What am I going to learn in Modern Foreign Language?
Autumn Term
Year 2 - Eagles
Los Saludos (Greetings)
In this unit, pupils will learn the vocabulary for basic greetings in Spanish, enabling the pupils to participate in a short oral conversation by the end of the unit.
Cultural lesson - Feliz Navidad (Happy Christmas)
Los Colores y Números (Colours and numbers)
In this unit, pupils will learn to count to ten as well as learning ten popular colours in Spanish.
Cultural Lesson - Feliz Pascuas (Happy Easter)
Year 3 - Doves
Aprendo español (I am Learning Spanish)
By the end of the unit pupils will have the knowledge and skills to be able to introduce themselves, say how they feel and have a wider appreciation for the country/countries where Spanish is spoken.
Los Animales
In this unit pupils will learn 10 familiar animals and be introduced to the 1st person singular high frequency verb ‘I am’ in Spanish. By the end of the unit pupils will be able to recognise, recall, remember and spell up to ten animals with their indefinite article. This is one of the first sentence building units where pupils will have the knowledge and skills to be able create short phrases with the verb ‘I am’ plus the animal nouns and determiners.
Cultural Lesson - Feliz Navidad (Happy Christmas)
Year 3/4 - Kingfishers
Los Instumentos (The Instruments)
In this unit pupils will learn 10 familiar instruments and be introduced to the 1st person singular high frequency verb ‘I play’ in Spanish. By the end of the unit pupils will be able to recognise, recall, remember and spell up to 10 instruments with their definite article. This is one of the first sentence building units where pupils will have the knowledge and skills to create short phrases with the verb ‘I play’ plus the instrument nouns and determiners.
Las Veduras (Vegetables)
In this unit pupils will learn 10 common vegetables in their plural form with their definite articles in Spanish. They will learn the basic transactional language required take part in a role-play activity based on buying different quantities of vegetables from a market stall.
Cultural Lesson - Feliz Navidad (Happy Christmas)
Year 4 - Penguins
Los Instumentos (The Instruments)
In this unit pupils will learn 10 familiar instruments and be introduced to the 1st person singular high frequency verb ‘I play’ in Spanish. By the end of the unit pupils will be able to recognise, recall, remember and spell up to 10 instruments with their definite article. This is one of the first sentence building units where pupils will have the knowledge and skills to create short phrases with the verb ‘I play’ plus the instrument nouns and determiners.
La Fruta (Fruits)
In this unit pupils will learn 10 fruits and be introduced to the simple opinions ‘I like’ and ‘I do not like’. By the end of the unit pupils will have the knowledge and skills to be able to say which fruits they like and do not like in Spanish.
Cultural Lesson - Feliz Navidad (Happy Christmas)
Year 5 - Canaries
Sé…(I Know How)
In this unit pupils will learn 10 familiar activities that they know how or do not know how in Spanish. This is one of the first units introducing the negative form, allowing the children to build more interesting and complex sentences including the option of using conjunctions.
Me Presento (Presenting Myself)
By the end of this unit pupils will have the knowledge and skills to present themselves both orally and in written form in Spanish. This is one of the first units where previously learnt language will be integrated with newly acquired language, encouraging all pupils to use their growing bank of vocabulary. In this unit pupils focus on asking questions as well as providing accurate replies. They will demonstrate a growing understanding of grammar to manipulate language and start to create sentences of their own using a range of personal details including name, age, where they live and nationality.
Cultural Lesson - Feliz Navidad (Happy Christmas)
Year 5/6 - Owls
Las Veduras (Vegetables)
In this unit pupils will learn 10 common vegetables in their plural form with their definite articles in Spanish. They will learn the basic transactional language required take part in a role-play activity based on buying different quantities of vegetables from a market stall.
Me Presento (Presenting Myself)
By the end of this unit pupils will have the knowledge and skills to present themselves both orally and in written form in Spanish. This is one of the first units where previously learnt language will be integrated with newly acquired language, encouraging all pupils to use their growing bank of vocabulary. In this unit pupils focus on asking questions as well as providing accurate replies. They will demonstrate a growing understanding of grammar to manipulate language and start to create sentences of their own using a range of personal details including name, age, where they live and nationality.
Cultural Lesson - Feliz Navidad (Happy Christmas)
Year 6 - Magpies
La Fruta (Fruits)
In this unit pupils will learn 10 fruits and be introduced to the simple opinions ‘I like’ and ‘I do not like’. By the end of the unit pupils will have the knowledge and skills to be able to say which fruits they like and do not like in Spanish.
Me Presento (Presenting Myself)
By the end of this unit pupils will have the knowledge and skills to present themselves both orally and in written form in Spanish. This is one of the first units where previously learnt language will be integrated with newly acquired language, encouraging all pupils to use their growing bank of vocabulary. In this unit pupils focus on asking questions as well as providing accurate replies. They will demonstrate a growing understanding of grammar to manipulate language and start to create sentences of their own using a range of personal details including name, age, where they live and nationality.
Cultural Lesson - Feliz Navidad (Happy Christmas)