Our Endeavour Spanish Vision

‘You live a new life for every language you speak. If you only know one language, you only live once.’

Czech Proverb

Personal Empowerment

At Endeavour, we design our curriculum in ways that lead to children being able to actively participate in their lives. In Spanish, by learning the knowledge and concepts that we have chosen to learn in detail, children learn to communicate effectively. This prepares them to be active participants in their own lives. For example, repeatedly returning to varying sentences in increasingly complex ways develop transferable communication skills. This skill prepares children to make decisions about their lives and to access learning about any area of Spanish with success in Secondary School. 

Furthermore, Spanish is a crucial component of our curriculum because it helps us to pass on the best that has been thought and known and to ensure that our children leave Primary School with an expected amount of knowledge about the world. 

Cultural Transmission

At Endeavour, we design our curriculum in a way that ensures that we pass on the best that has been thought and known. In Spanish, by developing fluency in the knowledge that we have identified should be developed fluently, we give our children important knowledge that empowers them to thrive. For example, we want our children to develop fluency in the following areas:

• Speaking
• Listening
• Writing
• Reading
• Key concepts: Communication, Interaction and Appreciation.   

As well as giving children empowering knowledge that allows children to participate in their own lives and to enter society with an expected amount of knowledge, Spanish also prepares children for citizenship.

Preparation for Citizenship

At Endeavour, we design our curriculum in a way that prepares children to make informed decisions as members of a democratic society. In Spanish, by developing fluent knowledge of the four areas of language learning (Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening) and our chosen key concepts (communication, interaction and appreciation) we prepare our children to make informed decisions. For example, we know that children who can understand and appreciate other languages will be more able to communicate fluently in an interconnected world. Furthermore, we know that children who have developed fluent knowledge of the concept ‘interaction’ will be better prepared to interact and engage with democratic processes.

In addition to empowering children to participate in their lives, giving an expected amount of knowledge and preparing children to make informed decisions, the Spanish curriculum prepares children to thrive in the workplace.

Preparation for Work

At Endeavour, we design our curriculum in a way that prepares children for work. In Spanish, by developing fluent knowledge of the four areas of language learning (Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening) and our chosen key concepts (communication, interaction and appreciation) we prepare our children to succeed at work. We know that Spanish develops transferable skills and that the learning process and key concepts prepare children with mental models that can be applied to any industry. For example, developing knowledge of ‘communication’ prepares children to confidently approach new situations and, indeed, to succeed in jobs that do not yet exist.

When designing our curriculum, we ensure that we select knowledge and structure its implementation in ways that lead to personal empowerment, cultural transmission, preparation for citizenship and preparation for work. However, we also acknowledge that there exists the injustice of disadvantage and so we shape our curriculum around the core aim of tackling disadvantage.