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French / Spanish Curriculum Overview
Term 1 - September to December
Year group | Half term 1 | Half term 2 |
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Year 7 | Greetings, numbers 1-20/dates, self portrait, colours, school stationary and other items, how i see myself, describing others, describing other people's personalities | School subjects, opinions about school, timetable, school building, school in France, food at school |
Year 8 | TV, films, reading, what do you do when you're online, what activities you do depending on the weather | Personality, friends, music, fashion and clothes, talking about last weekend |
Year 8 French/Spanish | TV, films, reading, what do you do when you're online, what activities you do depending on the weather | Personality, friends, music, fashion and clothes, talking about last weekend, visiting Paris, describing a trip |
Year 9 | Self-description, online activities, going out, what do you do on Saturday, music | My future, languages and work, work routine, a day at work, my ambitions |
Year 10 | Describe your best friend, say how you get on with your family, making plans to go out, describing a night out, when i was younger, the person i admire | Me and sport, my life online, what I read and what I used to read, my favourite TV programmes, me and the silver screen |
Year 11 | My subjects, my school and my school day, comparing a French school and an English school, school rules, healthy living for school, healthy living for school, bad habits, a school exchange, revision COVID: holidays | Describing a job, what careers interest me, my plans for the future, applying for a job, working in tourism |
Term 2 - January to April
Year group | Half term 3 | Half term 4 |
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Year 7 | My computer and my mobile, are you sporty? what do you do in your spare time? what I like to do, being active | Where I live, lost in a theme park, the weekend, hello! what can you do in your town |
Year 8 | Tourism in Paris, young people in Paris, asking questions, how was it? the 14th July in Paris | Where I live, in my flat, let’s eat, pancake day, I am going to a carnival |
Year 8 French/Spanish | Talking about TV, films, reading, what do you do when you are connected? when the weather is nice .. | My description, talking about my friends, what music do you listen to? what I like to wear, last weekend, tourism in Spain, how was it? |
Year 9 | Hit! (body parts), sport and fitness, healthy eating, I am going to change my life, are you fit and healthy? | Talking about holidays, I love extreme sports, things I take on holiday, what a disaster, at the holiday camp |
Year 10 | What I eat, shopping for clothes, my daily life, what I eat for special occasions, describing family celebrations | Describing a religion, talking about my town, asking questions about tourism, dicuss future plans depending on the weather, what I have done and will do to help my community |
Year 11 | Family and friends, sports and leisure, my town and my house, my region and protecting the environment, family celebrations and future life plans | Holidays (present past and future), holidays (hotel, activities, bad experience and ideal holiday), pocket money, part time job, global and social issues |
Term 3 - April to July
Year group | Half term 5 | Half term 6 |
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Year 7 | Holidays, getting ready, at the café, going on a summer camp | Me and my dreams, my family and friends, pets and other animals |
Year 8 | Food, going to a Carnival, family and relationships, animals, travelling to French speaking countries | Talent shows, preparing for an audition, what are the judges like?, describing a celebrity |
Year 8 French/Spanish | Where I live, describing my house, talking about food, REVISION first term | Where I live, describing my house, talking about food, REVISION second term |
Year 9 | Talking about holidays, talking about rights and priorities, going shopping | Talking about ourselves, family and friends, my daily routine, my leisure activities |
Year 10 | Describing my local environment, answering key questions about holidays, holiday items and activities, talking about holidays using a range of tenses | Describing an ideal holiday, describing the hotel where we stayed, what was the journey like?, the local food, the activities I did, a past holiday which went horribly wrong |
Year 11 | Revision: self and others, Revision: my local area and the environment, Revision: school and education, Revision: holidays, Revision: key grammatical structures and all tenses |
Suggested reading material to support subject learning
- Kids world travel guide - France Facts
- FNAC - Free Children's ebooks
- Canope – Free books for 10-14 year olds
- French teenage comics
- eBooKids – 15 books for Years 9 and above
- Asterixonline – Asterix Comics
- France Pub - Sport in France
- Wikipedia - Sport in France
- French Iceberg – Sport in France
- French love to know – Popular French Sports
- Wikipedia – French Fashion
- The Culture Trip – How France Became the Fashion Capital of the World
- Google Arts & Culture – How Fashion Impacts France
- Campus France – French Culinary Specialities
- Gastronomos – Understand why French gastronomy is unique and the greatest national pride
- Wikipedia – French Cuisine
- Explore France – Typical gastronomy from the cities and regions of France
- Babbel – Top French speaking countries to visit that aren’t France
- Girl about the Globe – Best places for French speaking countries
- Campus France – Visit the regions of France
To find out more about the curriculum Newhouse Academy delivers please contact Hannah Gregory-Harris on 01706 369436 or email gregory-harrish@newhouseacademy.co.uk