Spanish
Stanwell Fields Curriculum Intent
Throughout the school, our work is based on principles which are shared by all staff. It is our belief that we should:
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develop and value the whole child and enable them to flourish as individuals.
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give children the opportunity to learn about the wider world and their place within it.
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ensure children have the knowledge and skills needed to achieve during the next stage of their education and in the future.
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give children the opportunity to enjoy learning, flourish and achieve in a peaceful, supportive environment of Christian love and care and build respectful relationships.
To read more about out aims and curriculum intent, please visit our curriculum page.
Languages: Purpose of Study
Learning a foreign language is a liberation from insularity and provides an opening to other cultures. A high-quality languages education should foster pupils’ curiosity and deepen their understanding of the world. The teaching should enable 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 should also provide opportunities for them to communicate for practical purposes, learn new ways of thinking and read great literature in the original language. Language teaching should provide the foundation for learning further languages, equipping pupils to study and work in other countries.
Languages: Aims
The national curriculum for languages aims to ensure that all pupils:
- 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 the variety of grammatical structures that they have learnt
- discover and develop an appreciation of a range of writing in the language studied.
We follow the national curriculum for Languages. The programme of study for key stage two can be found below:
Languages at Stanwell Fields
At Stanwell Fields children in Y3-6 learn Spanish and take part in a weekly Spanish lesson. We use Language Angels as our scheme of work. This provides all instances of the foreign language pre-recorded using a native speaker to support pronunciation and a full range of fun and exciting interactive games to ensure lessons are engaging.
Children have the opportunity to improve speaking and listening skills as well as developing reading and writing skills.
Language Angels ensures good coverage of the languages KS2 programme of study requirements.
Spanish Milestones