This French food and drink lesson plan for KS2 capitalises on the endless appeal of food and drink in teaching basic vocabulary for ordering snacks and beverages.
You can easily create an authentic pavement café through the addition of tablecloths, aprons and tea towels, allowing pupils to show off their dramatic talents as well as their French.
Café culture in mainland Europe plays a more important role in people’s lives than it does in Britain, and this is worth pointing out to children.
French food and drink learning objectives
- Learn the names of 10 foods and drinks
- Understand how French money is different from English money
- Experience what it’s like to visit a French café
Dr Amanda Barton is a freelance writer, educational consultant and teacher trainer, and the co-author of Teaching Primary French and Teaching Primary Spanish.