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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 habĂ­a.  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.