At the start of Year 7 pupils are allocated French, German or Spanish. Pupils gain a firm grounding in one of these languages, building on transferable language learning skills from primary school. In year 8 they continue with their first language and may choose a second language from French, German or Spanish or Latin. At the end of year 8 pupils may opt for their first or second language (unless they took Latin in which case they must continue with their first language ) or both languages for GCSE.

CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

Key Stage 3 Spanish

Year 7 – Viva 1

Autumn 1 – Module 1: My life
Autumn 2 – Module 2: My free time
Spring 1 – Module 3: My school
Spring 2 – Module 3: My school
Summer 1 – Module 4: My family and friends
Summer 2 – Module 5: My town

Year 8 – Viva 2

Autumn 1 – Module 1: Holidays
Autumn 2 – Module 2: Everything about my life
Spring 1 – Module 3: Food
Spring 2 – Module 3: Party plans
Summer 1 – Module 4: Going out
Summer 2 – Module 5: Holiday destinations and activities

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Key Stage 3 German

Year 7 – Stimmt 1

Autumn 1 – Unit 1: My world and me
Autumn 2 – Unit 2: Family and pets
Spring 1 – Unit 3: Free time
Spring 2 – Unit 4: School
Summer 1 – Unit 5: Travel
Summer 2 – Unit 5: Travel

Year 8 – Stimmt 2

Autumn 1 – Unit 1: Holidays
Autumn 2 – Unit 2: Media
Spring 1 – Unit 3: Health
Spring 2 – Unit 4: Class trips
Summer 1 – Unit 5: Going out
Summer 2 – Unit 5: Going out

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Key Stage 3 French

Year 7 – Dynamo 1

Autumn 1 – Module 1: Introduction – My family and I
Autumn 2 – Module 2: School
Spring 1 – Module 3: Leisure activities and sport
Spring 2 – Module 3: Leisure activities and sport
Summer 1 – Module 4: Family life
Summer 2 – Module 5: Town

Year 8 – Dynamo 2

Autumn 1 – Module 1: Talking about holidays
Autumn 2 – Module 2: Festivals and celebrations
Spring 1 – Module 3: New technologies and leisure activities and celebrity culture
Spring 2 – Module 4: Towns and regions
Summer 1 – Module 4: Towns and regions
Summer 2 – Revision – Cultural project

All students are required to take at least one modern foreign language to GCSE level. We follow the AQA course and students have access to the online textbook as well as a vocabulary learning website. At the end of year 11 the boys take 4 exams: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing and each exam counts 25% of the course. Our results continue to be outstanding year on year.

CURRICULUM OVERVIEW 
 

GCSE Spanish

Year 9 – Viva 3 and GCSE (AQA)

1 My life – Viva 3, Module 1 (hobbies, opinions, movies) 3 tenses

2 Work – Viva 3, Module 2 (jobs, future plans, daily routine) Tener que, tenses, irregular verbs

3 Lifestyle – Viva 3, Module (food, healthy living, daily routine, ailments) Reflexive verbs, se debe, me duele

GCSE Module 1 – Units 1-3 (online activities, sports and dates) Regular and irregular verbs, tener que

GCSE Module 1 / 2 – Units 4-5, 2.1 (last weekend, disasters, travels) Preterite tense irregular verbs

GCSE Module 2 – Units 2-4 (holidays and festivals) Superlatives, hay que, Imperfect tense

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Year 10 – GCSE (AQA)

Module 3 – (descriptions, relations, problems) possessives, present continuous, reflexives

Module 4 – (health, lifestyle, ailments) Hay que, imperfect tense, simple future, if clauses

Module 5 – (school, teachers, school trips) superlatives, conditional tense, adjectives and adverbs

Module 6 – (describing homes and towns, shopping) perfect tense, demonstratives, comparisons, irregular preterite verbs

Exams

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Year 11 – GCSE (AQA)

Module 7 – (social and environmental issues) imperative, imperfect continuous, se debería

Module 8 – (future plans, work, languages, AI) para/sin+ infinitives, modal verbs, simple future

Mock Exams

Topic Revision – Practising speaking and writing

Exam Skills – Listening, reading and writing

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GCSE French

Year 9 – French AQA GCSE

3.2 Media – online and TV/Film

2.1 Free-time activities – Sport/music (module 1) Present- regular (U1, 3 Questions) Present -irregular verbs and negatives (U2) Near future (U4)

