Languages
Learning a foreign language is a liberation from insularity and provides an opening to other cultures. A high-quality languages education should foster pupils’ curiosity and deepen their understanding of the world (National Curriculum 2014). At St. Andrews Church of England Primary School, we offer a relevant, broad and ambitious foreign languages curriculum that will inspire our pupils using a wide variety of themes. The four key language learning skills; listening, speaking, reading and writing will be covered along with the requisite grammar in 3 an age-appropriate way across the primary phase. This will allow pupils to use and apply their learning, laying down solid foundations for future language learning and contribute to the development of children’s oracy and literacy. The intent is that all pupils will develop a real productive interest about foreign languages, finding them enjoyable and stimulating. Learning a second language will also offer pupils the opportunity to explore relationships between language and identity, develop a deeper understanding of other cultures and the world around them with a better awareness of self, others and cultural differences which links directly to our school value of respect and our school vision of being ‘…positive participants in the world community.’ The ultimate aim is that pupils will feel prepared and able to continue studying languages beyond Key Stage 2.
