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Intent

Studying a language at Barnwell means opening minds and doorways to the wider world.
Our MFL building provides a vibrant and interactive learning space for students to develop an appreciation of diversity in other cultures and languages and foster a life-long love of language learning through a broad and structured curriculum, educational trips and cultural activities.

At Barnwell we aim to enable students to:

  • Develop effective communication skills
  • Use problem solving skills when coping with the “unknown”
  • Improve confidence as individuals
  • Build key, transferable skills useful to the workplace, further study and leisure opportunities
  • Be able to compete in local, national and global job markets

Our KS3 curriculum is based on building a solid foundation of phonics, vocabulary and grammar for every child who studies Spanish. We use the AQA KS3 Scheme of Learning to underpin our teaching of content and combine this with Active Learn online resources. This progresses in to our AQA GCSE course in KS4 for students selecting Spanish as an option.

Learning Journey

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Curriculum Map 

KS3

Subject: Spanish

Y7 Content

    Y7 Key Assessment

Y8 Content

   Y8 Key Assessment

      Y9 Content

    Y9 Key Assessment

Autumn 1

Unit 1:

Introduction to Spanish: Identity & Relationships 

 

Personal Information - Name, age, where you live, birthdays, siblings

Simple sentence building

Understanding questions and providing answers in full sentences

Selected phonics

Summative Assessment

 

Unit 1:

Education & School

Describing your school and school life – including the school day, routine and activities

Giving opinions and talking about future plans

Telling the time Adverbs of sequence

Extended opinions with connectives

Near future tense

Selected phonics

Summative Assessment

 

Unit 1:

Customs, Festivals & Celebrations

Developing a more extensive cultural knowledge of festivals and customs in Spain and Spanish speaking countries

Understanding detailed description of events.

Talking about past events and saying what we are looking forward to

Selected phonics

Summative Assessment

Autumn 2

Unit 2:

Opinions and     Cognates

Family, pets, colours, favourite things, simple opinions and reasons

Basic grammatical concepts

Common nouns and adjectives

Question forms More detailed sentence building

Selected phonics

Summative Assessment

 Unit 2:

Technology 

 

 

Discussing mobile technology, computers, other devices and social media 

Understanding how to create arguments for and against and give reasons

Introduction of past tense

Selected phonics

Summative Assessment

 

Unit 2:

Environment

 

 

Discussing environmental problems locally and globally

Formulating sentences, saying what we can do to protect the environment

Modal verbs

Conditional tense

Selected phonics

Summative Assessment

Spring 1

 Unit 3:

Extended Descriptions

 

Describing appearance and personality

Using connectives to expand sentences

Adjective endings

Recognising parts of speech

Selected phonics

Summative Assessment

Unit 3:

Media - film, tv and books

Giving opinions about tv programmes, films, types of music and books

Understanding basic descriptions of plots and characters

Recognition and use of past tense

Selected phonics

Summative Assessment

 

Unit 3:

Work & Future Plans

Expressing future intentions, including Post 16 educational choices, ideal jobs and aspirations

Future Tense

Conditional Tense

Selected phonics

Summative Assessment

Spring 2

Unit 4:

Free Time Activities 

Leisure Activities and hobbies

Present tense of common verbs linked to topic

Words of frequency and time phrases

Selected phonics

Summative Assessment

Unit 4:

Celebrity Culture

 

 

Understanding descriptions, articles and broadcasts about famous people and influencers

Developing reading and listening strategies

Extending descriptive skills

Selected phonics

Summative Assessment

Unit 4:

Healthy Living

Expanding food and drink vocabulary and examining food groups

Expressing attitudes to health and fitness.

Modal verbs

Combine tenses- past, present, future, conditional

Selected phonics

Summative Assessment

Summer 1

Unit 5:

Where People Live

Describing your home and local area

Reading strategies Using prepositions

Describing what there is / is not

Selected phonics

Summative Assessment

Unit 5:

Travel & Tourism

Discussing holiday options, destinations, locations, transport, weather, activities and accommodation

Combining tenses – past, present and future

Selected phonics 

Summative Assessment

Summative Assessment

Researching the background and setting of a film

Watching and understanding a film in Spanish and review it, describing the main theme, characters and plot

Combining all tenses.

Selected phonics

Summative Assessment

Summer 2

Unit 6:

Consolidation of Year 7

Review and retrieval of key phonics, vocabulary and grammar in Units 1-5

 Unit 6:

Consolidation of Year 8

Review and retrieval of key phonics, vocabulary and grammar in Units 1-5

Unit 6:

Consolidation of Year 9

Review and retrieval of key phonics, vocabulary and grammar in Units 1-5

 

 

KS4 Course:

AQA Spanish

Y10 Content

Y10 Key Assessment

Y11 Content

Y11 Key Assessment

Autumn 1

Identity and Relationships

Students assessed in all 4 skill areas of Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking, using GCSE style questions

Environment and where we live.

Students assessed in all 4 skill areas of Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking, using GCSE style questions

Autumn 2

Healthy Living

 

 

Students assessed in all 4 skill areas of Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking, using GCSE style questions

Travel and Tourism

Places of interest

Students assessed in all 4 skill areas of Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking, using GCSE style questions

Spring 1

Education and Work 

Students assessed in all 4 skill areas of Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking, using GCSE style questions

Revision Lessons

January Mock Exams and Feedback

January mock exams using past GCSE papers for Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking

Spring 2

    Free Time Activities,     Media and Technology

Students assessed in all 4 skill areas of Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking, using GCSE style questions

Speaking Exam preparation lessons

Unit revision lessons

 

Summer 1

Celebrity Culture, Customs and Festivals

Students assessed in all 4 skill areas of Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking, using GCSE style questions

GCSE Speaking

Exams Revision

Lessons GCSE Listening/ Reading and Writing Exam period

GCSE Exams

Summer 2

Review and Retrieval Lessons

Year 10 Exam preparation 

Past exam Papers All 4 skills areas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Faculty / Subject Overviews

GCSE has a Foundation Tier (grades 1–5) and a Higher Tier (grades 4–9). Students must take all four question papers at the same tier. All question papers must be taken in the same series. 

Skill Assessed

Weighting

Task

Duration

Marks

Unit 1: Listening

25%

Section A – questions in English, to be answered in English or non-verbally

Section B – questions in Spanish, to be answered in Spanish or non-verbally

No dictionaries.

 

35 mins (F)

45 mins (H)

40 Marks (F)

 

50 Marks (H)

 

 

 

 

 

Unit 2: Speaking

25%

Role Play

Photo card discussion

Conversation

No dictionaries.

12 mins preparation

7-9 mins (F)

10-12 mins (H)

60 marks

 

 

 

 

 

Unit 3: Reading

25%

Reading tasks with non-verbal and written responses, including one translation task from Spanish into English

No dictionaries.

45 Mins (F)

60 Mins (H)

60 marks

 

 

 

 

 

Unit 4: Writing

25%

 3-4 Writing tasks including one translation task from English into Spanish

No dictionaries.

1 hr (F)

1 hr 15 (H)

50 marks (F)

 

60 Marks (H)

 

Useful websites and Apps:

Vocabulary learning tools (free apps and websites):

www.memrise.com

www.quizlet.com 

www.duolingo.com

www.fluentu.com

Dictionaries:

www.wordreference.com

Revision

www.bbc.co.uk/languages

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z8j2tfr

Grammar Revision:

www.seneca.com

TV channels:

www.youtube.com