MFL

Muschampions will have the opportunity to learn a modern foreign language from year 3 up.  Learning another language encourages pupils’ curiosity and deepens their understanding of the world around them.  Early exposure to different languages helps children to learn new languages when they are older, Muschampions in key stage one will be exposed to our modern foreign language.  Our children will learn Spanish.

Aims

• To be able to express their ideas and thoughts in another language
• To understand and respond when spoken to in another language
• To begin to read and write in another language 
• To link a new language to known languages
• To be curious about the differences in countries and cultures around the world

Curriculum Intent

The curriculum we have chosen for our Muschampions will encourage, challenge and support all children to achieve our vision of ‘To Excellence and Beyond’.  Every child is recognised as a unique individual with their own unique learning journey.

Our children will be inspired to understand the skills and knowledge needed to be a scientist, an artist, a musician etc.  Our curriculum will enable each learner to have the equal opportunity to develop independence, confidence and self-esteem and to enjoy learning.  We will provide memorable experiences, opportunities to see and hear from experts within the area of study, the freedom to be creative, collaborative and motivated to enable all learners to be ready to make a positive contribution to their future world.  

We will ensure our children have a range of core skills and knowledge that will equip them for their next steps in education and enable them, within an ever changing world, to always go ‘To Excellence and Beyond’. 

Muschampions will have the opportunity to learn a modern foreign language from year 3 up.  Learning another language encourages pupils’ curiosity and deepens their understanding of the world around them.  Early exposure to different languages helps children to learn new languages when they are older, Muschampions in key stage one will be exposed to our modern foreign language.  Our children will learn Spanish.

Aims

• To be able to express their ideas and thoughts in another language
• To understand and respond when spoken to in another language
• To begin to read and write in another language 
• To link a new language to known languages
• To be curious about the differences in countries and cultures around the world

Curriculum Implementation 

Our school follows the Primary Languages Network scheme of work (Click2Teach/Video2Teach). It is a live scheme which is continually updated and revised in order to meet with current curriculum standards. It holds at its core the Intent, Implementation and Impact of MFL whilst maintaining a ‘primary’ focus. Alongside the planning provided, the scheme is supported by accompanying videos, PowerPoints, audio files (spoken by native speakers), links to authentic literature, songs, games, cultural points of reference, seasonal events and cross-curricular links.

The children in KS2 build up their knowledge and skills by working through the language learning stages from Stage 1 in Year 3 to Stage 4 in Year 6. The scheme of work is progressive, with the foundations being laid in Stages 1 and 2, ready for further development and challenge in Stages 3 and 4.

Implementation - Teaching and Learning:

To promote an active learning of languages a range of teaching methods are implemented to ensure that the children are developing their linguistic skills through listening, speaking, reading and writing in order to be secondary ready. Activities can consist of actions, rhymes, stories, song, drama, grammar focus, video clips, air writing, sentence structure, dictionary work, book making and many more creative ways to extend, embed and combine language skills. Written work is kept in workbooks, although formal writing is not the outcome of every lesson. The skill of writing is developed through use of whiteboards and air writing leading to writing in books.

Curriculum Impact

Our curriculum is planned to demonstrate progression both in core skills and language learning skills. Assessment for learning takes place during lessons in order to evaluate and provide immediate feedback to improve further. Errors are corrected by being ‘re-framed’ and growth mindset is encouragement for all to ‘have a go’ and learn from any mistakes. Pupils self-assess each learning objective using PLN’s self-assessment cloud documents. There are inbuilt opportunities to carry out summative assessment (Puzzle It Out) three times during the year in listening, speaking, reading and writing in order to track progress. The aim is for a core body of language (words and phrases) to be ‘left in the sieve’ (as quoted by Dr Michael Wardle, HMI Lead for Languages) by the end of each stage.

Through the use of Puzzle It Out and/or teacher assessments and the tracking of results using a MFL assessment document, progress can be monitored, and show the impact of language learning. The outcomes of these assessments allow staff to identify any of the core skills which still need developing and any areas of content which need further reinforcement.