2.1 Free-time activities – Sport/music/festival/celebrations Perfect tense (U5 and 6)

1.1 Identity and relationships – U1-3 (module 2) Reflexive verbs, emphatic pronouns, possessive pronouns, adjectives

2.3 Celebrity culture/r models – U4

2.2 Customs/festivals – U5 DOP, Present/Perfect Tenses, adverbs

1.2 Healthy living and lifestyle – U1-3 (module 4) Partitive; modal verbs; Reflexive verbs in past

1.2 Healthy living and lifestyle – U4-5 simple future U4, imperfect (recognise) (U5)

Exams

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Year 10 – French AQA GCSE

3.1 School – U1-3 (module 3) Opinions, Comparative adjectives; impersonal structure; present and perfect; superlative

3.1 School – U4-5 imperfect tense, IOP, Tenses, Negatives

3.1 Holidays (module 5) – U1-2 (descriptions) Conditional

2.2 Festivals in French speaking countries – U3 relative pronouns

3.1 Holidays – U4-5 perfect tense modal verbs, Range of tenses, Si clauses (present and future)

3.3 My town (module 7) – Description of town, Y, depuis, directions, prepositions, U1-2,5

3.3 My town – (shop/town) U3-4 Shopping for clothes, Ideal house, adjectives before and after, Si clauses imperfect/cond

Exams

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Year 11 – French AQA GCSE

3.3 Environment (module 6) – U1-5 environmental problems and solutions, comparative, imperative, perfect/imperfect/en train de/venir de

1.3 Jobs (module 8) – U1-4 (Jobs/Future plans) Apres avoir/

Mock Speaking

Mock Exams

Topic Revision – Practising speaking and writing

Exam Skills – Listening, reading and writing

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GCSE German

Year 9 – German GCSE

1.1 School – Units 1-3 (Subjects/Uniform/rules) Opinions & modal verbs

1.2 School – Units 4-5 (events/school life) 3 tenses

2.1 Free time – Units 1-3 (hobbies/technology/celebrities) word order & separable verbs

2.2 Free time – Units 4-5 (film/future plans) past & future tenses

3.1 Relationships – Units 1-3 (family/role models) relative pronouns, datives

3.2 Relationships – Units 4-5 (customs/festivals)

Exams

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Year 10 – German GCSE

4.1 Healthy Living – Units 1-3 (health/illness/habits) um...zu & modal verbs

4.2 Healthy Living – Units 4-5 (wellbeing/concerns) wenn & 3 tenses

5.1 Local Area – Units 1-3 (town/transport/shops) Preposition & word order

5.2 Local Area – Units 4-5 (ideal town/house) Imperfect & conditional

6.1 Holidays – Units 1-2 (location/accommodation)

6.2 Holidays – Units 3-5 (Problems/ideal) Past and future

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Year 11 – German GCSE

7 Our World – Units 1-5 (social/global problems) Cases & modals

1.3 Future – Units 1-5 (Jobs/Future plans) Future & conditional (zu)

Mock Exams

Topic Revision

Exam Skills

For the Key Stage 5 A Levels we follow the AQA course in French, German and Spanish and students have access to an online textbook for the course. We teach in conjunction with WGGS. At the end of year 13 pupils take 3 A level exams. The course comprises 4 topics which are taught over the 2 years. In year 13 there is a study of a book and film. In addition, pupils choose an area of study that interests them, which they have to prepare for the oral exam. This enables them to develop research skills ready for university.
 

CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

 

Year 12 – WGSB – AQA Kerboodle Year 1

Autumn 1 – WGSG – Gastronomy and languages

Autumn 2 – Pan’s Laberinth, Traditions and customs / cultural heritage

Spring 1 – Family / marriage / divorce

Spring 2 – Art and architecture / musical heritage and diversity

Summer 1 – The influence of the catholic church / Pan’s Laberinth

Summer 2 – The internet / Smart phones

Extra Topics – Singers and musicians / TV and cinema celebrities; Models / Women in the work place; Male chauvinism and feminism / Gay rights and transgender identity

WGSB (+ IRP)

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Year 13 – AQA Kerboodle Year 2

Autumn 1 – WGSG (+ IRP) – Political ideas and unemployment amongst young people

Autumn 2 – Dictatorship of Franco / The Spanish Monarchy; Ideal society and immigration

