Spanish
Subject intent
We want our students to develop the knowledge and skills that will enable them to communicate and manipulate language independently.
We want our students to develop their confidence, to be willing to try, to be willing to make mistakes and to learn from them.
This requires our teachers to have expert understanding of the roles of mindset, strategy, vocabulary and grammar in language acquisition.
Brief overview of thinking behind curriculum cumulation and design
Our curriculum is designed to be cumulative and progressive. The sequencing is carefully thought-out to introduce students to progressively complex grammatical structures, so they can build on their knowledge and develop their ability to independently manipulate the vocabulary, structures and rules they are learning. For example, they are gradually introduced to a wider variety of verb tenses, interspaced with opportunities to revisit and consolidate those they have already learnt to conjugate.
Link to KS4 specification
KS3 curriculum plan
| Year 9
Year 7 & 8 + Questioning Modal verbs Imperfect | 9.9 Technology and media
Technology use Social media Advantages/ disadvantages/ comparisons Negatives Perfect tense TV/Film and music References to past, present and future | 9.10. Leisure and healthy living
Describing activities Healthy/unhealthy habits Food and habits using 3 tenses Basic imperfect Modal verbs (advice) Adverbs/time expressions Comparisons | 9.11 School
Comparing school life UK/ Target language schools School facilities School rules Subjects, teachers School activities
Options – importance of languages Future plans and careers | 9.12. Geographic Culture and festivals
Country’s geography History A city/town in the country Transactional language (role plays) Francophone/Hispanic/ Germanic celebrations Ways to celebrate in 3 time frames Focus on listening and reading |
| Year 8 Year 7 + Estar Future tense Perfect/ preterite tense
Basic imperfect expressions
Prepositions Time expressions | 8.5. Food and Drink
Food and drink Meal times Transactional vocabulary for a café/restaurant Money / higher numbers Complaints Quantities Cultural specialities/recipes Justified opinions | 8.6. My Home and town
Types of home Adjectives Rooms of the house Furniture and prepositions Places in town and prepositions You can/can’t Directions/imperati ves To go Near future tense Future expressions +infinitives | 8.7. Present tense holidays
Destinations To go Transport Holiday activities Accommodation Weather Future holidays (near future) | 8.8. Past tense holidays
Perfect/preterite tense (regular and irregular past participles) Basic imperfect (it was, it was + weather, there was/were + negative) Focus on writing |
| Year 7 Present tense & infinitives
Opinions, reasons
Adjectives
Connectives, intensifiers
To have, to do, to go, to be (ser)
Comparisons Negatives | 7.1. Languages and Me
Being a language detective Name Numbers Dates/birthday Age Classroom Objects Colours (adjectives) Verb to have Family and pets vocab | 7.2. People around me
Family and friends vocab Personality Physical appearance To be (reinforce to have) Negatives Adjectival agreement Possessive adjectives Simple opinions, I get on with Comparisons | 7.3. My life at school
Regular AR (Sp) present tense – 1st and 3rd person Subjects & opinions and reasons Uniform & adjectives Teachers & adjectives Time | 7.4. My free time
Present Regular Tense AR/ER/IR Irregular verbs (hacer/jugar) Present tense time expressions Basic media activities (technology, TV and Film) Sports, hobbies Weather / when & if clauses |
KS4 curriculum plan
| Ter m | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Year 11 | Theme 1 and 2 Retrieval Practice | Social Issues | School and Future Career Aspirations | Exam Preparation and Gap filling | Revision and Gap filling | |||
| Year 10 | Theme 1 Retrieval Practice · Retrieval of topics and key grammar (free time, technology, celebrations) | Family, Friends and Future Plans | Home, Town and Region | Travel and Tourism | Global Issues | Exam Prep/ reteach | ||
