Year 5Summer TermAges 9-10
Tips & Hints
At the Market
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You don't need to be an Arabic expert to teach your child. Consistency, encouragement, and making it fun are far more important than perfection. These tips will help you feel confident and prepared.
🏫 For Teachers
- Setting up a classroom souk is hugely engaging — recruit parent helpers and use real items if possible.
- Use play money and real item prices to make the mathematics authentic.
- Consider a video of a real Arabic souk as an immersive cultural experience.
- For assessment, focus on communication success rather than perfect accuracy — can they complete the transaction?
🏠 For Parents
- Take your child shopping and practise Arabic words for items you buy.
- Set up a pretend shop at home and practise buying and selling in Arabic.
- Watch videos of Arabic markets together — discuss what you see using Arabic words.
- Practise numbers with prices — this combines maths and Arabic naturally.
💡 Learning Hints & Memory Tricks
- ✦سوق (sooq - market) is where the English word "souk" comes from — you may have visited one on holiday!
- ✦بكم (bikam - how much) is made up of بِ (for/at) + كم (how many) — literally "for how many (coins)?"
- ✦غالي (ghaali - expensive) and رخيص (rakhees - cheap) are essential market words — learn them as a pair.