MFL
SPANISH AT ST. LUKE'S
Subject leader: Mr T. Mitchell
“No llores porque se terminó, sonríe porque sucedió.” – Gabriel García Márquez
“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”
Intent
Our aim at St Luke's Primary School is to foster curiosity and enthusiasm for language learning, as well as an appreciation of cultural diversity. We are committed to ensuring that children recognise the importance of language learning in the wider world and that they are able to use their skills and knowledge confidently to participate in meaningful communication. We want our children to enjoy Spanish and to experience success in the subject, with the ability to understand how language works and the confidence to communicate increasingly fluently, accurately and spontaneously as their skills progress.
At St Lukes Spanish is taught by the class teacher as part of a lesson in a two week timetable.
During MFL lessons a range of songs, games, stories and role-plays are used to practise speaking, listening, reading and writing skills which incorporate not only new vocabulary, but also phonics and grammar. Lessons are as inclusive as possible with children working cooperatively to support each other, and ICT is used to enable children to reinforce new vocabulary and structures interactively.
Children begin their learning in Year 3 with lots of repetition and reading or copying basic vocabulary to build their confidence. In Year 4, they continue to learn a series of questions and answers in different topic areas and start to have longer conversations. They also begin read and write short sentences with support, starting to learn how to express their opinions, likes and dislikes. By Year 5 and 6, the children are able to ask and answer a wider range of questions, and begin to write longer paragraphs with a basic understanding of some of the key grammatical aspects of Spanish, such as gender, word order and adjectival agreement.
Impact
All children at St Luke's will develop a love for language learning and an understanding of how language works. They will not only learn new vocabulary, but also phonics and grammar which will enable them to speak, read and write more spontaneously, applying their skills in different contexts. Children’s learning is evident through photographs and videos of practical activities, as well as written work stored in pupil Spanish books.
The follwong links will provide some songs and activities.