Devonport High School for Girls

Name of Head of Department

Mrs V Lethbridge, BA, PGCE

Statement of Intent

Foreign languages are an important part of cultural and vocational education in Europe and around the world. In the Languages department at DHSG, we aim to provide our students with the skills to communicate effectively in a variety of languages (French, Spanish, German, Mandarin Chinese, Latin) and with a sympathetic attitude to and deeper understanding of the relevant cultures in the language of study. In the teaching of specific languages, we endeavour to foster a language awareness and an improved understanding of English and to develop language learning skills which will serve as a valuable basis for the acquisition of skills in other foreign languages which students may wish to learn later in their careers.

Language lessons focus on developing students’ ability to engage in spontaneous talk and practise transferable thinking skills. Above all, as committed and enthusiastic language learners ourselves, we wish to pass on a love of languages and encourage students to embrace language learning as a vital life skill.

“He who knows no foreign language, knows nothing of his own” Goethe

“ If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head; if you talk to a man in his own language, that goes to his heart.” Nelson Mandela.

Aims of the department:

to produce enthusiastic, competent linguists who are confident of their ability, willing to take risks in less familiar situations;
to develop the students’ ability to engage in spontaneous talk, uninhibited by a strive for perfection;
to provide a sense of challenge in the language learning activities and overcome the fear of failure;
to encourage students to become adaptable and open to new opportunities;
to help students to develop transferable thinking skills;
to embrace language learning and the ability to use other languages as a life skill;
to encourage a sense of belonging to a global community;
to develop a cultural awareness of other nationalities.

