Intent
At Farsley Springbank Primary School, we aim to deliver a high quality, varied and fun Spanish curriculum, which engages and inspires pupils to develop a love of language learning and to foster pupils’ curiosity and deepen their understanding of the world.
Our commitment to working towards the ‘Artsmark’ ensures that we are developing an arts rich curriculum for our children. We enable pupils to express their ideas and thoughts in Spanish and to understand and respond, both in speech and in writing. We also provide opportunities for them to communicate for practical purposes, learn new ways of thinking and read literature in Spanish. Children also learn lots of songs and some dancing as part of their Spanish curriculum.
We aim to expose our children to native speakers through the use of songs, films and sound and video clips.
We believe that by giving children access to learning about other cultures, other languages and about where language comes from will give them a rich experience which will give them an insight into life in other parts of the world.
As a school and in accordance with the National Curriculum’s expectations, we aim to ensure that all pupils:
understand and respond to spoken and written language from a variety of authentic sources
speak with increasing confidence, fluency and spontaneity, finding ways of communicating what they want to say, including through discussion and asking questions, and continually improving the accuracy of their pronunciation and intonation
can 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 the language studied.
Implementation
In Key Stage 1 and reception, our aim is to introduce the language of Spanish to the children through songs and games. They are exposed to the language through lots of speaking and listening activities.
In Key Stage 2, every half-term, the children move through units which each have a different focus. They learn a wide range of songs and play lots of games which helps to embed new vocabulary and makes it fun to learn. They learn via the following strands: Speaking and Listening; Songs, Stories and Rhymes; Reading and Writing and Grammar. As they move through the Key Stage, they revisit focuses and concepts and build on these previously learnt skills and knowledge.
We use the ‘Language Angels’ scheme of work which provides a fun and engaging resource for teaching Spanish at Farsley Springbank. In addition to the lessons children have at school, they can also access songs and games at home to support their learning using the ‘Language Angels’ website or app.
Spanish enrichment
As part of our annual Spanish Day, the children learn about culture in Spain as well as learning the language. They learn about key festivals and about different parts of Spain. We have visitors in to lead workshops, such as Flamenco Dancing and Spanish Guitar as part of our very first Spanish Day.
The Spanish long term plan has been developed over four years as we roll out a new language from September 2022.