MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES
(Spanish)
"One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way."
Frank Smith
At Seven Stars Primary school we believe in the importance of a high quality MFL (Modern Foreign Languages) curriculum which will open a door for all pupils into an appreciation and understanding of the many and varied cultures and languages around the world with a specific focus at Key Stage 2 on Spanish.
We want to open a door of opportunity for children to explore and develop communication and understanding within and across cultures. We believe this will help children develop skills that will open further opportunities later in life and will bring an aspiration beyond their local area and bring a richness to, and understanding of, their increasingly diverse local area. We provide a practical, real-life curriculum that has a balance of spoken and written language and lays the foundations for further foreign language teaching at Key Stage 3.
INTENT
To ‘open doors’ for all our pupils to become familiar with and fluent in a Modern Foreign Language (Spanish) through:
Door 1 (Key Skills)
reading and writing in Spanish (with a focus on grammar and phonics)
reading (research) and writing (information) about Spanish culture, traditions and life
Door 2 (The World)
celebrating Spanish culture including food and traditions (and being aware of the culture and language of other people groups – especially those in our own school)
identifying where Spain is in relation to the rest of the world (and identifying key landmarks, places of interest, cities and notable features of place)
being familiar with notable figures and periods in Spanish history
Door 3 (Healthy lives)
developing Spanish conversational skills to support healthy relationships
Building the confidence that comes from knowing another language
Door 4 (Creativity)
Exploring, responding to and celebrating Spanish ‘high culture’ (e.g. Spanish music, art, architecture)
Using Spanish culture as an influence on their own artistic expressions
Door 5 (Communication)
Developing an ability to communicate (speak and listen) effectively in another language
Developing a love for learning new words in Spanish and increasing vocabulary
Our intention is for children to:
- Understand and respond to spoken and written language from a variety of sources
- Speak with increasing confidence, fluency and spontaneity, finding ways of communicating what they want to say, including through discussion and asking questions, continually improving the accuracy of their pronunciation and intonation.
- Write at varying length, for different purposes and audiences, using the variety of grammatical structures that they have learnt.
- Discover and develop an appreciation of a range of writing in Spanish for various purposes
- Develop a love for communicating in a language other than English and a fascination with other cultures that will last throughout their lives
- Look beyond their own culture and language to appreciate other ways of life, customs and beliefs embedding our school values of tolerance, kindness, empathy and respect
Over this academic year Miss Fletcher (who is a very experienced Spanish teacher recently employed at our school) will be delivering Spanish lessons to Years 3 to 6 on a weekly basis and running a Year 2 after-school Spanish club.
Teachers and staff will build on the lessons taught by Miss Fletcher throughout the week.
MFL (Spanish)
See the overview of what will be taught in the first part of the Autumn term:
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Year 3 |
Year 4 |
Year 5 |
Year 6 |
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WB 13.9 |
Speaking, Listening and reading lesson: Sp: Repeat familiar words and short, simple phrases. L: Identify meanings of simple words they hear by matching to a picture. Learn colours and numbers song and reinforce through games.
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Conversation lesson: Sp: Ask and answer simple questions and give basic information. L:Understand a range of familiar spoken phrases Name, age, simple feelings, where they live (if time) Also: Re-cap of colours and numbers to ten. |
Conversation lesson: Sp: Ask and answer simple questions L:Understand a range of familiar spoken phrases
Name, age, simple feelings, where they live.
*Assess knowledge of colours and numbers. * |
Conversation lesson: Sp: Take part in longer conversations with increasing fluency L:Understand a range of familiar spoken phrases Name, age, simple feelings, where they live, favourite colour.
Re-cap colours and assess knowledge of numbers. |
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WB 20.9 |
Speaking, Listening and reading lesson: L: Identify meanings of simple words they hear by matching to a picture. L: Identify meanings of simple words they read by matching to a picture. Re-visit colours, numbers and feelings.
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Vocabulary lesson: (Speaking and listening): Sp: Ask and answer simple questions and give basic information. Sp: Take part in a simple cnoversation L:Understand a range of familiar spoken phrases
Learn to identify own hair and eye colour orally. Game: Identify people that I am talking about from a selection of pictures- in pairs/ groups |
Vocabulary lesson: (Speaking and listening): Sp: Ask and answer simple questions and give basic information. Sp: Take part in a simple cnoversation L:Understand a range of familiar spoken phrases
Learn to identify own hair and eye colour orally. Game: Identify people that I am talking about from a selection of pictures- in pairs/ groups |
Vocabulary lesson: (Speaking and listening): Hair colour and style Eye colour Sp: Take part in longer conversations with increasing fluency L:Understand the main points from a short spoken passage
Learn to identify own hair colour and style as well as eye colour. Listening activity identifying different people on the page. |