French Early Level

Greetings

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

Vocabulary1. GreetingsBuild into daily routines starting with Bonjour and Au revoir and then gradually adding in more vocabulary as learners progress.

Bonjour Hello Bonjour HelloBonjour Madame! Hello MissBonjour Monsieur! Hello SirSalut! Hi On fait l’appel We will take the registerFais dodo Go to sleep Bonne nuit GoodnightAu revoir Goodbye

Bonjour!

Bonjour Madame!

Bonjour Monsieur!

Salut!

On fait l’appel!

Fais dodo

Bonne nuit!

Au revoir!

Embedding the language1. Do the register in French each morning – teacher

says, “on fait l’appel” and pupils respond with “bonjour”.

2. Use a Bonjour song and/or an Au revoir song at the start and end of each day.

3. Use Fais dodo and bonne nuit with a French puppet. You can “put him to bed” at the end of a French lesson getting the class to say “Fais dodo + name” and then saying bonne nuit to him instead of goodbye .

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.

You will find a set of more challenging activities in First Level Greetings.

Bonjour ou Bonne nuit?

1. Pupils look at the selection of photos and then decide if they would say this is bonjour or bonne nuit?

2. This can be further extended to create a wall display if doing day and night paintings for example.

I have experienced the wonder of looking at the vastness of the sky, and can recognise the sun, moon and stars and link them to daily patterns of life.SCN 0-06a

Bonjour ou bonne nuit?

Regardez

les photos

et décidez si

Bonjour!

ou

Bonne nuit!

Bonjour ou bonne nuit?

Bonjour ou bonne nuit?

Bonjour ou bonne nuit?

Bonjour ou bonne nuit?

Bonjour ou bonne nuit?

Bonjour ou bonne nuit?

Toc, toc, toc!

• If you are using a puppet for French, you can keep it in a box with a lid on it (its bed) and ask the pupils to knock on the door to wake him/her up by saying “Toc, toc, toc”.

• When he “wakes up” they can then say Bonjour! to the puppet.

• When it’s time for him to go back to bed, they can then say “Fais dodo, au revoir, bonne nuit” etc.

• If you like you can also add in “reveille-toi” which means wake up.

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.

You will find a set of more supported activities in Early Feelings and more challenging activities in Level 2 Feelings.

Bonjour Madame – song

Deux petits oiseaux

Deux petits oiseauxAssis sur une branche

Je m’appelle FifiJe m’appelle Blanche

Au revoir Fifi Au revoir Blanche

Au revoir! - song