DEPARTMENT CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT OUTLINE 2016-17
Department: Spanish
Year Group: 8
Course Code: 8Sp1-6
Teaching, learning and assessment during the course:
Timing
Autumn
Term 1
Content/Unit(s)
¡Bienvenidos!
Key Question
How will we know that pupils
can answer the key
question(s)?
How do I introduce myself
to a native Spanish speaker
and communicate
essential details about
myself?
DD1
Writing, translation and listening
exams
Key Themes of the unit
- Asking a friend's name and giving your own
- The Spanish alphabet and how to spell your name
- Greeting someone and asking how they are
- Saying what you have in your rucksack
- Asking other people's ages and giving your own
- Talking about dates and when your birthday is
- Numbers
- Understanding what your teacher says
- Naming things in the classroom and days of the week
- Useful phrases to use in the classroom
Autumn
Term 2
Tú y yo
How do I describe myself
and talk about where I
live? How do I talk about
and describe my family
and others?
- Naming countries
- Saying your nationality and where you are from
- Saying where you live and what languages you speak
- Talking about your family
- Talking about pets
- Describing your eyes, hair, size and colouring
- Describing your personality
Spring
Term 1
¡Vamos al instituto!
How do I articulate and
develop opinions on school
subjects? How do I tell the
time in Spanish and outline
the timetable? How do I
describe school in general?
- Talking about school subjects
- Expressing likes and dislikes
- Giving opinions about school subjects
- Asking and saying the time
- Talking about your school timetable
- Talking about meal times
- Describing your school
- Saying how you get to school
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DD2
Writing, translation and reading
exams
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Spring
Term 2
En casa
How do I describe where I
live (my home, my
bedroom)? How do I talk
about my daily routine and
household chores?
- Talking about your home and saying where it is
- Describing your house
- Describing the rooms in your house
- Describing your bedroom
- Talking about your daily routine
- Talking about what you do after school
- Saying how you help at home
Summer
Term 1
Mi pueblo
How do I describe my
town, give directions, give
opinions and justifications
about my town and
describe the weather?
- Saying where you are going
- Giving and understanding directions
- Describing the location of places in a town
- Giving more detailed directions
- Talking about distance
- Talking about what your town is like
- Talking about the weather
Summer
Term 2
El tiempo libre
How do I discuss what I do
in my free time (including
sports) and future plans?
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DD3
Writing, translation and
speaking exams
- Talking about sports
- Talking about what you like doing in your free time
- Saying what you are going to do at the weekend
DEPARTMENT CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT OUTLINE 2016-17
Department: Spanish
Year Group: 9
Course Code: 9Sp1-6
Teaching, learning and assessment during the course:
Timing
Content/Unit(s)
Key Question
How will we know that pupils
can answer the key
question(s)?
Key Themes of the unit
Autumn
Term 1
Mi familia y yo
How do I talk about myself
and other members of my
family?
- Introducing and describing oneself: year 8 revision
- Talking about and comparing family members
Autumn
Term 2
La comida
How do I describe what I
eat and the types of food I
like and compare
differences between Spain
and England regarding
food habits and customs?
How do I talk about
healthy eating habits? How
do I buy food in a market
or shop and how do I order
food and drink in a
restaurant?
- Food vocabulary
- Talking about what one tends to eat for different meals
- Types of food: likes and dislikes. Comparing different types of
food. Talking about one's likes and dislikes as a child, comparing
them with what's liked/disliked now
- The Mediterranean diet. Opinions about vegetarianism and
veganism. Junk food vs. healthy eating: providing advice
- Understanding food recipes
- Buying food in the market and in a shop
- Booking a table and ordering a meal in a restaurant
Spring
Term 1
La ropa y la moda
How do I talk about
clothes, compare prices
and say what clothes suit
me? How do I discuss the
advantages and
disadvantages of school
uniform? How do I express
and develop opinions
about fashion and
shopping?
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DD1
Writing, translation and reading
exams
DD2
Writing, translation and listening
exams
- Talking about clothes: what you like and what suits you
- Talking about your school uniform. Advantages and
disadvantages
- Talking about fashion
- Shopping for clothes: comparing items and prices; complaining
about problems with purchases
- Expressing opinions and preferences about shopping
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Spring
Term 2
Las vacaciones
How do I discuss present,
past, future and ideal
holidays?