Spring 1 – Dictators in the Spanish world / Demonstrations and strikes; Immigration and undocumented people

Spring 2 – Unions / Social protests / Coexistence of different cultures

Summer 1 – Measures against racism / Legislation against racism

Summer 2 – Education / Religion; Revision + IRP

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Key Stage 5 German

Year 12 – WGBS – AQA Kerboodle Year 1

Autumn 1 – Family

Autumn 2 – Technology

Spring 1 – Fashion and Music

Spring 2 – TV

Summer 1 – Film – Almanya

Summer 2 – Film – Almanya

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Year 12 – WGGS – AQA Kerboodle Year 1

Autumn 1 – Festivals and celebrations

Autumn 2 – Traditions in Germany

Spring 1 – Art and Architecture

Spring 2 – Cultural life of Berlin

Summer 1 – Revision

Summer 2 – The EU

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Year 13 – WGBS – AQA Kerboodle Year 2

Autumn 1 – Immigration

Autumn 2 – Integration

Spring 1 – Racism

Spring 2 – Revision

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Year 13 – WGGS – AQA Kerboodle Year 2

Autumn 1 – The EU

Autumn 2 – Politics

Spring 1 – The reunification

Spring 2 – Revision

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Key Stage 5 French

Year 12 – Kerboodle AQA Year 1 – WBGS

Autumn 1 – Family

Autumn 2 – Technology

Spring 1 – Volunteering

Spring 2 – Volunteering

Summer 1 – Immigration

Summer 2 – Immigration

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Year 12 – Kerboodle AQA Year 1 – WGGS

Autumn 1 – Cinema

Autumn 2 – Music

Spring 1 – Heritage

Spring 2 – Heritage

Summer 1 – No et moi

Summer 2 – No et moi

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Year 13 – Kerboodle AQA Year 2 (+ IRP) – WBGS

Autumn 1 – Social marginalisation and exclusion

Autumn 2 – Au revoir les enfants

Spring 1 – Au revoir les enfants

Spring 2 – Criminality

Summer 1 – Revision

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Year 13 – Kerboodle AQA Year 2 (+ IRP) – WGGS

Autumn 1 – No et moi

Autumn 2 – Diversity

Spring 1 – Trade unions protesting and strikes

Spring 2 – Politics and the youth

Summer 1 – Revision

GCSE

Examination board: AQA

A Level

Examination board: AQA

 

ASSESSMENT IN MFL

Each half-term we do tracker tests in 2-3 skills ( Listening, Reading, Speaking or Writing). The boys are told in advance and information is put on the Google classroom.

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

We organise a range of competitions, clubs and trips.

KEY STAGE 3

French, German and Spanish club
French/ German/ Spanish club Visit to Care home to sing carols
MFL languages Week cultural projects and activities
Visiting theatre group / Mingalaba football language activity
Spelling Bee (Y7)
Translation Bee (year 8, 9)
WBGS learning challenges

KEY STAGE 4

Spanish trip to Murcia (every 2 years)
French trip to Paris ( every 2 years)
German trip to Berlin (year 10)

KEY STAGE 5

Spanish Cultural evening
French Cultural Evening
German Cultural evening
Study conferences  
Independent work experience opportunity

To encourage independent learning, we suggest a variety of useful links to the following websites:

www.pearsonactivelearn.com (boys will have their own login details)

www.pearsonactivehub.com (year 9-11)

www.senecalearning.com

www.languagesonline.org.uk

www.quizlet.com

www.linguascope.com (we have a school login)

www.sunderlandschools.org/mfl-sunderland/resources.htm

www.duolingo.com

www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/secondary

www.kerboodle.com 

Why study languages? 

Listen to some of our past pupils and 6th Formers

FRENCH:

 

https://www.loom.com/share/709b430aed294a2d931e4d5b47ca38a0

https://www.loom.com/share/17033394c0204b1e89575de54f9f535e

https://www.loom.com/share/4b1fb07010f74c039ba20e5ca692f3b

 

 

GERMAN:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rCgCOeg5ZMMqgPNTPjfafnFgcyrNkP3z/view?usp=sharing 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j85__-kfFPTt7axuWVLQ9MdsExECKAUA/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IxHTcccpqzsfLRFXYxzxLXv6VwZUrDoh/view?usp=sharing 

SPANISH: 

https://www.loom.com/share/e32ea4970f4a4d1c88cadcb79b429940