Subject Leadership - Spanish

Spanish at Our Lady of the Rosary

Joy Excellence Service

For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Proverbs 2:6

CURRICULUM STATEMENT

Our vision at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School is to provide the highest quality of education within a Catholic ethos. We will provide an inclusive education for all where creativity, diversity and personality are allowed to blossom and thrive and where independence, motivation and perseverance become life-long skills. Through the love of God, we will nurture individual uniqueness, treating others with the utmost respect at all times, working hard using the talents God has given us for the good of other people and to achieve our best. At Our Lady of the Rosary, we will nurture a strong learning partnership between home, school, parish and our wider community.

We aim to ensure pupils enjoy learning and feel prepared for life after school. We also intend to offer our pupils new and exciting experiences through extra-curricular activities that are designed to build resilience, confidence and self-esteem. Our curriculum will be delivered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, through a variety of methods, including those outlined below.

Classroom based learning and extra-curricular activities.

SUBJECT RATIONALE

“A different language is a different vision of life” Federico Fellini.

Spanish is the second language spoken in the world. We look to ensure that the children are ready for the world. Our aim is to ensure that learning to communicate effectively in Spanish will open up students’ minds, thus promoting our Catholic ethos, by fostering a passion for and appreciation of other people’s cultures. It provides excitement, enjoyment and challenges for children and teachers, helping to create enthusiastic learners and to develop positive attitudes to language. Learning a second language improves the understanding of their own language too. Children are equipped with the skills to learn any new foreign languages in the future, as the opportunity arises.

CURRICULUM MAP

WHAT DOES AN OLRS SPANISH LESSON LOOK LIKE?

Description f an ideal lesson. All Spanish lessons start with a song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkuRIZ7QyDM

Then we retrieve our learning from the previous lesson. Then we extend that learning or we move into something else. Then there is a final activity; it could be a piece of writing or a game related to our lesson. During this time we like challenge our students and we also adapt where necessary.

ASSESSMENT

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Oral assessmen.t

Can the children repeat and understand simple phrases? Can they use them in the rightCancontext? they introduce themselves?

Oral and written assessment. Can the children understand simple sentences? Can the children writewordssimple by filling the gaps in a sentence?

Oral and written assessment. Can the children understand simple sentences? Can the children writewordssimple by filling the gaps in a sentence? Can the children read and understand a small sentence?