Curriculum Programmes of Study French

Year	Cycle	Content
Year 7	Cycle 1	Term 1: La rentrée Overview: Introductions, classroom language, brothers + sisters, descriptions, likes + dislikes Grammar: Phonics, nouns + gender, definite + indefinite articles, aimer + definite article Verbs avoir + être Adjectives + agreements, colours Vocabulary: Introductions, brothers + sisters, classroom language, likes + dislikes, adjectives to describe people, simple -er infinitives Simple questions for introductions. Term 1: Assessment: Gender and plural of nouns language awareness Term 2: En Classe Overview: School subjects, opinions, school uniform, description of schools Grammar: Conjugating -er verbs, negative ne ….. pas Adjectives after nouns Il y a / Il n’ y a pas de Vocabulary: Telling the time, numbers to 60, school subjects, uniform, activities during the school day, opinions, rooms/facilities in school Term 2: Assessment: Listening and reading
	Cycle 2	Term 3: Mon temps libre Overview: Weather + seasons, Sports + hobbies, Opinions Grammar: Jouer à / faire de Double verb expressions – aimer + infinitive Forming and answering questions Quand + complex sentences Vocabulary: Weather and seasons, Sports and hobbies Likes + dislikes Term 3: Assessment: Writing gap fill Term 4: Ma vie de famille Overview: Describing family, animals, where you live, food + breakfast. Grammar: Full paradigm of -er verbs Possessive adjectives, partitive articles Vocabulary: Pets, colours, numbers 20-100, family members, where you live (house/flat etc) Countries, adjectives describing home + family Food + partitive articles, meals Term 4; Assessment: Extended Writing
	Cycle 3	Term 5: En ville Overview: Describing a town, weekend activities, inviting out, conversations in a café. Grammar: Verb aller à Verb vouloir + infinitve Near Future tense (aller + infinitive) Revise negatives, prepositions Vocabulary: Places in town, where to go / meet Food + drink in cafés, holiday activities and famous landmarks Term 5: Assessment: Reading aloud - 50 words approx Term 6: Projects Overview: Example: Plans for the weekend/ Organise a visit to Paris Grammar: Round up of all core structures from the year Imperfect Vocabulary: Revision of key vocab – Places to visit, sports and activities, food + drink, opinions Term 6: Assessment: Listening and reading
Year 8	Cycle 1	Term 1: Vive les vacances Overview: Describing a holiday in the past, Visit to a theme park Grammar: Verbs avoir + être, perfect tense of regular er verbs + some irregular verbs Vocabulary: Holiday destinations and types, opinions adjectives, activities on holiday Means of transport Term 1: Assessment: Listening and Reading Term 2: Vive les vacances Overview: Holiday descriptions, comparing past and present, using two time frames Grammar: Perfect tense of verbs taking être Negatives in the past tense Asking + answering questions Using two tenses together Vocabulary: Countries, transport, verbs taking être Key adverbs of time and sequencing events Term 2: Assessment: Translation
	Cycle 2	Term 3: J’adore les fêtes Overview: Describing festivals, buying food + drink, making plans in the near future Grammar: Revising likes + dislikes, aimer + definite article Present tense of -ir +-re verbs Partitive article + de after negative/quantities Near future aller + infinitive, using three tenses Vocabulary: Festivals and celebrations, activities Food + drink, expressions of quantity Conversations in shops/cafés Adjectives + quantifiers, adverbs of time Term 3:Assessment: Writing gap fill Term 4: À loisir Overview: Leisure + digital technology, arranging to go out, asking questions. Grammar: Singular + plural adjective agreement Forming +answering questions, negatives Verb pouvoir / aller + infinitive Perfect tense + c’était + adjective Vocabulary: Adjectives to describe personality/ TV/Films Question words, variety of negatives Adverbs of time Term 4: Assessment: Extended Writing
	Cycle 3	Term 5: Le monde est petit Overview: Describing where you live, weather and daily routine Grammar: Pouvoir + devoir + infinitive, Reflexive verbs Irregular adjectives (beau, nouveau vieux etc) Using three tenses in writing, Complex sentences with quand + si Vocabulary: Places to live, weather, adjectives to describe area, adverbs of quantity, seasons, Household chores, daily routine, Term 5: Assessment: Reading aloud - 50 words approx Term 6: Le sport en direct Overview: Sports + Opinions, interviewing a sports personality Grammar: Jouer à + faire de Comparative, imperative Il faut Asking + answering questions, Future tense Vocabulary: Sports, adverbs of frequency, opinions about sport, directions, A mon avis Il faut + health tips, ailments +injuries Term 6: Assessment: Listening and Reading
Year 9	Cycle 1	Term 1 :My personal world (family) Overview: Describing family type, family members and family relationships Grammar: avoir/être in the present (recap) emphatic pronouns possessive adjectives (whole paradigm) adjective agreement (recap) present tense (recap) and reflexive verbs near future (recap) Vocabulary: Different types of families, family members, adjectives of physical and personality description, reflexive of routines + relationships Term 1: Assessment: Reading and Translation Term 2: My personal world (friends, media and technology) Overview: Talking about friends, describing friendships, people we admire and life online. Grammar: Adjective agreement (recap) Comparative and superlative Negatives (ne…pas, ne…jamais) Extending sentences using « qui »/ »quand » DOP Perfect tense (recap) Vocabulary: Irregular comparatives and superlatives, adjectives to describe gender and identity, online life and technology vocab, TV programs Term 2: Assessment: Listening & Reading
