At Crompton Primary School, we aim to inspire and excite our pupils so they develop a genuine interest and positive curiosity about foreign languages. Learning an additional language will also offer pupils the opportunity to explore and develop a deeper understanding of other cultures and the world around them with a better awareness of self, others and cultural differences. Our ultimate aim is that pupils feel keen and able to continue studying languages beyond key stage 2, and become life-long language learners.
The language we teach at Crompton Primary is Spanish. The intent is to use a wide variety of topics and resources, and that the learning content will be reviewed annually and adjusted as necessary. This will ensure that the foreign language knowledge of our pupils progresses within each academic year and is extended year upon year throughout the primary phase and, in so doing, will be relevant and in line with meeting national DfE requirements. The four key language learning skills; listening, speaking, reading and writing will be taught and all necessary grammar will be covered in an age-appropriate way across the primary phase. This will enable pupils to use and apply their learning in a variety of contexts, laying down solid foundations for future language learning. We expect all pupils to achieve their full potential by encouraging high expectations and excellent standards.
Curriculum Implementation
All classes have access to a regular high-quality foreign languages curriculum delivered by class teachers. We currently use Language Angels as our main resource for planning, assessing and teaching material. The units are divided into Early, Intermediate and Progressive levels of challenge with the Early units mainly used in EYFS and KS1. Children will progressively acquire, use and apply a growing bank of vocabulary, language skills and grammatical knowledge organised around age-appropriate topics and themes - building blocks of language into more complex, fluent and authentic language. Children are taught how to listen and read longer pieces of text gradually in Spanish, and they will have lots of opportunities to speak, listen to, read and write the is taught throughout all units at all levels of challenge. The whole school curriculum map shows suggested topics which may be changed if a different topic is seen to be more suitable for the stage of language development, or if it beneficial to work cross-curricular. In addition to regular classroom lessons, we have an annual Hispanic event, and we also link with other schools to exchange letters, cards and sing together, for example.
Curriculum Impact
At Crompton Primary, we believe that the impact of regular, well planned, language lessons delivered by a language specialist ensures that pupils continuously build on their previous knowledge as they progress through the primary phase. By using a variety of interesting resources and bringing languages to life by exploring and connecting with Hispanic countries and cultures, children’s interest, understanding and curiosity for the wider world will grow, and the foundations of understanding and using the Spanish language will be established.
Inclusive Practice
When we are getting things right for our learners with SEND, we are getting it right for all learners. Inclusive Practice means we use approaches that are effective for learners with SEND. This will provide all learners with opportunities to learn in small steps and carefully build upon their prior knowledge. This is done through a range of approaches including: -creating a language rich environment which is vital to closing the gap between learners with SEND and their peers and enabling future attainment. -demonstrating what we want learners to do and show them what we mean. -using physical resources to help abstract concepts become more accessible and meaningful and recognise the value of Dual Coding. -reducing Cognitive Load and activate children’s prior knowledge/schema through a connected curriculum that builds of prior learning, knowledge and skills and provides regular opportunities for learners to practise recalling what they have learnt, to help them easily access this information when it is needed.
Spanish - Curriculum Documents
Spanish - Whole School Approach - Progression Document
