LastW
eek
Wks 9/10
Wks 7/8
Wk 5/6
Weeks 3/4
Weeks 1/2
Year 3
Year 4
 Intro weather vocab & sound ppt
 Flashcard games & ppt.
 Flashcard games (repeat, kim’s game, repeat if  Ask children to predict the phrase / how do they
correct, you tell me, you be the teacher,
remember?
Chinese whispers, voices, actions etc.)
 Early Start French 2 – track 19 – weather
vocab and sounds (focus phonics ‘en’ vent,
France. Trente,)
Year 5
 Flashcard games to revise
 Weather vocab ppt & exercises
 Intro seasons & sort weather - (MLG
photocopies 5cii)
Year 6
 Flashcard games to revise
 Weather vocab ppt & exercises
 Sort months - seasons & weather (MLG photocopies 5cii)
 Fun with French CD - Early Learning Centre: track 19 ‘Il pleut, il mouille’ yr 3 listen for grenouille & tortue, yr 4 action ‘il pleut’ and name other weather, yr 5 listen and explain gist to class, yr 6 re-order
lyrics and pictures
 Watch whole weather ppt
 Flashcard games
 Introduce Daily Weather chart & symbols
Download Daily Weather Class Chart.doc
 Weather ppt second time & complete join
the sentences slide
 Introduce Daily Weather chart
 Design & label own symbols
 Complete Tick Grid (MLG photocopy 5c appenB) with partner school email/skype/blog to
practise question ‘Quel temps fait-il?’
 Make & extend sentences using set phrases; quel temps fait-il en hiver? (d’habitude/
parce que)
 Pairs explore Mimi's House online to revise/extend.
 Mon âne DVD – meunier tu dors song: yr 3 listen, yr 4 mime/join in, yr 5 cut up re-order lyrics, yr 6 cloze exercise lyrics, learn and perform
 Take 10 en français – whole class PE warm-ups.
 Yr 5 Find partner school on map. Display appropriate weather symbol after email/skype/blog Q
 Daily Weather chart as before during registration daily.
 Yr 6 Revise geog of France on map (worksheet). Use dictionary to find compass points in French.
 Join pictures/labels/dominoes/snap www.primaryresources.co.uk/mfl/mfl_french.htm
 Pairs exercises (paragraph/sentence level) on languages online
 Tick Grid w/sheet recap days of wk. yr 4 as homework – (MLG photocopy 5c appenB)
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/sect28/index.htm
 Earlystart 2 ch.7 activities (see photocopies) written. Listen to track 5 with rest of class
 Earlystart 2 track 5 listening – use map of france to add symbols in groups/class
and hold up correct symbol.
 Daily Weather chart
 Revise clothes & make sentences Quand il pleut je porte….(5)using past work & picture prompts
(6) bilingual dictionary only.
 Homework – find examples of weather forecast maps in UK news media.
 Learn song from BBC site earlier in wk to show class/podcast.
 www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryfrench/pf2/weather/cartoon_flash.shtml Use site with whole class
on IWB – animated flashcards /sound for whole class; Song, sing along/do it on your own; Listen to  Worksheets from BBC site (cloze exercises)
a role-play (yr4/5 print out script) and (yr 6) have a go yourself; Whole class play the snap game
then (yr 3/4 individuals at pc to link phrase and picture) Printouts for homework / individual work
 Singing French – track 33 – weather song, more of a mime/dance interpretation or drama freezing with groups, easy to learn.
 Daily Weather chart
Research world climate. Make/complete charts to show data collected (Numeracy data-handling Geog unit 7)
 Watch & enjoy Salut Serge episode 5
http://www.worldclimate.com/
 More Earlystart 2 ch.7 activities
 Daily Weather chart
 Revise geog of France on map (worksheet). Use dictionary to find compass
 make rainguage (science/geog link) instructions
points in French.

www.atantot.com/
pairs
work
through
http://www.hobbyscience.com/weather.html
online exercises.
 Demonstrate weather map online www.meteofrance.com/FR/index.jsp (yr 6 to
 KAL same site rain/weather ‘sayings’ in English
– good literacy starter to research these – how  Watch Salut Serge episode 5 &
explain légende)
many heard of, do they translate? Where do
answer teacher questions
 Create sentences in style of weather forecast. A Lyon il pleut..
they come from and why? Eg Red sky at night..
/ It's raining cats and dogs..
 Daily Weather chart
 Watch French kids explanation of water-cycle (encourage understanding gist) on
http://www.meteofrance.com/FR/pedagogie/jeunesse_et_jeux/cycleau.jsp
 Dressing up game – call weather and children race to put on right clothes (see
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/mfl/colours_weather_numbers.htm)
 Create / script own weather forecasts. Make & collect props. Film and show to class/audience using
yr 3/4 to assist with effects.
 Assist yr. 5/6 in production of French weather forecasts – listening skills.
 Assessment (can do sheets) for Europortfolios
 Assessment (can do sheets) for Europortfolios
Cross-curricular links: Geography QCA unit 7 'Weather around the World'
Resources: EarlyStart 2 Ou habites tu? www.earlystart.co.uk ; French is Fun (Salut Serge) DVD/video pack, www.bbcactive.com/languages ISBN 0-563-52006-x; Miniflashcards Language
Games - Ici on parle Francais - Hilary McColl with Susan Thomas ISBN 1-85831-201-9 www.mlgpublishing.com; Fun With French CD - Early Learning Centre
Jo Rhys-Jones, Kingswear Primary School