We are Linguists

 

CUSP French has been purposefully built around the principles of evidence-led practice. This is to ensure that there is a focus on high-quality development of children as linguists. Core areas of study are revisited throughout the curriculum. Each unit of study focuses on phonics, grammatical structures, reading, writing, oracy and vocabulary.

Our French teaching has been designed to serve young linguists in the modern world. Key areas of focus have been deliberately selected to ensure that pupils are equipped with knowledge and language that will serve them in engaging with important and useful topics such as the environment, wellbeing and travel.

The curriculum focuses not just on vocabulary acquisition but also on the building blocks of learning a new language. Clear structures and learning routines underpin CUSP French. This allows pupils (and teachers) to direct their cognitive attention to the core content in each block. As with all CUSP subjects, Knowledge Notes are used to support instruction and the revisiting of new concepts. This strong focus on cognitive science provides the framework for pupils to deepen and broaden their knowledge of the French language and become confident, inspired linguists. 

 

Within the National Curriculum, clear guidance is given around expectations of the purpose of learning a foreign language.

This includes preparing pupils for learning further languages and equipping them to study and work in other countries.

Key aspects of study that are explicitly referenced in the National Curriculum for MFL include:

• vocabulary acquisition

• varied oracy opportunities, including engagement in conversation

• phonics and accurate pronunciation

• grammatical knowledge

• reading and listening for meaning

• sentence composition

• simple writing tasks.

These are all carefully represented in the CUSP French curriculum. 

Class Three:

2025 -2026 :  Year 3

2026 - 2027: Year 4

 

Class Four :

2025 -2026:   Year 5

2026 - 2027:  Year 6