French: Easter (Pâques) Lesson 12

A West Sussex approach to a scheme of work
Half-Term: Y3/4 Spring A
Learning
Wk Fwk
Refs
Objectives
12
Language
Joyeuses Pâques
IU4.1
Learn about festivals &
celebrations in different
cultures
Listen attentively &
understand instructions,
everyday classroom
language……..
1a. Ask pupils to discuss in pairs the sort of things
they associate with Easter and share in class.
Support
/Extension
Small toy to hide
1b. Introduce phrase meaning ‘Happy Easter’ –
Joyeuses Pâques. Ch repeat. Practise phrase by
playing ‘Hot/cold hide & seek’ (see games
appendix).
les enfants - children
les cloches - bells
les œufs (décorés)(patterned) eggs
les arbres (trees)
les fleurs (flowers)
O3.4
Subject: French: Easter (Pâques)
Activities
Resources
comptez……(les cloches, etc)
2. Tell ch traditional French story about the Easter
bells.
3. Give out accompanying picture, one per ch.
Familiarise ch with some of the vocabulary in the
picture (see left), using actions. Ch copy and
repeat.
Fêtes et Festivals
Merryman Primary
Resources
“
Easter bells picture
to colour
Colours as before
coloriez……..
(eg. toutes les cloches en
jaune, etc)
coloriez (eg. trois fleurs en
rose et deux fleurs en violet,
etc)
4. Revise numbers by asking ch to count certain
objects in the picture.
5. Revise colours. Ch colour in the picture
according to teacher’s spoken instructions. This
can also include some numbers – see left.
Opportunities for reinforcement / cross-curricular work:

Arrange an Easter egg hunt. Use directions in French to help ch search. Eg. Cherchez à
gauche/cherchez à droite, deux pas à gauche/droite, tout droit, etc. Here you could also introduce
prepositions, eg. Sous la table, dans le sac, etc.
Crayons/coloured
pencils
Pictures can be made into
colour-by-number activities with
numbers corresponding to
written form of colours below
the picture.
KAL :
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LLS:
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Recognise that languages describe familiar things differently
Use context and previous knowledge to determine meaning