The International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme guides schools to provide a Language B, or language other than the mother tongue, experience from at least the age of 7. The purpose of the Language B Spanish program at Birney is to provide an exposure to the language and many cultures associated with Spanish.

The curriculum for the Birney Spanish Program has been carefully custom designed and curated to mirror the lines of inquiry and central ideas of themes being studied in the homerooms of students.

Using Total Physical Response and Comprehensible Input models, students are immersed in the language using a transdisciplinary approach enabling them to make connections, apply their learning, and develop language in a meaningful and fun context.