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World Languages

Curriculum

AT SHIRELAND WE STRONGLY BELIEVE IN LANGUAGES AS A SKILL FOR LIFE AND WANT SPANISH AND FRENCH TO BE SUBJECTS THAT YOU REALLY ENJOY AND FIND REWARDING. OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO ENABLE YOU TO DEVELOP YOUR LANGUAGE SKILLS TO YOUR FULL POTENTIAL, GIVING YOU THE KNOWLEDGE TO COMMUNICATE WITH CONFIDENCE IN SPANISH AND/OR FRENCH.

Learning Languages opens so many opportunities that you may never have even thought about, not just in business but in the fields of medicine, law, engineering, architecture, art, science and of course travel and tourism.

We also celebrate the diverse cultures and backgrounds our students are from and so they can choose to study a community language, in addition to the GCSE qualifications they choose.

curriculum overview

KS3 Spanish

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ÌýAutumn 1, Autumn 2, Spring 1Spring 2, Summer 1, Summer 2
7Todo sobre mi (All about me):
THEMES & VOCABULARY: Phonics, Alphabet, Greetings, Numbers & Dates, Colours, Pencil Case items, Personal Information (Name, age, looks, personality) Where you come from, Family members, Pets

GRAMMAR: 1st person singular moving to full verb (singular and plural) for the key verbs ‘tener’ and ‘ser/estar’ and adding more verbs throughout the term in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd person singular and plural. Using regular -er verbs (Simple opinions to be introduced and complexity added as the year progresses.) Introduction to Gender, Present Tense, adjectives and their m/f/pl agreements, asking questions, adverbs of time and frequency, simple comparative (más/menos… que), simple relative pronouns to use when talking about family members (e.g. a brother, who…) and simple imperfect tense of ‘tener’ and ‘ser/estar’ with ‘cuando’ to describe what we used to look like, possessive adjectives, negatives.
Mi tiempo libre (Free time):
THEMES & VOCABULARY: Sports and Hobbies, Social Media Activities, TV and Film, Weather, Time, where you do activities (home/park etc)

GRAMMAR: Present Tense (regular -er verbs and the irregulars of ‘hacer’ ‘ir’ ‘jugar’, prepositions after these verbs; Opinions and justifications, adverbs of frequency, (puesto que, dado que, etc.), Introduction to and use of the future tense in Spanish, complex opinions, time-markers, weather phrases.
8Mi casa (My home):
THEMES AND VOCABULARY: We will begin by looking at describing our house and its location, then move inside the house to look at rooms/furniture and prepositions. We will continue to revise opinion and justification vocabulary. The verb ‘vivir’ where you live + location, number and type of rooms, basic activities you like/don’t like to do at home, furniture.

GRAMMAR: (introduced/revisited) gender (m/f/pl) adjectives and endings, opinions (with infinitive) and justification with simple prepositions.
En mi ciudad (My town and area):
THEMES AND VOCABULARY: Where we live, talking about our areas, buildings in town, what there is to do in our town (activities), why you like/don’t like where you live, and how we can be responsible citizens with regards to the environment around us, what you did recently in your town. We will spend some time different housing and types of lifestyles in Spain.

GRAMMAR: opinions and justification, se puede + infinitive for 5 key verbs hacer/jugar/ir/ver/visitar. Introduction to past tense through SB with the same 5 key verbs and familiar vocabulary.
9Las vacaciones (holidays):
THEMES AND VOCABULARY: looking at different countries and holiday destinations and include information on accommodation, what you can do at your holiday destination – including places in town and transactional vocabulary for moving around. By the end of the unit, students should be able to describe their holidays confidently using at least 3 different time frames or 3 tenses from the 4 so far introduced. (Present, Imperfect, Perfect and Future). Vocabulary covered to include destinations, methods of transport, weather, accommodation and details of the area you are staying, travel transactions, directions, holiday activities, what to do if you are ill on holiday, spending money and buying souvenirs, opinions of the holiday

GRAMMAR: Past, Imperfect, Present and Future Tenses, conditional tense with ‘si’ to say what you would do next time, modal verbs, complex opinions and justifications, a selection of conjunctions, prepositions, imperative for instructions.
La música, el cine y los libros (Music, Film and Books):
THEMES AND VOCABULARY: A cultural-based unit of work, selected to allow students to experience the effect of a civil war in a Spanish speaking country (El Salvador). Thus, students will increase their awareness of social, economic and historical developments in the Spanish-speaking world and to increase their cultural knowledge through a more tangible topic. The outcome is for students to be able to review the connection in between Spain and South America regarding their: languages, customs, religion, traditions.

