1. Ants in your Pants Linda Owen Primary Languages Advisory Teacher
The International Education Centre
Gloucestershire LA
Comenius South West KS2 Regional Consultant

2. Aims of the session
Look at a ‘spiral curriculum’ where the language skills become more sophisticated along with the content
Consider different ways of introducing and reinforcing nouns
Consider different ways of introducing other parts of speech such as prepositions and connectives
Consider how Primary Languages can reinforce other curricular areas

3. Foundation Stage
Nouns + actions

4. Foundation Stage
Nouns + actions
Nouns + numbers, counting

5. Year 1/2
Add vocabulary (Liverpool SoW for KS1, LJR La Ronde des Petits, Entre Dans La Ronde). Sort by gender.

6. Year 1/2
Add vocabulary (Liverpool SoW for KS1, LJR La Ronde des Petits, Entre Dans La Ronde). Sort by gender.

7. un
une

8. Year 1/2
Add vocabulary (Liverpool SoW for KS1, LJR La Ronde des Petits, Entre Dans La Ronde). Sort by gender.
Prepositions
Prepositions – song with hand actions
Finger rhymes: deux petits escargots dans le jardin etc Jeux de Doigts (LJR)
More songs from LJR e.g. the elephant on the toile d’araignée one.
Play guessing games. Qui est sur la fleur? Qui est derrière la plante? Qui est sous la feuille
Liverpool SoW: touches on habitats with other animals, Y2 Spring and Summer – will be good to refer back to and build on in Y3/4 Dans l’eau In the water Dans le desert In the desert Dans l’arctic In the arctic Dans la jungle In the jungle Dans un zoo In a zoo Dans une ferme On a farm Où habite…?Where does…live? Un lion habite…A lion lives…

9. Year 1/2
Add vocabulary (Liverpool SoW for KS1, LJR La Ronde des Petits, Entre Dans La Ronde). Sort by gender.
Prepositions
Position of colour adjectives

10. Year 1/2
Add vocabulary (Liverpool SoW for KS1, LJR La Ronde des Petits, Entre Dans La Ronde). Sort by gender.
Prepositions
Position of colour adjectives
Adjectives of size

11. Year 3/4
Revisit the vocabulary (O3.1, O3.3)

12. Year 3/4 Connectives (O4.1, O4.2, KAL, )
Expressing an opinion (O5.2, KAL)

13. Year 3/4 Connectives (O4.1, O4.2, KAL, )
Expressing an opinion (O5.2, KAL)
Link to Science: habitats

14. Qui habite ici?

15. Qui habite ici?

16. Qui habite ici?

17. Year 3/4 Connectives (O4.1, O4.2, KAL, )
Expressing an opinion (O5.2, KAL)
Link to Science: habitats
Link to Geography: climate regions, weather

18. Qui habite ici? Il fait froid Il neige Il gèle Il y a du vent
C’est l’Arctique

19. Year 3/4 Connectives (O4.1, O4.2, KAL, )
Expressing an opinion (O5.2, KAL)
Link to Science: habitats
Link to Geography: climate regions, weather
Link to Science: designing an experiment

20. Year 3/4 Connectives (O4.1, O4.2, KAL, )
Expressing an opinion (O5.2, KAL)
Link to Science: habitats
Link to Geography: climate regions, weather
Link to Science: designing an experiment
Link to ICT: word-processing, cutting and pasting
Link to Literacy (fiction and non-fiction) (L3.1-3, L4.1-4)

21. Y5/6
Link to Science: food chains (O5.3, O5.4)

22. Y5/6 Link to Science: food chains (O5.3, O5.4)
Use of the passive voice (O5.3, 6.1, 6.3)

23. Y5/6 Link to Science: food chains (O5.3, O5.4)
Use of the passive voice (O5.3, 6.1, 6.3)
Link to Science: using a classification key

24. Using a classification key
J’ai des jambes
Non
Oui
J’ai une coquille
J’ai plus de 6 jambes
Non
Oui
Oui
Non
Je suis un ver de terre
Je suis une fourmi
Je suis un escargot
Je suis une araignée

25. Y5/6 Link to Science: food chains (O5.3, O5.4)
Use of the passive voice (O5.3, 6.1, 6.3)
Link to Science: using a classification key
Link to ICT: presentations (O5.4, O6.2)
Link to Literacy: speaking and listening (O6.1, L5.2, L5.3, L6.1, L6.4)

26. Qu’est-ce que c’est?

27. Qu’est-ce que c’est?

28. Qu’est-ce que c’est?

29. Qu’est-ce que c’est?

30. Qu’est-ce que c’est?

31. Qu’est-ce que c’est?

32. Aims of the session
Look at a ‘spiral curriculum’ where the language skills become more sophisticated along with the content
Consider different ways of introducing and reinforcing nouns
Consider different ways of introducing other parts of speech such as prepositions and connectives
Consider how Primary Languages can reinforce other curricular areas