Year: 1
Term: Autumn 1 and 2
Theme: Whole school: Going into Space Spanish theme: colours and planets
Communicative outcome: To be able to say what colour something is and to name the planets in Spanish
This unit links science, Spanish, P4C, music and dance by giving pupils opportunities to link ideas about space and planets and express them using dance. They will use the Holst Planets Suite
to generate ideas about character. They will also look at the links between the names of planets and the names for days of the week.
KS2 framework strands
Oracy
KAL
Listen and respond to sound patterns and words
Identify specific sounds, phonemes and words
Perform simple communicative tasks using single words, phrases and short sentences
Imitate pronunciation of sounds
Listen attentively and understand instructions, everyday classroom language and praise words Recognise how sounds are represented in written form
Literacy
Notice the spelling of familiar words
Recognise some familiar words in written form
Recognise that languages describe familiar things differently
Make links between some phonemes, rhymes and spellings and read aloud familiar words
LLS
Experiment with the writing of simple words
Use actions and rhymes and play games to aid memorisation
IU
Use the context of what is seen/heard to determine meaning
Locate countries where the language is spoken
Use gesture to show understanding
Write new words
Compare Spanish and English
Communicative outcomes [r = receptive] [p = productive]
Skill outcomes
1 Learn the meanings and pronunciation of 5 colours r and p
1 Pronunciation of - r - - j - - z 2 Learn the meanings and pronunciation of 5 more colours r and p
2 Pronunciation of - v - - ll 3 Be able to say the colours of some items and put together the syllables for each colour [p]
3 Independent use of words
4 Learn the meanings and pronunciation of shapes
4 Pronunciation of accented letters – knowing about stress and emphasis
5 Putting together shape words and colour adjectives using Carmen Herrera pictures
5 Learning how adjectives follow nouns
6 P4C activities: learning about a Spanish speaking person
6 IU Awareness of people from other cultures
7 Learn the meanings and pronunciation of words for 5 planets + moon using Planet Suite as a 7 Building awareness of cognates, developing strategies for reading unfamiliar words
stimulus
8 Building awareness of cognates, developing strategies for reading unfamiliar words
8 Learn the meanings and pronunciation of words for 4 planets + sun using Planet Suite as a
9 Using syllable recognition to fill gaps in words and write short phrases or sentences
stimulus
10 Developing enquiry, being secure in your own ideas
9 Using Planet Suite, say the names of planets and [more able] say/write what colour you
11 Explore and express ideas and feelings about music using movement and dance
think the planet might be
12 Working in role, presenting dramatic/expressive performance to others
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10 P4C activities: what is Earth? Using images to explore ideas and then choose a colour
and/or a freeze-frame to express it
11 Express learning about planets by devising appropriate movement to the Holst music
12 Refine and perform dance pieces
Phonic focus
r j v ll z
Core language
1 rojo, azul, negro, blanco, naranja
7 la luna, Mercurio, Venus, Marte, Jupiter, Saturno
2 verde, amarillo, rosa, morado, marrón
8 el sol, Urano, Neptuno, Pluton, Tierra
3 As week 1 and 2 but more independently [without Es]
9 As week 7 and 8 but more independently + building short phrases using colours –
4 un triángulo, un rectángulo, un círculo, un cuadrado
expectation is to write words/parts of words
5 un triángulo rojo, un rectángulo verde, un círculo azul, un cuadrado amarillo, etc.
10 Activities in English
6 Activities in English
11 Activities in English
12 Activities in English
Assessment and progression
Languages ladder and NC levels
Assessment opportunities
Level 1
Level 1
Listening Understand a few familiar spoken words and phrases
Pupils repeat colours confidently after a model/teacher [wk1 and 2]
Speaking Say and repeat a few familiar words and phrases
Pupils attempt to say the words themselves [3]
Reading Recognise and read out a few familiar words and phrases
Pupils show a text card to show that they recognise a particular colour [1 and 2]
Writing Write or copy simple words or symbols correctly
Pupils repeat planets confidently after a model/teacher [wk7 and 8]
Pupils attempt to say the words themselves [9]
Level 2
Pupils show a text card to show that they recognise a particular planet [7 and 8]
Listening Understand a range of familiar spoken phrases
Speaking Answer simple questions and give basic information
Level 2
Reading Understand and read out familiar words and phrases
Pupils can say or show a text card to communicate a particular shape or colour of a shape [wk
Writing Write one or two short sentences with a model and fill in words on a simple form
5]
Links to Literacy framework
Use language to recreate roles and experiences
Link sounds to letters
Extend their vocabulary exploring meanings and sounds of new words
Hear and say sounds in words in the order in which they occur
Listen with enjoyment and respond to music
Use phonic knowledge to write simple regular words and make phonetically plausible attempts
Sustain attentive listening, responding to what they have heard by relevant actions
at more complex words
Explore and experiment with sounds and words
Read a range of familiar and common words and simple sentences independently
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