GRAMMAR: Revision of adverbs, adjectives, 5 tenses so far covered.

KS4 Spanish

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ÌýAutumn 1Autumn 2Spring 1Spring 2Summer 1Summer 2
10THEME 1: People and Lifestyle
F : La dieta mediterránea
H: Los institutos en España

THEMES & VOCAB
Introductions
Personality
Family Relationships
Types of Family
Friends and Friendship

GRAMMAR:
Present Tense (-er, -ir, -re)
Reflexive Verbs
Using que
Adjectives -agreement and position
Comparative Adjectives
Future Tense of regular -er verbs
Present participles of regular verbs
THEME 1: People and Lifestyle
F : La dieta mediterránea
H: Los institutos en España


THEMES & VOCAB
Food Preferences
Health Problems and Addiction
Lifestyle choices and habits
Recent Activities
Challenges of healthy lifestyle

GRAMMAR:
Negatives
Near Future
Modal verbs
Obligational verbs
Preterit and imperfect tense (regulars)
Positions of adverbs
Plural Nouns
Present & Future together
Irregular present participles
THEME 1: People and Lifestyle
F : La dieta mediterránea
H: Los institutos en España

THEMES & VOCAB
School Rules
Studies Post16
Discussing Jobs
Jobs in the creative industry
Dream School
Work Experience

GRAMMAR:
Obligational verbs
Negatives
Auxiliary verbs (haber)
Ordinal numbers
Nouns
Feminine personal nouns
Indefinite adjectives
Conditional of regular verbs
THEME 2: Popular Culture
F El mundo TikToker / Los premios ídolo
H: Los premios Goya

THEMES & VOCAB
Hobbies and Sports
Leisure Activities in the Past
Plans for Leisure activities
TV, Cinema, Music

GRAMMAR:
Imperfect Tense (regular verbs)
Preterit and imperfect tense (irregular verbs)
Adverbs ending in -mente
Emphatic pronouns (yo/tu)
Near Future
THEME 2: Popular Culture
F El mundo TikToker / Los premios ídolo
H: Los premios Goya

THEMES & VOCAB
Leisure activities around the world
Customs and Celebrations
Birthdays and other special days
Extreme Sports
Popular Culture in the Past

GRAMMAR:
Present Tense (Irregular verbs)
Revising Preterit and imperfect tense
Questions + inversion
Irregular plural nouns
y + en
Imperfect Tense
Modals in the perfect tense
THEME 2: Popular Culture
F El mundo TikToker / Los premios ídolo
H: Los premios Goya

THEMES & VOCAB
Past and Future Festivals
Routes to Fame
Tips on becoming famous
Planning a trip to a festival
How and why people might become famous

GRAMMAR:
Using 2 tenses together
Past and future
Using infinitives as nouns
Future AND conditional
11Vámonos de vacacionesLos problemas sociales / El calentamiento globalMis futuras aspiracionesFiestas y costumbres en el mundo hispánicoLas redes sociales y la tecnologíaÌý

KS3 French

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ÌýAutumn 1, Autumn 2, Spring 1Spring 2, Summer 1, Summer 2
7C’est perso! (All about me):
THEMES & VOCABULARY: Phonics, Alphabet, Greetings, Numbers & Dates, Colours, Pencil Case items, Personal Information (Name, age, looks, personality) Where you come from, Family members, Pets

GRAMMAR: 1st person singular moving to full verb (singular and plural) for the key verbs ‘avoir’ and ‘être’ and adding more verbs throughout the term in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd person singular and plural. Using regular -er verbs (Simple opinions to be introduced and complexity added as the year progresses.) Introduction to Gender, Present Tense, adjectives and their m/f/pl agreements, asking questions, adverbs of time and frequency, simple comparative (plus/moins… que), simple relative pronouns to use when talking about family members (e.g. a brother, who…) and simple imperfect tense of ‘avoir’ and ‘être’ with ‘Quand’ to describe what we used to look like, possessive adjectives, negatives, depuis+present tense.
Mes passe-temps (Free time):
THEMES & VOCABULARY: Sports and Hobbies, Social Media Activities, TV and Film, Weather, Time, Where you do activities (home/park etc)

