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BackKey Stage Three
Contact: Mr P Croft-Cafferty (Principal Teacher MFL) and Miss V Hussey (KS3 Coordinator)
In our KS3 curriculum we focus on students gaining a love and appreciation of languages. Students are taught using a communicative approach, which focuses on real world scenarios as well as building confidence, self-efficacy and fluency over time. Each term revises previously learned language to support long-term retention.
| Term | Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 |
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Term One: Autumn Term |
Name, age, birthday, alphabet |
To talk about your local area |
To be able to talk about your daily routine |
Term Two: Christmas Term |
To learn adjectives to describe someone |
To be able to order food at a market and learn prices |
To talk about who you do/don't get on with (friendships/relationships) |
Term Three: Winter Term |
To learn free time activities |
To be able to order food in a restaurant |
To talk about jobs you would like |
Term Four: Easter Term |
To learn how to talk about which subjects you like/dislike |
To learn past tense on the topic of holidays |
To talk about past tense holidays |
Term Five: Spring Term |
To be able to talk about your school timetable (learn the time) |
To continue to learn the past tense on the topic of holidays |
To talk about future tense holidays |
Term Six: Summer Term |
To learn the future tense with free time activities |
Invitations and excuses |
TBC (currently being changed) |
Key Stage Four
Contact: Mr P Croft Cafferty (Principal Teacher MFL) and Miss A Boehm (KS4 Coordinator)
| Term | Year 10 | Year 11 |
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Autumn Term |
Local area, holiday and travel Describing your town and area, asking the way, tourist information and the weather |
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Christmas Term |
Local area, holiday and travel Talking about holidays in 3 tenses, at the train station and eating out. |
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Winter Term |
School Describing school facilities, the timetable and the rules. Giving opinions of school subjects with reasons and comparing and contrasting school subjects and teachers. |
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Easter term |
Identity and Culture Describing and buying clothes, talking about food, special occasions and festivals. Invitations and responses.Talking about a role model. |
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Spring Term |
Speaking and Reading PPE To prepare students for the role-play, picture-based discussion and conversation elements of the exam.Revision of leisure activities including sports, TV and cinema, Reading and music. |
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Summer Term |
Speaking and Reading PPE To prepare students for the role-play, picture-based discussion and conversation elements of the exam.Revision of leisure activities including sports, TV and cinema, Reading and music. |
Key Stage Five
Contact: Mr P Croft-Cafferty (Principal Teacher MFL)
The Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in French consists of three externally-examined papers at the end of year 13 assessing listening, reading and writing skills and an internally-conducted speaking examination, during which students discuss their findings from an independent research project. Students are taught three lessons a week by teacher one, and two lessons a week by teacher two. Students also benefit from an independent study session each week, where they are supported by a native foreign language assistant.
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Year 12 |
Year 13 |
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Teacher one |
Teacher two |
Teacher one |
Teacher two |
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Term One: Autumn |
Grammar |
La famille (Family) |
La France occupée, le Régime de Vichy, la Résistance (Occupied France, Vichy and the Resistance) |
L’immigration (immigration) IRP (independent research project) + speaking practice |
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Term Two: Christmas |
Film: Intouchables |
L’éducation (Education) |
La France occupée Book: No et moi |
L’intégration (integration) + speaking practice |
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Term Three: Winter |
Film: Intouchables Essay practice |
Le monde du travail (world of work) |
Book: No et moi Essay practice |
Le Front National (Far right) + speaking practice |
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Term Four: Spring |
Grammar consolidation and translation skills |
Les médias et la presse écrite (media and written press) La musique (music) |
Revision and exam practice |
Revision + speaking practice |
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Term Five: Summer |
Grammar consolidation and translation skills |
Les festivals et les traditions (festivals and traditions) Introduction to IRP |
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