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Design & Technology
Modern Foreign Languages
The new national curriculum for design and technology aims to ensure that all pupils develop
the creative, technical and practical expertise needed to perform everyday tasks confidently
and to participate successfully in an increasingly technological world.
At MPS, we aim to provide creative and practical based activities where children can build and
apply a repertoire of knowledge, understanding and skills in order to design and make
high-quality prototypes and products for a wide range of users. The children are encouraged
to critique, evaluate and test their ideas and products and the work of others. Our DT
curriculum also includes aspects of food preparation, nutrition and cooking. The children learn
about a healthy and varied diet, where food comes from and seasonality.
Throughout the school and with a particular emphasis in Key Stage 2, our children are given
the opportunity to learn a modern foreign language (MFL). At Mickleover we have chosen to
teach French as our MFL, but through daily classroom routines our children are also
introduced to other languages.
In accordance with statutory guidance, French is taught through the use of songs, rhymes,
games and stories. These lessons further enrich the curriculum and have a strong speaking and
listening emphasis, helping children to develop key skills that can be used in other areas of the
curriculum.
The aim of these lessons is to familiarise the children with the sounds of the French language
as well as the culture and traditions of France. We hope that through these activities our
children will enjoy listening to and speaking in French, and will be able to listen and respond
to familiar words, phrases and sentences.
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