1.3 - Saying Hello

Time required: 10 minutes (20 minutes with extension work)

Resources

Speekee Pack	DVD 1
Whiteboard	Images and sounds of Spanish children
Make / find	A slide or chair

Video Tell us what you think of this new feature

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Spanish children taking turns to wave and say Hola

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Language

Spanish	English	Pronunciation	Listen
Hola	Hello	/ola/

Language learning outcomes

Children can:

recognise the Spanish greeting Hola
use and respond to the Spanish greeting Hola

Cross curricular opportunities

KS	National Curriculum links
KS1	En1 1, En1 2, En1 3
KS2	En1 2

MFL framework focus

Oracy 3.3a

What to do Tell us what you think of this activity

Introduction to theme

In this episode, five of the Spanish children take turns to wave and say Hola (Hello) then they slide down a slide. Play this short section on the DVD for the children. [Or play clip here]

Ask the children to repeat each time a Spanish child says Hola. This interaction with the Spanish children could be done on an individual or group basis, or both. Play the section again if appropriate.

Activity

Now the children simply mimic what they have just seen, so they can practice saying Hola themselves. Use a slide if you have one, or the children could stand on a chair and jump/get off again for the next person’s turn.

You could convert this activity into a relay, starting with volunteers. And when one of the children says Hola the rest of the class can say it back.

Extension 1

As with the previous activity, you could ask the children about the Spanish children:

Which ones did we see in the park?
Which ones didn’t we see in the park?
Can you tell us any of their names?

To help you do this, use the whiteboard resources of the Spanish children and a simple listen and repeat activity so the children can get used to the sound of Spanish children’s names:

Nieve
Antonio
Marina
Juan Miguel
Antonio

To check the children’s understanding, ask them these questions:

Which of the Spanish children has bicycles behind him? (Antonio)
Which of the Spanish children has hearts behind her? (Nieve)
Which of the Spanish children has aeroplanes behind him? (Juan Miguel)
Which of the Spanish children has stars behind him? (Antonio)
Which of the Spanish children has skateboarders behind her? (Marina)

Extension 2

Call out ‘Hearts!’ for the children to reply ‘Nieve’, or ‘Stars!’ for the children to reply ‘Antonio’.

Remember to praise the children for their efforts with the praise words from this episode.

Note: When the Spanish children appear on their own in Speekee, they will have these unique ‘wallpapers’ behind them as a way of helping confirm/identify who they are.

Extension 3

For more practice of the same language, here’s a quick relay game.

The children stand in a line (or two lines) and take turns running up to you and saying Hola.

You say Hola in return to the child, who then runs to the back of the line.

If played with two lines, the ‘winning’ team is the one in which all the children in the line have run up to you, said Hola and returned to the back of the line.