Spring 2 Blog

2023

Early Years and Key Stage 1

30.3.23

Today we learnt a song to help us to remember the parts of the face that we have been learning about.

In Year 1 and 2 we found out that in Spanish there are 2 words for 'the' because nouns can be boy words (masculine) or girl words (feminine).

We sorted all the parts of the face into boy words and girl words.

In Nursery and Reception we learnt how to say the numbers 8 and 9.  José and Elena helped us, and we learnt some actions to help us remember.

                ocho   (8)                                                        nueve  (9) 

23.3.23

This week we learnt how to say the parts of the face in Spanish. 

We played, 'Simon Says, touch your...'

                   Simón dice, toca...

9.3.23

Today we have learnt to say some different colours in Spanish.

                        negro                            blanco                          morado                         café/marrón

First, we practised saying each colour and showing it on a fan.

Toca... (Touch...)

Then, we listened carefully to the colour as it was said in Spanish and had to touch an object of that colour.  Jose and Elena helped us.

In Reception, we also learnt how to say the number 7.

2.3.23 

This week in Reception we learnt how to say the number 6 in Spanish - seis.  If you're saying it correctly, you can't help but smile!

We learnt to sing a song about a Spanish guitar with 6 strings.

La guitarra

In Yr 1 and 2, we learnt how to say the numbers from 6 - 10, with actions to help us remember them.

             seis (6) smile                                        siete  (7)                                         ocho  (8)

                                            nueve (9)  wave                                               diez (10)

23.2.23

This week we learnt a new song about the rain.  In Spanish the rain is called Lluvia, and  in the song we had to count the raindrops.  A raindrop is una gota.

We joined in with the song and used our own raindrops to help us to count.

In Year 2, we looked carefully at  the double ll  sound in Spanish, and discovered that it sounds like y.

We have already met some other Spanish words that have this sound.

Year 3

Las Mascotas - Pets

22.3.23

Today we learnt how to say what our favourite animal is.

Describing pets with a colour

We also found out that when describing with a colour in Spanish, the colour comes after the noun. We practised this using the pets' names we have learnt.

14.3.23

This week, we learnt how to use the two sides of a bilingual dictionary.  We found the names of 2 new pets.

7.3.23

¿Tienes una mascota?  Have you got a pet?

This week we practised asking and answering the question, using the names of the pets we learnt last week.

1.3.23                                             

Today we learnt the names of some pets in Spanish.  We also learnt that there are two different words for 'a' in Spanish.

We had to listen out for the pet name in Spanish and hold the right picture card up.  Then we had to listen and put the pets in the correct sequence.

The Mardi Gras Carnival

21.2.23

Instead of having Pancake Day, the Spanish people have an Omelette Day.

Today we learnt about the carnival parades, which take place before Lent starts.   People wear masks and costumes and play tricks on each other.

To mark the end of the carnival and the beginning of Lent, they have a strange tradition which involves burying  sardine!

Year 4

Las partes de la cara

(Parts of the face)

24.3.23

This week we have been describing aliens and their faces!  This time we had to add plural endings to the colours.

Then, we learnt how to describe our own eyes and hair.

9.3.23

Today we started to learn the names of the parts of the face.

We looked at some alien faces and practised describing each part with a colour.  Some colours have endings that change, depending on whether you are describing a masculine or feminine part of the face.

Year 5

La Ropa

(Clothes)

30.3.23

Today we practised using different adjectives to describe clothes.

And finally, we put all the work we have done on the weather and clothes together, to produce some sentences describing what we wear in different kinds of weather.

23.3.23

This week we started learning about clothes.  We found the names of some items of clothing in the bilingual dictionary, and then put them in the phrase, 'I'm wearing a/some...' 

We practised using the indefinite article (a/some) for singular and plural items.

El tiempo

(The Weather)

14.3.23

This week, we used all the weather phrases we have learned and put them into a rap.  Great job Year 5!

7.3.23

Today we learnt some phrases to describe different types of weather.

Year 6

El deporte 

(Sport)

30.3.23

This week we put all the things we have learnt this term together, by building sentences that give a reason for our opinions about sport.  We used a sentence building sheet to help us.

23.3.21

This week, we practised expressing opinions about different sports.

9.3.23

Today we looked at a sport that originated in the Basque area of Spain.

This week,  we looked more closely at the verbs jugar  (to play) and hacer (to do).  We looked at the whole paradigm so that we could talk about other people playing sport, not just ourselves.  We practised making different combinations of sentences.

We learnt a song to help us remember the different parts of the verb jugar.

2.3.23

Today we started a new topic about Sport.  We looked at 2 verbs that we need to talk about sport - jugar (to play) and hacer (to do).  We discovered that we need to use a contraction with the verb jugar.

