Spanish

Spanish at Stillness

Intent 
We believe that learning a foreign language provides an opening to other cultures and deepens our understanding of the world. Through our teaching of Spanish, we aim to provide children with a broad understanding of what it entails to communicate ideas and thoughts in another language.

We follow the primary MFL scheme of work, PlanIt Spanish. It offers a coherently planned sequence of lessons, ensuring progressive coverage of the skills required by the national curriculum. Our themes – Our Past, Let’s Explore a Spanish Town and Discovering Spain – provide an introduction to the culture of Spanish-speaking countries and communities. It aims to foster children’s curiosity and help deepen their understanding of the world. A linear curriculum has been chosen to allow an opportunity for children to gradually build on their skills. PlanIt Spanish enables children to express their ideas and thoughts in Spanish, providing opportunities for them to interact and communicate with others for practical purposes both in speech and in writing. We aim to expose children to authentic Spanish and offer regular opportunities to listen to native speakers.

The intent in Lower KS2 is that children acquire basic skills and understanding in Spanish with a strong emphasis placed on developing their Speaking and Listening ability. These will be further developed in Upper KS2 alongside Reading and Writing skills, gradually progressing to more complex language concepts and greater learner autonomy.

Through our lessons, we aim to inspire pupils to develop a love of languages and to expand their horizons to other countries, cultures and people. We intend to help children grow into curious, confident and reflective language learners and to provide them with a foundation that will equip them for further language studies.

Implementation
Lessons are taught in 30-minute weekly sessions and are often complimented with additional cross-curricular consolidation with the use of Duolingo or other consolidation programmes on Chromebooks. We also provide opportunities for Spanish to be spoken in the wider school day during PE warm-ups, the register and our Zones of Regulation practice.

Lessons are sequenced so that prior learning is considered and opportunities for revision of language and grammatical concepts are built into lessons. The lessons and resources help children to build on prior knowledge alongside the introduction of new skills. The lessons also provide structure and context as well as offer an insight into the culture of Spanish-speaking countries and communities. The introduction and revision of key vocabulary and grammatical structures is built into each lesson. The scheme we follow has been designed by a language specialist teaching team, including Spanish native speakers, which allows teachers here to feel confident and supported.

Impact
Our aim is to act as a springboard from which our children may wish to pursue languages more deeply as they progress through their education and then beyond. We hope to help inspire children to access opportunities worldwide for study and work later on in life.

The teaching of Spanish provides an appropriate balance of spoken and written language and lays the foundations for further foreign language teaching at KS3.

Spanish Overview

Year 3:

Spanish Knowledge Organiser- All about School Year 3

Spanish Knowledge Organiser- Meet and Greet Year 3

Spanish Knowledge Organiser- My Body Year 3

Spanish Knowledge Organiser- Tell Me When Year 3

Spanish Knowledge Organiser- The People Around Me Year 3

Spanish Knowledge Organiser- Time to Eat! Year 3

Year 4:

Spanish Knowledge Organiser – Free Time – Year 4 Spanish Knowledge Organiser – Shopping – Year 4

Spanish Knowledge Organiser – Let’s Go! – Year 4

Spanish Knowledge Organiser – My Routine – Year 4

Spanish Knowledge Organiser – My Town – Year 4

Spanish Knowledge Organiser – Shopping – Year 4

Spanish Knowledge Organiser – The Wider World – Year 4

Year 5:

Spanish Knowledge Organiser – All About Me Year 5

Spanish Knowledge Organiser – Eating Out Year 5

Spanish Knowledge Organiser – In The Classroom Year 5

Spanish Knowledge Organiser – My World Year 5

Spanish Knowledge Organiser – Our Past Year 5

Spanish Knowledge Organiser – The Way We Look Year 5

Year 6:

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Beyond the Curriculum

At Stillness Juniors our learning goes beyond the curriculum and is supplemented in a number of different ways. We enrich our knowledge through workshops – some led by our wonderful parents, themed days, school trips, team sports, and afterschool clubs to name some. Head over to our gallery and our Instagram page where you will see a showcase of these activities.