Modern Foreign Language (MFL)

Intent 

At St Clement’s Primary School, we believe that the earlier a child is exposed to a foreign language, the faster the language in question is acquired. We hope that the early acquisition of Spanish will facilitate the learning of other foreign languages later in life.

Implementation 

We teach Spanish across Key Stage 2 from Year 3 to 6. The school uses the Twinkl PlanIt Spanish Scheme of work to support the teaching and learning of Spanish. This provides clear progression for the development of speaking and listening, vocabulary acquisition and key understanding of phonics and grammar. The scheme is taught via a topic approach which changes each half term, however key vocabulary/grammar is revisited regularly.

This provides clear progression for the development of speaking and listening and vocabulary acquisition. There are resources to support the teaching and learning opportunities for pupils. The materials used are differentiated according to the year group. 

We use a variety of the following techniques to encourage children to have an active engagement with Spanish:

• Games – to develop vocabulary through repetition, reading, writing, speaking and listening skills.
• Role-play – these should relate to the situations the children may find themselves in the future.
• Action songs and rhymes – to develop phonetic skills, memory skills and to further vocabulary.
• Reading and writing quality materials.
• We build children’s confidence through praise for any contribution they make in the foreign language, however tentative.

Whole School Overview MFL - Spanish

Year 3 Overview

Year 4 Overview

Year 5 Overview

Year 6 Overview