Modern Foreign Languages
Through the study of languages, our children will develop an interest in learning other languages in a way that is enjoyable and stimulating and a tolerance and respect of other people and cultures and be able to communicate in another language. They will make links with their own mother tongue and additional languages. They will have opportunities to embed the skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing in Italian, laying the foundations for future language learning and gain an understanding of how languages can help us interact with others on a meaningful.
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Children will learn subject specific vocabulary relating to their year group, this can be accessed by clicking on this document:
Ciao Italia
CIAO RAGAZZI! E buona festa - SI CARNEVALE! It has always been a pleasure to share our wonderful Italian learning with our counterparts at San Giovanni Bosco School in Thiene; Italy. This year is no different. We received a wonderful box (see below) filled with gifts...
MFL in Year 5
We have had a wonderful term in our Year 5 MFL lessons with Italian. Learning about our topic of ‘Animals’ has allowed us to name ten new animal nouns, classify determiners based on gender agreement and then we even had a chance to construct grammatically correct...
Mulan
This week, children entered the world of Mulan. They were shown China on the map and travelled to China in their mind. Children enjoyed hearing the story of Mulan in the St Aidan’s Chinese Garden. Children discovered similarities and differences between life in...
A Taste of the World
In understanding the world, Reception continues to explore people and communities. They explored similarities and differences between themselves and others, and among families, communities, cultures and traditions. Reception learnt food is an important part of any...
European Languages Day at St Aidan’s
On Monday 26th September, we celebrated European Languages Day. Mr Dunnigan and Mrs Fraser led a whole-school assembly about what European Languages Day is and why language learning is important for our communication with and tolerance and understanding of others, for...