Key Stage 3
Year 7
SPANISH
Intent
Our Year 7 students begin to develop the essential building blocks of learning a language, initially using pronouns such as ‘I’ and the present tense. They are introduced to a wide range of vocabulary and phonics to enable them to move from simple recognition in the first instance, to manipulation of this vocabulary to describe and express their ideas. By the end of the year, students will be able to understand and use different forms of the present and future tenses, as well as form simple negatives. Additionally, students will be able comprehend the gender of nouns, articles and adjectives, as well as develop an understanding and appreciation of other cultures.
Learning Journey
Themes, Concepts and Questions
- Basic details – name, age, live, how you are
- Spanish Alphabet and usage
- Phonics
- Asking and Answering questions
- Colours
- Pets
- Using conjunctions
- Nouns and usage
Key Knowledge
- Verbs – SER, TENER, HAY, GUSTAR, ENCANTAR,
- Negatives
- Forming Questions – question words / exclamations
- Nouns system – definite and indefinite article
Themes, Concepts and Questions
- Talking about siblings
- Talking about wider family members
- Use of adjectives in Spanish
- Visual descriptions
- Characteristics
Key Knowledge
- Verb ESTAR
- Possessive pronouns
- Adjective agreements
- Word order in Spanish
Themes, Concepts and Questions
- Names of school subjects
- Descriptions of teachers
- Likes and Dislikes of subjects
- Time and school timetable
- Activities you do in school
- School facilities
- School uniform and colours
- CULTURAL: School system in Spain
Key Knowledge
- Verbs- Present Tense of AR / ER / IR Verbs
- Use of GUSTAR/ ENCANTAR
- Comparatives
- Adjectives
- Adjectival Agreement
Themes, Concepts and Questions
- Giving opinions and reasons
- Free-time activities
- Activities and weather
- Sport and sport personalities
- Spanish and world sport events
- Next weekend planning
Key Knowledge
- Opinion structures
- Verbs - Present Tense of AR / ER / IR Verbs
- Prepositions (a + el)
- Use of HACER / JUGAR
- Verbs - Near Future Tense
Skill Development
Students gain confidence in communication and can listen to standard, familiar forms of spoken language and read a range of different sources, authentic or adapted, to obtain information and respond. Phonics are introduced to enable them to understand and reproduce the most common Spanish sounds. The curriculum also allows pupils to manipulate vocabulary and grammar in order to produce written accounts
Year 8
GERMAN
Intent
Students will build on grammatical and cultural knowledge from primary school to learn about modern Germany and Germanic countries and develop an understanding of the cultural diversity. They will learn to communicate effectively using an additional language with real purpose.
Learning Journey
Themes, Concepts and Questions
- School subjects and differences in school systems
- Telling the time
- Opinions and justifications
- Daily routine
- Facilities
- AGs
- Uniform and clothing
Key Knowledge
- Sound spelling links
- Nouns
- Verbs - Present Tense, Past Tense
- Verbs - Future and Conditional Tenses
- Times (numbers) 12 and 24 hr clock
- Stop connectives: denn, und, aber (coordinate)
- Go connectives: ,obwohl
- ,da ,weil (subordinate)
- Es gibt and the accusative
- Nouns and gender (ein/kein)
- Modal verbs (man kann)
Themes, Concepts and Questions
- Breakfast – talking about what you eat and drink
- Buying food with the future tense
- Ordering food
- Reviews and opinions (introduction to the perfect tense)
- Healthy eating
Key Knowledge
- Nouns, genders and articles
- My, your, his, her
- Key verbs: essen (irreg) trinken
- Formal vs informal languages: - using Sie
- - möchte and hätte gern
- Present tense of essen and trinken
- Perfect tense of essen and trinken
- Future tense of essen and trinken
Themes, Concepts and Questions
- Countries
- Transport
- Accommodation
- Activities
- Weather
- Opinions
- Lost and found
Key Knowledge
- The perfect tense with sein (movement)
- Conditional (wenn ich Geld hätte)
- Mit and the dative (sein – gefahren/gegangen)
- Times and prices
- Perfect and haben (übernachtet)
- Exception sein and geblieben
- Recall of tenses with holiday activities – including separable verb (aufstehen etc)
- Weather: adjective vs verb
- (es regnet vs es ist regnerisch)
- Opinions using the imperfect
- Perfect tense with verloren and vergessen
Skill Development
Students are aspiring to recognize and improve their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in German through a variety of topics studied in KS3. Over time they will be able to express themselves confidently using a variety of vocabulary, opinions and be able to be creative with language by manipulating verbs to understand and use different tenses. They will also develop their comprehension of both Germanic and global citizenship and culture, not only for personal use and translation purposes but also for both personal and future professional usage in an international context.
