Modern Foreign Languages (MFL)

MFL at Eden Park

At Eden Park, children are provided with opportunities to make sense of the world around them, as well as our community in Brixham. Similarly, children understand cultural diversity in many ways: sharing stories, watching video clips on cultural festivals, listening to different musical genres, learning dances, tasting food and trying on clothes from other cultures. Here at Eden Park, we believe the fostering of languages is vital in the development of children. We have recently celebrated European languages day in the form of a whole school video!

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MFL in the Early Years (EYFS)

In Reception children are immersed into languages from a very young age. Children learn to say hello, goodbye, yes and no in Spanish. They are provided with exciting opportunities to immerse themselves into the language world and are encouraged to participate in all things languages!

MFL in Key Stage One

In KS1 children are introduced to Early Language and Core Vocabulary units so they become curious about the wider world. They experience a whole cultural day in the later half of the academic year and really use this opportunity to sink their teeth into diverse cultures, different ways of living and different lifestyles.  

MFL in Key Stage Two

From year 3 and 4, Autumn 1 learning is dedicated to recapping core vocabulary previously learnt as well as the phonetics of Spanish. Year 3 and 4 learn through our early language units, slowly progressing into our intermediate units as they develop and grown into Spanish speakers.  

In year 5 and 6 the children work hard on progressing deeper into the speaking of Spanish with their progressive language units.  

Enriching MFL

Here at Eden Park, the children busily immerse themselves in anything languages! The children of year 6 can explore languages up at Brixham college in a morning to support with their KS3 transitions and the lower part of Eden Park engage in a cultures day where the immerse themselves in everything MFL!

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