PROGRAMMES OF STUDY - MFL
German Year 7 Curriculum 2014-5
Timescale
Term 1
Meine Welt
Term 2
Das Schulsystem
in Vergleich
Term 3
Deutschland
Topics
Greetings;
The alphabet and phonics;
personal information;
classroom language; numbers;
dates; colours;
family and pets;
appearance and character;
opinions;
asking questions; reading longer
texts.
School subjects;
opinions; time;
food and drink;
describing what I wear;
the German school system;
time phrases; what I do after
school;
what I like to do;
Countries and nationalities;
where I live; describing my
home; describing where I live;
German towns and cities;
transport;
other German-speaking
countries; directions;
using Euros.
Grammar
Sein and haben
Nouns and gender
The definite and indefinite
articles
Possessive adjectives
conjunctions and
qualifiers;
plural nouns;
the accusative case;
irregular verbs – essen
and fahren;
kein and nicht;
comparisons;
adverbs of time;
using ich möchte.
regular verbs in the
present tense;
prepositions;
plurals;
du und Sie;
word order;
using the present tense
to talk about the future.
Assessments: Three per term to be chosen by the class teacher. Example
assessments include: interviewing a classmate about their family; writing an
email about school life at Parklands to a friend in Germany; creating a board
game based on moving around a German city. (Assessments will be linked to
“I can” skills grid.)
Differentiated Consolidation and Extension tasks at the end of each term in noughts
and crosses grid format. To be drawn up by class teacher according to pupil need.
(See separate sheet for differentiated template.)
French Year 8 Curriculum 2014-5
Timescale
Topics
Grammar
Voilà, c’est
moi!
Family life, occupations, the weather,
(daily routine), friends, pocket money,
–er, -ir and -re verbs
(present tense),
masc and fem. nouns,
irregular verbs, depuis
(since), notre and nos,
avoir besoin de,
adj.agreement
Free time activities, sports, media,
making arrangements, clothes and
shopping, town, making excuses
j’aime + inf, jouer/faire,
past tense with avoir,
irregular past participles,
time phrases, modal
verbs, “vouloir”, more
adjective agreement,
comparatives and
superlatives.
prepositions à + en,
question words, opinions,
partitive article, il faut +
inf, de with quantities,
future tense, past tense
with être
Term 1
Hier et
aujourd’hui
Term 2
En vacances
Term 3
Countries and languages, holiday
activities, tourist information, food,
meals, party preparations, food
shopping, restaurant dialogues.
Assessments: Three per term to be chosen by class teacher. Example assessments include: writing a
penpal letter to a French pupil, creating a short video about holidays, reading and answering
questions about an authentic text. (Assessments will be linked to “I can” skills grid.
Spanish Year 9 Scheme of Work overview 2014-15 – Fast-Track Spanish. First
year of studyyear
andfor
preparatory
year for GCSE
preparatory
GCSE Spanish.
Timescale
Topics
Grammar
Bienvenido
Greetings, Personal details, Numbers 120, Months, Hispanic Countries,
Classroom materials
Pronunciation, 1st and 2nd
person conjugations –
present tense regular
verbs (vivo, dónde vives)
Subjects, Likes & Dislikes, Reasons,
Preferences, School Day, Time &
Timetables, Comparisons of different
schools, Number 20-100
Present tense regular
conjugation of AR, IR and
ER verbs, Adjective
agreement, Me gusta
agreement, Quantifiers
Family, Animals, Physical Description,
Personality Description, Colours,
Countries, Home, Room items, Daily
routine
Present tense conjugation
of Tener, Possessive
adjectives, Present tense
conjugation of Ser, Stemchanging verbs present
tense (jugar and dormer),
Reflexive verbs,
Prepositions
Me gusta (etc) + infinitive,
Near future tense,
Conjugation of Ir in
present tense,
Comparatives, Querer
present tense, using
cuando as conjunction,
using two tenses together
Term 1
Half Term 1
Mi colegio
Term 1
Half Term 2
Mi Familia y
Mi casa
Term 2
Mi tiempo
libre y mi
ciudad
Term 3
Hobbies, Time, Sports, Keeping Fit,
Plans for the summer/weekend,
Describing city/town, Directions,
Invitations, Weather
Assessments: One assessment over the year for each of the skill areas – reading, writing, listening
and speaking. Ongoing formative assessment.
German Year 9 Curriculum 2014-5
Year 9 to start GCSE preparation including higher-level grammar and vocabulary
Timescale
Term 1
Deutschland
heute
Topics
Grammar
Personal information
and family life (inc
youth problems/
aspirations)
Berlin/Krefeld/Cochem
Festivals and fetes eg
Oktoberfest
Present tense revision
Future tense
Relative clauses
Weil/wenn
Comparatives
Modal verbs
Opinions – present and future
Um ____zu
Anne Frank
Kindertransport
Hitler Youth
Revision of perfect tense
Introduction to imperfect
Imperative
Prepositions with accusative and
dative
Subordinate clauses
Opinions – past tense
Negatives
Term 2
Germany at war
(WWII)
through the eyes
of young people
Home and possessions
Daily routine
Travel
Term 3
Growing up in
post-war
Germany: Divided
and reunited
Building of the Berlin
Wall
Life in the BRD/DDR
Reunification
School life then and
now
Time Manner Place
Conditional tense
Adjectival endings
Superlatives
Change of pronouns
Plurals
Relative clauses
Assessments: One practise speaking and one practise writing controlled assessment
during the year.
One listening and one reading comprehension. On-going formative assessment.
Years 10 and 11 Curriculum.
Pupils will be preparing for the Edexcel GCSE.
The Edexcel course book guide is available on the school Google/Realsmart.
Pupils will be preparing at least two controlled assessments per year, one speaking
and one writing. They will also be undertaking listening and reading activities, in
preparation for the listening and reading examinations at the end of their final year.
The topics to be covered are:
 media and culture
 sport and leisure
 travel and tourism
 business, work and employment
We will also be covering the following grammar: nouns and pronouns
 articles, adjectives and adverbs
 quantifiers, verbs, prepositions
 conjunctions and clauses
 tenses
It is essential that pupils prepare and learn very thoroughly for the controlled
assessments as they are worth 60% of the final mark. This comprises 2
written and 2 spoken assessment tests.
The listening and reading examinations, taken during the final year are worth
40%, requiring thorough vocabulary practice and learning.