MFL at St Andrew's

At St Andrew's school, the children are fortunate enough to learn both French and Spanish on their journey through the school.

In Key Stage 1 and Foundation Stage, the children learn French and the lessons are based entirely on speaking and listening skills. We sing a lot of songs and rhymes. Vocabulary is consolidated through games. 

In Key Stage 2 the children learn Spanish. Languages are a compulsory part of the key stage 2 National Curriculum and therefore all 4 skill areas are covered (speaking, listening, reading and writing). The children are regularly monitored for progress and the results form part of their end of year report to parents.

MFL Curriculum Overview

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Three years ago we made a video of the bilingual children in our school. This year we have made a new video with our current pupils with the same superpower!

In July we sent some pictures and descriptions of ourselves to a school in the North of Spain. Much to our excitement, we received a package on the first day back from the pupils in Spain! They sent us 66 Christmas cards written in English and decorated with our traditions. January 6th is ‘El día de los Reyes’ in Spain and is an important celebration of the 3 Kings’ arrival to visit the baby Jesus. We watched a clip of the procession through the streets of Madrid and our Year 3 children quickly drew a card of the kings to send back to our friends in Spain. We hope to hear from them again soon.

Spanish - Christmas cards

Artwork

Eiffel Tower art 

Year 1 followed a drawing video and produced some amazing Eiffel Towers. We talked about Paris and watched a short video on the tower and its history.

Miro Style Art 

Year 5 had fun imitating the style of Miro and creating their own pictures. First the children rolled a die and the number they rolled dictated the outline shape of their drawing. Further rolls decided what additional shapes could be added. Some very interesting and creative pictures were drawn.

In Year 4, children have been using technology to create weather reports. 

In Year 3 we had a surprise envelope delivered with letters from a school in Spain! We have all written our own letters to reply. Here are some of our replies.

Letters to Spain

To celebrate the European Day of Languages, Keystage 1 have learnt ‘All aboard’, a song in 4 languages: French, Spanish, Italian and German!

       

 

To celebrate the European Day of Languages in September 2023, Mrs Radbourne asked the staff about their own language experiences and made the following quizzes for the children to enjoy. Can you guess the answers?

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At Christmas we made some Spanish Christmas cards.

  

The Alliance of Language Learners launched their Caligram competition in February and Pacific, Atlantic and Antarctica classes were offered the opportunity to participate.

The children were challenged to use words or phrases in any language other than English to produce an image. The words had to relate to the image. There were some really creative pieces produced and the staff had a tricky job choosing the three entries for submission, Well done to Lily, Jacob and Poppy.

I hope you enjoy looking at the children’s work.

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 We also love playing the box game -Which animal is in the box? C’est quel animal?

   

In year 2, one of the songs we’ve been learning is ‘Les poissons’ by Alain le lait’.

  

In year 1, one of the songs we’ve been learning is the French song “Meunier tu dors, ton moulin va trop vite!”