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16/07/24

Carnival! 🌍Following the dancing, singing and music we all enjoyed a range of exciting stalls, games and activities!#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/r1FbXJbLGa

16/07/24

Carnival Y5 and Y6Finally we ended up in Pakistan with Year 5 and Barbados with Year 6!🇵🇰 🇧🇧 🇵🇰🇧🇧🇵🇰🇧🇧🇵🇰🇧🇧🇵🇰🇧🇧🇵🇰🇧🇧#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/Jf3hDkyx7j

16/07/24

Carnival - Y3 and Y4 🌍Year 3 took us to South Africa and Year 4 took us to Colombia.🇿🇦 🇨🇴 🇿🇦🇨🇴🇿🇦🇨🇴🇿🇦🇨🇴🇿🇦🇨🇴Our Y4 students also showcased their Ukulele learning from year!🎶 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/ju8kQV68cX

16/07/24

Carnival - Y1 and Y2 🌍Year 1 celebrated France and our Year 2 children took us to a whole new continent as they showcased New Zealand!🇫🇷 🇳🇿 🇫🇷🇳🇿🇫🇷🇳🇿🇫🇷🇳🇿🇫🇷🇳🇿🇫🇷#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/nMUg4J6Q7U

16/07/24

Carnival - Reception! 🌍Our Reception children started our world tour by taking us to Romania.🇷🇴 🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴Their costumes and dance represented everything they have been learning about the country in recent weeks!#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/LljcAG2a7h

16/07/24

Carnival! 🌍 This afternoon we went on a global tour as we celebrated our rich and diverse culture at HPAHP!The children sang, the children danced and the whole school community came together for an afternoon of fun!Thanks to everyone who took part!#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/T4asmdJWRq

01/07/24

Dulwich Picture Gallery 🖼️ Last week some of our Y1 pupils visited to take part in an art workshop. They experimented with a range of materials and techniques to create their own masterpieces!#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/STCOQezhCo

01/07/24

Carnival Costumes! 🎪 🎨 Linked to our Community Champions theme for July, our carnival is only a few weeks away!This afternoon, we were delighted to welcome parents and carers into school to create our costumes!#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/186aoeYHj1

21/06/24

HPAHP Nursery! 🏗️ Preparation for September is well under way. The building work is progressing at a rapid speed as we get our new Nursery provision ready!We have a very limited number of PM spaces available. Contact the school office for more info! pic.twitter.com/2ceUlgWoCO

17/06/24

Royal Opera House! 🎶 Our Year 5 pupils had an incredible experience at the on Friday.Mr Hollis, from , has created this video to celebrate the day! https://t.co/wYsoLdnlcD

14/06/24

Royal Opera HouseToday, our Year 5 pupils joined forces with schools from across the at the .They performed The Magic Flute in unison with other Year 5 children.Incredible experience!!#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/uQSrx411mx

14/06/24

ITE StudentsYesterday, we had the pleasure of welcoming secondary trainees from . They spent the day at HPAHP to experience what life was like in a primary school. It was a great day and the children loved talking about their learning!#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/jklBaWM6rN

14/06/24

Dapo!We love reading at HPAHP. We also love Dapo Adeola who we have named a class after. This week, our Year 2 children had the pleasure of meeting at Battersea Arts Centre!#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/TqKe348Vz4

14/06/24

Dulwich Picture Gallery 🖼️ This week, our Year 6 children visited Dulwich Picture Gallery. They took part in an art workshop around the theme of identity.#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/Zp7dJ5sPBI

10/06/24

Class Photos 📸 Class photos are scheduled for Wednesday 19th June 2024.#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/asVcWmEK19

10/06/24

Kingswood 2024 🚌 We are on our way back. We think some kind of the children (and staff) might be a little bit tired!!#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/Blyp2rQaoR

10/06/24

Sports Day 2024 🥇🥈🥉Our annual Sports Day event is scheduled to take place on Thursday 4th July 2024.As in previous years, it will take place at Whitgift School.AM - Y3, Y4, Y5 and Y6PM - Rec, Y1 and Y2More information to follow! pic.twitter.com/n4QsaA0zzq

10/06/24

Kingswood 2024Team tech - can they complete the challenge and get all the moving parts working?#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/hQF3awVgnc

10/06/24

Kingswood 2024The sky might be slightly more grey today but that hasn’t dampened the energy of the children. The leap of faith first up today!#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/VQWUBjUBLb

09/06/24

Kingswood 2024 🪩 The final evening of the trip saw us celebrate in style. A disco with some of our local Harris friends from Croydon.#HPAHp pic.twitter.com/5O8QTeTWWN

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Modern Foreign Language 

Intent: Introduction, Vision and Philosophy 

Learning a foreign language provides an opening in to other cultures. A high-quality languages education should foster pupils’ curiosity and deepen their understanding of the world. The teaching should enable pupils to express their ideas and thoughts in another language and to understand and respond to its speakers, both in speech and in writing. It should also provide opportunities for them to communicate for practical purposes and learn new ways of thinking. Language teaching should provide the foundation for learning further languages, equipping pupils to study and work in other countries. 

Implementation:  
At Harris Primary HalingPark our chosen language is French, which is taught weekly. We follow the units from the Harris Federation French Curriculum, where in Key Stage 2 we focus on developing children’s French speaking, reading and writing skills. Children progress through the year groups focusing on different topics and skills such as: greeting, daily routines, number and personal attributes. Children can ask and answer topic related questions and eventually move onto conversational French. They are eventually able to express opinions with fluency and perform short narratives.  

When beginning a new topic, the lessons will typically start with a couple of oral based lessons where the children can listen, understand and repeat phrases with correct pronunciation. This helps children to be able to use words and phrases in correct contexts. The lessons will then follow on with activities where children can use and practise the new vocabulary in certain contexts, for example role playing a café setting where children can use the vocabulary they have recently learnt about food. Towards the end of the topic the focus of the lessons will be more written based where the children will have the opportunity to put spellings with certain sounds. Every child has a different way of learning so by using auditory, visual and kinaesthetic techniques with each topic this enables each child to learn the language.  

Impact 
Evidence is dependent on the type of lesson being provided. An oral and kinaesthetic (role play) lesson will typically have a photo taken of a group activity with a clear teacher or pupil voiced explanation as to what the children have been learning. Before each new topic, there will be a vocabulary sheet, so teachers know what they are assessing the children on. Written lessons will include worksheets for children to complete or written work on whiteboard. Each week, the children’s work will be evidenced through samples of work, pictures, people voice and teacher comments in celebration books. This will help us to inform us of what we need to reteach and improve for future lessons. Teachers will assess children for MFL using the attainment targets taken from Rigolo ks2 mapping grid, where children will be graded on their competence on their yearly objectives.  

Children will be assessed at the end of each subject by completing a short quiz which will test the children’s knowledge of what they have understood. This helps to inform the teachers of the areas which need further work and other areas which can be improved so the children can make the maximum progress and gain a more rounded understanding.