Spanish
Vision Statement
Through the Spanish curriculum at Pool Academy, we help students to develop:
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transferable language and social skills such as resilience, communication, teamwork and problem solving.
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a curiosity about other cultures and traditions.
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an awareness of global issues and a love of learning languages.
All students in KS3 learn Spanish enabling them to acquire an in-depth knowledge of the language. Every lesson focuses on a different skill, starting with listening, followed by speaking and then reading and writing so that students learn Spanish in the same way that they learnt their native language.
Our teaching is based on Extensive Processing Instruction (EPI), which reduces cognitive load by teaching vocabulary in chunks using sentence builders. Our schemes of learning focus on teaching high frequency language, with regular opportunities for retrieval practice.. In Key Stage 4 we teach to the AQA specification, using the same methodologies.
Our teaching is supported by the use of Quizlet which enables students to practise key vocabulary at home every week. All students are expected to complete 30 minutes of Quizlet homework per week.
More details can be found by looking at the Five Year Curriculum Overview.
