The French KS3 Curriculum will develop learners’ communication skills, knowledge and understanding of the language. There are clear educational, personal, cultural, social and career benefits in being able to communicate in a foreign language. This will foster a deeper understanding and appreciation of other cultures on a local, national and international stage. The focus is on the following areas:
There are 13 Units that focus on the assessment of knowledge, skills and practices:
Year 7 Overview
Unit 1: Introducing yourself
Unit 2: Free Time and Activities
Unit 3: Where people live
Unit 4: Identity and Relationships
Learners begin the year with a lot of speaking, with a particular focus on phonics.
Pupils then focus on the other three skills reading, writing and listening. Pupils learn the future tense.
Year 8 Overview
Unit 5: Travel and Tourism
Unit 6: Media – Film, TV and Books
Unit 7: Celebrity culture
Unit 8: Customs, Festivals and Celebrations
Pupils extend and manipulate language through grammar to suit different contexts. Pupils are introduced to verb paradigms and learn how to conjugate some irregular verbs to form compound tenses.
Year 9 Overview
Unit 9: Education – School
Unit 10: Work and Future Plans
Unit 11: Technology
Unit 12: Healthy Living
Unit 13: The Environment
Pupils use both language and grammar from Y7-8 and in different settings. Pupils are taught the past tense in full. There is a strong emphasis on reading and writing.
By the end of Key Stage 3 students would have accomplished the following:
Our Key Stage 3 curriculum is meeting the National Curriculum requirements by developing reading, writing, speaking and listening competencies and providing a foundation for further study beyond KS3 which is reinforced through a spiral scheme of learning.
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