Intent
At Springwood Heath Primary School we study Spanish as a Modern Foreign Language. We follow a sequence of lessons using the School Improvement Liverpool scheme of work to support teaching and learning. We also use Language Angels for additional resources. The curriculum is organised into blocks with each block covering a range of different topics each term and all covering the four aspects of learning a language; speaking, listening, reading and writing. Our intent is to foster within our children a curiosity and love of learning a new language in order to equip them with skills to take with them through life.
Early Years & Key Stage 1
MFL is not a statutory subject in EYFS or Key Stage 1. An introduction to learning a language is done through songs, role play, story etc. All children will have the opportunity to learn some basic words and phrases in Spanish, including: answering the register in Spanish, numbers to 10, animals, colours, days of the week and simple greetings.
Key Stage 2
All classes in Key Stage 2 have a designated Spanish lesson each week. Work is recorded in folders (Y3 & 4) or exercise books (Y5 & 6). At times activities and photographs will be available to view on Tapestry. Many topics repeat regularly to help with revision and reinforcement.
Areas of Learning
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 | |
| Year 3 | Basic Greetings | Ask and answer questions | Ask and answer familiar questions | Ask and answer familiar questions | Ask and answer familiar questions | Ask and answer familiar questions |
| Body Parts | Body Parts | Respond to instructions | Animals/Pets | Sports | Exotic fruit | |
| Numbers to 10 | Classroom Objects | Days of the week | Colours | Opinions | Wild animals | |
| Colours | Numbers and number bonds to 20 | Numbers to 20 | Adjectives | Follow the text of a song | Halve numbers1-39 | |
| Spanish Christmas | Birthdays | Calculate simple maths using 1-39 | Count backwards from 39 | Count backwards | ||
| Numbers 1-31 (odds & evens) | Write sentences | Recognise written words | ||||
| Write sentences from memory | ||||||
| Year 4 | Ask and answer personal questions | Ask and answer personal questions | Ask and answer questions on a range of topics | Ask and answer questions on a range of topics | Ask and answer questions on a range of topics | Ask and answer questions on a range of topics |
| Verbs in the present tense | Verbs in the present tense | Make a positive sentence negative | Verbs in the present tense | Verbs in the present tense | Food/drinks/costs | |
| Colours | School subjects | Weather | Domestic & wild animals | Sports/seasons | Divide/double/halve numbers 1-69 | |
| Numbers 1-39 | Alphabet | Multiples of 10 to 60 | Sea creatures & Farm animals | Count forwards and backwards 1-69 | Fruit | |
| Body Parts | Express Opinions | Present tense verbs | Numbers 1-69 | Opinions | Write sentences from memory | |
| Adjectives | Time – hour/half past | Months/seasons | Habitats | Produce written sentences | ||
| Spanish Christmas | ||||||
| Year 5 | New Questions | More Questions | More complex questions | Ask and answer personal questions at speed | Read and answer questions in the 1st person | Read and ask questions in the 3rd person |
| Family Members | Colours | Transport | Rooms/Furniture | Recall when to use 1st, 2nd and 3rd person pronouns | Use content and prior knowledge to decipher words | |
| Possessive Pronouns | Clothes | Multiples of 10 to 100 | Prepositions | Family members | Countries | |
| Number – 1-69 | Seasons | Forming the negative | Follow the text of a story | Sports/hobbies | Count to 100 in 10s, 5s and 2s | |
| Body Parts | Time – hour, half past, ¼ to, ¼ past | 3rd Person | Count 1-100 | Ask and answer two related questions | ||
| Illness/injury | Musical instruments | Weather | ||||
| Write longer sentences | Follow the text of a story | |||||
| Year 6 | Questions – first 3 parts of verb | Personal information phrases | Ask and answer personal questions – 1st & 3rd person | Story of El Castillo Encantado | Identify verbs | Transition activities |
| Family members/possessive pronoun | Time (including minutes) | Dwellings (house, flat etc) | Jobs | Food/drinks/menus/costs | Revision of all KS2 vocabulary/topics | |
| Numbers to 100 | School routines | Areas (town, city etc) | Multiples of 2, 5, 10 and 100 | Decipher/look up unknown words | ||
| Jobs – masculine/feminine endings | Counting in 10s | Rooms of the house | Prepositions | Numbers up to 10,000 | ||
| Body parts/illnesses | Expressing opinion | Counting in 100s | Writing personal questions & answers | Verbs ‘to be’ and ‘to have’ | ||
| Giving directions | Positive and negative answers |
Vocabulary
Phonemes are taught across Key Stage 2 (e.g. j, ll, h, v etc). Letter sounds are taught from Y4.
Our Spanish lessons and activities are designed to develop pupils’ oracy and vocabulary skills which will enable them to use Spanish in a meaningful way when talking to others.
Familiar and new vocabulary will be taught within each lesson and all children will be encouraged to use it with confidence.
Impact & Assessment
SLT and subject leaders regularly undertake book studies to monitor the effectiveness of teaching and learning. We use pupil questioning to check and ensure information and knowledge is acquired and understood with increasing confidence. Feedback is given to teaching staff to inform future planning. A Spanish ‘Action Plan’ is written every year and forms part of the School Development Plan.