Vision of the MFL Curriculum

Designed to promote love of learning a foreign language by including literature culture including literature, film, music, customs and festivals. Learning a language helps to significantly improve literacy skills and promotes multiple cognitive advantages such as improved critical thinking and problem solving skills, improved memory and listening and communication skills. Studying a language provides students with the opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of the world around them. It enables students to express themselves in speech and writing and develop practical communication skills. Students are given the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of foreign film and literature. Cross-curricular links are interwoven throughout language learning thus supporting the curriculum as a whole. The ability to communicate in a foreign language provides greater life chances and opportunities working in multiple sectors of society.

Spanish Curriculum Intent

Why is your Spanish important? Designed to promote love of learning a foreign language by including literature culture including literature, film, music, customs and festivals. Learning a language helps to significantly improve literacy skills and promotes multiple cognitive advantages such as improved critical thinking and problem solving skills, improved memory and listening and communication skills. 
What is the value of Spanish within the  curriculum and in everyday life? Studying a language provides students with the opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of the world around them. It enables students to express themselves in speech and writing and develop practical communication skills. Students are given the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of foreign film and literature. Crosscurricular links are interwoven throughout language learning thus supporting the curriculum as a whole. The ability to communicate in a foreign language provides greater life chances and opportunities working in multiple sectors of society.
How does Spanish reinforce the Alsop values of Knowledge Respect and Opportunity? Promotes positive moral values, diversity, tolerance, respect and ambition. Multilingual people are more open minded and accepting of change.
How does Spanish build on the foundations laid at KS2? The kS2 curriculum focuses on key grammatical structures by introducing pupils to the concepts of gender, word order, adjectival agreement and high frequency verbs. Topics covered at kS2 focus on food and drink, holidays, weather, sporting activities. There are some cross-curricular links such as countries (geography) animals (Science). KS3 has a greater focus on grammar and more complex grammar structures. Topics are selected which are relevant to the year groups such as the school day, family life, new technologies, hobbies and interests house and home and the local area. Teaching builds on the knowledge of grammatical structures at kS2. As pupils progress through kS2 and KS3 they are gradually introduced to skills required at GCSE such as translation into the target language.
How does Spanish support reading? Promotes literacy, developing good communication skills and solid grammar foundations. Reading is fundamental in language acquisition. Learning a language encourages word recognition and reading comprehension.
How does Spanish challenge all learners? Building skills in another language is always a challenge, as it requires the brain to construct new cognitive frameworks requiring sustained and consistent practice. Learners develop the four skill areas of reading, writing, listening and speaking in a foreign language and recognise and link language patterns and sequences.
How is Spanish inclusive for all learners? A language is accessible to students of all abilities especially SEND students who need support with literacy. A language embraces multicultural differences and traditions.
What role does assessment play in Spanish? Assessment is a fundamental aspect of language teaching and learning. Summative evaluations and formative assessments provide instructional feedback to help language learners progress.
How are British values interwoven into the Spanish curriculum? It promotes the respect for others regardless of ethnic, religious and social backgrounds. It encourages the importance of tolerance and the celebration of cultural diversity.
How is SMSC interwoven into the Spanish curriculum Students learn about the differences in traditions of Spain and Latin America and are able to compare and contrast diverse cultures. Students are encouraged to embrace people of all faiths, races and cultures with respect and tolerance.
How is cultural capital interwoven into the Spanish Curriculum Interwoven throughout the POS developing an awareness of the diverse cultures in the world around them. Students are exposed to many traditions and festivals of Spain and Latin America which opens up more dialogue about the traditions of students from other cultures in addition to Spain and Latin America.

Facilities

We have a range of classrooms, some with computers. In addition there is the Faculty Pod which can be used for group work and one to one sessions.

Future Careers

Teacher, Translator, Interpreter, Linguist, careers in Law, Medicine, Civil Service, Business, Travel, Hotel Management, Editing and Publishing amongst many others.

Useful Web Links

www.espanolextra.com
www.inguascope.com
www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zhsvr82
http://www.123teachme.com