Friday 21 February 2020

Curriculum map and overhaul #2



Shortly before Christmas, I blogged about my review of my scheme of work for KS2 Spanish.  On my to-do list for this half term was to give some shape to the thoughts I had about it before Christmas and also what has occurred to me while teaching the current scheme this term.

Above you can see the new outline that I have been working out.  Some thoughts:

  • I'm now really pleased with Year 3, particularly with how the high-frequency verbs are interwoven and revisited.
  • I'm less happy that ser (to be) and tener (to have) to not feature in Year 4.  Can anyone think of a way that they might be incorporated?
  • The Y6 topic Then and Now, to be honest, is very much a repetition of the preceding unit, En mi pueblo.  The only new language is adjectives describing a town and the two imperfect forms era and había.  I'm considering scrapping Then and Now, putting the adjectives into the previous unit and making Unit 18 all about clothes, which could then work on regular -AR verbs and incorporate a lot of previous language from Years 3-5.  What do you think?
  • Delaying adjectival agreement until Year 5 might make it easier for the children!
All feedback is very welcome.  Time is of the essence for me now, as I have almost finished Unit 4 with my Year 3s and have already started new Unit 5 with my beginner Year 4s.