	Cycle 2	Term 3: My personal world (hobbies and free time) Overview: Describing weekend activities and hobbies and likes and dislikes using opinion phrases Grammar: Irregular present tense verbs (recap) faire du/de la/des vs. jouer à la/au/aux + sports VS. jouer du/de la + instruments « y » and « en » pronouns Use of « depuis que » + present tense Negatives (ne...rien, ne...plus, ne...que) *être en train de* + infinitive Bringing it all together (using 3 time frames – present, perfect and near future) Vocabulary: Sports, hobbies, adverbs of frequency, time expressions and sequencers, expressions of like and dislike (idioms Term 3: Assessment: Scaffolded 90 words essay Term 4: Lifestyle and wellbeing (food and going out) Overview: Interactions in the French speaking world – making plans to go out, social situations, doctor’s appointment(role-play exam technique) Grammar: Forming questions (recap) Telling the time Imperative (*tu, nous* and *vous* from) Irregular verbs (venir) + *venir de* as time expression+ Modal verbs (pouvoir, vouloir) in the present Reflexive in the past to talk about injuries (as set phrases) Partitive Vocabulary: Questions words, time, role play vocab, body parts, illnesses, food Term 4: Assessment : Role play
	Cycle 3	Term 5: Lifestyle and wellbeing (healthy habits and lifestyle) Overview: Talking about lifestyle and habits – previous lifestyle compared to way of life now. Talk about what to do to improve lifestyle habits Grammar: Imperfect tense Simple future tense Bringing it all together (imperfect, present and simple future) Negatives (recap) Expressions followed y the infinitive (pour, afin de, au lieu de, avant de...) Vocabulary: Food, hobbies, adverbs of frequency, intensifiers, sports, health Term 5: Assessment: : 90 words essay + E>F translation (sentences) Term 6: My neighbourhood Overview: Describing my town, what it looks like and can do, what it used to be like + activities in town (shopping) Grammar: Conditional tense Pronoun “y” for here/there Recap “depuis” Prepositions for directions + descriptions Recap perfect, imperfect and present Demonstrative adjectives “de” to indicate possession Vocabulary: Question words, places in town, clothes, sizes, colours, prepositions, habiter/vivre, house rooms/furnitures (vocab list only) Term 6: Assessment: Listening and reading
Year 10	Cycle 1
	Cycle 2	Term 3: Lifestyle and wellbeing (healthy habits and lifestyle) Overview: Talking about lifestyle and habits – previous lifestyle compared to way of life now. Talk about what to do to improve lifestyle habits Grammar: Imperfect tense Simple future tense Bringing it all together (imperfect, present and simple future) Negatives (recap) Expressions followed y the infinitive (pour, afin de, au lieu de, avant de...) Term 3; Assessment: Listening and reading Term 4: Studying and my future (School) Overview: School in France, talking about school life, students and teachers + school rules, ideal school and the importance of languages Grammar: Impersonal forms + infinitive (il faut, il est + adjective + infinitive) Recap comparative and superlative Recap imperfect (how your school used to be) Conditional tense Si clauses (imperfect + conditional) Negatives (all paradigm) Indirect object pronouns Vocabulary: School subject, opinion phrases, clothes, colours, time, intensifiers, adverbs of frequency Term 4: Assessment: Translation
	Cycle 3	Term 5: Studying and my future (Future plans 1) Overview: Studies post-16, hopes and plans for the future + talking about travelling + internships Grammar: Present future tense Avant de + infinitive Apres avoir + past participle Connaitre vs. savoir (irregular) Sans + infinitive Vocabulary: Different type of formation, Travel and journey, time, mode of transportation Term 5: Assessment: y10 summer exams (L, R and W) Term 6: Studying and my future (Future plans 2) Overview: Talking about different career paths + advantages and disadvantages of different jobs (+ impact of new technologies in the world of work) Grammar: Il y a + different tenses declinaisons Indefinitie adjectives Patterns in gender for jobs Using infinitives as nouns Verbs followed by “à” ou “de” Vocabulary: Jobs, adjective to describe advantages and disadvantages Term 6: Assessment: Speaking - mini mock
Year 11	Cycle 1	Term 1: Theme 1 – Family / Friends /Free time Technology benefits and dangers Overview: Theme 1 Revision of key exam skills and techniques, practice and preparation for speaking + writing exams. Grammar: Subjunctive after Il est possible que, permettre de Vocabulary: Revision of theme 1 vocab Term 1: Assessment: Listening & Reading Term 2: Theme 3 – Career choices, ambitions, Overview: Theme 3 Revision of key exam skills and techniques, practice and preparation for speaking + writing exams. Grammar: Subjunctive after il faut, mes parents veulent que … etc Passive in past and future Vocabulary: Infinitive constructions commencer à, decider de, essayer de Revision of theme 3 vocab Term 2: Assessment: Mock Exams in L/R/S/W
	Cycle 2	Term 3: Theme 2 - Social Issues: Charity / Voluntary Work Overview: Theme 2 Revision of key exam skills and techniques, practice and preparation for speaking + writing exams. Grammar: Passive Vocabulary: Vouloir + infinitive, vouloir que + subjunctive, il est possible que. Revision of theme 2 vocab. Term 3: Assessment: Writing : 150 words Term 4: Revision / Exam Practice Overview: Revision of key exam skills and techniques, practice and preparation for speaking + writing exams. Grammar: All key areas of grammar Vocabulary: All key areas of vocabulary Term 4: Assessment: Speaking : mock 2
	Cycle 3	Term 5: Revision / Exam Practice / Study Leave Overview: Revision of key exam skills and techniques, practice and preparation for speaking + writing exams. Grammar: All key areas of grammar Vocabulary: All key areas of vocabulary Term 5: Assessment: Speaking Exams Term 6: Study Leave / Exams Overview: Grammar: Vocabulary: Term 6: Assessment: Final Exams

