Children in Key Stage 2 receive a weekly Spanish lesson, taught on Mondays by our specialist teacher, Daniel.
The focus of the lessons is on speaking and listening, but as the children progress through the curriculum, there is an expectation for reading and writing in Spanish too.
The school uses the "La Jolie Ronde" scheme of work to support the teaching and learning of Spanish.
This provides clear progression for the development of speaking and listening and vocabulary acquisition.
A variety of the following techniques are used to encourage children to have an active engagement with Spanish:
Games – in order to develop vocabulary through repetition, reading, writing, speaking and listening skills.
Role-play – these should relate to the situations the children may find themselves in the future.
Action songs and rhymes – to develop speaking skills, memory skills and to further vocabulary.
Reading and writing quality materials.
ICT programs and websites.
It is our intention to ensure that by the end of our children’s primary education, they have acquired an understanding of both spoken and written Spanish, confidence to speak in Spanish with others and know how important other languages can be in their future.
