Spanish
Intent
Our Spanish curriculum promotes communication, cultural understanding and confidence in learning a new language. Inclusion is central: we aim for every child to enjoy language learning and see themselves as capable linguists.
Implementation
Pupils build vocabulary and grammatical understanding gradually, starting with greetings and everyday phrases and progressing to extended writing and spoken interactions. Repetition, visual prompts and scaffolded speaking frames ensure accessibility. Themes reflect real‑life contexts to make learning meaningful.
Impact
Pupils develop accurate pronunciation, growing confidence and the ability to hold simple conversations. They gain insight into Spanish‑speaking cultures and develop positive attitudes toward language learning.
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Reception |
Introduction to Spanish, integrated into everyday routines; taking the register, end of day, simple Spanish Songs, please and thank you. | |||||
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Year One |
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Year Two |
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| Year Three | I Am Learning Spanish: greetings, intro phrases, numbers/colours, simple Q&A. | Animals: key nouns, gender intro, simple sentences using 'es' and 'tengo'. | Instruments: musical vocab, articles, basic verb use. | Fruits: food nouns, expressing likes/dislikes with 'me gusta'. | Ice Creams: choosing flavours, transactional language (quiero...). | I Know How To: expressing abilities using 'poder' + infinitive. |
| Year Four | Presenting Myself: name, age, where you live; extended answers. | My Family: family members, possessives (mi/mis), describing family. | At the Café: ordering items, money language, polite structures. | In the Classroom: objects, plurals, hay/no hay, commands. | The Weather: weather phrases, simple forecasts. | Review: consolidating vocab, phonics, sentence building. |
| Year Five | The Date: months, days, giving dates, revising numbers. | Do You Have a Pet?: pets vocab, 'tener' conjugation, descriptions. | My Home: rooms, prepositions, describing home. | The Olympics: sports nouns/verbs, preferences, simple opinions. | Clothes: clothing vocab, colour agreement. | Review: extended writing, grammar consolidation. |
| Year Six | At School: subjects, opinions with reasons (porque...). | World War II: themed vocab, sentence building, reading longer texts. | The Weekend: near future tense (voy a...), activities. | Healthy Lifestyles: food groups, routines, extended sentences. | Me in My World: personal descriptions, identity, aspirations. | Review: progressive consolidation, paragraph writing. |
