This Kapow teacher video supports you in launching Spanish learning in Key Stage 2 with confidence and creativity. It highlights how over 500 million people speak Spanish worldwide and how learning a language promotes cross-curricular skills, including cultural awareness and a better understanding of English. This first unit introduces greetings, basic vocabulary, and a finger rhyme inspired by Spanish festival traditions. Puppets are used as a fun and engaging tool to encourage spontaneous speaking, even from less confident pupils.

This video is part of Kapow Primary’s Spanish scheme of work – vocabulary. It outlines how each unit uses songs, games and detective strategies to build understanding without relying on direct translation. You’ll receive support for using images, gestures, and classroom routines to integrate language learning throughout the day. The scheme develops vocabulary progressively while giving regular opportunities to speak and listen, promoting pupil independence, curiosity and cultural connection from the very first lesson.

Spanish, key stage 2, Year 3, Unit 1: Spanish greetings with puppets, Lesson 1: Introductions