United Kingdom · National Curriculum Attainment Targets
Year 6 Modern Foreign Languages
A comprehensive Year 6 curriculum designed to transition students from basic word recognition to fluid sentence construction and cultural awareness. Students develop functional language skills through authentic contexts and grammatical foundations in preparation for Key Stage 3.
Identity and Personal Profiles
Students learn to describe themselves and others in detail, moving beyond basic names to personality traits and physical descriptions.
Exploring adjectives to describe temperament and using intensifiers to add nuance to personal descriptions.
Discussing family structures and relationships using possessive adjectives and connective words.
Mastering the agreement of colors and shapes when describing features like hair and eyes.
School Life and Future Aspirations
Students compare their school day with peers in other countries and express opinions about subjects and future jobs.
Using time and frequency expressions to describe a typical day in a foreign school.
Developing justified opinions using 'because' and a variety of evaluative adjectives.
Introducing the near future tense to discuss what students want to be when they grow up.
Healthy Lifestyles and Sports
Focusing on physical well-being, food groups, and the verbs 'to play' versus 'to do' in a sporting context.
Refining the use of reflexive verbs to describe morning and evening sequences.
Distinguishing between competitive sports and individual leisure activities using correct verb conjugations.
Using partitive articles to discuss food portions and balanced diets.
The World Around Us
Exploring geography, weather, and environmental issues to expand vocabulary beyond the immediate home environment.
Using impersonal verb expressions to describe climatic conditions and seasonal changes.
Identifying countries, capitals, and landmarks while using correct prepositions for locations.
Introducing basic environmental vocabulary and modal verbs like 'must' and 'can'.
Travel and Tourism
Simulating travel experiences, from booking transport to navigating a new city and ordering in a restaurant.
Giving and following complex directions using imperative verbs and landmarks.
Ordering food and drink using polite forms and managing social interactions at the table.
Combining past, present, and future ideas to describe a dream vacation.
Cultural Reflections and Transitions
A capstone unit focusing on festivals, literature, and preparing for the transition to secondary school languages.
Researching and presenting on major holidays and regional celebrations in the target language.
Engaging with authentic poems, songs, and short stories to improve pronunciation and intonation.
Reviewing core grammar and phonics to ensure confidence for the next stage of language learning.