Curriculum Programmes of Study Chinese

Year	Cycle	Content
Year 7	Cycle 1	Term 3: My Family Overview: Introductions, classroom language, age, birthday, family members, pets, Cultural understanding: Mid-Autumn festival Grammar: Pinyin, strokes, stroke order, radicals, basic (pictographic) characters, pronouns, Simple sentence order Vocabulary: Introductions, family members, numbers, year, months, dates, weekdays, pets/animals Term 1 Assessment: recognising numbers 1-10 and phase 1/basic characters Term 2: My daily routine Overview: telling the time, countries & nationalities, cities, daily routines, transportation, Grammar: sentence order: time phrases, means of transport, Past tense 过，了 Vocabulary: numbers to hundreds, time, times in a day, countries, cities, transportation, basic verbs Term 2 Assessment: Listening and reading
	Cycle 2	Term 3: school life Overview: school subjects, Likes + dislikes, colours & clothes, Cultural understanding: Chinese New Year/Spring festival Grammar: Basic adjectives, adverbs, linking words negative forms 不，没 Vocabulary: colours, clothes, school subjects, adj.s, adv.s, linking words Term 3 Assessment: Writing gap fill Term 4: Hobbies Overview: Sports and hobbies Question words Cultural understanding: Qingming festival Grammar: 正在，v+ing, frequency adverbs, Duration of time How well 得 Vocabulary: Sports, quiet hobbies, Term 4 Assessment: Extended Writing
	Cycle 3	Term 5: Food and drink Overview: vegetables and fruits, three meals a day, drinks, Cultural understanding: Dragon Boat festival Grammar: Optional questions 还是？ Future tense 想、要 Vocabulary: vegetables, fruits, three meals a day, drinks, Term 5 Assessment: Listening and reading Term 6: Projects-eating out Overview: ordering food, talking about price, different countries’ cuisines Grammar: Round up of all core structures from the year Imperfect Vocabulary: Revision of key vocab – family, transportation, food + drink, price, opinions Term 6 Assessment: Speaking
Year 8	Cycle 1	Term 1: My House Overview: rooms in a house, furniture, Grammar: Position words, where things are measure words, .. 在..position Vocabulary: rooms in a house, furniture, measure words, adjectives Term 1 Assessment: Listening and Reading Term 2: Local areas Overview: where I live, public places, distance Grammar: Linking words 先..., 然后...,最后... 离...很远/很近 Vocabulary: Public places, transport, linking words, adjectives to describe areas Term 2 Assessment: Translation
	Cycle 2	Term 3: Holiday Overview: weather, Holiday experience Grammar: using three tenses: previous holiday experience, travel plan 转, linking words 如果，要是，这要看 Vocabulary: revise transportation, destinations, weather, seasons, holiday activities, continents Term 3 Assessment: Writing gap fill Term 4: shopping Overview: shopping experience, describing & comparing goods, price, service Grammar: Comparision 比，一样，没有， Vocabulary: Adjectives to describe things, Question words, body parts Term 4 Assessment: Extended Writing
	Cycle 3	Term 5: My Friends Overview: Describing a friend’s physical appearance & personality, sickness Grammar: Repetitive use of adjectives 大大的，高高的 Vocabulary: body parts, adjectives, personalities, revision of hobbies, Term 5 Assessment: Speaking Term 6: Technology Overview: internet, mobile phone, social media Grammar: Complex sentences 用...做... 让， Vocabulary: Media, internet, technology, revision of hobbies Term 6 Assessment: Listening and Reading
Year 9	Cycle 1	Term 1: Theme 1- Family + relationships Overview: Describing Family + Friends and discussing relationships Grammar: complex sentences, 跟一样，比，先然后最后， Vocabulary: Extended family members, personalities, emotional adjectives. Term 1 Assessment: Reading and Translation Term 2: Theme 3 – My studies + school life Overview: Describing school and subjects learnt, school rules Grammar: Measure words 节，门，件，双从..到.. 还是，或者 Vocabulary: School subjects, rooms in school, school uniform, rules Term 2 Assessment: Listening & Reading
	Cycle 2	Term 3: Theme 1 Free-time: Music / TV / Cinema / Sport Overview: Hobbies and Free-time Grammar: 打一个小时网球虽然，但是 Vocabulary: hobbies, after-school clubs 让你放松，奥运会 Term 3 Assessment: Writing : 40 words Term 4: Theme 1 – Technology + social media Overview: Uses of mobile phones and the Internet, Benefits, Dangers and Risks Grammar: complex sentences,对...不好 Opinion verbs 觉得，认为， Vocabulary: 好处，坏处，网瘾，网络安全，社交媒体 Term 4 Assessment: Listening & Reading
	Cycle 3	Term 5: Theme 2 – Home town + local area Overview: Describing House, Household tasks and Local Area. Grammar: 离...远/近, 坐车半个小时 Vocabulary: Rooms, types of houses, places in town, household tasks, Term 5 Assessment: Speaking Term 6: Theme 1 – Customs + festivals Overview: Customs and festivals Grammar: 的时候，有的，有的，最一点儿都不，V一下 Vocabulary: Festival days, names of countries and key vocab for each celebration, opinions Term 6 Assessment: Listening, Reading & Writing 90 words
Year 10	Cycle 1	Term 1: Theme 2 - Travel + tourism, Holidays Overview: Describing holidays and plans, Pros and Cons of Holiday types. Grammar: 3 tenses Vocabulary: Sequencing words and phrases, holiday destinations and activities, weather, quand/si Term 1 Assessment: Writing : 90 Words Term 2: Theme 3 – Education post 16，career options Overview: Future Plans, Education post 16, career choices Grammar: Borrow other’s opinions 说，听说，我个人认为 Vocabulary: jobs/ careers, benefits and challenges Term 2 Assessment: Listening & Reading
	Cycle 2	Term 3: Theme 2 Social Issues: Healthy Living Overview: Food and Nutrition, how to keep fit and healthy Grammar: 第一，第二，第三， Vocabulary: how to keep fit, mental health, parts of the body and ailments. Term 3 Assessment: Translation Term 4: Theme 1 – Marriage + partnerships/relationships Overview: Relationships, Pros + Cons of Marriage, Opinions and alternatives. Grammar: Express opinions and explanations 3 tenses Vocabulary: Marital status, Possessive adjectives Term 4 Assessment: Listening & Reading
	Cycle 3	Term 5: Theme 2 – Global issues: homelessness / poverty Overview: Daily Routine, Comparisons of lifestyles Grammar: 不但，而且， Vocabulary: homelessness , poverty, how to help Term 5 Assessment: Writing 150 words Term 6: Theme 2 – Global issues: Environment Overview: Environmental problems + solutions Grammar: 如果不...,那么.... 首先，其次，最后 Vocabulary: Environmental Problems, modal verbs, Term 6 Assessment: Yr 10 Exams L/S/R/W
Year 11	Cycle 1	Term 1: Theme 1 – Family / Friends /Free time Technology benefits and dangers Overview: Theme 1 Revision of key exam skills and techniques, practice and preparation for speaking + writing exams. Grammar: Linking words Vocabulary: Revision of theme 1 vocab Term 1 Assessment: Listening & Reading Term 2: Theme 3 – Career choices, ambitions, Overview: Theme 3 Revision of key exam skills and techniques, practice and preparation for speaking + writing exams. Grammar: past and future, opinions，reasoning， Vocabulary: Revision of theme 3 vocab Term 2 Assessment: Mock Exams in L/R/S/W
	Cycle 2	Term 3: Theme 2 - Social Issues: Charity / Voluntary Work Overview: Theme 2 Revision of key exam skills and techniques, practice and preparation for speaking + writing exams. Grammar: Higher tier structures Vocabulary: Revision of theme 2 vocab. Term 3 Assessment: Writing : 150 words Term 4: Revision / Exam Practice Overview: Revision of key exam skills and techniques, practice and preparation for speaking + writing exams. Grammar: All key areas of grammar Vocabulary: All key areas of vocabulary Term 4 Assessment: Speaking : mock 2
	Cycle 3	Term 5: Revision / Exam Practice / Study Leave Overview: Revision of key exam skills and techniques, practice and preparation for speaking + writing exams. Grammar: All key areas of grammar Vocabulary: All key areas of vocabulary Term 5 Assessment: Exam Practice / Final Speaking Exams Term 6: Study Leave / Exams Overview: Grammar: Vocabulary: Term 6 Assessment: Final Exams

