Year 4

Topics

Functions/ Notions

Core language

Phonic focus

Autumn 1

General revision of basic Spanish.

Body parts.

• Introducing self.

• Asking for personal information (name, age, birthday)
• Take part in a mini conversation.
• Identify and name body parts.
• Complete a simple description.

• Basic knowledge from previous years.
• Parts of the body

     (cabeza, manos, cuello,     

     brazos, manos, piernas, pies, rodillas, hombros)

• ll
• ñ
• ce / ci

Autumn 2

Health.

Celebration.

• Describe general health and pain.
• Transactional dialogue: tú vs usted
• Modal verbs (hay que)
• Learn about Navidad in a Spanish speaking country.
• Listen and respond to basic Christmas vocabulary.
• Sing “Cascabel” and “Feliz Navidad”

• Me duele el/la
• Me duelen las/los
• ¿Qué te/le pasa?
• Me siento mal.
• Tengo... dolor de garganta, fiebre, gripe.
• Feliz Navidad

• ue
• g
• br

Spring 1

At the doctor’s

• Transactional dialogue: tú vs usted
• Modal verbs (hay que)
• Learn basic healthy habits to use when giving advice.
• Role play “At the doctor’s”

• Tiene que/ necesita … descansar, tomar jarabe, hacer ejercicio.

• j
• h

Spring 2

Food and drink

• Name basic food and drink.
• Express simple opinions: gustar + noun, adjectives.
• Read and write simple descriptions of food.
• Ask for food and drink in a cafeteria.
• Find out how much something cost.
• Describe a simple Spanish dish “Gazpacho” or “Tortilla de patatas”

• Comida (pan, sopa, patatas, verduras, carne, pollo, pescado, pastel, huevos, hamburguesa, helado.
• Bebidas (agua, zumo, te, café, chocolate caliente)
•  

• ll
• hue
• silent h
• z

Summer 1

Leisure time

• Identify and name different leisure activities.
• Read and write simple sentences describing leisure habits.
• Express simple opinions: gustar + inf
• Use high frequency verbs: hacer, jugar, ir, sport and activity vocab

• hacer deporte, natación, atletismo
• ir de paseo, en bicicleta, de compras
• jugar futbol, baloncesto, tenis, netball, videojuegos.

• h
• ión
• ci
•  

Summer 2

Cinderella

• Cultural development, language understanding through context and previous knowledge.
• Story telling
• Description of characters.
• Mini role plays

• madrastra, hermanastra, calabaza, hada, fiesta, medianoche, zapato.

• h
• z
• astra

Notes

Reading: Use phonic and other language learning strategies to read out words, sentences and paragraphs.

Speaking: Can introduce themselves and ask for someone’s name, age and feeling.

Listening: Identify simple words, listen to simple songs, poems and stories.

Writing: Write simple sentences and short simple paragraphs.