French

U1-Salut, c’est moi!

Greetings, age, birthday, simple likes, dislikes. Classroom items, personality, physical description. Pupils are learning the basics of French. All of the structures learnt during this unit will be re-used during the course of the 5 years.

U2-Au collège

School subjects, Opinions + justifications. Telling the time. Life at school in France, Xmas in France. In this unit, students will be talking about their own school but will also be introduced to some cultural aspects of education in Spain. This topic will be revisited in a more mature way in Y10, Summer 1.

U3-Mes passetemps

Hobbies, sports, mobile phone and PC activities. In this unit, students will be again talking mainly about themselves, expressing opinions and stating simple facts. This topic will be revisited in a more mature way in Y9, Spring 2.

U4-Ma zone

Description of town, Places to go, Outings, Easter in France. In this unit, students can talk about their own town and relate what they do. This topic will be revisited in a more mature way in Y10, Autumn 1.

U5-3…2…1 Partez!

Daily routine, Ordering in a café, Holiday plans. This unit is very special to holidaymakers. In this unit, students will re-visit the present and learn to form near future tense. They will also be introduced to the formal address. This topic will be revisited in a more mature way in Y10, Summer 1.

U6-Révisions + Zone projects

This term is used to re-teach important structures and points that students need to carry on into year 8.

U1-Es-tu connecté(e)?

TV programmes, Cinema, films Reading, Past activities, Mobile and computer use. In this unit, students talk about the media in simple ways, they also have the opportunity to re-visit the near future and the preterit and use these tenses to add depth to their production. Some aspects of this topic will be revisited in a more mature way in Y9, Summer 1 and some other aspects in Year 9, Spring 1 2.

U2-Une visite à Paris

Account of a past visit in Paris, Places in Paris, Past activities. In this unit, Students are focussing on the beautiful city of Paris. Students start learning the passé compose with both avoir and être. The structures covered in this unit will be revisited in a more mature way in Y10, Spring 1.

U3-Mon identité

Relationships with family and friends, Past activities, Music, Fashion, Plans for next outing. In this unit, students learn new verbs but also delve into asking various questions. They consolidate the use of the passé composé. This topic will be revisited in a more mature way in Y9, Autumn 2.

U4-Chez moi, chez toi

Town description, House description, Meal routines, Culture: Carnival. In this unit, we have linked description of houses which can be quite sterile to meals routine in their house and then we move onto talking about Carnival, delving into more cultural content. This topic will be revisited in a more mature way in Y9, Summer 2 and Year 10, Autumn 1.

M1-Ma famille et mes amis (theme 1: Identity & Culture)

Description of family, A good friend, Arranging an outing. Students use all 3 time frames. They also get to talk about other people and learn to use various reflexive verbs. In this unit, students will re-visit the topic of family, delving more into relationships and explaining what makes a good friend.

M1-Les activités en famille (theme 1: Identity & Culture)

Past, present and future activities with family and friends, Role model. In this unit, students will re-visit activities with friends and family, using more mature language. They will also explain what a good role model is and will express who their role model is and why.

M2-Mes passe-temps (theme 1: Identity & Culture)

Sports, Hobbies, Pros and cons of technology, Reading Vs digital reading, Music. Students learn to build arguments using a small range of connectives. They also learn to form the continuous present. In this unit, students will re-visit the topic of media, delving more into the pros and cons of technology, creating more mature writing.

M2-Seul ou ensemble? (theme 1: Identity & Culture)

TV, TV Vs cinema, Account of past activities related to cinematography. Students use all 3 time frames. They also increase their knowledge of contrasting connectives. In this unit, students will re-visit the world of films , comparing cinema Vs Tv at home, using more mature language.

M3-Ma vie quotidienne (theme 1: Identity & Culture)

Shopping, Daily routine (reflexive verbs). In this unit, students will talk about shopping and will compare it to online shopping. They will also have real-like conversation in a shop, buying and returning items.

M3-Les fêtes (theme 1: Identity & Culture)

Home, festive events, Francophone festivals, Organising a meal, Account of a past festive event. Students re-visit the holiday-makers topic whilst adding variety and interest with organising plans for a meal and giving a past account of it

M4-Ma ville (theme 2: Local area, holiday & travel)

Town description, Comparing towns, Asking for directions, Asking for information. In this unit, students will re-visit the topic of local area, placing themselves as tourists. Real-like conversations will occur asking for directions using the formal address and giving an account of a previously visited French-speaking town/city

M4-Les aspects de ma ville (theme 2: Local area, holiday & travel)

The weather in France, Giving a weather forecast, My town before and now, Le monde francophone. In this unit, students have the opportunity to create their ow weather forecast in French. They also compare their town the way it was before and the way it is now. Then, we move onto looking at other French-speaking places

M5-Les hotels et les vacances (theme 2: Local area, holiday & travel)

Hotel booking, Hotel complaints, Train and plane reservation, Account of a past holiday, Past holiday activities. In this unit, students will have real-like conversations, boking a hotel room, complaining about their hotel, they will also focus on the difference between the conditional (what their ideal holidays would be like) and the simple future (what the reality will be).

M5-Le grand large… (theme 2: Local area, holiday & travel)

Ordering in a restaurant and complaining. In this unit, student will revisit the structures of ordering in a restaurant using the formal address and will perform real-like conversation complaining about the restaurant service and food. Students will sit their mock exams in June, so time is spent finessing examination techniques and consolidating learning with a particular emphasis on the listening, reading and writing.

M6-Au collège (theme 3: School)

Time and timetable, Advantages and disadvantages of school facilities, Comparing French and English education systems. In this unit, students will be revisiting the topic of school in a more mature way, being able to compare school subjects and teachers as well as delving more into the cultural part of what education is like in French-speaking countries. They will also produce more extended pieces of writing (80-90 words).

M6-Au collège (theme 3: School)

Rules, School pressures, Extra-curricular activities, Past successes. Students re-visit and re-use the comparative, and superlative, adding complexity with irregular adjectives. They also use all 3 time frames. In this unit, students will be expressing their views on school rules and school pressures. They will also talk about past successes using the preterit and the imperfect tenses.

M7-Au boulot! (theme 4: Future aspirations, study and work)

Part-time jobs, Helping at home, Future professional plans, Work experience. In this new unit (not previously approached), students will talk about their part-time jobs (all of them being 14+ and able to have a part-time job) and talk about the money they earn. They will also explain what they did during their work placement. Finally, they will be able to express their vision on their future professional plans.

M7-Au boulot! (theme 4: Future aspirations, study and work)

Why learn languages, Applying for a job, Future personal plans. In this new unit, students will be expressing reasons why it is good to learn another language. They will also be able to look at job advertising and apply for a job, having real-like conversations. They will finally be able to express their vision about their personal life plans.

M8-Un oeil sur le monde (theme 5: International & global dimension)

Discussing local and global environmental and social issues, Talking about healthy and bad habits and how to improve, Fair trade, The importance of international sports events. This is the more mature topic of all, which is why it is happening in Year 11. Students learn how to form the subjunctive (although the GCSE requires the students to only understand it, I want most of them to know how to form it as it is a commonly used tense and it will be revisited more in depth in A Level.

Revisions Themes 1-8.

Students will sit their speaking examination after half term, so time is spent finessing examination techniques and consolidating learning with a particular emphasis on the speaking components (role-play, picture-based task and conversation).

Revision

Students will sit their other examination components in May and June, so time is spent finessing examination techniques and consolidating learning with a particular emphasis on the listening, reading and writing.