At St Mary’s we want pupils to thrive oracy skills and gain self-esteem and self- confidence as well as develop strong interpersonal skills through the acquisition of basic skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing in Spanish at an age appropriate level. 

Since a very high proportion of our pupils have English as an additional language, we want our pupils to continue developing as global citizens and have an enhanced understanding of the different cultures in the world. 

We want to sow the seeds that will inspire and generate a love and thirst for life-long language learning and prepare our pupils for their future education and careers ready for the 21st-century world. 

“Learning a foreign language is a liberation from insularity and provides an opening to other cultures.” National Curriculum for MFL.

Spanish is taught at KS2 by Mrs. Sharkey. Every Spanish lesson is based on developing the correct pronunciation in speaking and listening activities as well as the acquisition of new vocabulary with a phonics and grammar focus in reading and writing. Pupils are strongly encouraged to discover and discuss the etymology of words, seek patterns within the language, as well as comparing and contrasting Spanish, English and other native languages spoken in class.

We adopted and adapted a scheme of work which reflects the current pedagogy in Language Teaching. We use games, role plays and interactive language learning platforms such as Kapow, to motivate children and make lessons highly enjoyable, while they help with the mnemonics of words at the same time. When teaching vocabulary, words are associated with actions to support the understanding and the memorization. 

MFL Progression of Learning

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