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Intent:
Teachers and support staff continue to develop and embed Modern Foreign Languages which at Leigh Academy Cherry Orchard is Spanish by providing a broad range of approaches and strategies in their practices. IIt is this approach that provides our pupils with the knowledge and skills they need to become flourishing linguists.
All our pupils from nursery through to Year 6 will receive a weekly Spanish lesson from a specialist teacher.
In KS1 there is a focus on building the very basics of Spanish vocabulary and conversational phrases. This is achieved with informal circle time activities where pupils are given the opportunity to participate in basic conversations.
In KS2 we continue to build on these strong foundations and focus increasingly on reading, writing and speaking to enable our pupils to be confident and engaged in their own continued development.
From Year 3 onwards, our pupils will develop their understanding of the written and spoken language, building their writing stamina and appreciation for a wide range of texts as they progress through the Key Stage. Furthermore they will explore how to write to a variety of different audiences and purposes using appropriate grammar structures. By the end of Year 6, we expect our pupils to be able to speak Spanish with increasing confidence, fluency and spontaneity in order to find ways of communicating what they want to say and in doing so instilling a love for language.
EYFS/KS1 and KS2 MFL curriculum maps have content that has been coherently planned and sequenced towards cumulatively sufficient knowledge and skills for future learning, so they are ‘secondary ready’, and employable in the longer term.
Some children access MFL via SRP where lessons are adapted using songs, props and games to embed language vocabulary through play.
The MFL curriculum has been developed and sequenced by specialist teachers from Lingotot.
The curriculum is designed to expose children to a number of experiences and skills that contribute to an appreciation of Spanish speaking countries; the culture and arts; traditions, thus heightening children’s cultural awareness and capital.
Implementation
Where required, the MFL leader identifies and provides effective support on an individual basis for those teaching outside their expertise.
Spanish is, in the most part, taught discreetly however if the Transdisciplinary Theme permits links are made between this and the learning.
Teachers present Spanish lessons in KS2 clearly and effectively based on the MFL long term plan. Lessons are delivered through weekly lessons All children’s learning is recorded in their Spanish workbook to reduce workload, provide context for all learning across the week and encourage pride in everything that children do.
EYFS and KS1 pupils are given the opportunity to explore the foundations of Spanish through fun and engaging circle time activities including songs, poems and repetitive activities.
Children across both Key Stages have access to bilingual text and dictionaries to support their agency and independent exploration of language.
Assessment for Learning strategies are used effectively as an intrinsic part of lessons to check pupil’s understanding and identify any misconceptions so they can be addressed at the time through direct, verbal feedback. This also gives teachers the opportunity to modify their teaching in response to pupil’s understanding as the lesson progresses.
Direct, verbal feedback rather than lengthy marking is used so that pupils understand how to improve and make progress during lessons, not after.
Our MFL curriculum is designed and delivered in a way that allows pupils to transfer key knowledge to long-term memory. This is delivered through recapping In lessons, retrieval practice is planned through a variety of strategies, and classroom environments provide pupils with aids, in the form of working walls, which recaps on learning from previous lessons.
Online resources such https://www.educandy.com/ allow children to access interactive games for each lesson or topic covered in class.
Monitoring of the quality of education takes place in a variety of ways, for example learning walks, book looks and pupil voice interviews. Monitoring activities are planned by the subject lead.
Impact
Pupils develop detailed knowledge and skills across the MFL curriculum and, as a result, achieve well. This is reflected through increased confidence in their ability to communicate in Spanish, through speaking, listening, reading and writing.
Pupils are aware that languages have structure and that the structure differs from one language to another.
Pupils are enriched by their language learning by developing an understanding of the Spain and hispanic nations and greater understanding of culture with links to International schools in Spain as part of the International School Accreditation.
Children will learn how language skills can be applied to a range of languages.
Children will transfer to KS3 effectively and successfully and will be well prepared to continue and develop their language skills
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