Intent:

• Provide children with linguistic opportunities to prepare them for secondary school and to provide the foundation for learning further languages
• To instil an appreciation of other cultures
• To increase the children’s knowledge of other cultures and ways of life
• To be able to respond in another language on a basic level

Implementation:

• Weekly opportunities to practise speaking and writing.
• Working with the families of children for whom English is a second language where possible.
• Children encouraged to answer the register in a language of their choice.

Impact:

• As they move through the school children speak with increasing confidence and fluency.
• Children’s knowledge of other cultures is upskilled.
• Stereotyping is addressed through investigation and discussion of other cultures.