Statement of Intent: 

• To ensure that all students are well-prepared for their next stage of Urdu and that they leave Iqra Academy with an Urdu level/qualification that reflects the best of their ability. 

• To create an appropriate working environment for learning that nourishes the Urdu development of students. 

• To promote techniques in pedagogy that motivate and engage students, encouraging them to take ownership of their learning. 

• To provide students with the transferable core knowledge, which they can articulate effectively, drawing upon a wide vocabulary in English and Urdu. 

• To provide the techniques required to investigate, critically think, Converse, Listen, read, write and translate to Urdu. 

• To develop and extend oral, written and practical skills, which allow students to express themselves with clarity and to reason logically. 
• To enable Students to successfully gain good grades in GCSE Urdu. 

Implementation: 

• The curriculum is the Beginners through to GCSE Urdu Scheme of Work, which includes the knowledge and understanding to be gained at each stage. 

• for translating that framework over time into a structure and narrative, to progress on to GCSE Urdu. (Leadership, knowledge, delivery, progression, breadth and depth, assessment). 

• A structured assessment schedule on Conversation, Grammar, Listening, writing, pronunciation and reading. 

Impact:

• Evaluating what knowledge and skills pupils have gained against expectations, see Language levels (impact/achievement), to undertake a full GCSE program of study. 

• Time built in to allow for relearning. Assessment having impact on learning 

• Assessment of teaching. What worked/didn’t work? What do we need to amend to have a greater impact on student’s progress and integration into mainstream classes. 

• Spiral assessment which counters the forgetting curve. Regularly re-visiting previous material 

• Students undertake the GCSE Urdu programme of study.