Spanish - Key Stage 3

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What pupils will learn

How it builds on learning

Topic 1:

·         Learning a song for the ‘Spanglovision’ competition.

·         Alphabet.

·         Personality.

·         Pets.

Recalling prior knowledge from KS2.

This module will lay the foundations of Spanish phonics and pronunciation. It will consolidate and extend previous knowledge of personal information sentences, and vocabulary about personality and pets.

Topic 2:

·         Talking about your family (physical description).

·         Animals.

·         Adjective endings.

·         The verb ‘tener’ (to have).

This module develops knowledge of new vocabulary and consolidates prior knowledge of noun-adjective agreement and verb conjugation.

Topic 3:

·         Free time.

·         Present tense regular AR verbs.

·         Revision of the weather.

·         Talking about sports.

·         Giving opinions.

This module develops knowledge of verb conjugation of ‘-ar’ ending verbs. It will consolidate prior knowledge of giving opinions in Spanish.

Topic 4:

·         School subjects.

·         Opinions.

·         Telling the time.

·         Timetable.

·         Transport.

·         School day.

This module develops knowledge of new vocabulary and consolidates noun-adjective agreement, giving opinions and verb conjugation.

Topic 5:

·         My town.

·         Describing town.

·         Using the verb ‘ir’ in the present tense.

·         Talking about what you do.

·         Future plans.

This module develops knowledge of new vocabulary, the conjugation in the present tense of the irregular verb ‘ir’ (to go), and how to communicate future plans using the future tense. It will also consolidate prior knowledge of noun-adjective agreement and giving opinions.

Topic 6:

·         Spanish History unit.

This module offers students the opportunity to develop knowledge of Spanish History.

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What pupils will learn

How it builds on learning

Topic 1:

·         Talking about past holidays using the preterite tense.

This module develops knowledge of new vocabulary about holidays and the conjugation of some verbs in the past tense. It will also consolidate prior knowledge of noun-adjective agreement and giving opinions.

This module sees a particular focus on writing skills.

Topic 2:

·         Talking about free time, interests and preferred types of films and music. 

This module develops knowledge of new vocabulary about free time, interests and preferred types of films and music.

It will also consolidate prior knowledge of noun-adjective agreement and giving opinions.

This module includes particular focus on speaking skills.

Topic 3:

·         Talking about food, eating out, and what people eat at different mealtimes.

·         Revision of the present and the future tenses.

This module develops knowledge of new vocabulary about food, eating out, and mealtimes.

It will consolidate prior knowledge of conjugating verbs both in present and future tenses, noun-adjective agreement and giving opinions.

Topic 4:

·         Talking about clothes and what to wear using the present and future tenses.

·         Giving an account of a party.

This module develop knowledges of new vocabulary about clothes.

It will consolidate prior knowledge of conjugating verbs both in present and future tenses, noun-adjective agreement and giving opinions.

Topic 5:

·         Arranging to go out.

·         Revising the time and arranging to meet up.

·         Making excuses.  

·         Practising conversations about going out.

This module develops knowledge of new vocabulary.

It will consolidate prior knowledge of giving the time, verb conjugation, and giving opinions.

Topic 6:

·         Talking about different types of houses.

·         Describing rooms in a house.

This module develops knowledge of new vocabulary about types of houses and parts of a house.

It will consolidate prior knowledge of verb conjugation, noun-adjective agreement and giving opinions.

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What pupils will learn

How it builds on learning

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Topic 1:

·         Talking about hobbies, activities, and things that you like.

·         Describing weekly routines and focusing on questions.

·         Media – types of TV programme, film and TV watching habits and preferences.

·         Using comparatives and superlatives.

·         Consolidating past, present and future.

·         Describing a day out.

This module consolidates prior knowledge about hobbies, free time activities, and films. It will also develop knowledge of new vocabulary about media and TV.

It will also lay the foundations for further study of adjective forms: comparatives and superlatives.

It will consolidate prior knowledge of conjugating verbs both in present, past, and future tenses, noun-adjective agreement and giving opinions.

Topic 2:

·         The world of work.

·         What you need to do in different jobs.

·         Future plans and the world of work.

·         What happens next? - talking about plans for the future.

This module develops knowledge of new vocabulary about the world of work.

It will consolidate prior knowledge of conjugating verbs both in present and future tenses, noun-adjective agreement and giving opinions.

Topic 3:

·         Healthy lifestyle.

·         What you do to stay in shape.

·         What your daily routine is like.

·         Giving advice on health issues.

·         Body parts.

This module offers students the opportunity to develop knowledge of new vocabulary about health, and body parts. It will also develop knowledge of how to give advice in Spanish.

It will also consolidate prior knowledge of verb conjugation.

Topic 4:

·         Rights and responsibilities.

·         Recycling.

·         Describing my town/city and focusing on world issues.

·         Giving points of view.

This module offers students the opportunity to develop knowledge of new vocabulary.

It will also consolidate prior knowledge of vocabulary about town and city.

It will also consolidate and extend prior knowledge of giving opinions.

Topic 5:

(GCSE Module 1)

·         Talking about holidays and weather.

·         Talking about the best and the worst thing of the holidays.

·         Using regular and irregular verbs in present and past tenses.

Students start working on GCSE content.

This module revisits vocabulary about holidays and introduces new vocabulary about weather.

It will also consolidate and extend prior knowledge of conjugating and using regular and irregular verbs in the past tense.

Topic 6:

(GCSE Module 1)

·         Describing accommodation.

·         Booking a hotel room.

·         Making complaints.

·         Describing places in the past.

This module introduces new vocabulary about hotels.

It will also lay the foundations for further study and use of regular and irregular verbs in the past tense for descriptions in the past.