SPANISH
Intent
The Y8 Spanish curriculum will build on the knowledge and skills acquired in Year 7. Students will continue to describe events in the present tense and their knowledge of the future tense will be broadened by the introduction of the conditional tense. They will also be able to describe and narrate events in the past and future tenses as well as further build upon their knowledge of adjective agreements and opinions.
Learning Journey
Themes, Concepts and Questions
- Names of basic hobbies and key verbs
- Sports – use of JUGAR vs HACER
- Time
- Weather
- Use of negatives
- Time Phrases
- Use of the past and future – basic structures
- CULTURAL – Spanish Sports (Basque Pelota, Bullfighting in Spanish Speaking Countries)
Key Knowledge
- Present Tense - all persons
- Time Phrases
- Use of SER with time
- Sentence structures – using time phrases first in sentence
- Negation of verbs – using no, nunca, nadie, ni…ni…
- Intro to past and future tenses
Themes, Concepts and Questions
- Description of what my town and local is area is like
- Talking about what facilities are in my town
- Making plans to meet someone in town – Question formation
- Time
- Weather
- Giving Directions
- What I’m going to do in town
- What I did in town last weekend
- Combining tenses – introduction to future and past tenses
- CULTURAL : City of Valencia
Key Knowledge
- Adjectival agreements
- Extending sentences
- Use of quantifiers to enhance descriptions
- Use of the 12- and 24-hour clocks in Spanish Speaking World
- Key phrases to express future and past plans
Themes, Concepts and Questions
- Talking about what you are going to do
- Sequencing and storytelling
- Inviting someone to go out – making further plans
- Acceptance and rejection of ideas
- Maxing excuses
- Resolving problems in Spanish
- Likes and dislikes – enhancing use
- CUTURAL: Communication in Spanish in the modern world
Key Knowledge
- Introduction to full paradigm of NEAR FUTURE and REAL FUTURE tenses – including difference in usage of both
- Use of sequencers (Firstly, then, later, next etc.)
- Expressions in Spanish (eg surprise, shock, intonation)
- Use of modal verbs such as PODER – to be able
Themes, Concepts and Questions
- Where you went -
- Countries (EU and beyond)
- Who you went on holiday with
- When you went -time phrases
- How you got there - transport
- What you did on holiday
- Your opinions of your holiday
- Expressing preferences
- Hotel booking and problem resolving
- CULTURAL: Spanish people going on holiday
Key Knowledge
Preterite tense
- SER and IR (same paradigm)
- -AR / -ER / -IR verbs in preterite
- -Irregular verbs
- Time phrases and sequencers
- Extended Writing
- Tackling a GCSE Speaking exam – techniques
- Revisit future tenses
Themes, Concepts and Questions
- Items of food
- Mealtimes in Spanish speaking World
- Buying food in a market / shop / supermarket
- Reading and understanding a Spanish Menu
- Describing a special meal
- Likes and dislikes with food
- CULTURAL: Spanish Daily Lifestyle and Different Food + Drink (potential Restaurant visit?)
Key Knowledge
- Nouns (masc + fem, sing + plur)
- Using time expressions accurately
- Higher numbers
- Understanding the tú and usted forms of ‘you’
- Use of preterite tense to explain a special meal / future to say what you would like
- Expressing likes and dislikes
Skill Development
Students become more confident communicators and can listen to standard, familiar forms of spoken language and read a range of different sources, authentic or adapted, to obtain information and respond. Phonics are reinforced to enable a greater understanding of Spanish pronunciation. The curriculum also allows pupils to further manipulate vocabulary and grammar in order to produce extended written accounts which now include 3 tenses and justified opinions as well as comparisons.
