2025 - 2026

Autumn 2

27.11.25

Today we made double page spreads about El Gordo.

20.11.25

This week, we have been learning about the famous lottery that takes place just before Christmas in Spain.

Classroom Objects

13.11.25

Today, we have been learning how to describe the classroom objects we know with colours.  We looked at the gender of each noun so that we could match the colour with it.

6.11.25

This half term, we have started to learn the names of some common classroom objects in Spanish. We played pairs with the first group of words, and had to find the second group in the bi-lingual dictionary.

We used the classroom objects to find out more about the words 'a' and 'the' in Spanish.

Autumn 1

Year 4 have made fantastic progress during this half term.  Their main focus has been on learning numbers 11 to 31, which enabled them to say the date of their birthdays.

My birthday is the 11th. of August.

My birthday is the 27th. of May.

My birthday is the 2nd of January.

We also researched famous landmarks in Spain, to find out which cities they are found in.

2024 - 2025

Summer 2

8.7.25

Today, Mrs. Kimmins brought her ice cream van and we had to ask politely for the flavour we wanted in Spanish.

1.7.25

This week, we have been learning how to give our opinions about different ice cream flavours.

27.6.25

Today we have been learning how to ask politely for different flavours of ice cream.

24.6.25

This week, we have been learning how to say plural family names.

17.6.25

Today, we have been learning to say how many brothers and sisters we have got.

20.5.25

This week, we have started to learn how to read, say and write the names of family members.

Summer 1

29.4.25

Today we practised giving instructions to move different parts of the body, using the words left and right.

22.4.25

Today, we have been learning how to say different parts of the body.  We practised them with a game of Back to Back.

                                                     Espalda contra Espalda  -   Back to Back

Mano contra mano  -  hand to hand

pie contra pie - foot to foot

                                        pierna contra pierna                          rodilla contra rodilla

                                                 leg to leg                                         knee to knee

Spring 2

25.3.25

Today we learnt how to describe our hair and eyes.

21.3.25

Today we have been describing aliens with plural parts of the body.  We practised making the colours plural to match the nouns.

                                My alien has got...

18.3.25

Today we have been learning about the parts of the face.  We practised them with  a partner.

We practised describing alien faces with colours.

17.3.25

Las Fallas - The Festival of Fire

Today in Spanish, we have been learning about a special festival that takes place in Valencia in March every year.       

4.3.25

Today, we looked at the vowels in Spanish and practised the sounds that they make.

We sang a song to help us remember the sounds.

Spring 1

25.2.25

This week we learnt how to follow and give some simple directions in Spanish.

We wrote some simple directions to move around school.

11.2.25

Today we practised asking Where's Wally? in Spanish.  Wally was hiding in different parts of the school.

This week we have been learning how to say the different parts of the school in Spanish.

4.2.25

Today we have been learning about a special cake that is eaten during Epiphany in Spain.

Autumn 2

10.12.24

This week, we have been learning about the special lottery that takes place every December in Spain.

7.1.25

This week, we looked at the words 'a' and 'the' in Spanish.  

We practised using the words, with the classroom equipment  vocabulary we have been learning.

14.1.25

Today we learnt how to describe classroom objects with colours.  Some of the colours in Spanish have endings that change, depending on the gender of the noun they describe (masculine or feminine).

3.12.24

This week in Year 4, we have been learning the names of some classroom objects.

We used the bilingual dictionary to help us find other classroom objects.

12.11.24

Today we learnt a new song in Spanish.

Then, we learnt how to use the adverbs quickly and slowly with each of the verbs.

Then, we practised giving each other instructions.

5.11.24

Today, we played a game of noughts and crosses to practise our colours in Spanish.  You can play this game at home.  The activity code is 9ffb.

Then we read a Spanish poem about  Fireworks.

We practised reading the poem with a partner.

Autumn 1

8.10.24

This week we learned how to tell the time on the hour.

24.9.24

This week, we have been learning how to say when our birthdays are.

17.9.24

This week, we learnt the numbers from 11 to 31 in Spanish.  We looked closely at the sounds and patterns.

10.7.24

Today, we learnt some new phrases, expressing how we feel.

Click on the link to practise some of these phrases and more.

3.10.24

Today we looked at the map of Spain and some of the larger cities. 

We looked at some of the famous buildings in the larger cities like Barcelona and Valencia.

Then, we learnt how to ask and answer a new question.