MFL Curriculum Overview

French

French KS3 Curriculum Topics

Autumn Term 1

Autumn Term
2

Spring Term
1

Spring Term
2

Summer Term 1

Summer Term 2

Year
7

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
Telling the time; school subjects; school uniform.

Adjectives; sequencers; the present tense.

Weather
Sports
Free time interests

Verbs faire and jouer; using aimer + the infinitive; -er verbs singular and plural.

Likes and dislikes
Local area
Towns

Possessive adjectives; using du/de la/des; describing an area.

Spare time interests
Food and eating out

Using the verb aller; using the verb vouloir; ordering in a café; using the near future tense.

Year
8

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
Local area
Weather

Using pouvoir and vouloir + infinitive; using two tenses together.

Daily routine
Home

Using reflexive verbs; using devoir + infinitive.

Sport
Injurires and illness
Directions int he town

Using the comparative; the vous form of the imperative; visiting the doctor; using three tenses together.

Year
9

Role models
Celebrations

Using aimer with a noun or and infinitive; describing in 1st and 3rd person; using the perfect tense and the present tense together.

Jobs
Future plans

Using pouvoir and vouloir with the infinitve; using the near future and the perfect tenses with the negative.

Music
Refugees

Discussing preferences; comparatives.

The world around us
The environment

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
Holidays
Francophone countries

Describing places; using a range of verbs with the infinitive; researching a French-speaking country.

Future plans
Travelling
Francophone artistes

Using three different tenses together; cultural work.

French KS4 Curriculum Topics

Autumn
Term 1

Autumn
Term 2

Spring
Term 1

Spring
Term 2

Summer
Term 1

Summer
Term 2

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.

Studying and my future - describing our lessons and teachers. Talking about our current school and memories of primary school. Using a range of tenses to talk about plans and dreams. Discussing the importance of learning other languages.

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. Revision for year 10 exams.

Conduct of Year 10 exams - listening reading and writing skills. Lifestyle and wellbeing (cont) - changes we can make to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Travel and tourism - describing current and dream holidays. International celebrations. Booking accommodation. Conduct of year 10 speaking assessment.

Year
11

Travel and tourism - describing current and dream holidays. International celebrations. Booking accommodation. Preparation for mock exams, particularly speaking assessment.

Studying and my future

Talking about passions and dreams. Talking about the world of work, skills and job requirements. Consolidating use of range of tenses, opinions and connectives.

Revision of all 5 themes in all 4 skills - listening, speaking, reading and writing. Consolidation of grammatical forms.

Revision continued.

Examination technique. Exams in all four skills - speaking, listening, reading, writing.

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German

German KS3 Curriculum Topics

Autumn Term 1

Autumn Term
2

Spring Term
1

Spring Term
2

Summer Term 1

Summer Term 2

Year
7

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;
sein/ihr (his/her); introduction to modal verbs.

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
8

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.

Year
9

Healthy lifestyle and Role models;

Describing body parts and aches/pains. Talking about past experiences.

Jobs; Future plans and aspirations

Using weil clauses; using the near future and the perfect tenses with the negative.

Music;music festivals

Discussing preferences; comparatives. Writing detailed descriptions and giving justification.

Ambitions and aspirations

Talking about your ambitions and giving reasons. Using modal verbs and giving opinions.

Holidays
Types and booking of accommodation. Use of prepositions, perfect
tense when talking about holidays and justifying opinions.

Talking about what is important

Comparing life now and in the past. Talking about how to raise money. Using the perfect and imperfect tenses.

German KS4 Curriculum Topics