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"I really enjoy German. Sometimes I do get a bit stuck but it's fun working it out!" - Year 5 pupil
"I really enjoy German. Sometimes I do get a bit stuck but it's fun working it out!" - Year 5 pupil
Intent
Intent
Learning a foreign language is a necessary part of being a member of a multi-cultural society and provides an opening to other cultures. At St David’s, we aim to offer a high-quality and fun German language education which will foster the children's curiosity and provide a greater knowledge of the wider world. The teaching will enable children to express their ideas and thoughts in another language and to understand and respond to its speakers, both in speech and in writing. It will also provide opportunities and empower them to communicate for practical, real and purposeful reasons; learn new ways of thinking and read literature in the German language. The language teaching at St David’s will provide the foundation for learning further languages, inspiring children to see the possibilities of study and work in other countries. In the younger years, children will learn key vocabulary and phrases moving on to learning how to read and write paragraphs with the modification of verbs in the later years of primary school.
It is intended that when children leave St David’s, they will have a natural curiosity and confidence to explore other countries, cultures and languages, accepting that, in a multilingual society, it is a valuable skill to be able to communicate effectively with others in another language. They will be enabled and prepared to continue language learning at their next school. Children at St David’s will be inspired and empowered to explore the world through a greater familiarity and tolerance of cultures and languages.
Implementation
Implementation
Children have weekly, 30/45-minute, lessons in German, throughout Key Stage 2. To promote an active learning of languages a range of teaching methods are implemented to ensure that the children are developing their linguistic skills through listening, speaking, reading and writing in order to be secondary ready. Activities are carried out in creative ways to extend, embed and combine language skills. In the Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1, children are exposed to key vocabulary through songs, games and play. Staff also integrate key phrases into the day when taking the register, greeting children etc. In addition, other opportunities and experiences develop pupils’ understanding and appreciation of German culture; visits and visitors, providing role-play and real-life opportunities to hear and practise their developing German language.
Children are encouraged and supported to develop their speaking and listening skills through conversational work, singing activities and games. As confidence and skills grows, children record their work through pictures, captions and sentences. Displays are used to remind children of key vocabulary and practical activities, songs and games are used to help improve memory and recall. In the classroom and around the school, wherever possible, short instructions and greetings are spoken in German to expose children to the language regularly.
St David’s follows the Primary Languages Network scheme of work. It is a live scheme which is continually updated and revised in order to meet current curriculum standards. Alongside the planning provided, the network also enriches this through accompanying PowerPoints, podcasts (spoken by native speakers), links to authentic literature, songs, games, culture points of reference and links to appropriate websites.
Additional curriculum enhancements are offered throughout the year as we partake in German festivals and celebrations. These include: Laterne, Sankt Nikolaus, den Weihnachtsmarkt and Karneval. Our older pupils take part in the annual Anthea Bell Translation Competition which tests both their language knowledge and ability to be creative with their German writing. In addition to this, we have nurtured close links with the local German primary and secondary school, which allows the children to interact and use their language skills in real-life situations. Our whole-school, unique curriculum offer is below.
St David's German Offer.pdfProgression of Skills.pdfAssessment
Assessment
Our German curriculum will ensure all pupils develop key language learning skills, as set out by the National Curriculum, as well as a love of languages and learning about other cultures.
The language learning skills from the National Curriculum are to:
Understand and respond to spoken and written language from a variety of authentic sources
Speak with increasing confidence, fluency and spontaneity, finding ways of communicating what they want to say, including through discussion and asking questions, and continually improving the accuracy of their pronunciation and intonation
Can write at varying length, for different purposes and audiences, using a variety of grammatical structures that they have learnt
Discover and develop an appreciation of a range of writing in the language studied
We monitor the impact of our MfL provision through pupil voice, lesson drop-ins or monitoring of books. Assessments are completed at the end of each unit of work to ascertain each child’s attainment against the reading, writing, speaking and listening skills of the Primary Languages Network programme. At the end of each term, an overall judgment is recorded for each child for their reading, writing, speaking and listening.
Benchmark Descriptors Stage 1.pdfBenchmark Descriptors Stage 2.pdfBenchmark Descriptors Stage 3.pdfBenchmark Descriptors Stage 4.pdfGerman KS2 Phonics Map.pdfDfE Attainement Targets Unit Mapping.pdfPage updated
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