- Talking about where you go and what you regularly do on holiday
- Describing hotel accommodation
- Talking about your past holidays
- Describing your future and ideal holidays
Summer
Term 1
La tele y el cine
How do I give opinions
about TV programmes and
films? How can I produce a
sophisticated film review
in Spanish? How do I write
a script, film and edit a
short film in Spanish?
- Discussing TV programmes and films
- Reviewing a film
CREATIVE PROJECT: Year 9 Spanish Short film competition
Summer
Term 2
La lectura
How do I express my views
about reading? How do I
give opinions about books?
How can I produce a
sophisticated book review
in Spanish? What skills can
I use to read fiction
enjoyably in Spanish?
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DD3
Writing, translation and
speaking exams
- Talking about reading habits and favourite books.
- Reviewing a book
- Traditional versus electronic books
- Reading versus film viewing
- Creative reading practice
DEPARTMENT CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT OUTLINE 2016-17
Department: Spanish
Year Group: 10
Course Code: AQA 8698
Teaching, learning and assessment during the course:
Timing
Content/Unit(s)
Key Question
Autumn
Term 1
- Theme: Identity and culture
- Topic(s): Me, my family and friends
 Relationships with family
and friends
 Marriage/partnership
- Grammar
How do I introduce
myself and talk about my
family and friends?
How do I discuss different
types of relationships?
How will we know that pupils
can answer the key
question(s)?
DD1
Speaking and writing (including
translation into Spanish) exams
Autumn
Term 2
- Theme: Identity and culture
- Topic(s): Technology in everyday
life
 Social media
 Mobile technology
- Grammar
How do I express justified
opinions about social
media and mobile
technology?
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Key Themes of the unit
- Talking about friends
- Describing family relationships
- Talking about future plans
- Talking about relationships nowadays
Grammar:
- KS3 revision: nouns, articles, regular verbs in the present
tense, using ser, estar and tener, numbers, ages and times,
days, months and dates
- Learning agreement and position of adjectives
- Reflexive verbs
- Uses of ser and estar
- Uses of que
- Using the immediate future tense
- Object pronouns
- Using irregular adjectives and adjectives of nationality
- Direct and indirect object pronouns
- Giving opinions about online messaging
- Talking about the good and the bad of social media
- Giving opinions about mobile technology
- Talking about mobile technology use and overuse
Grammar:
- Using the perfect tense of regular verbs
- Había and era
- Using verbs with prepositions
- Perfect tense of irregular verbs
- Using estar and the present continuous tense
- Formulating questions
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- Using cuyo (whose)
- Further uses of por and para
Spring
Term 1
Spring
Term 2
- Theme: Identity and culture
- Topic(s): Free-time activities
 Music
 Cinema and TV
 Food and eating out
 Sport
- Grammar
- Theme: Identity and culture
- Topic(s): Customs and festivals in
Spanish-speaking
countries/communities
- Grammar
How do I describe and
express justified opinions
about my free time
activities?
How do I describe and
express viewpoints about
music, cinema and TV?
How do I talk at length
about food and eating
out?
How do I talk
meaningfully about
sport?
How do I describe and
compare changing local
customs in Spain?
What is the significance
of important festivals in
Spain and Latin America?
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DD2
Reading (including translation
into English) and listening
exams
DD3
Writing (including translation
into Spanish) exam
- Talking about your free time
- Talking about your free time and plans for the weekend
- Talking out eating out
- Talking about special occasion meals
- Extending what you can say about sport
- Talking about sports in the future
Grammar:
- Revising the regular present tense
- Common irregular verbs in the present tense
- Using two verbs together
- Radical changing verbs
- Forming regular adverbs
- Pronouns after para
- Revising the immediate future
- Expressions using two verbs together
- Using the future tense
- Irregulars hacer, haber, salir and tener
- Recognising irregular verbs in the future
- Y changing to e and o changing to u
- Learning about local customs
- Learning about Spanish customs
- Learning about Latin American culture (festivals)
- Learning about Spanish culture (festivals)
Grammar:
- Using ser and ir in the preterite
- Expressing actions and opinions
- Learning the preterite of tener and hacer
- Types of verbs with spelling changes in the preterite
- Recognising regular and irregular verbs in the imperfect
- Numbers
- Using the preterite and the imperfect together
- Verbs with spelling changes in the preterite
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Summer
Term 1
Summer
Term 2
- Theme: Local, national,
international and global areas of
interest
- Topic(s): Home, town,
neighbourhood and region
- Grammar
- Theme: Local, national,
international and global areas of
interest
- Topic(s): Social issues
 Charity/voluntary work
 Healthy/unhealthy living
- Grammar
How do I describe the
house and area where I
live and give justified
opinions about them?
