MFL

MFL at The Bay

At The Bay, we believe that inspiring children to be curious and creative by exploring a modern foreign language, enhances all areas of the curriculum. Our chosen language is Spanish and we strive to achieve the following vision set out in the National Curriculum:

Intent

Through our MFL curriculum, we aim to develop the foundations that will enable pupils' to acquire the knowledge to communicate effectively in a language that is not their native tongue. Aligned with the learning of a language, will be a greater understanding and appreciation of other cultures. It is also important that we enable pupils to have a secure basic knowledge of a foreign language to give them the confidence and ability to continue their MFL journey at secondary school.

We offer an all-through Spanish curriculum. Pupils in Years 3 and 4 will receive specialist Spanish teaching for a half term and Years 5 and 6 will receive specialist Spanish teaching a term per year.

Implementation

Our curriculum is designed to offer variety, enjoyment and challenge for all children. The curriculum aims to give our pupils exposure to a foreign language through practical activities linked to everyday experience. We use the KAPOW scheme of work to ensure high quality lessons are taught across KS2 and to enable children to build on their existing language knowledge and acquisition as they progress through the school.

	Year 3	Year 4	Year 5	Year 6
Autumn Term 1	Spanish Greetings	Dates in Spanish	Describing friends and family	Clothes in Spanish
Autumn Term 2	Spanish numbers and ages.	Pets in Spanish	Spanish portraits	School life in Spanish
Spring Term 1	Shapes and colours in Spanish.	Weather in Spain	Sports in Spanish	Household tasks in Spanish
Spring Term 2	Classroom objects in Spanish.	In a Spanish Cafe	Spanish Food and Drink	Shopping in Spain
Summer Term 1	Where do you live in Spain?	Spanish Celebrations	A trip across Spain	Free Time in Spain
Summer Term 2	Journey around Latin America Spanish Day Year 3 = Costa Rica Language Activities run by secondary teacher + pupils from secondary	The Amazon Rain forest Spanish Day Year 4 = Venezuela Language Activities run by secondary teacher + pupils from secondary	Saving South America Spanish Day Year 5 = Argentina Language Activities run by secondary teacher + pupils from secondary	Maya city treasure hunt Spanish Day Year 6 = Mexico Language Activities run by secondary teacher + pupils from secondary

Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 take part in Spanish Day activities in July which cover cultural elements and basic vocabulary.

Impact

Pupils’ understanding of concepts taught is assessed using the KAPOW assessments at the end of each unit of teaching. The MFL curriculum will also be shown through individual folders of work, classroom displays and pupil confidence in using and interpreting the target language.

What pupils say about Spanish at The Bay

"I enjoy Spanish because I have loved learning about traditional foods and learning about new places."

Max W

"I liked learning about the amazing things Spanish people do on Good Friday and Easter. I also learnt lots of new words and can now talk to a Spanish person."

Callum S

"I liked Spanish Day because we got to taste Spanish food and we helped the younger years learn more about the language."

Darcy T

Click here to read more about Spanish Day - July 2024