GRAMMAR: Present Tense (regular -er verbs and the irregulars of ‘faire’ ‘aller’, prepositions after faire (du) and jouer(au), Opinions and justifications, adverbs of frequency, (car + parce que + ), Introduction to and use of the future tense in French, complex opinions, time-markers, weather phrases.
8Ma maison (My home):
THEMES AND VOCABULARY: We will begin by looking at describing our house and its location, then move inside the house to look at rooms/furniture and prepositions. We will continue to revise opinion and justification vocabulary. The verbs ‘habiter’ and ‘vivre’, where you live + location, number and type of rooms, basic activities you like/don’t like to do at home, furniture.

GRAMMAR: (introduced/revisited) gender (m/f/pl) adjectives and endings, opinions (with infinitive) and justification with ‘car’ and ‘parce que’ simple prepositions.
En ville (My town and area):
THEMES AND VOCABULARY: Where we live, talking about our areas, buildings in town, what there is to do in our town (activities), why you like/don’t like where you live, and how we can be responsible citizens with regards to the environment around us, what you did recently in your town. We will spend some time looking at the French capital, Paris, and what there is to see and do to increase our cultural capital, as well as focussing on one other French-Speaking region outside of France. (La Francophonie)

GRAMMAR: opinions and justification, on peut + infinitive for 5 key verbs faire/jouer/aller/voir/visiter. Introduction to past tense through SB with the same 5 key verbs and familiar vocabulary.
9Les vacances (holidays):
THEMES AND VOCABULARY: looking at different countries and holiday destinations and include information on accommodation, what you can do at your holiday destination – including places in town and transactional vocabulary for moving around. By the end of the unit, students should be able to describe their holidays confidently using at least 3 different time frames or 3 tenses from the 4 so far introduced. (Present, Imperfect, Perfect and Future). Vocabulary covered to include destinations, methods of transport, weather, accommodation and details of the area you are staying, travel transactions, directions, holiday activities, what to do if you are ill on holiday, spending money and buying souvenirs, opinions of the holiday

GRAMMAR: Past, Imperfect, Present and Future Tenses, conditional tense with ‘si’ to say what you would do next time, modal verbs, complex opinions and justifications, a selection of conjunctions, prepositions, imperative for instructions.
La musique, le cinéma, la poésie (Music, Film, Poetry):
THEMES AND VOCABULARY: A cultural-based unit of work, selected to allow students to increase their awareness of literature, film and poetry from the French-speaking world and to increase their cultural knowledge through a fun topic. The outcome is for students to be able to review of a concert or a film they have seen or describe their favourite story/poem/pop-group. Vocabulary covered to include Television programmes and viewing habits, Films and reviews, Describing favourite actors/actresses, Features of Poetry, French poetry/literature, writing a poem/fairy tale in French, French songs, Reacting to songs and giving opinions

GRAMMAR: Revision of adverbs, adjectives, 5 tenses so far covered.

KS4 French

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ÌýAutumn 1Autumn 2Spring 1Spring 2Summer 1Summer 2
10THEME 1: People and Lifestyle
F: Mon métier francophone
H: Les sites sacrés dans le monde francophone

THEMES & VOCAB
Introductions
Personality
Family Relationships
Types of Family
Friends and Friendship

GRAMMAR:
Present Tense (-er, -ir, -re)
Reflexive Verbs
Using qui
Adjectives -agreement and position
Comparative Adjectives
Future Tense of regular -er verbs
Present participles of regular verbs
THEME 1: People and Lifestyle
F: Mon métier francophone
H: Les sites sacrés dans le monde francophone

THEMES & VOCAB
Food Preferences
Health Problems and Addiction
Lifestyle choices and habits
Recent Activities
Challenges of healthy lifestyle

GRAMMAR:
Negatives
Near Future
Imperative (tu)
Perfect tense with avoir (regulars)
Positions of adverbs
Plural Nouns
Interrogative adjective (quel)
Indirect object pronouns (sing.)
avant de..
Present & Future together
Irregular present participles
THEME 1: People and Lifestyle
F: Mon métier francophone
H: Les sites sacrés dans le monde francophone

THEMES & VOCAB
School Rules
Studies Post16
Discussing Jobs
Jobs in the creative industry
Dream School
Work Experience