How do I discuss social
issues in depth?
How do I offer justified
opinions about charity
and voluntary work?
How do I talk about
healthy living?
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DD4: End of year exam
Speaking, writing, reading and
listening exams
- Saying what your house is like
- Describing your house and where it is
- Talking about the amenities in your area
- Discussing the advantages and disadvantages of living in
the town and the country
Grammar:
- Using prepositions to say where things are
- Further prepositions
- Formulating more complex questions
- More interrogative words and expressions
- Using demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
- Present and preterite tenses of ir and hacer
- Using possessive pronouns
- The expressions los que / las que
- Talking about charities and voluntary work
- Learning more about charities and volunteering
- Talking about healthy and unhealthy lifestyles
- Discussing opinions related to healthy living
Grammar:
- Using me gustaría
- Recognising different tenses
- Using the conditional tense
- Formation and use of the gerund
- Using negative words
- Use of deber, tener que and hay que
- Learning about the present subjunctive
- The imperfect tense
DEPARTMENT CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT OUTLINE 2016-17
Department: Spanish
Year Group: 11
Course Code: OCR J732
Teaching, learning and assessment during the course:
Timing
Autumn
Term 1
Autumn
Term 2
Spring
Term 1
Content/Unit(s)
Key Question
Travel and the wider world &
Leisure and entertainment
How do I discuss where I
have been on holidays and
where I would like to go?
How do I present
information about a
Spanish festival? How do I
describe and express
viewpoints about films and
books?
Leisure and entertainment
Education and work
How do I describe and
express viewpoints about
films and books? How do I
describe and express
justified opinions about my
free time activities?
How do I outline what I
would like to do in the
future and discuss work
experience and part-time
jobs?
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How will we know that pupils
can answer the key
question(s)?
DD1
Speaking: GCSE-style controlled
assessment task
Key Themes of the unit
Holidays and exchanges
- Describing holiday destinations
- Discussing your past holidays
- Talking about your future and ideal holidays
- Talking about Spanish festivals
TV, films and music
- Expressing views about films, TV programmes and books
- Writing book and film reviews
1st GCSE Writing controlled
assessment task (immediately
after half term)
TV, films and music
Socialising, special occasions and festivals
- Expressing views about films, TV programmes and books
- Writing book and film reviews
- Talking about leisure activities
- Talking about new technology, including the Internet
- Going shopping
- Expressing opinions and preferences about shopping
- Making arrangements to go out with friends
DD3: Mock exam
Reading and listening past
papers + DD1 (mock speaking
controlled assessment task) +
end of year 10 writing exam
School life in the UK and in the target language country or
community
Work experience, future study and jobs, working abroad
- Discussing the options for further study
- Talking about career choices
DD2
Reading: past paper
DEPARTMENT CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT OUTLINE 2016-17
2nd GCSE Writing controlled
assessment task (immediately
after Christmas)
Spring
Term 2
and
Summer
Term 1
Revision and preparation for
speaking, reading and
listening exams
N/A
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DD4
Listening: past paper
1st and 2nd GCSE Speaking
controlled assessment tasks
(before Easter)
- Talking about pay and part-time jobs
- Describing work experience
- Finding and applying for a job: job adverts, CVs, application
letters
- Describing future plans
- Consolidation of all topic areas
- Preparation for oral exams
- Consolidation of reading and listening skills
- Exam practice
DEPARTMENTCURRICULUMANDASSESSMENTOUTLINE2016-17 Department:Spanish YearGroup:12
CourseCode:AQA7692(ALevel)/7691(AS)
Teaching,learningandassessmentduringthecourse:
Timing
Autumn
Term1
Autumn
Term2
Content
-Area:Socialissuesand
trends.Theme:Aspectsof
Hispanicsociety.Subthemes:Modernand
traditionalvalues.
