Spanish
At Hanley St. Luke’s C of E Aided Primary School we recognise that learning a language enriches the curriculum, providing excitement, enjoyment and challenges for children, helping to create enthusiastic learners and to develop positive attitudes to language learning throughout life. The natural links between languages and other areas of the curriculum can enhance the overall teaching and learning experience. The skills, knowledge and understanding gained make a major contribution to the development of children’s oral and literacy development and to the understanding of their own cultures and others.
Aims
The school’s aims are to:
- Fulfil the requirements of the National Curriculum.
- Provide children with experiences of Modern foreign languages which are valid, stimulating and enjoyable.
- Develop children’s knowledge, skills and understanding that are laid down in the National Curriculum.
- Develop a sense of awareness of the rich diversity of other cultures.
- Explore their own cultural identities and those of others.
- Help children understand society and the values on which it is based; and their place within it so that they develop a sense of cultural heritage.
- Foster an interest in learning another language.
- Develop speaking and listening skills. Gain enjoyment, pride and a sense of achievement.
At Hanley St. Luke’s we use a variety of teaching and learning styles and strategies in Modern foreign languages lessons. Our principal aim is to develop children’s knowledge, skills and understanding. Children will have the opportunity to support their work with a variety of resources. We will aim for a balance of whole class, group and independent learning.
In Key Stage 2 pupils follow a clear scheme of work with a set progression. The lessons incorporate listening, reading, oral and writing activities. Our chosen language is Spanish.
Children are taught Modern foreign languages in their classes. We recognise the fact that in all classes there are children of widely-different abilities in Modern foreign languages and we seek to provide suitable learning opportunities for all children by matching the challenge of the task to the ability of the child.
We achieve this by:
- Setting common tasks which are open-ended and can have a variety of responses;
- Setting tasks of increasing difficulty. Not all children complete all tasks;
- Providing resources of different complexity depending on the ability of the child;
In learning Modern Foreign Languages pupils will use a range of sources such as people, photographs, artefacts, written materials, ICT based materials, data, TV / video extracts and the internet.
Children will work in a variety of contexts - individually, mixed ability pairs, in groups and as a whole class. As part of our Modern Foreign Languages curriculum, the children will be given opportunities to present their knowledge and understanding in a variety of ways.
When teaching Modern Foreign Languages we explain what we want pupils to know, understand and be able to do through the Modern Foreign Languages they are about to do. Teachers will often use a key question to direct pupils' thinking / enquiry about the past. Teachers will vary the resources and activities. Teachers encourage the children in their class to be reflective learners and to self-assess their own understanding and knowledge through questioning, class and small group discussion.
Here are some useful websites to support Spanish. Please speak to your child's class teacher for more information.