Swindon - Transition project 2008-09

Both schools participating in the project have expressed a desire to see the language learning from Key Stage 2 acknowledged and celebrated before moving onto learning Spanish in Year 7. They want to recognise the skills children have developed in their first foreign language. These skills can be transferred to learning their second language.

Sharing cross phase pedagogy. Schools wanted to develop a project which would allow them to work together collaboratively, to learn from each other and also to reflect on their own practice. Due to the huge shift in language teaching in the last few years, this has impacted enormously on both Primary and Secondary practice. It also focused on developing an increased understanding of the things that children were doing in the primary school and their skills base.

Impact
This project has had a big impact on the involvement of KS3 students in extracurricular activities. Whilst numbers of Year 7 currently involved are slight, it is anticipated that this will increase as those involved in the project at primary take charge of ensuring its survival and development as they become the new KS3 contributors. It has also raised the profile of Languages in the wider community – there is a buzz about languages and children are enthused and motivated. Read more (doc, 79KB)

You could access all the resouces used in this project by visiting Westlea/Greendown Project's website.