Hola!

At Harvest Home Primary School, we teach the language of Spanish. It is the world’s second most spoken native language (after Mandarin) and is an official language of the United Nations and the European Union. With 600 million speakers in total, it is also spoken at home by over 172,000 people in Australia.

Learning a language benefits students by improving memory, multitasking, literacy, and overall academic performance. It also fosters creativity, confidence, and social connections while broadening cultural awareness in an increasingly interconnected world.

Students in Years 3 to 6 participate in our Spanish program as part of our school specialist subjects.

Our program aims to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills to ensure that students can:

• communicate in the Spanish language.
• understand the relationship between the Spanish language, culture, and learning.
• develop an awareness of intercultural capabilities and Spanish customs.
• understand themselves as Spanish communicators.

At all times, our students are encouraged to use Spanish as much as possible to connect to their learning. This includes social interactions, structured learning tasks, and language experimentation and practice.

We are deliberate in engaging our students in authentic opportunities to allow our community to experience students speaking Spanish. We embrace and celebrate Spanish through a variety of school events, such as Together on Fridays.

Gracias