MFL: SpanishNUESTRA PÁGINA DE ESPAÑOL (OUR SPANISH PAGE)
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At Saint Anne's, we believe that learning a new language is vital because it creates so many positive opportunities for pupils and allows them to discover other cultures. Pupils at our school learn Spanish and enjoy the benefits of starting to learn a foreign language at an early age. We support the view that learning a modern foreign language is an entitlement for all pupils, regardless of their background and ability, and therefore all pupils are encouraged to develop their full potential in Spanish. Therefore, it’s our intent to teach languages so that children gain confidence, knowledge and transferable skills about modern foreign languages to help them to progress with Spanish at secondary school and hopefully beyond. |
Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things. (Flora Lewis)
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Our school bases the core work in Spanish around the National Curriculum which aims to ensure that all pupils:
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Our MFL curriculum is designed to develop not only our children’s language skills, but also their love of learning a language. It progressively develops language skills across Key Stage Two. This allows the children to acquire new language then use and apply it in a range of different scenarios and topics. Children are encouraged and supported to develop their speaking and listening skills through conversational work, singing activities and games. As their confidence and skill grows, children record their work through pictures, captions and sentences. Lessons are sequenced so that prior learning is considered and opportunities for revision of language and grammatical concepts are built into lessons. Lessons help children to build on prior knowledge alongside the introduction of new skills. All children in KS2 have Spanish lessons on a weekly basis by a specialist foreign languages teacher. |
When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. (Acts 2:1-47)
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What does Spanish offer children? How does it enhance the curriculum?
What use is it to children in later life?
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