Modern Foreign Languages - MFL

At Charles Kingsley’s CE Primary School pupils will start to learn French from Year R, with it becoming compulsory from Key Stage 2.  

Learning a foreign language provides a valuable educational, social and cultural experience for pupils. Our aim is to foster pupils’ curiosity and deepen their understanding of the world. The scheme of work has been deigned in order to develop linguistic competence, extend their knowledge of how language works, 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. Concepts taught such as, ‘Diversity’, ‘Families’ and ‘Heritage’ allow children to explore similarities and differences not only between language structure but cultural practices.  Through learning another language pupils are able to develop communication and literacy skills that lay the foundation for future language learning.