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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

Family relationships - revising vocabulary and using reflexive verbs. Going out - revising the near future tense and the perfect tense. 

People we admire - using a range of tenses together. Online actvities and TV - using the comparative. 

Food, meals and daily life - using irregular verbs and modal verbs. 

Family celebrations, traditions and festivals - using time phrases, dates, negatives and a combination of tenses. My region -  describing where we live and what it is like

My region (cont.) - talking about likes and dislikes, including the weather and using the superlative. Using adjectives. Making plans for the future. 

Holidays - using a range of tenses. Making hotel reservations and eating out (including as role play). Talking about holiday disasters using the pluperfect tense. 

Year
11

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

 

Autumn Term 1

Autumn Term
2

Spring Term
 1

Spring Term
2

Summer Term 1

Summer Term 2 

Year
7

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Year
8

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
9

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

 

Autumn
Term 1

Autumn
Term 2

Spring
Term 1

Spring
Term 2

Summer
Term 1

Summer
Term 2

Year 10

School

Language skills – discussing school subjects, likes and dislikes, school uniform and rules and responsibilities. Using a variety of past, present and future tenses.

Free time and personal interests

Language skills - Online activities and TV, cinema and film -  using the comparative and using a range of tenses together.

Family and friends

Language skills - Family relationships - revising vocabulary and using reflexive verbs. Going out - revising the near future tense and the perfect tense.

My region

Language skills - My region -  describing where we live and what it is like

My region (continued)

Language skills- talking about likes and dislikes, including the weather and using the superlative. Using adjectives. Making plans for the future.

Holidays

Language skills - using a range of tenses. Making hotel reservations and eating out (including as role play). Talking about holiday disasters using the pluperfect tense. 

Year
11

Topic  -  Continuation of Holidays

Theme - Local area, holiday and travel

Language skills - Discussing holiday experiences, advantages and disadvantages.

Topic - Work

Theme - Future aspirations, study and work

Language skills - Using conjunctions, intensifiers and sequencers. Using a variety of tenses.

Topic  -  The World around us

Theme - International and Global dimension

Language skills - Understanding texts about global events and issues. Developing awareness of adjectival nouns and the passive.

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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