Year 3 - French
Date: 29th Jan 2026 @ 9:01am
This week in Year 3 French, we continued our exciting journey into the world of language learning with a focus on animals—les animaux. The children loved diving into new vocabulary and discovering some surprising rules about how French works!
Last half term, we worked hard on developing our French phonics skills, and this week the children put that knowledge to excellent use. We revisited key sounds and practised saying animal names, paying close attention to pronunciation.
From stretching out vowel sounds to noticing the silent final letters that French is famous for, the class showed real confidence in reading and speaking aloud. It was wonderful to see their enthusiasm as they recognised familiar phonemes and applied them independently.
One of the most exciting moments this week was when the children realised that in French, the determiner (equivalent to 'a' in English) changes depending on whether the noun is masculine or feminine.
This sparked lots of discussion and curiosity—why do nouns have genders? How can we remember which is which? The children loved spotting patterns, and they’re already starting to apply this knowledge more confidently in their spoken and written work.