Curriculum Programmes of Study for German

Year	Cycle	Content
Year 7	Cycle 1	Term 1: Meine Welt und ich Overview: Introductions , pronunciation, describing character and where you live Grammar: haben + sein Basic verb conjugation – wohnen Definite / indefinite article mein/dein Question words: wie/was/wo/woher/wer Vocabulary: Greetings, numbers -20 Countries Adjectives of character, random possessions Term 1: Assessment: Gender and plural of nouns language awareness Term 2: Familie und Tiere Overview: Describing family and pets, asking and answering questions. Grammar: haben + accusative for direct object kann + infinitive Adjectival agreement (appearance – plural) Vocabulary: Pets, adjectives Close family members + mein/dein Birthdays, ordinal numbers Term 2: Assessment: Listening and reading
	Cycle 2	Term 3: Freizeit Overview: Sports, Likes + Dislikes, Opinions Grammar: Verbs spielen / machen / gehen + gern/nicht gern Irregular verbs: fahren, sehen, lesen, essen Word order after time expressions Referring to the future with the present tense Vocabulary: Sports and Hobbies Technology – what you do on computers Adverbs of time + frequency Term 3: Assessment: Writing gap fill Term 4: Schule ist klasse Overview: School subjects, opinions, describing school facilities and rules Grammar: Word order with ‘weil’ Word order with time expressions Possessive adjectives ‘sein’ and ‘ihr’ Term 3: Freizeit Overview: Sports, Likes + Dislikes, Opinions Grammar: verbs spielen / machen / gehen + gern/nicht gern Irregular verbs: fahren, sehen, lesen, essen Word order after time expressions Referring to the future with the present tense Vocabulary: Sports and Hobbies Technology – what you do on computers Adverbs of time + frequency Term 3: Assessment: Writing gap fill Term 4: Schule ist klasse Overview: School subjects, opinions, describing school facilities and rules Grammar: Word order with ‘weil’ Word order with time expressions Possessive adjectives ‘sein’ and ‘ihr’
	Cycle 3	Term 5: Gute Reise Overview: Describing Town and Local Area. Buying Snacks and Drinks Grammar: Es gibt + accusative, adjectives Ich möchte with infinitive Man kann + infinitive, Modal verbs Future Tense with ‚werden‘ Vocabulary: Places in town, Snacks and drinks Holiday activities Term 5: Assessment: Reading aloud - 50 words approx Term 6: Fairy Tales project Overview: Grimm’s Fairy tales, describing people and actions in past tense Grammar: Introduction to the past tense – imperfect Ich war / hatte / es gab Some common verbs in the imperfect Vocabulary: Descriptions of people and animals Adverbs – for sequencing events in the past Term 6: Assessment: Listening and Reading
Year 8	Cycle 1	Term 1: Ich liebe Ferien Overview: Comparing places ‘then and now’, Holidays in the past, Weather, Transport. Grammar: Revision of imperfect Introduction to perfect tense with haben / sein Dative after prepositions in/mit Vocabulary: Towns and Local area, adjectives Weather, Activities on holiday Term 1: Assessment: Listening and Reading Term 2: Holidays in the present and past tense Overview: Comparing past/present holidays, opinions about holidays, complaints Grammar: Weather expressions in the past Combining present and perfect tenses. Asking questions Opinions + word order, subordinate clauses Vocabulary: Question words, Intensifiers, zu + adjective Items in hotel Term 2: Assessment: Translation
	Cycle 2	Term 3: Bist du Mediafan? Overview: Film + TV preferences, reading choices, screen time + opinions Grammar: Asking questions in perfect tense Modal verbs Prepositions with Dative Vocabulary: Types of programme, film, books adjectives Adverbs of frequency Opinions Term 3: Assessment: Writing gap fill Term 4: Bleib gesund Overview: Healthy Eating + Lifestyles, Traditional German Food, Recipes Grammar: Present tense irregular verbs: nehmen, essen, trinken, Modal Verbs + Infinitive, Perfect tense. Dative of plural nouns after mit Accusative after nehmen, Prepositions of movement, Imperative Vocabulary: Meals, Range of food and drinks Traditional German specialities Term 4: Assessment: Extended Writing
	Cycle 3	Term 5: Klassenreisen machen Spass Overview: Daily Routine, understanding and giving directions, festivals in Switzerland. Grammar: Modal verbs dürfen, müssen, können, Reflexive and Separable verbs Vocabulary: Daily Routine and chores, rules Places in town, festival vocab + some adjectives Term 5: Assessment: Reading aloud - 50 words approx Term 6: Wir gehen aus Overview: Arranging to go out, clothes Grammar: Wenn clauses Future tense with werden
Year 9	Cycle 1	Term 1: Zurück zur Schule (back to school) Overview: My Holiday, School Cultural focus: German Unity Day Grammar: Revise perfect tense, revise nominative and accusative indefinite and definite articles, plural nouns, revise present tense of regular verbs, haben and sein, revise weil plus verb to end, revise accusative adjective agreements, tragen and fahren in second and third persons, revise modal verbs, dass + verb to end, revise perfect tense, sein, haben and geben in imperfect tense Vocabulary: Revise holiday activities, classroom equipment, Apologising for lateness/lost and forgotten equipment, revise Holidays, school subjects, revise days of week, revise frequency, adjectives, opinion phrases, revise clothes, revise colours, photo description vocab, places in the school Term 1: Assessment: Perfect Tense Assessment including 75 word written piece on Holidays Term 2: Zurück zur Schule (back to school) Overview: Intro to 90 work task, translationtask and types of exam question, prepare oral questions Cultural Focus: Martinstag Grammar: Practise all grammar learnt in Term 1 Vocabulary: Peer assessment language, school activities Term 2: Photo task (oral)
