Languages
Year 7
Term | French Curriculum Overview |
Half term 1 (7 weeks) |
Establishing routines, introductions, numbers, days of the week, birthdays, opinions, hobbies, animals, colours |
Half term 2 (7.5 weeks) |
Family Opinions, describing yourself and others - looks and personality, celebrations (Xmas) |
Half term 3 (6 weeks) |
Sports/activities, hobbies including technology, food and opinions |
Half term 4 (5.5 weeks) |
Where you live (local area), countries and nationalities, weather, food and drink |
Half term 5 (5 weeks) |
Places in town, asking for directions, activities in town, arranging to meet someone |
Half term 6 (7.5 weeks) |
School subjects, how to agree/disagree when giving opinions, telling the time, school routines and timetables |
Year 8
Term | French Curriculum Overview |
Half term 1 (7 weeks) |
TV programmes/films and opinions, books, online activities |
Half term 2 (7.5 weeks) | Relationships with others, recent activities (in the past), clothing |
Half term 3 (6 weeks) | Paris - landmarks (cultural knowledge), activities, past activities in Paris, transport |
Half term 4 (5.5 weeks) | Daily routine, holidays |
Half term 5 (5 weeks) | Where I live, description of houses (rooms etc), food, celebrations (carnivals in France, Easter etc) |
Half term 6 (7.5 weeks) | Future aspirations and plans |
Year 9
Term | French Curriculum Overview |
Half term 1 (7 weeks) | Revision of relationships and description of people, revision of perfect and future tenses |
Half term 2 (7.5 weeks) | Injuries, healthy lifestyles, future resolutions to become/stay healthy |
Half term 3 (6 weeks) | Holidays - where you go, with whom, activities, past holidays, dream holidays |
Half term 4 (5.5 weeks) | Personal values, international issues, climate change |
Half term 5 (5 weeks) | Revision of school, opinions on subjects, school buildings, uniform etc |
Half term 6 (7.5 weeks) | Jobs and using languages in the future |
Year 10
Term | French Curriculum Overview |
Half term 1 (7 weeks) | Revision of relationships and friendships, revision of perfect, imperfect and future tenses |
Half term 2 (7.5 weeks) | Revision of local area, weather, understanding information about tourist attractions, future living plans |
Half term 3 (6 weeks) | Revision of school subjects, comparison of UK and French school systems, school rules, future study plans |
Half term 4 (5.5 weeks) | Careers, part-time jobs, work experience |
Half term 5 (5 weeks) | Environmental issues, volunteer and charity work |
Half term 6 (7.5 weeks) | Grammar revision, introduction of literary texts, negatives, tenses, listening skills |
Year 11
Term | French Curriculum Overview |
Half term 1 (7 weeks) | Daily routine, visiting a restaurant, customs and festivals, traditions (English and French) |
Half term 2 (7.5 weeks) | Revision of holidays in all tenses studied so far, locations, activities, booking hotels and transport, ordering food |
Half term 3 (6 weeks) | Leisure and free time - revision of sports, television, reading, films, books in all tenses covered so far |
Half term 4 (5.5 weeks) | Revision of vocabulary for all themes; preparation and undertaking of speaking assessment |
Half term 5 (5 weeks) | Past paper practice and grammar revision |
Half term 6 (7.5 weeks) | Past paper practice and grammar revision |