MFL Curriculum Evening

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MFL Curriculum Evening

• Tuesday 29th January 2008

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KS2 Aims Expectations

• after 4 years of language learning, most Year 6
  children will be able to understand simple spoken
  and written language, to speak aloud and take
  part in short conversations and to write simple
  sentences. They will also understand about
  different cultures and have an idea about how
  languages work and how to learn them. In short,
  they will be becoming confident users and
  learners of a new language.

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KS3 Aims Expectations

• The overarching aims of the KS3 curriculum are to
  engender successful learners, confident
  individuals and responsible citizens. The
  skills-based approach to the KS2 Scheme of Work
  seeks to lay the foundations for this learning in
  modern languages.

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KS1 Aims Expectations

• There is no KS1 Framework Scheme of Work for KS1
  or Nursery age children

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Languages Taught at MFP

• KS1 French
• Y3-Y5 French
• Y6 Spanish
• German to be introduced to the KS2 curriculum
  from September 2008
• Non-European language in future plans

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Language Events

• 26th September 2008 National European Day of
  Languages whole school celebration of cultural
  diversity
• Junior Language Challenge Dutch
• Language Club Spring Term 2
• CVC students will return this Summer Term to
  teach German to Y4
• CVC Brain Gym routine in Spanish for Y6

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Teaching Resources

• Afternoon registration
• Games
• ICT e.g. BBC, Early Start DVD and CDROM,
  Eurotalk, Big Books, interactive websites
• French Magazine, incl. CD
• Music and songs
• Puppets
• Library books
• Stickers (French, Spanish, German)

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Getting Involved

• If you have linguistic/cultural knowledge you
  would like to share with us please let Miss Haji
  know
• You could get involved with the Language Club, a
  school or KS assembly, EDL in September (we will
  extend beyond Europe)
• Thank you for coming this evening