French is a highly valued subject at FCJ.  With our close links to France, each class from Reception to Year 6 receives half an hour of French teaching every week.  Our aim is for children to develop a love of the French language, so that when visiting France they will feel reasonably confident to converse in the language. In addition, they will have a secure grounding in the language by the time they transfer to secondary school where learning a modern foreign language is statutory.

French lessons aim to build upon the four areas:

• Speaking
• Listening
• Reading
• Writing

We aim for our pupils to become confident linguists.  The language is first taught through singing, role-play and games.  Later, we introduce listening activities, stories, written tasks, reading activities, grammar foci and embed the skills needed to answer questions about themselves.  We often hold French ‘Super Learning Days’ and have also participated in the Jersey Eisteddfod.