	Cycle 2	Term 3: Freizeit (Free Time) Overview: Free time Activities Cultural Focus: German bands/music Grammar: gern/lieber/am liebsten, Revise verb second idea, Separable verbs, Revise modal verbs, Yes/no questions, Questions with question words, Imperfect tense with gehen and finden, Revise future tense, revise time, manner, place Vocabulary: Explaining why a classmate is absent, Types of music, Intensifiers, Adjectives, Free time activities, Revise frequency adverbs, Technology, Revise invitations, film review vocabulary Term 3: 90 word task on School Term 4: Freizeit (Free Time) Overview: Free Time grammar consolidation and exam skills Cultural Focus: Film Project Grammar:Practise all grammar learnt in Term 3 Vocabulary: GroupTalk (opinions) Term 4: Assessment: Read aloud and role-play
	Cycle 3	Term 5: Meine Welt, deine Welt (my world, your world) Overview: Festivals, Family, Relationships, Equality and Identity Grammar: Gefallen, Spaß machen, Possessive adjectives in nominative, accusative and dative, nominative relative pronouns, Revise time, manner, place. Vocabulary: Plenary language, Revise family, Physical and Character descriptions, Relationships, Discrimination, Revise time phrases Term 5: Assessment: Listening and Reading Term 6: Meine Welt, deine Welt (my world, your world) Overview: Discussing a party, grammar consolidation and exam skills Grammar: Using past and future time frames together, Revise dual case prepositions, dative pronouns Vocabulary: Language for playing games, Festivals Term 6: Assessment:Listening and Reading
Year 10	Cycle 1	Term 1: Schule und Freizeit (School and Free Time) Overview: Revise School and Free Time while practising exam skills, writing oral questions. Cultural focus: German Unity Day Grammar: Revise weil, dass, wenn, da, obwohl + verb to end, revise perfect tense, revise modal verbs, revise sein, haben and geben in imperfect tense Vocabulary: Revise School and Free Time Term 1: Assessment: Photo Task on school Term 2: Meine Welt, deine Welt (my world, your world) Overview: Festivals, Family, Relationships, Equality and Identity Cultural Focus: Festivals Grammar: Gefallen, Spaß machen, Possessive adjectives in nominative, accusative and dative, nominative relative pronouns, Revise time, manner, place, Using past and future time frames together, Revise dual case prepositions, dative pronouns Vocabulary: Revise family, Revise physical and Character descriptions, Revise relationships, Discrimination, Revise time phrases, Festivals Term 2 Assessment: Listening and Reading
	Cycle 2	Term 3: Bleib Gesund (Staying Healthy) Overview: Sport, Food and Drink, Accidents and Illnesses, Good and Bad Habits, Wellbeing Cultural Focus: Sports in German-Speaking Countries Grammar: Comparatives, superlatives, um …zu, beim + noun, seit, verbs with the infinitive, conditional Vocabulary: Revise sport and frequency adverbs, eating and drinking, body parts and illnesses, lifestyle Term 3: Assessment: Writing :150 word task Term 4: Wo wohnst du? (Where do you live?) Overview: Local Area Cultural Focus: Which countries speak German? Grammar:Revise superlative, revise prepositions with dative, prepositions with accusative, revise question formation, revise dual case prepositions, was, wer and wo used as relative pronouns, imperfect tense with regular verbs, revise conditional, revise compound nouns Vocabulary: Countries, town and local area, transport, asking for information, shopping, local area Term 4 Assessment: Grammar/Translation
	Cycle 3	Term 5: Schöne Ferien (Travel and Tourism) Overview: Holidays Cultural Focus: Tourist Attractions in Germany/Austria and Switzerland Grammar: Imperative, Revise question-forming, Wer/wen/wem, revise possessives, prepositions with genitive, welch, dies+ correct endings, revise future and conditional Vocabulary: Advantages and disadvantages, reservations, problems on holiday, holiday plans, revise weather Term 5 Assessment: Listening, Reading and Writing Exam Term 6: Unsere Welt (Our World) Overview: Improving the World Cultural Focus: Activism in German-speaking countries Grammar: Revise prepositions with genitive, Adjectives as Nouns, Verbs followed by prepositions (including superlatives), Revise compound nouns, Revise wollen, revise man Vocabulary: Activism, Environment, Expressing Opinions Term 6 Assessment: Speaking Exam
Year 11	Cycle 1	Term 1: Revise Education Post-16, Social and Global Issues Overview: Revise all grammar and complete oral questions for Post-16/Work Unit, Jobs, career choices and Ambitions, Charity/Voluntary Work, Environment, Poverty/Homelessness Grammar: Wenn clauses (wäre/hätte), dieser and jeder in all cases, imperative, pluperfect, reflexive pronouns, weak masculine nouns, reflexive verbs with a direct object, adjective endings after etwas, nichts, viel, wenig, alles Vocabulary: Charity work, volunteering, local and global, environmental problems Term 1 Assessment: Work: Reading Term 2: Mocks and DIT Overview: Mocks and DIT, Complete conversation questions Grammar: As identified in mock analysis Vocabulary: As identified in mock analysis Term 2 Assessment: Full mock exam
	Cycle 2	Term 3: Listening/Reading/Writing Exam Preparation Overview: Completion of targeted revision activities/past papers Grammar: Completion of targeted revision activities/past papers Vocabulary: Minimum Core Vocabulary List Term 3 Assessment: 150 word task Term 4: Speaking Exam Preparation Overview: Preparation for Speaking Exam Grammar: - All tenses - Opinion phrases Vocabulary: Conversation questions for all topics, Role-play vocabulary, Photo card phrases Term 4 Assessment: Speaking : mock 2
	Cycle 3	Term 5: Revision / Exams Overview: Practise of key exam techniques and familiarisation with exam tasks Grammar: Revision of key grammar points Vocabulary: Essay phrases Term 5 Assessment: Final Exams Term 6: Exams Overview: Grammar: Vocabulary: Term 6 Assessment: Exams

