Modern Foreign Languages

Curriculum Overview

• Year 7 – 2 periods per week
• Year 8 – 2 periods per week
• Year 9 – 3 periods per week
• Year 10 – 3 periods per week
• Year 11 – 3 periods per week

Options offered at the end of Year 9:

• GCSE Spanish (Edexcel)

Topics covered:

Year 7

• My life! (where I live and what I am like)
• My free time
• My school
• My family and friends
• All about my city
• Age appropriate film study

Year 8

• My holidays
• All about my life
• Food and restaurant talk
• What shall we do? [Free time in more detail]
• Operation Summer! (Describing a holiday home and what you can do whilst there)
• Film Study: Valentín

Year 9

A taster of Spanish GCSE. Students will get a taste of GCSE Spanish leading up to their options.

• The way I am! (describing the way you are!)
• Jobs: Describing a day in the life of…
• Healthy lifestyle
• Young people in action: poverty, charity and culture
• An adventure to Madrid: describing an exchange trip to Madrid
• Film Study: Voces inocentes

During year nine students will have the option to continue to study Spanish to GCSE level and will follow the (9-1) Edexcel GCSE Specification.

Support Literature:

• Revision Guide
• Revision Workbook

Year 10

• Relax! All about local area, holidays and travel
• My school life: moving to a Spanish school and comparing the differences
• My people: describing people, social networks, making plans and relationships
• Interests and influences: free time, music, sport and people that inspire you
• Cities: describing what you can do in your city, a shopping trip and the problems in your town
• Customs and Culture: mealtimes, Spanish cuisine, ordering in a restaurant and exploring a Spanish music festival

Year 11

• The world of work
• Making the world a better place: environmental issues, problems and solutions
• Exam preparation

Exam: Students are examined in all 4 skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing weighted equally at 25% each. Following (9-1) Edexcel Specification.