Colley Lane Primary Academy, Colley Lane, Halesowen, B63 2TN
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modern foreign languages curriculum at colley lane primary academy

Modern Foreign Languages

Subject Vision

At Colley Lane  Primary Academy, we believe that the learning of a foreign language provides a valuable educational, social and cultural experience for our pupils. It helps them to develop their ability to communicate, including the key competencies of speaking and listening and extends their knowledge of how language works. It provides excitement, enjoyment and challenge for the children, helping to create enthusiastic learners and to develop positive attitudes to language learning throughout life. Learning another language gives children a new perspective on the world, encouraging them to understand their own cultures and those of others.

Curriculum

At Colley Lane  Primary Academy, we aim to provide a language curriculum that is creative, inclusive, challenging and inspired by the real-world. It inspires future thinkers, innovators and problem solvers in an immersive environment that stimulates curiosity and supports high-quality learning, allowing each and every learner to fulfil their potential. 

We follow the Rachel Hawkes programme of study which fully meets the requirements of the Key Stage 2 Languages Programme of Study from the National Curriculum.  

Our curriculum aims to ensure that all pupils:

  • understand and respond to spoken and written languages 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 a variety of grammatical structures that they have learnt;

  • discover and develop an appreciation of a range of writing in the language studied

Assessment

During the teaching of each curriculum objective, teachers formatively assess children’s knowledge and application of new language;  this helps them to monitor and plan for progression. In lessons, children are given verbal feedback to inform them of their progress and this provides an opportunity for teachers to address any misconceptions or errors that children may encounter.