Year 12	Cycle 1	Term 1: Post GCSE grammar programme, changing state of the family Overview: Post GCSE grammar programme linked with themes of social trends and artistic culture , Changing State of the Family Grammar: Present tense including modal verbs, Cases with prepositions, Cases with verbs, Imperfect/simple past tense, Subordinate word order, including relative clauses, Adjective endings, Perfect tense, Word order patterns: inversion, time-manner-place, Pronouns Separable, inseparable and reflexive verbs, Comparative and superlative, Infinitive constructions with and without zu, Word formation: adjectival nouns, verbal nouns, compound nouns etc, Future tense and other ways of expressing future time Imperative Vocabulary: Relationships within the family, Marriage and Partnership, different forms of family, Internet, Term 1 Assessment: Grammar assessment Term 2: Digital World, Youth Culture Overview: Digital World, Youth Culture Grammar: Consolidation of first term grammar Vocabulary: Social networks, Digitalisation of society Fashion and Image, Meaning of Music for Young People, Role of Television Term 2 Assessment: Listening and Reading
	Cycle 2	Term 3: Festivals and Traditions, Film Study: Das Leben der Anderen Overview: Festivals and traditions, Historical context and study of film Grammar: Consolidation of first term grammar Vocabulary: Festivals and traditions: their roots and origins, social and economic meaning, diverse regional festivals, Vocabulary related to film and cinematography Term 3 assessment: Oral Stimulus Cards Term 4: Film Study: Das Leben der Anderen Overview: Study of film and film analysis in essays Grammar: Consolidation of first term grammar Vocabulary: related to film and cinematography Term 4 assessment: Essay
	Cycle 3	Term 5: Art and Architecture, Cultural Life in Berlin Past and Present Overview: Art and Architecture Grammar: Consolidation of first term grammar Vocabulary: Artists and Architects: past, present and future; theatre, music and museums in Berlin, variety within the Berlin population Term 5 Assessment: Translation Term 6: Mocks, DIT, IRP preparation and biography of Kafka Overview: Mocks, DIT, IRP preparation and biography of Kafka Grammar: Consolidation of first term grammar Vocabulary: From Mock DIT, Biography of Kafka Term 6 Assessment: Mock Exam

