Year 3 French Scheme of Work and Resource Hub

(KS2 Pathway)

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About the Lingobox KS2 French Scheme of work

Lingobox Year 3 French provides a structured and engaging introduction to KS2 French through communication, interaction and active learning. Children build confidence using French through routines, conversations, games, songs and real-life speaking activities.

The programme is designed to be manageable, flexible and engaging — even for non-specialist teachers.

⭐ 12 Language Outcomes

🌎 20 structured lessons

🎨 Optional enrichment

🪀 Daily language exposure

Everything you need to teach Year 3 French — all in one place.

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Getting Started

We recommend timetabling your lessons into your forward plans before starting. Each Year 3 lesson is designed to run for around 30–45 minutes, although activities can also be used in shorter bursts across the week.

Lessons can be delivered as a full session or split into shorter activities. All activity timings are included in lesson packs.

The programme uses a spiral progression structure, meaning key language is revisited regularly through routines, conversations, songs and games.

We would actively encourage revisiting favourite activities, Active Learn videos and classroom routines to support fluency and confidence.

You’ll find the Year 3 Lingobox below. This contains all lessons in one place.

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How It Works

Below and in the Year 3 Lesson Lingobox, you’ll find 20 complete French lessons covering the 12 Year 3 language outcomes.

The programme is designed to develop confidence, communication and sentence-building through repetition, interaction and engaging activities.

Each lesson follows a simple structure of 4 to 5 short activities, based on the 4-phase teaching model:

Review → Teach → Practise → Check for learning

In each lesson you’ll find:

• 🎥 Active Learn video (listen, repeat, join in)

• 🎵 Songs and chants to reinforce learning

• 🎮 Games and activities for practice and retrieval

• 🗣️ Speaking and interaction opportunities

• ✍️ Reading and simple sentence-building activities

Lessons are designed to last 30–45 minutes but can be adapted to suit your timetable.

Year 3: 12 Language Outcomes

By the end of Year 3, children can:

1. Greet people and introduce themselves in French
2. Ask and answer simple questions about feelings using “Ça va ?”
3. Take part in short spoken conversations using familiar language
4. Show awareness of France, French language and culture
5. Count confidently from 1 to 20
6. Ask and answer questions about age using “Quel âge as-tu ?”
7. Understand and use simple opinions such as oui, non and peut-être
8. Use polite everyday French including s’il vous plaît, merci and excusez-moi
9. Recognise and name familiar classroom objects
10. Ask politely for classroom objects using simple sentence patterns
11. Recognise, say and respond to colours in French
12. Express simple likes, dislikes and opinions using familiar phrases

Year 3 French Core Programme – 20 Lessons

Our KS2 French Scheme of Work is developed around a structured 20-lesson sequence for every year stage. The complete Year 3 plan is below.
This provides a complete programme with 20 X 45 minute lessons.  Simply timetable the learning across your year and follow the programme.

Each lesson links directly to teaching resources. Just click on the titles below to access or go to the KS2 Year 3 Lingobox to learn more.

🎯 Communication-Led Learning

Year 3 French focuses on helping children use language confidently through communication, interaction and active participation.

Children revisit and apply familiar language regularly through:

• 🗣️ Conversations and partner work

• 🎭 Role play and performance

• 🎮 Games and retrieval activities

• 🎵 Songs, chants and routines

• 🌍 Cultural learning and real-life contexts

This helps children move beyond isolated vocabulary learning towards growing fluency and confidence.

Year 3 Grammar, Skills and Phonics Progression

Year 3 / Lower KS2 French – Core Curriculum Principles

1. Build Confidence Through Active Language Learning

Lessons should prioritise speaking, listening, movement, games, songs and interaction to help children build confidence using French in a fun and engaging way.

2. Introduce Writing Early and Purposefully

Children begin simple, meaningful writing from the first checkpoint activity, such as creating a “Moi” poster with their name, feelings, favourite colours and simple personal information.

3. Clear Phonics & Pronunciation Progression

Each learning block includes a dedicated French phonics and pronunciation focus to help learners develop accent, decoding skills and confidence with spoken French.

Examples include:

• ç (cedilla) in ça va
• ou
• on
• oi
• eu

Phonics is taught through songs, repetition, games, speaking activities and pronunciation challenges.

4. Celebrate French Accent & Pronunciation

Children are encouraged to experiment with French sounds, rhythm and intonation through fun speaking activities such as pronunciation games, chants and “French Accent Challenges”.

5. Include a Cultural Element in Every Block

Every unit includes opportunities to explore French-speaking cultures through real-life contexts, traditions, celebrations, routines and social customs.

Examples may include:

• greetings and “les bises”
• cafés and food culture
• schools in France
• French towns and landmarks
• festivals and celebrations

6. Promote Communication From the Start

Lessons focus on useful, real-world communication rather than isolated vocabulary lists. Children regularly practise:

• greetings
• short conversations
• asking and answering questions
• expressing opinions
• describing people and objects

7. Build Progression Through Revisiting & Extending Language

Previously learned language is regularly revisited and expanded through new contexts and sentence-building opportunities.

For example:

• colours → colours and descriptions
• numbers → age and dates
• classroom objects → opinions and descriptions

8. Provide Clear, Visible Outcomes

Each block includes a checkpoint or mini outcome task to allow children to apply their learning in a purposeful way.

Examples include:

• mini conversations
• role play
• presentations
• posters
• reading challenges
• simple writing tasks

9. Flexible for Primary Classrooms

Lessons are designed to last approximately 45 minutes but can easily be split across the week to suit different school timetables and teaching approaches.

10. Reduce Teacher Workload

Resources are designed to support non-specialist teachers through structured lessons, clear progression, built-in pronunciation support, active learning ideas and ready-to-use activities.

KS2, Year 3: Grammar and phonics learning progression

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