Children in years 2 - 6 are learning Spanish. They have a lesson each week from a specialist Spanish teacher.

In Spanish, we have been learning to greet our friends and families, how to say and write numbers to 20, how to say colour names, and how to talk about what we like to do. We have also been singing Spanish songs and playing playground games.

Intent 

At St John's learning Spanish is a liberation from insularity and provides children with an opening to other cultures. The teaching enables pupils to express their ideas and thoughts in another language and to understand and respond to its speakers, both in speech and in writing. It provides opportunities for them to communicate for practical purposes and learn new ways of thinking. Spanish teaching provides the foundation for learning further languages, equipping pupils to study and work in other countries.

Implementation

The teaching of Spanish in Year 2 and key stage 2 St John’s follows the National Curriculum and is planned and taught by  Gramacri, an outside agency. Class teachers identify specific pupils who need support or greater challenge and share this with Gramarci, who also follow school school policies and liaise with Senior staff and the Spanish lead. 

Spanish Overview 

Gramarci joined St John's during 2022 /23 and launched a new curriculum. For this reason, during this academic year only, Years 4 to 6 are learning the same topics, with more challenging concepts lessons. This is because Gramarci feel that they need to lay a foundation through these topics in order for the children to be proficient and continue with the usual curriculum in these year groups in 2023 / 24. 

Impact

We measure the impact of our curriculum through the following methods:

• interviewing the pupils about their learning (pupil voice) and asking key assessment questions to a range of children.
• monitoring Spanish journals to check that planned content is covered.
• measuring assessment standards against written evidence in learning journals.

Below are links to songs you can listen to at home. 

https://rockalingua.com/songs/whats-your-name

https://rockalingua.com/songs/hobbies

https://rockalingua.com/songs/de-colores

https://rockalingua.com/songs/greetings-and-daily-routines

https://rockalingua.com/songs/days-week

https://rockalingua.com/songs/months

Numbers and counting 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6pwkty

Greeting people 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z4w3f82

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1--ks2-mfl-spanish-greetings-with-ben-shires/zfksqp3

learn how to greet others in Spanish with footballers Navarro, Bellerin and Deulofeu

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/spanish-ks2-introducing-yourself-in-spanish/zd2jmfr

Days of the week

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/spanish-ks2-a-song-about-days-of-the-week/zvcb47h

Colours

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/spanish-ks2-painting-and-colours/zbcb47h