French Early Level
The Weather
Early Level Significant Aspects of Learning
• Use language in a range of contexts and across learning
• Develop confidence and enthusiasm to communicate using the
language being learnt
• Begin to develop an awareness of other countries, cultures and
languages
• Listen and join in with simple songs, stories and rhymes
• Explore and recognise patterns and sounds of language through
listening, watching and playing
• Understand, respond to and say simple greetings and personal
information (e.g. name)
• Repeat and understand simple familiar language from a familiar
source
• Actively take part in simple daily routine language
• Participate in familiar games including outdoor learning
• Begin to explore resources to support my learning e.g. picture
dictionaries
Vocabulary
Quel temps fait-il?
Please note: there are 6 different weather types listed but you may want to
start with 3 and work your way up as learners progress.
You could start with the 3 most likely in the season you are in and then add
more as the seasons change!
Quel temps fait-il?
Il fait beau
Il fait chaud
Il fait froid
Il fait gris
Il neige!
Il pleut
What’s the weather like?
It’s nice
It’s hot
It’s cold
It’s grey
It’s snowing
It’s raining
Quel temps fait-il?
Il fait beau!
Il fait chaud!
Il fait froid
Il fait gris
Il pleut
Il neige!
Embedding the language
Ask what the weather is like in French at
the start of everyday along.
While learning outdoors in differing weathers, I have described and recorded the
weather, its effects and how it makes me feel and can relate my recordings to the
seasons.
SOC 0-12a
Sample activities
You will find a bank of sample activities which you can use to
practise the vocabulary in the classroom.
This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or
adapt them to suit the needs of your class.
Activité 1
Quel temps fait-il?
Quel temps fait-il?
• Look at the following weather
pictures.
• Listen to the three different
weathers in French.
• Can you choose which one best
describes the picture?
Quel temps fait-il?
Oui! Il fait beau! 
Quel temps fait-il?
Oui! Il neige! 
Quel temps fait-il?
Oui! Il pleut! 
Quel temps fait-il?
Oui! Il fait chaud! 
Quel temps fait-il?
Oui! Il fait froid! 
Activité 2
Fancy dress –
Quel temps fait-il?
Quel temps fait-il?
Fancy dress game.
• Select a range of props which match the different
weather types (e.g. sunglasses, hat and scarf, warm
coat, bucket and spade, umbrella etc.)
• Pupils sit in a circle with all items placed in the
middle.
• One pupil goes to the centre.
• All pupils chant, “Quel temps fait-il?”
• Teacher (or pupil) calls a weather in French.
• Pupil in the centre puts on an item of clothing which
matches that type of weather.
Activité 3
Quel temps fait-il? Snap!
Weather snap!
• Pupils have different weather symbol cards on
their desks/in a group/in a circle. You can find
these on sites with downloadable resources like
SparkleBox and Twinkle.
• Class as the question “Quel temps fait-il?”
• Teacher says a weather type and they have to slap
the card (or hold up the correct one!).
• As they grow in confidence they can be asked to
individually choose a weather.
Activité 4
Quel temps fait-il? Charades!
Quel temps fait-il?
Charades
• Teacher teaches actions to each of the weather
phrases e.g. shivering for cold, putting up an
umbrella for rain etc.
• Class chant question “Quel temps fait-il?”
• Teacher then says a weather phrase and class do
the mime as a group.
• Pupils then take over saying the weather phrase.
• Teacher then models miming a weather and pupils
have to guess which one it is.
• Pupils then mime for others in class.
Songs and videos!
You will find a bank of sample songs and videos which you can use
to practise the vocabulary in the classroom.
This is not a prescriptive list of songs and you can use or adapt
them to suit the needs of your class.
Quand il neige
Quel temps fait-il?
Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il?
Il fait beau, beau, beau, beau
Il fait beau, beau, beau, beau
Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il?
Il fait chaud, chaud, chaud, chaud
Il fait chaud, chaud, chaud, chaud
Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il?
Il fait gris, gris, gris, gris
Il fait gris, gris, gris, gris
Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il?
Il fait froid, froid, froid, froid
Il fait froid, froid, froid, froid
Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il?
Il neige,neige, neige, neige
Il neige,neige, neige, neige
Au revoir!