Curriculum Policy
KS3 Subject overview
Subject: French
Term
Autumn 1
Year 7
Introducing yourself
and others, giving
personal
information, dates
and numbers to 31
Autumn 2
Saying where you
live, describing your
home using
prepositions and
adjectives
Spring 1
Using opinions,
connectives and
adjectives to write
about your home.
Formation of
present tense verbs
Year 8
Year 9
Places in the town.
Going shopping.
Making
arrangements to go
somewhere and
identifying the
types of transport
to use and what to
do there.
To be able to talk
about school life,
likes and dislikes
Using the near
future tenses.
Telling the time.
Finding out about the
French speaking
world
The internet and
modern technology
Discussing family life
and relationships
Ordering food and
drink. Food
preferences. Using
the perfect tense.
Using negatives c
constructions
Revising the present
and perfect tenses
Finding out about
Paris
Learning the
imperfect tense to say
what things were like
in the past
TV, film and books
Understanding school
life in France
Using the future tense
to say what your
future plans are
Learning about career
plans and jobs of
interest
Developing a range of
negative
constructions
Combining three
tenses
Spring 2
Talking about your
family and the pets
you like.
Using simple
adjectives to
describe pets and
why you like them.
Asking questions
Summer 1
Counting to 100
Speaking about
festivals and the
clothes you wear.
Using irregular
ending plurals
Summer 2
The weather, sports
and activities you
like to do. Saying
what you are going
to play
Making travel
arrangements.
Using the perfect
tense to say where
you stayed and
what you did during
a holiday.
Using irregular
verbs in the past.
To describe the
body and say how
you feel
To be able to talk
about clothes
Making
arrangements to go
out. Using 24 hour
clock. Making
excuses
Finding out about
Quebec and what
there is to do in the
city and region
Using devoir and il
faut constructions
Writing a rap poem in
French
Accessing French
articles and films
Discussing healthy
lifestyles and fitness
Talking about
healthy eating
Discussing problems
Reflexive verbs with
perfect tense
Asking advice at the
doctors or chemist
French poetry
French holidays
Talking about plans
and travel
Discussing
accommodation
Using tenses to
describe ideal
holidays in present
past and future.
Conditional tense