On this page we want to share resources and simple ideas that teachers have used in the classroom and found effective. These are in addition to the material already included with the KS2 Scheme of Work.
Early years and Key Stage 1
Key Stage 2
Phrases and recommended readers
- Revised phrase and word booklet in Spanish and English
- Simple booklet for use on Hispanic Days
- List of recommended readers in Spanish for Upper KS1 and KS2
Diverse curriculum
- Wifredo Lam - Cuban artist 1902-1982
- Frida Kahlo Mexican Artist 1907 - 1954
- Devon Global Learning Centre resources about Peru and Mali
Stories
- La Cebra Luisa - Raquel Tola Rego
- Los Animales Jungla - Enric Sancho Albiac
- Dora on a Quest - Francoise Nzanza
- Raúl stories in Spanish
Pupil visits abroad documentation
In 2016 and 2017 a total of 10 primary schools received funding from the Hackney Initiative Fund to support taking groups of year 5 pupils to visit their partner schools in Spain. Each school has a Spanish partner school to provide a real audience for the learning and to enhance pupils' experiences and provide motivation. In addition, the visits showed the pupils what the life of a Spanish child is like and let them experience the things that we have in common as well as the cultural differences. Comments from the pupils: "it was like a dream", "it was a happy exhausting experience".
One of the agreed outcomes was a pack of materials to help other schools to plan their own visits:
Articles and evaluations
The Spanish First Language Initiative - Evaluation Report
Cathy Baldwin February 2021; Language Acts;AHRC
Post-pandemic pedagogies for Language Education - Digital Modern Languages
Primary Schools (A Dialogue) Liverpool University Press; December 12 2023
How special are early birds? Foreign Language teaching and learning
Kevin McManus (ed) and Monika S. Schmid (ed)
Chapter 6 "CLIL to make primary pupils click for languages: Lessons from Hackney"
2022, Berlin: Language Science Press (EuroSLA Studies 6)
Article in Languages Today
Issue 47 Spring 2024
Article in Languages Today
Issue 50 Spring/Summer 2025