Contact Details
- St Richard's Church of England First
- School, Four Pools Lane, Evesham,
- Worcestershire, WR11 1DU
- Telephone: 01386446416
- Email: office@st-richards.worcs.sch.uk
Primary Languages Intent
Learning a foreign language is a necessary part of being a member of a multi-cultural society and provides an opening to other cultures. A high-quality languages education should foster children's curiosity and deepen their understanding of the world. The teaching should enable children to express their ideas and thoughts in another language and to understand and respond to its speakers, both in speech and in writing. It should also provide opportunities for them to communicate for practical purposes, learn new ways of thinking and reading text in the original language. Language teaching should provide the foundation for learning further languages, equipping children to study and work in other countries.
It is intended that when children leave St Richards CE First School, they will have a natural curiosity and confidence to explore, other countries, cultures and languages, accepting that, in a multi-lingual society it is a valuable skill to be able to communicate effectively with others in another language. They will be engaged and prepared to continue language learning at Middle School.
Teaching may be of any modern language and should focus on enabling pupils to make substantial progress in one language. The teaching should provide an appropriate balance of spoken and written language and should lay the foundations for further foreign language teaching at key stage 3. It should enable pupils to understand and communicate ideas, facts and feelings in speech and writing, focused on familiar and routine matters, using their knowledge of phonology, grammatical structures and vocabulary.
The focus of study in modern languages will be on practical communication.
Pupils should be taught to:
At St Richards CE First School our chosen language is French.
European day of Languages
Each class sampled some different European languages. The children in school who speak a different language taught their class some phrases in their home language.