Cyberspace
-Grammar
-Area:Socialissuesand
trends.Theme:Aspectsof
Hispanicsociety.Subtheme:Equalrights
-Grammar
-Work:film
KeyQuestion
HowdoIgetan
understandingof,analyseand
evaluate...
...thechangingfamilymodel...
...theroleofmarriageandthe
situationofdivorce...
...theinfluenceof
Catholicism...
...theinfluenceoftheInternet
andsocialnetworks...
...theeffectofsmart
phones...
...incontemporarySpain
and/orotherLatinAmerican
countries?
HowdoIgetan
understandingof,analyseand
evaluate...
...theroleofwomenathome
andatwork...
...malechauvinismand
feminism...
...LGBTrights...
...incontemporarySpain
and/orotherLatinAmerican
countries?
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Howwillweknowthat
pupilscananswerthekey
question(s)?
DD1
Summerwritingtaskmarked
againstASmarkscheme
DD2
Listening,readingandwriting
exam
KeyThemesoftheunit
Modernandtraditionalvalues:
st
-Describethevarioustypesof21 centurySpanishfamilyandhowthese
differfromthefamilymodelofthepast
-Understandtrendsinmarriageandhowmodernandtraditionalvalues
differ.Understandthesituationregardingdivorce
-UnderstandthereligioushistoryofSpain.Discusschangesintheinfluence
ofthechurch
Cyberspace:
-Discussthepositiveand/ornegativeinfluenceoftheInternet
-Discussthepositiveand/ornegativeeffectofsmartphones
-Considerthetypeofinfluencesocialnetworkshaveonsociety
Equalrights:
-Discusswomenintheworldofwork.Studytheroleofwomenathome
-Discussmalechauvinism.Lookattheroleoffeminism
-UnderstandandtalkaboutchangestoLGBTrights.Discussgaymarriage
inSpainandtheHispanicworld
Film:
-Discussthevocabularyofcinema,theplot,characters,themes,social
environment,techniquesandstyle
-StudyVolver(PedroAlmodóvar)
-Starttowriteessaysaboutthefilm(ASrequirements)
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Term1
-Area:Politicalandartistic
culture.Theme:Artistic
cultureintheHispanic
wold.Sub-themes:Spanish
regionalidentity.Cultural
heritage
-Grammar
-Work:film
Spring
Term2
-Area:Politicalandartistic
culture.Theme:Artistic
cultureintheHispanic
wold.Sub-themes:Cultural
heritage.Moderndayidols
-Grammar
-Work:film
Summer
Term1
-Areas:Socialissuesand
trends.Politicalandartistic
culture.Allthemesandsubthemes
-Grammar
-Work:film
HowdoIgetan
understandingof,analyseand
evaluate...
...customsandtraditions...
...differentgastronomic
traditions...
...theissuessurrounding
differentnativelanguages...
...pre-Columbianheritage...
...incontemporarySpain
and/orotherLatinAmerican
countries?
HowdoIgetan
understandingof,analyseand
DD3
evaluate...
Speakingexam
...theroleofarchitecture...
...theworkofartists...
...thediversityofmusicand
dance...
...theinfluencesingersand
musicianshaveonpeople...
...theeffectTVandcinema
starshaveinoursociety...
...thetypeofinfluence
fashionmodelshaveon
youngpeople...
...incontemporarySpain
and/orotherLatinAmerican
countries?
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DD4
Listening,readingandwriting
exam
Spanishregionalidentity:
-DescribeanddiscussSpanishcustomsandtraditions
-DiscusssimilaritiesanddifferencesinthegastronomyofSpain
-ConsiderthelanguagesthatarespokeninSpainandtheissues
surroundingthem
Culturalheritage:
-UnderstandcivilisationsthatcontributedtotheculturalheritageofSpain.