Year 9
French
Intent
Our Year 9 students work with increasing independence, utilising a wider range of grammatical and vocabulary structures. They deepen existing knowledge and skill in conversing about topics such as family to now express views with accuracy and fluency. They are more confident to respond to heard, written or spoken French and leave Key Stage 3 well equipped to progress onto GCSE.
Learning Journey
Themes, Concepts and Questions
- Talk about television programmes & musical genres;
- Give detailed opinions on music
- Talk about film genres and review films
- Talk about reading preferences
Key Knowledge
- Direct Object Pronouns
- Faire and infinitive
- Rendre + adjective
- Ce que
- Opinions in three tenses
- Verb + infinitive structures
Themes, Concepts and Questions
- Discuss relationships with family members
- Talk about poscket money and helping out at home
- Discuss pressures faced by teenagers and understand advice
- Discuss life in the past
Key Knowledge
- Pronouns me / te / se
- Modal verbs devoir, pouvoir, vouloir
- The imperative
- The imperfect tense
- Present tense (revision)
Themes, Concepts and Questions
- Talk about healthy / unhealthy eating
- Healthy lifestyles
- How diet affects health
- Resolutions / plans to be healthier
- Life in the future
Key Knowledge
- Impersonal structures
- The pronoun en
- Perfect tense
- Expressions of quantity
- Future Tense
Themes, Concepts and Questions
- Talk about jobs and qualities needed for certain professions
- Ideal jobs and ambitions
- Part time jobs
- Success and failure
Key Knowledge
- Masculine and feminine forms of jobs
- Imperfect tense
- Conditional tense
- Si clauses
- Quand with different tenses
Skill Development
Using prior knowledge and transferable skills students will practise and improve their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills, being able to justify opinions and expand descriptions in numerous tenses. Students will be able to translate extended pieces of writing in a number of tenses and with a variety of grammatical challenges. Students will also be able to communicate more creatively and accurately as they are able to use a variety of grammatical and vocabulary structures and are encouraged to use independent learning skills.
GERMAN
Intent
As students enter year 9, students will be bridging the gap between KS3 and GCSE. Students will be following a syllabus of Personal, Social, Economic and Health topics which will allow them to consolidate the core vocabulary, grammar and cultural knowledge from the breadth of work done during year 7 and 8 but also allow them to extend their knowledge to current and global affairs, putting them in the driving seat for their GCSE years should they choose to continue their studies.
Learning Journey
Themes, Concepts and Questions
- Saying what you like to wear
- Talking about your style
- Shops and shopping habits
- Talking about shopping for clothes
- Special occasions
Key Knowledge
- Verbs with the a/ umlaut in the present tense
- Using accusative adjective endings
- Revising the future tense with werden
- Revising the perfect tense with haben and sein
Themes, Concepts and Questions
- Talking about TV and film
- Talking about different 3. Styles of music
- Talking about the
- Internet and social media
- Talking about technology today and in the past
- Talking about volunteering projects
Key Knowledge
- Using ,weil and ,da as subordinate clauses
- Time manner place Word order
- Expressing opinions using ,dass
- Using the imperfect tense
- Revising the use of different tenses
Themes, Concepts and Questions
- Customs and traditions in German speaking countries
- Festivals and favourite celebrations e.g. Christmas / birthdays etc.
Key Knowledge
- Adjectival nouns
- Perfect Tense
- Personal pronouns
- Word Order- Time, manner, Place
- Opinions in past
Themes, Concepts and Questions
- Talking about helping the environment at home
- Talking about local environmental problems
Key Knowledge
- Using modal verbs
- Using subordinating conjunctions
- Using the imperative
- The pluperfect tense
Themes, Concepts and Questions
- Unit 1 – 2 Introductions, family and friends
- Unit 3-4 Free time and school
- Unit 5-6 Food and drink and German literature
Key Knowledge
- Recall and reflection al year 7 curriculum. Consolidation of key vocabulary and grammar
- Evidence of 3/4 skills for 4 of the 6 topics.
- Listening, reading and writing materials provided by Kerboodle.
