Primary Language Learning Stage Planner: Nursery
Context
Greetings
Skills Based Learning Intention
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Number
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Calendar
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Weather
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Success Criteria
Listen actively to the sounds of
the target language.
Respond simply to greeting/
question asked.
Use target language in some
everyday routines.
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Listen actively to the sounds of a
target language.
Count using numbers of target
language.
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Listen actively to the sounds of a
target language.
Say the days of the week using
target language.
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Listen actively to the sounds of a
target language.
With support, describe weather in
target language daily.
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South Lanarkshire PLL Framework Nursery
IDL Learning covered
Use hello and goodbye in the
target language.
Reply, with some information to
question asked using target
language – Hello/ Goodbye
Repeat and respond through
gesture and/or counting number
vocabulary correctly.
Begin to recall numbers up to 5.
Repeat vocabulary for the days of
the week e.g. Monday - Friday
Begin to respond in target
language when asked, What day
is it today?, using only name of
day e.g. Monday
Repeat vocabulary for given
types of weather e.g. it is nice,
not nice.
Begin to respond in target
language, What is the weather
like?, using only adjective e.g.
nice/not nice.
Demonstrate understanding by
performing an action to illustrate
nice/not nice weather.
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Classroom
objects
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Colours
Listen actively to the sounds of a
target language.
With support, use target
language to describe classroom
objects.
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Listen actively to the sounds of a
target language.
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Food
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Body
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Clothes
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Personal
Information
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Listen and respond through
gestures to given objects: door,
window, seat, table.
Participate, with support, in
simple games involving pointing
to correct objects, standing
beside correct object.
Listen to the primary colours –
red, blue and yellow.
Show understanding by
responding to instructions, i.e
bring me a red object.
Listen actively to the sounds of
the target language.
Identify food correctly in target
language.
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Listen actively to the sounds of
the target language.
Make links between words heard
and parts of own body.
Say some parts of the body in the
target language.
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Listen actively to the sounds of
the target language.
Follow an often repeated
instruction
Listen actively to the sounds of
the target language.
With support, respond
appropriately to questions asked.
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Follow instruction to hang up
coat/jacket
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Repeat vocabulary for “my name
is...”
Begin to reply to question asked
“What is your name?”
South Lanarkshire PLL Framework Nursery
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Begin to respond in target
language to snack time options
using gestures.
Begin to repeat snack time
options.
Say (or sing) some vocabulary
using sounds heard (hands and
feet).
Demonstrate understanding of
instructions by moving or
showing the relevant body part.
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South Lanarkshire PLL Framework Nursery
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