Year 6 started the lesson with vocabulary revision of all the places found in a town. They then played the Tourist game, where 2 children were tourists. They had to guess places that the rest of the class had chose whilst they were out the room. The children practised sentence structures using il y a when playing this game. They were then introduced to Il y avait by looking at a variety of places on the island form the past and comparing them to what is there now. They also discussed some places in town that they knew had changed. They then joined a then and now sentence with but to create a model sentence which they then changed to create their own

Year 6 practised repeating numbers 1-100 focusing on numbers from 70 to 100 which are so different to English. They learnt how to say 1000 and 2000 and to use them when saying and writing the year. They then worked out the year of birth of a few celebrities and placed them in chronological order.

Today, year 6 revised numbers 1-60. They learnt that numbers in French especially from 70 to 100 are a little different to English, namely 71 is sixty and eleven; 93 is eighty and 13 and 80 is 4 20s.The children then had a go at ordering numbers from 71 – 80 and 91 to 100 in preparation for learning how to say the year in French.

Year 6 needed a little more practise with using the new il n’a pas de sentence structure. They created their own sentences after choosing a European city and adding in the places they would find and wouldn’t find in that city. They drew in pictures to show that they knew what the places were called.

Year 6 learnt some new vocabulary and practised using the sentence structure – Il y a to write what places are found in a town and using il n’y a pas de – places that aren’t found in town.

The children revised the vocabulary they learnt about places in town in year 5. They practised saying the words using them in sentences using Il y a. They then played a guess what’s behind the square activity. They finished off with filling in the missing letters of some places found in town. .

Year 6’s new topic is all about Then and Now. They will be introduced to the vocabulary about places found in town. They will be using the sentence structure Il y a – there is and il n’y a pas – there isn’t with the new vocabulary. They will also learn how to say the year in French and compare and contrast places that look different now to the past. They will then create a leaflet about their town and pretend they are tourist guides.

The children found out about how the French celebrate Easter or Pâques. They then used a dictionary to translate Easter words to help them match the words with the pictures.

Year 6 completed their topic on Notre Monde, Our World, by completing a river fact file. They then started the topic: Monter un cafe, where the looked at a menu, finding the words they already new and discovering the meanings of new words. They also used Je voudrais to order an ice cream and learnt how to conjugate the past tense of boire and manger.

Today year 6 learnt and recognised the names of the continents and oceans in French. They were also learnt the names of a few major rivers from different continents. They then used an atlas to label a map of the world in French.