Head of Department
Mr S Terry
Teaching Staff
Miss J Roach
Mrs A Janes
Department Information
There are 3 MFL lessons per fortnight on the timetable at KS3.
Students study French in Year 7 in mixed ability tutor groups.
In Year 8, students are put into sets according to their ability. They continue with French but we add Spanish as a 2nd language during the course of the year.
In Year 9, students continue to study 2 languages alternately. They can then choose to continue at GCSE level as an option if they wish.
In Year 10 & 11, there are 5 lessons per fortnight. There is a topic-based approach to teaching plus regular speaking practice and grammar exercises. Every half-term there is a Writing assessment / topic test.
Students are entered for either Foundation or Higher level exams, depending on their MLOs and other data. Foundation covers grades 1-5 and Higher grades 4-9.
MFL GCSE revision guides are available to buy on the school website via Scopay.
All students have access to www.linguascope.com for independent practice and for homework.
GCSE students also have access to a bank of listening material via the school website (MFL Student Downloads section)
KS3 Overview
Year 7 French (Dynamo 1 textbook)
Autumn 1 Myself
Autumn 2 School
Listening / Reading / Writing assessment
Spring 1 Freetime
Spring 2 Family & Friends
L / R / W assessment
Summer 1 Local area
Summer 2 Food & drink
Year 8 French & Spanish (Dynamo 2 & Mira 1)
Autumn 1 Holidays
Autumn 2 Celebrations
L / R / W assessment
Spring 1 Freetime
Spring 2 Local area
L / R / W assessment
Summer 1 Health
Summer 2 Future plans
Year 9 German & Spanish (Stimmt 3 & Mira 2)
Autumn 1 Health
Autumn 2 Music
L / R / W assessment
Spring 1 Future plans
Spring 2 Childhood
L / R / W assessment
Summer 1 Food and drink
Summer 2 Mi vida loca project
KS4 Overview
Year 10 AQA GCSE French / Spanish
Autumn 1 Unit 1 (Myself and others)
Autumn 2 Unit 2 (Technology)
Spring 1 Unit 3 (Freetime)
Spring 2 Unit 4 (Celebrations)
Summer 1 Unit 5 (Local area)
Summer 2 Unit 6 (Health)
Year 11 AQA GCSE German / Spanish
Autumn 1 Unit 7 (Environment)
Autumn 2 Unit 8 (Holidays)
Spring 1 Units 9 & 10 (School) + speaking exam prep
Spring 2 Units 11 & 12 (Work) + speaking exam prep
Speaking Exams (May)
GCSE L / R / W Exams (May / June)