should enable pupils to understand and communicate ideas, facts and feelings in speech and writing, focused on familiar and routine matters, using their knowledge of phonology, grammatical structures and vocabulary.

39. Subject Content – KS2 • The focus of study in modern languages will be on practical communication.If an ancient language is chosen the focus will be to provide a linguistic foundation for reading comprehension and an appreciation of classical civilisation. Pupils studying ancient languages may take part in simple oral exchanges, while discussion of what they read will be conducted in English. A linguistic foundation in ancient languages may support the study of modern languages at key stage 3.

40. Pupils should be taught to • listen attentively to spoken language and show understanding by joining in and responding

41. Pupils should be taughtto • explore the patterns and sounds of language through songs and rhymes and link the spelling, sound and meaning of words

42. Pupils should be taughtto • engage in conversations; ask and answer questions; express opinions and respond to those of others; seek clarification and help

43. Pupils should be taughtto • speak in sentences, using familiar vocabulary, phrases and basic language structures

44. Pupils should be taughtto • develop accurate pronunciation and intonation so that others understand when they are reading aloud or using familiar words and phrases

45. Pupils should be taught to • present ideas and information orally to a range of audiences

46. Pupils should be taught to • readcarefully and show understanding of words, phrases and simple writing.

47. Pupils should be taught to • appreciate stories, songs, poems and rhymes in the language

48. Pupils should be taught to • broaden their vocabulary and develop their ability to understand new words that are introduced into familiar written material, including through using a dictionary.

49. Pupils should be taught to • write phrases from memory, and adapt these to create new sentences, to express ideas clearly

50. Pupils should be taught to • describe people, places, things and actions orally* and in writing