Languages

Kennall Vale school uses the Languages Angels scheme of work and resources to ensure we offer a relevant, broad and vibrant French Curriculum that will inspire and enthuse our KS2 pupils using a wide variety of topics and themes. At Kennall Vale School, we have adopted their Primary foreign language intent, implementation and impact statement, adapted to meet the needs of the school. All pupils will be expected to achieve their full potential by encouraging high expectations and excellent standards in their foreign language learning - the ultimate aim being that pupils will feel willing and able to continue studying languages beyond key stage 2. 

The intent is that all pupils will develop a genuine interest and positive curiosity about foreign languages, finding them enjoyable and stimulating.  Learning French will also offer pupils the opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of other cultures and the world around them with a better awareness of self, others and cultural differences.  The intention is that they will be working towards becoming life-long language learners.

The four key language learning skills; listening, speaking, reading and writing will be taught and all

necessary grammar will be covered in an age-appropriate way across the primary phase. This will enable

pupils to use and apply their learning in a variety of contexts, laying down solid foundations for future

language learning and also helping the children improve overall attainment in other subject areas.

We want all pupils to develop a genuine interest and positive curiosity about French, finding it enjoyable

and stimulating. Learning a second language at school will also offer pupils the opportunity to explore

relationships between language and identity, develop a deeper understanding of other cultures and the

world around them with a better awareness of self, others and cultural differences. The intention is that

At Kennall Vale,  KS2 will have access to a high-quality foreign language curriculum using the Language Angels scheme of work and resources. This will progressively develop pupil skills in foreign languages through regularly taught and well-planned blocked lessons. At Kennall Vale we have tailored the learning to ensure that we progressively acquire, use and apply a growing bank of vocabulary and language skills that best fits our school. We have done this through age appropriate themes and topics.

Children will build on previous knowledge gradually as their foreign language lessons continue to recycle, revise and consolidate previously learnt language whilst building on all four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Knowledge and awareness of required and appropriate grammar concepts that will be taught through all units and at all levels of challenge.  

• Each unit and lesson will have clearly defined objectives and aims.
• Each lesson will incorporate interactive whiteboard materials to include ample speaking and listening tasks within a lesson.
• Lessons will incorporate challenge sections and desk-based activities that will be offered will three levels of stretch and differentiation. These may be sent home as homework if not completed in class.
• Reading and writing activities will be offered in all units. Some extended reading and writing activities are provided so that native speakers can also be catered for.
• Every unit will include a grammar concept which will increase in complexity as pupils move from Early Language units, through Intermediate units and into Progressive units

Units are progressive within themselves as subsequent lessons within a unit build on the language and knowledge taught in previous lessons. As pupils progress though the lessons in a unit they will build their knowledge and develop the complexity of the language they use.

Pupil learning and progression will be assessed at regular intervals in line with school policy. Teachers will aim to assess each language skill (speaking, listening, reading and writing) after each unit.:

Impact

Our MFL curriculum will ensure all pupils develop key language learning skills set out by the national curriculum, as well as a love of languages and learning about other cultures.

These are as follows:

• 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