Spanish

Bienvenidos a la web del Colegio de San Patricio en Downpatrick

Lo que más me importa es vivir.

Federico García- Lorca

At St. Patrick's, there are currently three members of the Modern Foreign Languages Department who teach Spanish.

Our language classrooms are vibrant, welcoming learning environments equipped with Interactive White Boards to integrate ICT to enhance teaching and learning.

Staffing

Mrs Pamela Canavan (HoD)

Mr Michael Burns

Mrs Noirin McArdle

Key Stage Three

At St. Patrick's, all students study Spanish in Year 8. At the end of Year 8, students choose two languages from French, Irish and Spanish which they will continue to study up to the end of Year 10. In the Junior School, all students are allocated three periods of Spanish language per week. We currently use the Mira series to deliver Spanish at Key Stage 3 as well as blended learning resources to teach grammar and structures.

What will I learn?

Year 8

Greetings & Introductions
Numbers 1-31
Days of the Week
Months of the Year
Classroom objects
Colours
Family and Friends
Descriptions
Pets
Adjectives
School day, subjects and timetable
Teachers
Opinions and reasons
Food and drink
The Verbs estar, ser and tener
The regular present tense

Year 9

Where I live
Home and furniture
Prepositions
Rooms in the house
Describing your bedroom
Free time
Sports
Instruments
Time
Places in the town
Directions
Making arrangements to go out
The Weather
The Present Tense
The Near Future Tense

Year 10

Activities
Describing Friends
Comparisons
Daily Routine
Nationalities
Places in the town
Arranging to go out
Making excuses
Holidays
Mealtimes
Shopping
At the restaurant
The Present Tense
The Near Future Tense
The Preterite Tense

Resources

Students currently follow the Heinemann Mira 1 and Mira 2 textbooks and workbooks and will use the CGP KS3 Spanish Revision Guide.

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