Intent
Our Modern Foreign Language (MFL) curriculum in Key Stage 2, is designed to progressively develop children’s skills in languages, through regular taught lessons. Children progressively acquire, use and apply a growing bank of vocabulary organised around topics. All of these approaches help to equip our children with the skills to be confident global citizens. With the help of our Polish community, all our children are continuously immersed in a language rich environment. We have chosen to follow the Lightbulb Language Scheme as it clearly builds skills and knowledge in each year group through a variety of interactive and engaging activities.
Implementation
Children are introduced to French, throughout their time in Key Stage 2 with regular interactive lessons. This enables the children to develop early language acquisition skills that facilitate their understanding of the patterns of language and how these differ from, or are similar to, English. Lessons across the Key Stages support the skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing:
• Children are taught to listen attentively to spoken language and respond, joining in with songs, rhymes and games.
• Links have been developed with secondary schools and children from KS3 visit to disseminate language learning to the children.
• Children develop an appreciation of a variety of stories, songs, poems and rhymes in French that are delivered through the curriculum content.
• Cross curricular links with computing are provided.
• We follow the primary MFL scheme of work from Lightbulb Languages. French is taught weekly for an hour.
Impact
Our MFL curriculum ensures that children develop their knowledge of where different languages, including the range of home languages spoken by the families of the school (predominately Polish), as well as French, are spoken in the world. Varied learning experiences ensure that languages are celebrated throughout the school community whilst providing a context for language learning and develop the children’s understanding of different cultures. Children are assessed at the end of each term to check knowledge, skills and vocabulary.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary, Doncaster
7 days ago
Our school’s PTA Friends of OLMC (PTA) team is holding a Christmas Fair this year and we are looking for local people who might like to rent a table for their business.
It's £10 per table, this money will go to Friends of OLMC which will then be put back into our school for the children.
Please share this information with your friends and families. Thank you. ❤️
If you are interested in a table, please complete this Google Form which will go directly to Friends of OLMC (PTA), we are asking for this so we don’t get to many duplications of the same type of business.
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Lovely idea !
Kerry Leivers
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary, Doncaster
1 week ago
We would like to extend a huge Thank you to Mr Thomas Gibbs for coming to our school and providing a fun interactive talk all about oral hygiene.
Thomas is a Teacher with Dentaid, the dental charity. The charity works to improve oral health and delivers the BrightBites oral health education programme.
BrightBites volunteers visit schools, nurseries and other groups to deliver a lively and interactive presentation, which covers names and functions of teeth, healthy eating, good toothbrushing techniques and the importance of regularly seeing a dentist.
The children are encouraged to practice toothbrushing on mouth models and ask questions. Everyone gets a leaflet, sticker and toothbrush and toothpaste to take home.
To find out more about BrightBites visit www.dentaid.org/bright-bites
All our children really enjoyed their talks and practicing teeth brushing on the moulds. children asked lots of questions which Thomas happily answered and they enjoyed working through the booklet. ... See MoreSee Less
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary, Doncaster
1 week ago
Applications to Reception and Junior School (Year 3) for September 2025 are now open!📚🍎
Reception and junior school admission rounds are open. Parents will be sent a letter encouraging them to make their application before the closing date of 15 January 2025.
Applications for all community schools, academies and church schools should be made online using Doncaster’s admissions webpage: www.doncaster.gov.uk/admissions
The national closing date is 15 January 2025 and the announcement date is 16 April 2025. All applications made by this date will be considered together.
There are a large number of pupils within this cohort this year so those who apply late after this closing date are less likely to be offered a place at one of their preferred schools.
Further advice for families is available from the admissions team as follows: admissions@doncaster.gov.uk or by calling 01302 736000 ... See MoreSee Less
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