Our curriculum is designed to underpin our school values of:

Teachers have strong subject knowledge and teachers deliver the curriculum well.
Respect
As a Department we model the respect, kindness and tolerance of people from all beliefs, cultures and backgrounds that we want our students to embrace and emulate.
Our curriculum is based on understanding and celebrating difference and diversity through language as well as placing emphasis on cultural similarities.
We encourage ownership and independence throughout all topics, academic abilities and social backgrounds, enabling our students express themselves at all levels and build their self-confidence and independence.
High Aspirations
We promote high aspirations through linking the MFL curriculum to further and higher education and career opportunities. Wherever possible, we reflect the real-life opportunities language learning offers.
We encourage students to be resilient and take risks in their learning, safe in the knowledge that effort and enthusiasm are as valued as much as accuracy.
The four key skill strands of our curriculum offer all our students the opportunity to reach their potential no matter what different skill sets or departure points they may have.
Confidence
Our range of language learning offered enables students to see the links and connections between different languages and to deepen their knowledge of language learning.
Developing confidence is at the core of our curriculum and is built upon from the very first MFL lesson developing our students into confident, inquisitive, resilient and articulate linguists who are able to build upon their knowledge based on previous learning.
We encourage and enable all students to actively participate in lessons and to value and support the contributions of others.
Mrs Batho-Hughes
Curriculum Leader
Mrs Brown
Teacher
Mrs Bratherton
Teacher
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Our French 5 Year Curriculum Journey

Begin your new journey from Primary School with us
KS3

Introduction to French

Greetings/introductions

Classroom Language

Alphabet

Phonics

Age and Birthday

Numbers
PHSCE

connectives
PHSCE

Negatives
Careers

Genders

Nouns

Learning to Extend Responses

Countries and Nationalities

Colours

My pets

My family
Careers

avoir

Adjectives

Adjective agreement

Etre

Personality

Physical Appearance
PHSCE

Conditional phrases – je voudrais

Imperfect phrases – j’avais

Word order
Careers

School Subjects

Learning to Express my Opinion
PHSCE

justifications

Time

School Uniform

Jobs
PHSCE

Places of work

Enhanced Responses

What I do in My Free Time
PHSCE

Modal verbs

Prepositions

Giving and Receiving Directions

Jobs linked to business in town
PHSCE

Towns and Places

Sentence starter

Frequency

Sequencing

Faire / aller
PHSCE

Gerund

Developing responses

Fashion / clothing

Si clauses
PHSCE

Health

Transactional language

Buying/ordering
PHSCE

Food / meals

Lifestyle

Subjunctive

Il faut

Balanced viewpoint
PHSCE

Holidays future

Simple future tense

Activities

Transport
PHSCE

Accomodation

Weather

Key Vocabulary & Grammar Revision
Year
10

Imperfect tense phrases

Avoir/etre

Holidays past
PHSCE

Money

Free Time

Me, My Family & Friends
PHSCE

Life at School and College
Careers

Technology
PHSCE & Careers

Current & Future Study & Jobs
Careers

Mocks

Poverty & Charity
PHSCE
Year
11

Charity, voluntary work
PHSCE

Revision & Exam Preparation

The Environment
PHSCE

Home Town, Neighbourhood and Region
PHSCE

Customs & festivals

Travel & Holidays
Careers

Poverty & homelessness

Revision and Exam Preparation
PHSCE
