!Hola!  Welcome back to our second year learning Spanish at St Joseph’s.  All KS2 classes are learning Spanish through a variety of contexts through listening, speaking, reading and writing. 

Last year we had a very successful Spanish Immersion Day in December as well which helped to raise the profile of our new language.  This October we celebrated Spanish National Day (Please see the photos below to see what fun we had throughout the day!)

There is a new Spanish Curriculum Map included below for you to see the range of topics we'll be covering in KS2 from animals and ice creams to pets and ordering food in a cafe.  We have plans to expand our Spanish curriculum coverage into KS1 as well and to continue to incorporate the language, festivals and customs into whole school initiatives as well during the year.

Spanish from September 2024

Spanish National Day!

Buenos Dias!  This week we celebrated our Spanish National Day at St Joseph’s. The children came to school in the morning wearing a combination of Spanish colours: red and yellow. In Spain it’s a day of parades and commemorates the date in 1492 when Christopher Columbus, or Cristobal Colon, as he is known in Spain, arrived in the Americas in the hope of finding a route to the East Indies and Asia.

The aim of our day was to introduce Spanish vocabulary to KS1 and to encourage KS2 to use conversational Spanish in different scenarios as well as learning more about the country and its history of exploration. Many of the KS1 classes started their days by learning songs to help them with their counting in Spanish.  In KS2 classes created fact files about Spain focusing on the life of Christopher Columbus and we were served with a delicious Spanish biscuit called Pastissets de Menorca.

Throughout the day, each class had the chance to learn some Spanish dancing. Our lovely instructor, Julie, helped us learn a very famous dance called the Flamenco.  It was great fun. 

We had a lovely and inspiring day!

The first year of our Spanish Curriculum (2023)

French was taught until Summer 2023. All our work is below for you to view

MFL during International Week at St Joseph’s

May 2023

Last year we celebrated French Day at St Joseph’s but this year we celebrated the culture of a whole range of countries during International Week!  The aim of the day was to introduce all our children - from EYFS through to KS2 -  to different cultures and languages. Many classes learnt greetings and songs as well as finding out all kinds of interesting facts about their country.  EYFS and Reception made pizza because they were learning about Italy, Year 1 were introduced to Turkey and Year 2 made flags and created traditional Kente designs for their country, Ghana. Years 3 and 4 learned all about Brazil and Iceland respectively and Year 5 learned greetings in Spanish, found out lots of facts about the capital, Madrid, and made Matador hats. Year 6 learned lots of fascinating facts about Canada.

During the week each class had the chance to practise their dancing skills. Our lovely instructor, Emma, helped us learn all kinds of different dances from the Haka and Street Dance to African and Carnival.  As you can imagine, we all had great fun! Finally, we were able to sample all kinds of delicious international foods made by parents during our annual Food Market.

We had a lovely and inspiring week!

French Day at St Joseph’s

July 2022

Bonjour tout le monde! This week we celebrated our French Day at St Joseph’s. The children came to school in the morning wearing a combination of French colours: blue, white and red. The aim of the day was to introduce more vocabulary to KS1 and to encourage KS2 to use conversational French in different scenarios as well as learning more about the country and the culture. Many of the KS1 classes started their days by learning songs to help them with their counting in French as well as learning about colours and animals. In KS2 classes created Fact files about France and practised asking for food in French before they were served with a delicious selection of French breakfast foods. KS1 tried croissants and chocolate brioche as well.

Throughout the day each class had the chance to learn some French dancing. Our lovely instructor, Jo, helped us learn dances such as the can-can as well as a range of country dancing moves. It was great fun.

In the afternoon Years 3, 4 and 5 became French painters; Year 3 used the work of Henri Matisse to inspire their Art work, Year 4 drew in the style of Vincent Van Gogh (who lived in France for many years) and Year 5 used watercolours and wax crayons to create a range of stunning paintings showing the water lilies at the home of Claude Monet in Giverny.

We had a lovely and inspiring day!

Beaucoup de felicitations!