Languages
Intent:
At Charles Warren, we focus on building children’s confidence and love of languages as well as developing their language acquisition skills so children become strong listeners and confident speakers, who can see the connections between languages. We all also wish to give each child a deeper understanding of a specific foriegn Language focusing on expanding children’s vocabulary and their conceptual understanding of grammar, phonics and conventions to underpin this. Provide sufficient language learning to promote success in languages at secondary school and provide opportunities in travel, employment and personal enjoyment.
Implementation:
We use Kapow to deliver our French lessons in KS2. Three knowledge strands that run throughout units with knowledge building cumulatively. These are:
● Phonics
● Vocabulary
● Grammar
This knowledge can then be applied within our skills strands, which also run throughout each unit:
● Language comprehension (Listening and reading)
● Language production (Speaking and writing)
Pupils are given opportunities to communicate for practical purposes around familiar subjects and routines. There are balanced opportunities for communication in both spoken and written French, although in Year 3 the focus is on developing oral skills, before incorporating written French in Year 4 and beyond. The scheme is a spiral curriculum, with key skills and vocabulary revisited repeatedly with increasing complexity, allowing pupils to revise and build on their previous learning. Cross-curricular links are included throughout our French units, allowing children to make connections and apply their language skills to other areas of their learning.
In EYFS and KS1 pupils experience another language as part of our culture week.
Impact:
On leaving Charles Warren children will have the skills, knowledge and understanding needed to allow them make successful progress at Secondary school. This skills, knowledge and understanding include the ability to: listen attentively to spoken language and show understanding by joining in and responding; explore the patterns and sounds of language through songs and rhymes and link the spelling, sound and meaning of words engage in conversations; ask and answer questions; express opinions and respond to those of others; seek clarification and help; speak in sentences, using familiar vocabulary, phrases and basic language structures; develop accurate pronunciation and intonation so that others understand when they are reading aloud or using familiar words and phrases; present ideas and information orally to a range of audiences; read carefully and show understanding of words, phrases and simple writing; appreciate stories, songs, poems and rhymes in the language; broaden their vocabulary and develop their ability to understand new words that are introduced into familiar written material, including through using a dictionary; write phrases from memory, and adapt these to create new sentences; to express ideas clearly describe people, places, things and actions orally and in writing.
Copy of Copy of Year 2 musicCurriculum Map
