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Modern Languages - French & Spanish

Lesson time and grouping

5 hours per fortnight in mixed ability groups

Homework

One per week between approx 20-40 minutes, depending on the type of task.

Assessment

Students will sit one formal exam in the school’s exam weeks for each of Year 7 (May), Year 8 (March) and Year 9 (January).  In addition to day-to-day formative assessments, students are assessed summatively in these ways: 

  • Extended answer assessments responding to a topic related task 
  • Vocabulary and grammar tests
  • Translations
  • Reading and listening comprehension

Useful curriculum links

BBC bitesize KS3 French

 

 

Term 1

Term 2

Term 3

Term 4

Term 5

Term 6

Year 7

Introductions

Numbers and phonics

Personal information

   Family and     descriptions

School opinions and routines

Free time activities

Revision

Year 7 exams

Free time activities

Weather

 Food and Drink

Bastille Day

Year 8

 Where I live - my home and routine

Town, region and environment

Home and abroad

,

Media, film, TV and celebrities

 

Revision Y8 exams

Healthy living and lifestyles

 

 

 

Travel and eating out

Future plans

Year 9

Family

Technology

Social media

Holidays

Revision and Y9 exams

Holidays

 

Future plans work and professions

 

Environmental   problems and solutions

Festivals and celebrations

Music and Film

 

Lesson time and grouping

5 hours per fortnight in mixed ability groups

Homework

One per week between approx 20-40 minutes, depending on the type of task.

Assessment

Students will sit one formal exam in the school’s exam weeks for each of Year 7 (May), Year 8 (March) and Year 9 (January).  In addition to day-to-day formative assessments, students are assessed summatively in these ways: 

  • Extended answer assessments responding to a topic related task 
  • Vocabulary and grammar tests
  • Translations
  • Reading and listening comprehension

 

Useful curriculum links

KS3 Bitesize Spanish

 

 

Term 1

Term 2

Term 3

Term 4

Term 5

Term 6

Year 7

Classroom instructions

Numbers, days of the week, months

Greetings

Family

Pets

Descriptions

School

Free time activities

Revision Y7 Exams

Free-time activities

 

Places in town

Year 8

Where I live – my home

Town, region and environment home and abroad

Media, TV, film and celebrities

 

Food and eating out

Revision and Y8 exams

 

Healthy living and lifestyles

 

Daily routine + clothes

 

 

Year 9

Family and relationships

Technology

Social media

Holidays

Revision

Holidays

Future plans, work and professions

Environmental problems and solutions

Music and Film

Festivals and celebrations