Curriculum Programmes of Study for Spanish

Year	Cycle	Content
Year 7	Cycle 1	Term 1: El Español Overview: An introduction to Spanish Grammar: Phonics, gender and plural of nouns, adjectival agreement and position, definite and indefinite articles, possessive adjectives, TENER and SER in present tense whole paradigm, hay, conjunctions Vocabulary: Greetings, numbers 1-10, school bag items, colours Term 1: Assessment: Gender and plural of nouns language awareness Term 2: Mi Vida Overview: Personal info and siblings Grammar: TENER and SER in present tense full paradigm, adjectival agreement, articles, conjunctions, negatives Vocabulary: Numbers 1-31, alphabet, days and months, (step)brother, sister, personality adjectives, pets Term 2: Assessment: Listening and reading
	Cycle 2	Term 3: Mi Familia Overview: Describing family members Grammar: Possessive adjectives, TENER and SER, VIVIR and ESTAR full paradigm, qualifiers and quantifiers, comparative, adjectival agreement, conjunctions Vocabulary: Wider family members, hair and eye colour, physical description adjectives, where you live, location Term 3: Assessment: Writing gap fill Term 4: Mi Tiempo Libre Overview: Free-time activities and sports Grammar: Present tense of regular -AR verbs, me gusta + infinitive, cuando/si + weather expressions, HACER and JUGAR Vocabulary: free-time activities, sports, weather expressions, days of the week Term 4: Assessment: Extended writing
	Cycle 3	Term 5: Mi Insti Overview: School life Grammar: Present tense of regular -er and -ir verbs, gender and plural, adjectival agreement, me gusta (n) + el/la/los/las, definite and indefinite articles Vocabulary: School subjects, school buildings and facilities, break and lunch activities, time expressions Term 5: Assessment: Reading aloud – approx. 50 words Term 6: Mi Ciudad Overview: Town Grammar: Using a, some and many, IR and QUERER full paradigm, near future tense, telling the time Vocabulary: places in the town, numbers 1-100, café ordering, free time activities Term 6: Assessment: Listening and reading
Year 8	Cycle 1	Term 1: Mis Vacaciones Overview: Past holidays Grammar: Preterite tense of IR and SER + regular verbs full paradigm, adjectival agreement, Vocabulary: Holiday destinations, activities, transport, opinions Term 1: Assessment: Listening and reading Term 2: Todo Sobre Mi Vida Overview: Music and TV preferences Grammar: Present tense of regular verbs, articles, comparative, and superlative, using preterite and present together, preterite of hacer. Vocabulary: Mobile phone usage, types of music and TV programmes, free time activities Term 2: Assessment: Translation
	Cycle 2	Term 3: İA Comer! Overview: Food, drink and eating out Grammar: negatives, use of usted/ustedes, near future, using three tenses together, tener expressions Vocabulary: Food and drink items, key verbs used to talk about food, further adjectives to describe food Term 3: Assessment: Writing gap fill Term 4: ¿Qué Hacemos? Overview: Going out and daily routine Grammar: me/te gustaría + infinitive, use of querer & poder, reflexive verbs, this/these, using three tenses together, structures with two verbs Vocabulary: places in the town, meeting locations, lang of (dis)agreement, daily routine, sequencers, clothes, sporting events Term 4: Assessment: Extended writing
	Cycle 3	Term 5: Operación Verano Overview: Holiday homes and further holiday activities Grammar: Comparative and superlative, imperative (tú form), using three tenses together, use of estar with location Vocabulary: Rooms in the house, locations, further holiday activities and destinations, directions. Term 5: Assessment: Reading aloud – approx. 50 words Term 6: Proyecto de Pelí Overview: Film project on Encanto/Voces Inocentes Grammar: Consolidation of all grammar at lower years – present, near future and preterite tenses, comparative and superlative, adjectival agreement Vocabulary: Film and opinion vocab Term 6: Assessment: Listening and reading
Year 9	Cycle 1	Term 1: My Personal World – Family Overview: : Talking about different types of family and people you admire Grammar: Nouns, articles, adjectival agreement, possessive adjectives ser, estar, tener, present continuous and reflexives, using the pronouns me and te before a verb Vocabulary: Extended family members, days, months, dates, personality and physical descriptions, reasons for (not) getting on with people Term 1: Reading and Translation Term 2: My Personal World - Friendships/ Media & Technology – Social Media Overview: : Talking about your identity, relationships with others and social media Grammar:Ser & estar, direct and indirect object pronouns, irregular adjectives, para + infinitive, podrías/deberías + infinitive, desde hace Vocabulary: Widening range of adjectives, increasing variety of opinions, Term 2: Assessment: Listening & Reading
	Cycle 2	Term 3: Media & Technology Overview: Life online and free time activities Grammar: Present and preterite tense consolidation inc irregulars, expressions of frequency, direct object pronouns Vocabulary: Digital life, free time activities, opinions in Preterite tense Term 3: Assessment: Writing 80-90 words Term 4: My Personal World - Media & Technology/Lifestyle & Wellbeing – Healthy living and routines Overview: Making plans to go out and talking about healthy routines Grammar: : Near future, indefinite adjectives, reflexives recap, using tener + noun Vocabulary: Making arrangements, food and drink Term 4: Assessment: Listening & Reading
	Cycle 3	Term 5: Lifestyle & Wellbeing Healthy diet and Illness Overview: Talking about mealtimes, comparing old and new habits, talking about illness & injury Grammar: Direct object pronouns, Imperfect tense, using ya no + verb, reflexives in the Preterite, giving advice using debes, tienes que and necesitas Vocabulary: Food and Drink, illnesses and injuries Term 5: Assessment:Writing 80-90 words Term 6: House & Home Overview: Describing where you live and how it has changed, describing shopping preferences Grammar: Perfect tense, prepositions of place for directions, Imperfect tense recap, demonstrative adjectives, direct object pronouns recap, present subjunctive after ‘cuando’ Vocabulary: Locations where you live, shopping preferences, adjectives, extended opinions, directions Term 6: Assessment: Speaking – Photocard
Year 10	Cycle 1	Term 1: Travel & Tourism - Holidays Overview: Talking about travel plans, festivals, and what you did on holiday Grammar: Sequencers, revision of Preterite, Imperfect, using the Preterite and Imperfect together, me gustaría + infinitive, acabar de and se puede + infinitive, comparative and superlative Vocabulary: Holiday destinations, what you did on holiday, opinions in the past tense, transport and festivals Term 1: Assessment: Writing – 90 words Term 2: Travel & Tourism - Holidays Lifestyle & Wellbeing – Healthy Living Overview: Where you stayed, different types of holidays, food in Spanish-speaking countries, daily routine Grammar: Preterite of ser & ir, tener & hacer, irregular verbs in the Imperfect, using the Preterite and Imperfect together, soler + infinitive, tener + noun, reflexive verbs Vocabulary: Accommodation, holiday activities, Term 2: Assessment: Listening & Reading
	Cycle 2	Term 3: Lifestyle & Wellbeing – Healthy Lifestyles Overview: Mealtimes and food trends, Grammar: Direct object pronouns, imperfect recap, ya no + verb, reflexive verbs in the Preterite, debes, tienes que to give advice, simple future Vocabulary: meals, Spanish-speaking countries, daily routine verbs, free time activities, food and drink, body parts, illness, remedies Term 3: Assessment: Translation Term 4: Studying & My Future - School Overview: School in Spain, talking about school life and how you would change your school. Talking about students and teacher at school Grammar: Absolute superlatives, relative pronouns – que, donde, cuando, impersonal verbs with infinitives, using negatives, forming questions, conditional tense Vocabulary: School building, uniform, school routines, opinions & reasons, ideal teacher Term 4: Assessment: Listening & Reading
	Cycle 3	Term 5: Studying & My Future – School/Future Plans Overview: Describing a school trip in the past, Latino trail blazers, future plans, getting a job Grammar: Using adjectives & adverbs, identifying false friends, recap of preterite and imperfect tenses, seguir/continuar + present participle, future tenses consolidation Vocabulary: School trip activities, pioneers, future plans, jobs & what you do to earn money Term 5: Assessment: Yr. 10 Exams L, W Term 6: Studying & My Future – Future Plans Overview: Reasons to learn languages, changes in the world of work, impact of AI Grammar: Modal verbs, using different verb forms, percentages, para que + subjunctive, infinitivesl Vocabulary: Languages, opinions & reasons for learning languages, buying travel tickets, opinions about AI Term 6: Assessment: Speaking – mini mock
Year 11	Cycle 1	Term 1: Social Issues: Healthy Living & Illness Overview: Talking about healthy and unhealthy lifestyles and illness Grammar: Using negatives, being able to recognise different tenses, present subjunctive Vocabulary: (Un)healthy food and drink, exercise and emotional well-being, body parts and illness Term 1: Assessment: Listening & Reading Term 2: Social Issues: Charity & Voluntary Work Overview: Talking about charities and voluntary work Grammar: Using me gustaría, Conditional tense Vocabulary: Social issues Term 2: Assessment: Mock Exams L, S, R, W
	Cycle 2	Term 3: Region Overview: Understanding leaflets and websites & describing a region Grammar: Using estar + past participle, using the passive and passive forms with ‘se’ Vocabulary: Further places in the town & tourist sites of interest Term 3: Assessment: Writing – 150 words Term 4: Revision/ Exam Practice Overview: Preparation for the speaking exam Grammar: Consolidation of all GCSE grammar Vocabulary: Revisiting the general vocabulary section of the syllabu Term 4: Assessment: Mock Speaking 2
	Cycle 3	Term 5: Revision / Exam Practice Overview: Preparation for the listening, reading and writing exams Grammar: Consolidation of all GCSE grammar Vocabulary: Topic specific vocabulary revision alongside the general vocabulary Term 5: Assessment: Speaking Exam Term 6: Revision / Exam Practice Overview: Grammar: Vocabulary: Term 6: Assessment: Exam Practice / Exams

Lower Years Assessment Framework

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Middle Years Exam and Specification Information

In years 10 and 11, students are entered for the AQA GCSE and schemes of work cover the GCSE topics. Students will be assessed by final examination in year 11. They will be expected to understand and provide information and opinions about these themes relating to their own experiences and those of other people, including people in the countries / communities where the language is spoken.

Students will be assessed by final examination in year 11 and are entered for the Eduqas (WJEC) GCSE.

Please see below for indiviual subject specifications

Spanish
French
German
Chinese
Latin (Last exam summer 2024)

In recent years extra-curricular visits and activities have included

Year 8 Languages and Careers Enrichment Day
Euroscola Visit to the European Parliament in Strasbourg for sixth formers
Year 7/8 International Carol Concert
Year 8 Normandy Experience – Immersion / Activity based visit
Year 8 Visit to Spain
Year 9/10 Visit to Berlin
Year 9/10 Summer camp in China
Year 11 Exchange / Residential visits to France and Spain
Year 10 Residential / Immersion / Activity based visit to Normandy
Year 8 Discover Germany
Making Languages our Business
Passport to Export (Dragons’ Den style competition with visit to Berlin for winners)
French Drama competition
Languages pop video competition
National Speaking Competitions