Welcome to the Languages Department
Intent
The Modern Foreign Languages curriculum is designed to:
- Deepen students' understanding of language.
- Inspire a love, enjoyment and thirst for language learning.
- Broaden the students' understanding of different cultures.
- Enhance their communication skills.
Introduction
At Key Stage 3, pupils study French in Year 7 for three 50-minute lessons per week. In Year 8, top-set students take on the additional study of Spanish as a second foreign language. They divide their time equally between French and Spanish (3 lessons each over two weeks). All other students have three lessons of French per week. In Year 9, pupils either study 3 lessons of Spanish a week or 3 French lessons a week.
At Key Stage 4, pupils can take French or Spanish at GCSE, depending on previous study. Pupils have three 50-minute lessons of their GCSE language per week. In addition, pupils can opt to study Spanish and French over two option blocks.
The department has five classrooms, with one room which includes an IT suite specifically for use in Languages lessons. In addition, all of the classrooms have interactive facilities.
The department offers a variety of extra-curricular experiences, including two popular immersion trips to Normandy (Year 9) and Murcia (Year 9). In addition, the Languages department runs a Spelling Bee for Year 7 students every year, the winners of which are then entered into a regional competition. In recent years, multiple competitors have represented the school at the national finals.
Mr N Tierney
Head of Department
Mrs R Heath
2nd in Department
Miss J Cunliffe
Mrs S Gibson
Mrs D Makin
Key Stage 3 Curriculum Map
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Year 7 |
Self |
Family |
School |
School |
House |
House |
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Year 8 |
Leisure |
Home Town / Invitations |
Food |
Food/Media |
Media |
Illness |
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Year 9 |
Un jour de conge |
Holidays |
Holidays / Education |
Education |
Environment / GCSE Grammar |
GCSE Grammar Booster |
Spanish
Year 8:
"Me Presento" (About Me), Family, School, Where I Live
Year 9:
Free Time, Food and Drink, Holidays, New Technology, Customs and Festivals
Key Stage 4 Curriculum Map
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Year 10 |
Self & Family |
Holidays |
New Technology |
Free Time |
Free Time |
Healthy Living |
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Year 11 |
School |
Future Plans |
Home and Local Area/ Environment |
Social Issues/ Charity |
Revision |
Revision |
Spanish
Year 10:
Family and Relationships, New Technology, Holidays, Healthy Living
Year 11:
House and Home and Local Area, Social and Global Issues (Environment), School and Future Plans
Specifications
Pupils follow the AQA Languages 9-1 syllabus. This course covers the topic areas mentioned above and tests pupils on the skills of listening, reading, speaking, writing and translation.
More information can be found here - French; Spanish
Revision guides and study books have been published for the new GCSE specification. Details are as follows:
French Revision Guide - ISBN 9781292131429
French Revision Workbook - ISBN 9781292131351
Spanish Revision Guide - ISBN 9781292131443
Spanish Revision Workbook - ISBN 9781292131412
Useful Links
www.kerboodle.com – password protected
On this website pupils can access the online textbook that we follow in school. It offers a wide range of assessment and interactive activities in all skill areas. It is particularly useful for listening and reading practice.
www.textivate.com – password protected
Pupils can use this website to revise vocabulary (KS3 & 4) and to participate in Textivate vocabulary challenges which are set by teachers. KS4 pupils can use a different facility on this website to help them commit their conversation questions to memory.
This is the exam board website which includes teaching and learning materials, past papers and specimen papers.
There are not many past papers for the current GCSE specification so students are also directed to this website where they can complete Listening/Reading past papers from the previous specifications.
Students can use this website to discover a wide range of vocabulary in the language that they study. Teachers will assign specific vocabulary for the students to practise and this can be done on a desktop computer or on a tablet or phone via the Memrise app.
Updated: Mar 2023
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