Spanish
Vision
The MFL department aims to equip students with the necessary skills and understanding required to learn a modern foreign language, whilst also promoting the importance of learning one.
Learning a different language has proven to promote a multitude of communication, memory and cognitive problem solving skills. Learning foreign languages improves lateral thinking, non-verbal intelligence and linguistic understanding in English. We want students to improve their self-confidence by practising speaking activities.
We deliver an engaging MFL curriculum, teaching the language skills, speaking, listening, reading, writing, vocabulary and grammar. We aim to build a sense of global citizenship and an appreciation for other countries, languages and cultures.
In the next five years students will learn the skills and knowledge required to communicate effectively and to achieve a great grade in their GCSEs.
Students will also study Spanish cultures and customs, as well as festivals, places and food, enabling them to compare each with the English equivalents.
Key Stage 3
The students in Key Stage 3 will be able to describe and present themselves in detail. They will discuss school, family and friends. They will also learn to talk about music, films and favourite series, healthy food, holidays, etc. By the end of Key Stage 3, pupils are expected to know, apply and understand the matters, skills and processes specified in the programme of study.
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Year 7 Spanish |
Topics Covered: |
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Autumn |
● What is your name ● What type of person are you ● Do you have siblings/family members and numbers ● When is your birthday - months/days/higher numbers ● What do you like doing - opinions and present tense ● What sports you do and the weather ● Festivals: El día de los Muertos and Navidad |
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Spring |
● What you study using -ar verbs in all subjects ● Giving opinion about school subjects ● Describing the school ● Talking about activities at break using-er/-ir verbs ● How many people are in your family? ● Describing hair and eye colours using ser = to be; tener = to have ● Festivals: Carnaval and Semana Santa |
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Summer |
● What is in your city (describe your city using "a, some or many" ● What do you do in your city (just "-ir"/to go) in the cafeteria (learn how to order using the verb querer) ● What are you going to do (near future) ● Festivals: Las Fallas and San Fermín |
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Year 8 Spanish |
Topics Covered: |
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Autumn |
● Saying what food, you like using wider range of opinions ● Describing meal times using negatives ● Ordering a meal in a restaurant using polite pronouns usted/ustedes ● Discussing what to buy for a party using the near future ● Arranging to go out ● Making excuses using querer and poder ● Discussing getting ready to go out using reflexive verbs ● Festivals: El día de los Muertos and Navidad |
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Spring |
● Things that I love (saying what you like/dislike) ● My week (talking about your week using present tense) ● Saying what you use your phone for ● Saying what type of music, you like using different opinions and justifiers ● Cinema (talking about films using present tense of verb -ir/to go) ● Talking about TV using comparative ● Festivals: Carnaval and Semana Santa |
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Summer |
● Describing a holiday home - discovering more about the comparative ● Asking for directions using the imperative ● Summer camp ● Talking about past holidays ● What did you do on holiday? ● Describing the last day using sequence adverbs ● How was it using verb ser in the preterite ● Festivals: La tomatina and la feria de Abril |
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Year 9 Spanish |
Topics Covered: |
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Autumn |
● Discussing holidays and weather ● Saying what you do in summer using the present tense ● Listening to identify the person of the verb ● Talking about holiday preferences ● Saying what you did on holiday using the preterite tense ● Using different structures to give opinions ● Describing where you stayed using the imperfect tense ● Booking accommodation and dealing with problems using verbs with usted ● Giving an account of a holiday in the past ● Giving opinions about school subjects ● Describing school facilities ● Describing school uniform and the school day using adjectives ● Talking about subjects and teachers using comparatives and superlatives ● Justifying opinions using a range of language ● Talking about school rules and problems |
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Spring |
● Talking about socialising and family ● Describing people using adjectival agreement ● Talking about social networks using para with infinitives ● To introduce the present continuous and the description of the photos ● Talking about friends and family using a range of relationship verbs ● Talking about free-time activities using stem-changing verbs ● Talking about TV programmes and films using adjectives of nationality ● Talking about what you usually do using soler + infinitive ● Talking about sports using the imperfect tense to say what you used to do ● Talking about what’s trending using the perfect tense ● Discussing different types of entertainment using algunos / ciertos / otros / muchos / demasiados / todos ● Talking about who inspires you |
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Summer |
● Talking about places in a town asking for and understanding directions ● Talking about shops ● Shopping for souvenirs ● Describing the features of a region using se puede and se pueden ● Planning what to do using the future tense ● Understanding the geography of Spain ● Talking about problems in a town using the conditional and using synonyms and antonyms |
Key Stage 4
Through studying a GCSE in a modern foreign language, students will develop their ability and ambition to communicate with native speakers in speech and writing. The study of a modern foreign language at GCSE will also broaden students’ horizons and encourage them to step beyond familiar cultural boundaries and develop new ways of seeing the world.
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Year 10 Spanish |
Topics Covered: |
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Autumn |
● Discussing types of houses; talking about the environment ● Talking about healthy eating/diet related health problems ● Considering global issues - using the superlative ● Talking about local actions to improve the area we live in using debería/deberíamos - one should/we should |
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Spring |
● Daily routine and meal times - reflexive verbs ● Talking about illnesses and injuries - asking for help in a pharmacy ● Talking about typical foods - using quantities expressions ● End of topic revision ● Describing a special day - using reflexive verbs in preterite tense ● Ordering in a restaurant. Using estar - to describe a temporary state. Adjectives in - ísimo/ísima ● Talking about free-time activities using stem-changing verbs ● Talking about TV programmes and films using adjectives of nationality ● Talking about what you usually do using soler + infinitive ● Talking about sports using the imperfect tense to say what you used to do ● Talking about what’s trending using the perfect tense ● Discussing different types of entertainment using algunos / ciertos / otros / muchos / demasiados / todos ● Talking about who inspires you |
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Summer |
● Preparing for mocks and speaking practice ● Talking about different jobs ● Talking about how you earn money - working with homonyms ● Describing the school using negatives and distinguishing between the present and the imperfect ● Talking about languages and travel; using lo + adjectives; using the 24 hour clock ● Applying for a summer job; writing a formal letter; revising the perfect tense |
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Year 11 Spanish |
Topics Covered: |
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Autumn |
● Discussing holidays and weather ● Saying what you do in summer using the present tense ● Listening to identify the person of the verb ● Talking about holiday preferences ● Saying what you did on holiday using the preterite tense ● Using different structures to give opinions ● Describing where you stayed using the imperfect tense ● Booking accommodation and dealing with problems using verbs with usted ● Giving an account of a holiday in the past ● Giving opinions about school subjects ● Describing school facilities ● Describing school uniform and the school day using adjectives ● Talking about subjects and teachers using comparatives and superlatives ● Justifying opinions using a range of language ● Talking about school rules and problems |
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Spring |
● Discussing types of houses; talking about the environment ● Talking about healthy eating/diet related health problems ● Considering global issues - using the superlative ● Talking about local actions to improve the area we live in using debería/deberíamos - one should/we should ● Talking about socialising and family ● Describing people using adjectival agreement ● Talking about social networks using para with infinitives ● To introduce the present continuous and the description of the photos ● Talking about friends and family using a range of relationship verbs |
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Summer |
● GCSE Languages skills practices
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Useful Links
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Seneca Learning |
https://senecalearning.com/en-GB/
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Quizlet |
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OAK Academy |
https://classroom.thenational.academy/
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BBC BITESIZE |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/examspecs/zjgpg2p
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Specifications
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AQA GCSE Spanish |
https://cdn.sanity.io/files/p28bar15/green/022fdac8e5f9ec9d913df37af1d0a6da297e57a8.pdf
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