Houghton Primary School

Our curriculum leader for Languages is Tina Culpin

Details of the Languages Curriculum for each year group in Key Stage 2 for each term can be found on the class webpages.

Curriculum Statement for Languages

Our approach to teaching Languages at Houghton Primary School

In order that our learners are enabled to develop the key characteristics of confident linguists we are working in partnership with the Goethe Institut to develop a 4 year German curriculum which focuses on having fun learning the language using two characters, Felix the frog and Franzi the duck. The frog and the duck come from Berlin Zoo to England. They find an old German letterbox in an antique shop. They move in because it reminds them of their home. That’s the starting point. Each lesson unit has its own little story so that vocabulary is always learnt in context. For example in Chapter Two Felix feels homesick. This situation is used for the question “Wie geht es dir?” (How are you?).

Our Key Stage 2 teachers have benefited from superb professional development from the Goethe Institut since the beginning of 2016. They continue to work alongside staff from the Institut to develop opportunities for teaching and learning which are providing an excellent foundation for languages for our children.

Felix and Franzi!

The letterbox!

Celebrating Franzi's birthday! Alles Gute zum Geburtstag Franzi!

Please click here for National Curriculum Programme of Study for Languages