Spanish Curriculum Book

Mount Carmel
Catholic School

Our Spanish Curriculum

The Power of Learning through Spanish

'I have come so that they may have life and have it to the full.'
Mark 10:10

Mount Carmel Values

Our aim is for every child to leave here an Ambassador of Christ.
Our values are deeply rooted in the high expectations that we have of each child in the school. Our Values permeate across the school through children's learning, friendships, behaviour and leadership.
Our values come from the Church.

C - consideration
H - helpfulness
U - unity
R - respect
C - commitment
H - honesty

Our British Values

Our children learn about our British Values through 5 areas. These are discussed at whole school liturgies and during lunch times. We are committed to serving our community, with the strong belief that we are one school for all.

Our Power Values

Our aim is for every child to leave with the power to make a positive change in the world. Through our subjects there are five themes that we believe are integral with teaching children how to become powerful adults.

We ensure that these themes run through our subjects. Children learn about 5 areas of power - Education, Religion, Resources, People and Legacy.

Our aim for your child by the time they leave Mount Carmel

is to understand and respond to spoken and written language from a variety of authentic sources

speak with increasing confidence, fluency and spontaneity, finding ways of communicating what they want to say, including through discussion and asking questions, and continually improving the accuracy of their pronunciation and intonation

can write at varying length, for different purposes and audiences, using the variety of grammatical structures that they have learnt

discover and develop an appreciation of a range of writing in the language studied

The Power of Learning

How Spanish is taught across the school

EYFS

Y1 and Y2

To sing Happy Birthday in Spanish.
To be aware of the Spanish labels around the school.

To learn the school prayers in Spanish and learn religious hymns in Spanish

The Power of Learning

How Reading Spanish is taught across the school

 Recognise some
familiar words and
phrases in written form.
 Read some familiar
words aloud using
mostly accurate
pronunciation.
 Learn and remember
new words encountered
in reading.

 Read a range of
familiar written phrases
and sentences
recognising their
meaning and reading
them aloud accurately.
 Follow the written
version of a text he/ she
is listening to.
 Begin to work out the
meaning of unfamiliar
words within a familiar
text using contextual
and other clues.

 Read aloud and
understand a short text
containing mostly
familiar language, using
fairly accurate
pronunciation.
 Learn a song or poem
using the written text
for support.
 Use dictionaries to
extend vocabulary on a
given topic and develop
his/her ability to use
different strategies to
work out the meaning
of unfamiliar words.

 Read aloud and
understand a short text
containing unfamiliar
words, using accurate
pronunciation.
 Attempt to read a
range of texts
independently, using
different strategies to
make meaning.
 Use vocabulary learnt
from reading in
different contexts and
use dictionaries to find
a wide range of words.

The Power of Learning

How speaking Spanish is taught across the school

 Ask and answer
simple questions, for
example about personal
information.
 Repeat sentences
heard and make simple
adaptations to them.
 Use mostly accurate
pronunciation and
speak clearly when
addressing an audience.
 Use simple adjectives
such as colours and
sizes to describe
things orally.

 Ask and answer a
range of questions on
different topic areas.
 Using familiar
sentences as models,
make varied
adaptations to create
new sentences
 Read aloud using
accurate pronunciation
and present a short,
learned piece for
performance.

 Take part in
conversations and
express simple opinions
giving reasons.
 Adapt known complex
sentences to reflect a
variation in meaning.
 Begin to use
intonation to
differentiate between
sentence types.
 Create a short piece
for presentation to an
audience.

 Engage in longer
conversations, asking
for clarification when
necessary.
 Create his/her own
sentences using
knowledge of basic
sentence structure.
 Use pronunciation
and intonation
effectively to accurately
express meaning and
engage an audience.