Discussthepre-ColumbianheritageofLatinAmerica
Film:
-StudyVolver(PedroAlmodóvar)
-Writeessaysaboutthefilm(ASrequirements)
Culturalheritage:
-DiscussSpanishandLatinAmericanartistsandtheroleofarchitecturein
Spain
-UnderstandthediversityofHispanicmusicanddance
Moderndayidols:
-Discussthepositiveand/ornegativeinfluencesingersandmusicianshave
onpeople
-Discussthepositiveand/ornegativeeffectTVandcinemastartshavein
oursociety
-Considerthetypeofinfluencefashionmodelshaveonyoungpeople
Film:
-StudyVolver(PedroAlmodóvar)
-Writeessaysaboutthefilm(ASstandard)
-Consolidationofknowledgeofallsub-themesandextension(ALevel
standard)
Film:
-Writeessaysaboutthefilm(ALevelstandard)
DEPARTMENTCURRICULUMANDASSESSMENTOUTLINE2016-17 Summer
Term2
-Theme:Politicaland
artisticculture.Sub-theme:
Aspectsofpoliticallifein
theHispanicworld
-Grammar
-Speaking:Individual
researchproject
HowdoIgetan
understandingof,analyseand
evaluateSpain’s
contemporarypolitical
history:theCivilWar,
Franco’sdictatorshipandthe
transitiontodemocracy?
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Monarchiesanddictatorships:
-Franco’sdictatorship
Individualresearchproject:
-Preparatoryresearch
DEPARTMENT CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT OUTLINE 2016-17
Department: Spanish
Year Group: 13
Course Code: OCR H477
Teaching, learning and assessment during the course:
Timing
Content/Unit(s)
Key Question
How will we know that pupils
can answer the key
question(s)?
Key Themes of the unit
Autumn
Term 1
Culture & Society
How do I analyse and
evaluate Spain's political
structure, the
phenomenon of violent
and moderate nationalism
and Latin America's
struggle for democracy?
How do I analyse and
evaluate issues of
integration and exclusion
of social minorities, social
discontent, the incidence
of crime and its
punishment?
DD1
Writing: Summer essay on topic
of Culture marked against A2
mark scheme
Culture:
- Political issues: changes at local and national level; impacts
on the individual and society
Society:
- Integration and exclusion: age; gender; race; religion;
equality of opportunity
- Law and order: trends of crime and punishment; civil unrest;
policing
Autumn
Term 2
Society & The environment
How do I analyse and
evaluate the causes and
consequences of
unemployment? How do I
analyse and evaluate the
implications of different
energy sources and the
importance of individual
environmental action?
DD2
Listening, reading and writing:
past paper
Society:
- Unemployment: causes and consequences (local, national or
global)
The environment:
- The individual and the environment: recycling; reducing
individual energy usage and impact; local conservation
- Energy management: alternative energy sources; changing
use of fossil fuels; nuclear energy; changing energy demands
Spring
Term 1
The environment & Science
and technology
How do I analyse and
evaluate the causes and
consequences of different
DD3: Mock exam
Listening, reading and writing:
past paper
The environment:
- Pollution: causes; consequences; solutions
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types of pollution, as well
as the implications of, and
responses to, climate
change? How do I evaluate
the impact of medical and
scientific advances in Spain
and Latin America?
Spring
Term 2
Science and technology &
Culture
How do I evaluate the
impact of technological
advances in Spain and
Latin America? How do I
analyse and evaluate the
legacy of 1492? How do I
analyse and evaluate the
impact of literature and
the arts on contemporary
Spanish and Latin
American societies?
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- Conservation of the natural world: changing habitats; impact
of man and pollution; local, national or global initiatives
Science and technology: impact and issues
- Medical progress: development and change – impacts on
health care, lifestyles, ethics and beliefs
- Scientific advances: change and innovation – impacts and
issues on society, knowledge, education
DD4
Listening, reading and writing:
past paper
Science and technology: impact and issues
- Technological developments: change and development –
impacts on lifestyles, habits, work and education
Culture:
- Heritage and history: influence and impacts of heritage
(including colonial heritage) and historical events (national
and international) on contemporary society
- Literature and the arts: trends, changes, influences and
impacts on individuals and society