At King’s Cliffe Endowed Primary School, children learn Spanish throughout Key Stage 2, from Year 3 to Year 6.

Our Languages curriculum develops children's confidence in understanding and using another language. Through Spanish, children progressively develop their ability to listen, speak, read and write, alongside an increasing understanding of how the language is structured.

Children encounter Spanish in different forms, including conversation, stories, songs and rhymes. They develop their pronunciation and vocabulary and learn to communicate ideas with increasing independence.

Speaking and Listening

Speaking and listening are important foundations for learning Spanish.

In Year 3, children begin by using simple words and short sentences, including greetings and basic information about themselves. They listen and respond to familiar spoken words, phrases, sentences and simple instructions and begin to develop their understanding of Spanish sounds and pronunciation.

As they progress through Key Stage 2, children learn to ask and answer questions, hold conversations and communicate with increasing confidence. They listen to progressively longer and more complex spoken language and develop their ability to identify and understand key information.

By Year 6, children use spoken Spanish to initiate and sustain simple conversations on familiar topics and present information to an audience.

Reading

Children progressively develop their ability to read and understand written Spanish.

They begin by recognising familiar words and short phrases before moving on to increasingly varied texts. As their knowledge develops, children read familiar written words, phrases and short sentences with increasing accuracy and encounter Spanish through authentic forms including stories, songs, letters and emails.

By Year 6, children read aloud with appropriate pronunciation and develop their ability to identify the main points and specific details within simple texts.

Writing

Children begin their written Spanish by recording familiar words from memory or with the support of appropriate resources.

This develops progressively into writing words, phrases and simple sentences and, later, short paragraphs. Children learn to use vocabulary and grammatical knowledge with increasing independence and accuracy.

As they progress, they also develop strategies for supporting their own writing, including using word banks and dictionaries and checking the accuracy of their work.

Grammar

Alongside their developing communication skills, children build an understanding of Spanish grammar.

Beginning with an introduction to grammatical gender in Year 3, children progressively encounter features including articles, negative forms, verbs, pronouns, possessives, adjectives and connectives.

By Year 6, children develop their understanding of how conjugated verbs work and learn to identify and use adjectives appropriately, including understanding adjectival agreement where relevant.

Building Language Skills

Across Key Stage 2, children are encouraged to make connections between the sounds, spelling and meaning of Spanish words and to notice patterns within the language.

The curriculum progressively develops children's vocabulary, pronunciation and understanding of sentence structure, enabling them to communicate with increasing confidence both orally and in writing.

Learning another language also gives children the opportunity to recognise similarities and differences between Spanish and English and to develop the foundations for further language learning. The curriculum overview specifically includes understanding how grammatical features and patterns in Spanish differ from or are similar to English.

Languages Curriculum Overview

Our Languages Curriculum Overview shows how children's knowledge and skills in Spanish develop progressively from Year 3 to Year 6 across speaking, listening, reading, writing and grammar.

Please view our Languages Curriculum Overview below to see the progression of learning across Key Stage 2.