GRAMMAR:
pouvoir/devoir
Negatives
il faut + infinitive
il y a / il y aura
Ordinal numbers
Nouns ending in -ation
Feminine personal nouns
Indefinite adjectives
Conditional of regular verbs
être en train de..
venir de…
THEME 2: Popular Culture
F: Les Jeux de la Francophonie
H: Des écrivains francophones

THEMES & VOCAB
Hobbies and Sports
Leisure Activities in the Past
Plans for Leisure activities
TV, Cinema, Music

GRAMMAR:
Imperfect Tense (regular verbs)
Perfect Tense with avoir (irregular verbs)
Adverbs ending in -ment
Emphatic pronouns (moi/toi)
Near Future
Partitive Articles (du / de la / de l’ / des)
Perfect Tense with être
THEME 2: Popular Culture
F: Les Jeux de la Francophonie
H: Des écrivains francophones

THEMES & VOCAB
Leisure activities around the world
Customs and Celebrations
Birthdays and other special days
Extreme Sports
Popular Culture in the Past

GRAMMAR:
Perfect Tense with être
C’est / Il y a
Present Tense (Irregular verbs)
Revising perfect with avoir/être
en /à with places
Questions + inversion
Direct object pronouns (me/te/vous/le/la)
Irregular plural nouns
y + en
Imperfect Tense
Modals in the perfect tense
THEME 2: Popular Culture
F: Les Jeux de la Francophonie
H: Des écrivains francophones

THEMES & VOCAB
Past and Future Festivals
Routes to Fame
Tips on becoming famous
Planning a trip to a festival
How and why people might become famous

GRAMMAR:
Using 2 tenses together
Perfect of avoir, être, prendre, faire
Imperative (tu/vous)
Functions of definite/indefinite articles
de for possession
Using infinitives as nouns
Future AND conditional of être, avoir, aller, faire
11On part en vacancesDes problèmes sociaux : L’environnement
/la pauvreté
L’orientation/Le travail bénévoleOn fait la fêteLes réseaux sociaux/On se marie?Ìý

KS3 German

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ÌýAutumn 1, Autumn 2, Spring 1Spring 2, Summer 1, Summer 2
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Die Ferien (Holidays):
THEMES AND VOCABULARY: destinations, methods of transport, weather, accommodation and details of the area you are staying, travel transactions, holiday activities, what to do if you are ill on holiday, spending money and buying souvenirs, opinions of the holiday

GRAMMAR: Past, Imperfect, Present and Future Tenses, conditional tense with ‘wenn’ to say what you would do next time, modal verbs, complex opinions and justifications, a selection of conjunctions, prepositions, imperative for instructions

CULTURAL CAPITAL: Holidaying in German Speaking Countries

Feste und Freude! (Festivals and Joy!):
THEMES AND VOCABULARY: different festivals and traditions in GSC’s, different foods and drinks connected to the festivals, music habits.

GRAMMAR: Revision of the 5 tenses introduced so far – Present, Future, Conditional, Perfect and Imperfect, revising likes/dislikes and opinions.

CULTURAL CAPITAL: Festivals and Traditions across different German-Speaking Countries

KS4 German

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ÌýAutumn 1Autumn 2Spring 1Spring 2Summer 1Summer 2
10THEME 1: People and Lifestyle
F: Sport macht Spaß
H: sprachliche Identität

THEMES & VOCAB:
Describing me
Family
Friendships
Family relationships
Family & Social Life

GRAMMAR:
Present Tense
Separable Verbs
Reflexive Verbs
Gender of nouns
THEME 1: People and Lifestyle
F: Sport macht Spaß
H: sprachliche Identität

THEMES & VOCAB:
Healthy Lifestyle
Healthy Eating
Health & Happiness
Lifestyle choices

GRAMMAR:
Perfect Tense
ein/kein
Nom/Acc cases
Possesive Adject’s
zu + infinitive
reflexive pronouns
nicht & sondern
THEME 1: People and Lifestyle
F: Sport macht Spaß
H: sprachliche Identität

THEMES & VOCAB:
School Life
Comparing school Experiences
School routine
School rules
Work
Future Plans
Jobs

GRAMMAR:
Imperfect (h + s)
Perfect & Imperfect
You
Coordinating conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions
Weak and strong imperfect verbs
Direct and indirect object pronouns
³Ü³¾â€¦z³Ü..
Relative clauses (nom + acc)
THEME 2: Popular Culture
F: Ein Besuch in den Schweizer Alpen
H: Mehrsprachig und berühmt

