MFL Curriculum Overview
French
French KS3 Curriculum Topics
Autumn Term 1 |
Autumn Term |
Spring Term |
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Summer Term 1 |
Summer Term 2 |
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Introducing myself Numbers and dates First person -er verbs; the verb avoir ; adjectives ; likes and dislikes. |
Family and personal description Description; infinitives and regular -er verbs; saying what you do. |
School Adjectives; sequencers; the present tense. |
Weather Verbs faire and jouer; using aimer + the infinitive; -er verbs singular and plural. |
Likes and dislikes Possessive adjectives; using du/de la/des; describing an area. |
Spare time interests Using the verb aller; using the verb vouloir; ordering in a café; using the near future tense. |
Year |
Holidays and transport The past tense; giving opinions in the past. |
Festivals and food Festivals in the Francophone world; shopping at a market; using the near future tense. |
TV, technology and leisure interests Adjectivial agreement; the 24 hour clock; using negatives; using two tenses together. |
The world around us Using pouvoir and vouloir + infinitive; using two tenses together. |
Daily routine Using reflexive verbs; using devoir + infinitive. |
Sport Using the comparative; the vous form of the imperative; visiting the doctor; using three tenses together. |
Year |
Role models Using aimer with a noun or and infinitive; describing in 1st and 3rd person; using the perfect tense and the present tense together. |
Jobs Using pouvoir and vouloir with the infinitve; using the near future and the perfect tenses with the negative. |
Music Discussing preferences; comparatives. |
The world around us Using negatives and 'never'; talking about what we must do; using the perfect tense; using the conditional tense for what we would like to do |
Important places in the world Describing places; using a range of verbs with the infinitive; researching a French-speaking country. |
Future plans Using three different tenses together; cultural work. |
French KS4 Curriculum Topics
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Autumn |
Spring |
Spring |
Summer |
Summer |
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My personal world - Describing family and friendships. Freedoms and equality. Role models and celebrations. Revision of present tense, adjectives and building on range of tense to expand response. | Lifestyle and wellbeing - healthy living and lifestyles. Body parts, aches and pains. Things we can do to live a healthy life. Imperatives, past and future tenses, building confidence in reading aloud. | My neighbourhood - describing our home and local area. Describing our dream home in the future. Revision of future and conditional tenses. | My neighbourhood - the world around us, the environment and impact of pollution.Using green technology. Revision and conduct of year 10 exams. |
Media and technology - describing our free time. Use of social media, technology. Cinema, tv, gaming and musical preferences. |
Media and technology (cont) - use of different tenses to describe free time activities. Conduct of year 10 speaking assessment. |
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School Language skills – discussing school subjects, likes and dislikes, school uniform and rules and responsibilities. Using a variety of past, present and future tenses. |
Work and future plans Language skills – learning names of jobs and workplaces. Using the future and conditional tenses to talk about plans for after exams and beyond. Using a range of tenses. |
Environmental and global issues Language skills – Consideration of personal rights and responsibilities, recycling and protecting the environment, fair trade shopping and large sporting events. |
Revision of all 5 themes in all 4 skills - listening, speaking, reading and writing with focus on speaking exam |
Revision continued. Examination technique. |
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German
German KS3 Curriculum Topics
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Spring Term |
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Summer Term 1 |
Summer Term 2 |
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Introducing myself Introducation of regular verbs - wohnen; irregular verbs - haben and sein; Gender of nouns - definite and indefinite articles 'the' and 'and'. |
Descriptions of family and pets, Age; Colours; Months and Dates; Pronouns; Present Tense verbs (continued); Using adjectives; Plurals; Ordinal numbers. |
Sport, Leisure, Free time activities Using qualifiers; likes/ dislikes (gern/ nicht gern); other irregular present tense verbs; word order. |
School Word order with 'weil' (because); time expressions; prepositions; |
Town and shopping for food/drink/ souvenirs. Assessment. Using 'es gibt' to say what there 'is' and 'isn't' in a town; shopping using euros and cents; modal verbs (continued). |
Holiday Plans Future Tense; high frequency words; writing at length. |
Year |
Holidays Introduction of weather phrases, types and booking of accommodation. Use of prepositions, perfect tense when talking about holidays and justifying opinions |
Free time Vocabulary related to film and tv programmes, trips to the cinema and holiday disasters. Revision and use of the perfect and imperfect tenses. |
Lifestyles Information relating to reading preferences, food and drink, traditional German food and meals and living a healthy lifestyle. Using modal verbs and infinitives. Application of appropriate word order in German. |
Daily routine Understanding rules and daily routine, understanding and giving directions. Using imperatives to give instructions and separable verbs |
Making arrangements Describing a visit to a festival, talking about clothes and style, making plans for a date with family and friends. Looking at word order and formation of key questions |
Plans and free time Asking questions using a variety of verbs. Describing dates. Looking at word order and formation of questions. |
German KS4 Curriculum Topics
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Spring |
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Year 10 | Media and technology - describing our free time. Use of social media, technology. Cinema, tv, gaming and musical preferences. | My personal world - Describing family and friendships. Freedoms and equality. Role models and celebrations. Revision of present tense, adjectives and building on range of tense to expand response. | My neighbourhood - describing our home and local area. Describing our dream home in the future. Revision of future and conditional tenses. | My neighbourhood - the world around us, the environment and impact of pollution.Using green technology. Revision and conduct of year 10 exams. | Lifestyle and wellbeing - healthy living and lifestyles. Body parts, aches and pains. Imperatives, past and future tenses. | Lifestyle and wellbeing (cont) - Things we can do to live a healthy life. building confidence in reading aloud. Conduct of year 10 speaking assessment. |
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Holidays Using a range of tenses. Making hotel reservations and eating out (including as role play). Talking about holiday disasters using the pluperfect tense. |
Work Describing jobs and places of work. Using sequencers and prepositions. Talking about dream jobs and reasons for learning langauges. |
The World around us Describing international festivals and events. Discussing environmental issues and impact of pollution. Using adjectival nouns and adverbs. |
Revision of all 5 themes in all 4 skills - listening, speaking, reading and writing. Speaking exam. | Revision continued. Examination technique. Speaking exams. |
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