2022

Year 3 - Las mascotas (Pets)

Today we learnt the names of some pets.  We discovered that in Spanish there are 2 types of nouns - masculine and feminine.  We sorted  the pets into 2 lists - masculine and feminine.

We tested our memories by filling in the missing letters to spell the name of each pet.

Next, we explored a Spanish bi-lingual dictionary to find the names of other pets.  We learnt how to use the 2 sides of the dictionary.

Then we practised asking each other, ¿Tienes una mascota? (Have you got a pet?)

Describing animals with colours

This week we watched the Spanish version of 'Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?' (Oso Pardo).  We found out that in Spanish, the colour (adjective) comes after the noun.  We practised this, using the pets that we have already learnt.

Year 4 Spring 2 2022

Las partes de la cara  (parts of the face)

Today we began learning how to say, read and write the parts of the face in Spanish.  We practised with a partner, telling them to touch different parts of the face.

Then we drew the face and labelled the parts in Spanish.

Describing an alien's face

Today we described alien faces with colours.  We learnt that some colours have endings that agree (change), depending on whether the nouns they describe are masculine or feminine.

Describing plural nouns with colours

This week we have been learning how to describe plural parts of the face with colours.  We explored how the endings of the colours also have to be plural to agree with (match) the noun.

Then we described an alien to a partner in Spanish for them to identify.

Today we described our own hair and eyes.

Year 5 2022

We started the term off by finding out how and why the Mardis Gras Carnival is celebrated in Spain.  We watched some video clips and then had to be detectives to try and work out the meaning of each Spanish sentence.

The Weather

This week we have been learning how to express different weather types in Spanish.   We noticed that there were 3 different groups of phrases used,  and this helped us to remember them.

We learnt a rap to help us practise saying the phrases.

Clothes

Today we used the bilingual dictionary to find the names of some clothes in Spanish so that we can build sentences about which clothes we wear in different weather types.

The, A, Some

This week we looked at the different words for the, a and some (definite and indefinite articles) in Spanish, using our clothes vocabulary.  We had to think very carefully about each noun and whether it was masculine, feminine, singular or plural.

Building a sentence

Finally, this half term we put some sentences together, saying which clothes we would wear in different weather.

Year 6 2022

El deporte (Sport)

Today we started a new topic about sport.  We practised a new question, ¿Qué deporte juegas? 

                                                                                                                  (Which sport do you play?)

Spidergram

Today we looked closely at the pronunciation of the word juego (h-w-aygo).  We made a collection of other Spanish words we have met before  that contain this spelling.

Then we learnt how to say the different parts of the verb jugar, and made different sentences by substituting different sports.

Memorisation

Today we tried to memorise the different parts of the verb jugar.  We all had different methods.  Some people liked to write the words out and others preferred to chant them.  Then we tested ourselves to see how much we could remember.

First of all we matched each part to the correct part of the paradigm.

Then we tried with nothing to help us.  We were surprised how much we could remember.

Hacer (to do)

Today we looked at another verb that is useful when talking about sport, as some sports we do rather than play.

We practised making different sentences with these sports and the verb hacer.  We looked for similarities and differences between hacer  and jugar.

Opinions about sports

First, we wrote some simple sentences, giving opinions about sports.

This week we looked for adjectives in the dictionary that would help us give a reason for our opinions.

Finally, we wrote some sentences, using the sentence builder to help us.

Spring 2 2021

іBienvenidos de nuevo a la escuela!  Welcome back to school!

Year 5

Las Asignaturas - School Subjects

This half term we guessed that our new topic was school subjects as many of them are cognates or near cognates (the same or almost the same as English words).  We sorted them into masculine, feminine and plural nouns.

Then we learnt some opinion phrases to express our opinions about different subjects.  We learnt some actions to help us remember them.

We wrote different combinations of preferences

We did a listening A or B quiz, identifying which preference was being read out.

We learnt how to describe school subjects with 4 different adjectives, and again we did the actions.

You have worked so hard at home today Year 5.  іEstupendo!  You have built some super ‘because’ sentences,  putting all the pieces we have worked on during the last few weeks together.

Year 6

Las Profesiones - Professions

We have been learning how to say which jobs we would like to do in Spanish.  We sorted the professions into groups according to their spellings, and  found that some nouns have endings that change, to match the gender of the person they describe. 

We made some sentences up about what we want to be when we grow up to practise the different noun endings.

Describing our personal qualities with adjectives

We looked at different qualities needed to do different jobs.  We built some sentences using porque... (because...).

Parts of a house

Today we found the names of the rooms in the house in the bilingual dictionary.

¿Dónde está Wally?

Then we looked for furniture names.

We learnt some prepositions to describe in more detail where Wally was.

We read an Easter Egg Hunt story in Spanish and listened out for the prepositions.  Then we sequenced the story.