THEMES & VOCAB:
Sports
Extreme Sports
Free time activities
Arranging a day out
Making Plans

GRAMMAR:
werden future
ich möchte
Present tense (R)
weil / wenn
gern/Lieber
Questions and inversion
Present Tense of ‚wissen‘
Bei/am + infinitive as nouns
THEME 2: Popular Culture
F: Ein Besuch in den Schweizer Alpen
H: Mehrsprachig und berühmt

THEMES & VOCAB:
Films
Food and Drink
Celebrations
Traditions
Christmas

GRAMMAR:
Question formation
Modal verbs
Coordinating and subordinating conjunctions (R)
Word Order T.M.P
Subordinate clauses
THEME 2: Popular Culture
F: Ein Besuch in den Schweizer Alpen
H: Mehrsprachig und berühmt

THEMES & VOCAB:
Typical Festivals
Festivals around the world
Role Models
Past GS celebrities
Famous GS people

GRAMMAR:
Modals (R)
Perfect Tense (R)
nicht/nie
Adjectives endings after the definite article (nom+acc)
Conditional Tense
Adjectival Nouns after viel, etwas, nichts, alles
Genitive for possession.
11Reisen und TourismusGesellschaftliche Probleme : Die Umwelt/Der ArmutBerufe/Freiwillige ArbeitFeste und TraditionenSoziale Medien/Heiraten oder nicht?Ìý

KS4 COURSE

MORE INFORMATION

The aims of the course are to enable students to develop an understanding of world languages in a variety of contexts. It also allows you to increase your knowledge of key vocabulary and structures, to transfer language learning skills and to communicate effectively. Finally, the course aims at helping students to understand counties and communities where world languages are spoken.

Students study all of the following themes on which the assessments are based:

Theme 1: Identity and culture

Theme 2: Local, national, international and global areas of interest

Theme 3: Current and future study and employment

Each of these broad themes is broken down further into sub-topics which we cover over the 2-year course.  Many of the topics will have been covered briefly in Years 7-9, allowing us to study and analyse a topic in much more depth over the GCSE.

A major feature of the GCSE is the emphasis placed on cultural awareness.  You will be learning about the customs and traditions of world languages speaking countries alongside the more traditional language structures, vocabulary and grammar.

HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED?

Scheme of Assessment (AQA German/French)
There are two tiers of entry: Foundation (Grades 1-5)Ìý or Higher (Grades 4-9)

Paper 1 – Listening (F 35 Minutes / H 45 Minutes)

(25% of GCSE)
Understanding and responding to different types of spoken language.

Paper 2 – Speaking (F 7-9 Minutes / H 10-12 Minutes)

(25% of GCSE)
Communicating and interacting effectively in speech for a variety of different purposes.
There are 3 parts to the speaking exam:

  1. Role-Play
  2. Describing a photo card
  3. Talking about 2 topics from the above Themes.Ìý (You get to choose one of them!)
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Paper 3 – Reading (F 45 Minutes / H 1 Hour)

(25% of GCSE)
Understanding and responding to different types of written language.
There will be a selection of questions to answer in English and German/French and also a translation from German/French into English.

Paper 4 – Writing (F 1 Hour / H 1 Hour 15 Minutes)

(25% of GCSE)
F – Describe a photo in 4 sentences, 40-word question, 90-word question, 5 sentences to translate from English – German/French
H – 90-word question, 150-word question and a short paragraph to translate from English to German/French.

WHAT SKILLS ARE REQUIRED?

The qualification requires students to:

  • Develop the ability to listen to and understand spoken language in a range of contexts and variety of style
  • Communicate in speech for a variety of purposes
  • Read and respond to different types of written language
  • Communicate in writing for a variety of purposes
  • Understand and apply a range of vocabulary and structures
  • Develop language learning and communication skills which can be applied broadly

Miss M Cid Blanco

Head of Languages

Born in Madrid (Spain) and moved to the UK in 2017. Studied Spanish at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain), including a year spent abroad in Edinburgh teaching Spanish as a foreign language; followed by a PGCE in Spanish and French at Worcester University, Worcester. Began teaching in 2020 and joined Â鶹 in September 2024.