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BackKey Stage Three
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.
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Year 7 |
Year 8 |
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Term One: Autumn |
Being able to greet, Being able to communicate where you live, how you are feeling and why, your age and birthday.
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Being able to talk about places in your local area and what one can do in your local area. Understand how the negative works in French |
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Term Two: Christmas |
Being able to describe someone’s personality and appearance Understand the conjugation of être and avoir Learn about Christmas in France |
Being able to communicate where you went on holiday and where you stayed Understand the past tense formation with être in French |
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Term Three: Winter |
Being able to communicate what you do in your free time. Understand the conjugation of regular -er verbs. Understand the conjugation of faire Learn about Mardi Gras in France |
Being able to communicate what you did on holiday in the past tense and give your opinion. Understand the past tense formation with avoir. |
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Term Four: Spring |
Being able to communicate what school subjects you like/dislike and why Being able to tell the time in French Being able to talk about your school timetable |
Being able to buy food at a market (including asking for a specific number of grams, kg, and enquiring about prices) Learn about traditional French dishes Being able to order at a restaurant |
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Term Five: Summer |
Being able to communicate what you will do on the weekend Understand the near future tense in French Revise previously learned language |
Being able to invite others out Being able to give excuses Revise previously learned language |
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Year 9 |
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Term One: Autumn |
Being able to talk about your daily routine Understand reflexive verbs |
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Term Two: Christmas |
Being able to talk about family and relationships |
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Term Three: Winter |
Being able to communicate what job you would like to get later and why Being able to communicate what job your parents chose and why |
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Term Four: Spring |
Being able to communicate what you did on a past holiday and give your opinion on it Revise the past tense Being able to communicate what you did on a future holiday and give your opinion Revise the future tense |
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Term Five: Summer |
Being able to communicate what types of technology you use and why Being able to communicate the advantages/disadvantages of technology Revise verb conjugation |
Key Stage Four
This Pearson Edexcel GCSE French course is taught over two years with students having three lessons a week and home learning tasks. It covers the following five themes: School, Identity and Culture, Local Area, Holidays and Travel, Future Aspirations, Study and Work, International and Global Dimension. Students sit four examinations at the end of year 11, each focusing on one of the four skills: listening, reading, speaking and writing (making up 25% of the qualification each).
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Year 10 |
Year 11 |
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Term One: Autumn |
School |
Work |
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Term Two: Christmas |
Celebrations |
PPE preparation |
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Term Three: Winter |
Holidays |
Environment |
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Term Four: Spring |
Town + Leisure Activities |
All about me + Exam preparation with focus on speaking practice |
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Term Five: Summer |
PPE prep |
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Key Stage Five
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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