Themes, Concepts and Questions
- Unit 7-8 Holidays, home and local area
- Unit 9-10 daily routine, shopping and fashion
- Unit 11-12 Digital world and cultural exchanges
Key Knowledge
- Recall and reflection al year8/9 7 curriculum. Consolidation of key vocabulary and grammar
- Evidence of 3/4 skills for 4 of the 6 topics.
- Listening, reading and writing materials provided by Kerboodle.
Skill Development
Students are aspiring to recognize and improve their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in German through a variety of topics studied in KS3. Over time they will be able to express themselves confidently using a variety of vocabulary, opinions and be able to be creative with language by manipulating verbs to understand and use different tenses. They will also develop their comprehension of both Germanic and global citizenship and culture, not only for personal use and translation purposes but also for both personal and future professional usage in an international context.
SPANISH
Intent
The Y9 Spanish curriculum will revisit and recycle the prior knowledge of vocabulary, grammar and phonics from Y7 and Y8, so that students are able to engage with a range of themes in greater conceptual depth and with increased linguistic complexity. They will understand how to compare and evaluate advantages and disadvantages and employ a variety of tenses to use more transactional language.
Learning Journey
Themes, Concepts and Questions
- Items of clothing
- Colours
- Time Phrases
- Demonstrative pronouns (this/these/those)
- Using comparative & superlative adjectives (more + less)
- Description of School uniform + ideal uniform
- Fancy Dress Ball
- Packing to go on holiday
- CULTURAL: Fashion in Spain
Key Knowledge
- Noun and adjectival (+ colours) agreement
- Use of time phrases with tenses to describe what you wear and when
- Use of demonstrative pronouns (este/esta/estos/estas)
- Use of superlative pronouns (el/la/los/las + más/menos)
Themes, Concepts and Questions
- Use of computers, laptops and tablets in the modern world
- Television
- Books and mass media
- Films and the cinema
- Music
- Describing a trip to a concert / cinema
- CULTURAL: Spanish Film Industry (potential film study – Zipi y Zape el club de las canicas)
Key Knowledge
- Recap of tenses – past, present, future, full paradigms and irregulars
- Giving opinions using adjectives
- Using the near future tense accurately – range of different people
- Recognizing and marking different time frames using verbs and time phrases
Themes, Concepts and Questions
- Asking and asking questions about life in school
- Facilities in School
- Future choices + options
- Justifying your opinions with extended reasons and linking to the future
- Descriptions of teachers
- Rules and Regulations in School
- Describing extra-curricular activities
- CULTURAL – Life in a Modern Spanish School (potential link school?)
Key Knowledge
- Use of question words and interrogatives
- Adjectival agreement in gender and number
- Comparatives and Superlatives
- Modal verbs DEBER and PODER (TENER QUE)
- Using all three tenses in a text or speaking
Themes, Concepts and Questions
- Body Parts + saying what hurt
- At the doctors / hospital / pharmacy
- Talking about healthy and unhealthy food – pros and cons
- Talking about maintaining a healthy lifestyle
- Making choices and changes for the better, making resolutions, changing lifestyles
- Young people’s opinions on Dangers of Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco
- CULTURAL: Importance of Healthy Lifestyle in Modern Spain
Key Knowledge
- Use of the verb DOLER (similarities to GUSTAR)
- Use of the verbs TENER and ESTAR vs English usage
- Use of Direct Object Pronouns (lo/la/los/las = it)
- PARA + infinitive structures
Themes, Concepts and Questions
- Daily Routine (time, sequencers)
- Earning and spending pocket money (household chores)
- Jobs and professions
- What I would like to do in the future and reasons why
- Giving details about jobs, job satisfaction
- The importance of Spanish in the modern world of work (OPTIONS!)
- What I would do if I won the lottery
- CULTURAL: Spanish Daily timetable
Key Knowledge
- Use of reflexive verbs
- Recap of time
- Present Tense review
- Introduction to the conditional tense (me gustaría)
- Using job titles as adjectives (masculine and feminine)
- If clauses (si +present + future)
Skill Development
Students start to speak with increasing confidence, communicating their views and participating in conversations. They can listen to a variety of forms of spoken language and read a greater range of sources, authentic or adapted. When writing, students use a wider range of vocabulary and include three tenses with increasing confidence and accurately. The curriculum also builds up on students’ prior knowledge of Spanish phonics and revisits the most common Spanish sounds.