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SMSC through MFL lessons
With foreign languages now being compulsory in primary schools, L is 4 Learning provides children foreign language tuition by way of fun, interactive lessons either during or after school. Planning is written and provided by a primary MFL lead teacher and LA advisor, ensuring a thoughtful and wide-ranging promotion of pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and […]
Is the Brexit vote going to turn us off language learning even more?
In Britain we are far behind our European neighbours when it comes to learning a foreign language. During my time living overseas it always astounded me that almost everyone I met could communicate in English with fluidity. The same, unfortunately cannot be said for the majority of people in Britain and speaking another language. The […]
Getting to know your class in Spanish
What better way to get to know your new class than in your MFL lessons. You can ask questions in French or Spanish to find out their name, age, favourite colour, birthday etc. You could even make up an ‘All about Me’ display in the target language. For help with primary MFL lesson plans please […]
SMSC through MFL lessons
With foreign languages now being compulsory in primary schools, L is 4 Learning provides children foreign language tuition by way of fun, interactive lessons either during or after school. Planning is written and provided by a primary MFL lead teacher and LA advisor, ensuring a thoughtful and wide-ranging promotion of pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and […]
How to make a fortune teller in Spanish-Primary Spanish resources
Follow these in instructions to make a fortune teller. Use in the primary classroom to help reinforce numbers and colours.
MFL teaching ideas- numbers
This game is perfect for the MFL KS2 classroom and reinforces numbers and the children love it! It is called strip bingo and all you need is a strip of scrap paper and a pencil. Ask the children to fold the paper in to 4 and write a number on each section. The teacher then […]
How teaching a language can support British Values
British values is now part of the primary curriculum, there is no better way to teach ‘tolerance and respect’ than through your primary language sessions. We live in a diverse and wonderful world, rich with other cultures and languages and this should be celebrated, use your primary language sessions to teach children about this and […]
Are primary languages on your school agenda?
I had a very interesting meeting last week with a director of an alliance of schools to discuss the teaching of languages in primary schools. He had noticed that although languages were being taught in his group of primary schools, but it just wasn’t top of their agenda. This is totally understandable considering the huge […]