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:
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.
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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
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Personal Information - Name, age, where you live, birthdays, siblings Simple sentence building Understanding questions and providing answers in full sentences Selected phonics Summative Assessment
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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
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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
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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
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Unit 2: Environment
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
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35 mins (F) 45 mins (H) |
40 Marks (F)
50 Marks (H) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
Vocabulary learning tools (free apps and websites):
Dictionaries:
Revision
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z8j2tfr
Grammar Revision:
TV channels: