St Hugh's Catholic Primary School
Foreign Languages
Italian
'All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.'
Acts 2:4
Introduction
At St. Hugh’s Catholic Primary School, we want every child to be enthusiastic learners of Italian and to be eager to achieve their very best in order to fulfil their God-given talents. We firmly believe that the recipe for success is high quality first teaching in Italian from a native speaker, which is important as it provides the children with the best start to their language learning journey. Our school offers Italian from year 3 to year 6 and the children study once a week.
Intent
Our principal aim is that children leave St. Hugh’s Catholic Primary school with a wide range of happy and rich memories in Italian formed through interesting and exciting experiences driven through vehicles that enhance a child’s awareness of their own abilities and strengths as a learner, thus ensuring that children see learning a foreign language as an ongoing process and not a one-off event.
Implementation
Success criteria in every Italian lesson are set in order to guide children to achieve their potential and they also have time to assess their WALTS and reflect on their learning. The children have termly learning logs to support their learning journey through Italian. Subject specialists from our partner secondary school of Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College are, and will continue to be, integral to the planning process. This will aid transition to Key Stage 3.
Impact
Through Italian, children deepen their appreciation of their faith and fulfil their God-given talents. Children of all abilities and backgrounds achieve well in Italian, reflected in outstanding progress that reveals a clear learning journey. Children talk enthusiastically about their learning in Italian and are eager to further their learning in the next stages of their education. Children will improve their metal-knowledge, becoming confident with new vocabulary, sound and a new culture.
Cultural Capital
Children learn about the key figures in the Italian history and from religion, for example St Francis de Assisi.
Children can practise their key Italian skills at home by clicking on the website link below:
British Values
The fundamental values present in our lessons are democracy; individual liberty; mutual respect for and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs and for those without faith.