Department: MFL French and Spanish - KS3 Curriculum overview
Year 7
Year 8
Term 1a
French: The basics
Consolidation of basic
language:
 Basic Personal
Info
 Alphabet
 Numbers
 Animals
 Classroom
Language
Spanish
Spanish pronunciation.
Introducing yourself.
Age, When your
birthday is. Numbers
and alphabet.
Text book Viva!
Term 1b
French: C’est perso
Talking about likes and
dislikes. Talking about
your bag/equipment.
Describing yourself.
Text book Studio 1
Term 2a
French: C’est perso
Talking about other
people. Describing
someone else e.g. a
musician.
Text book Studio 1
Talking about brothers
and sisters.
Pets and adjectival
agreement.
Colours
Simple Opinions and
connectives
Talking about the
weather.
Spanish Talking about
your personality
Saying what you like
to do. Giving opinions.
Describing spare time.
Sports you do.
Text book Viva!
French: Ma zone
Talking about where
you live and what is in
your town. What is not
there. Giving and
understanding
directions Talking about
where you go usually.
Talking about things you
did in the past.
French: Partez
Talking about going on
holiday. Talking about
getting ready to go out.
Reflexive verbs. Buying
drinks and snacks in a
café. Talking about
holiday plans in the
future. Describing what
you would like to do
French: Discovery
Unit
Cultural investigations
into art music writing.
Animals in the wild
and pets. Reading and
writing poetry in
French. Describing a
painting you like.
Watch and describe a
Term 2b
French: Mon college
Looking at differneces
in schools in France.
Talking about school
subjects. Giving
opinions and reasons.
Numbers up to 60.
Time
Text book Studio 1
Spanish
Reading about
people’s favourite
things.
Saying what subjects
you study. Giving
opinions about school
subjects.
Text book Viva!
French: T’es
branchee?
Talking about TV and
film. Talking about
reading and using the
internet. Talking
about what you did
last night.
Text book Studio 2
Term 3a
French: Mon College
Continue time. Talking
about your timetable.
24 hour clock.
Describe the school
day. Talk about
canteen food. Schools
in other parts of the
world.
Text book Studio 1
Spanish
Describing your
school. Talking about
break time.
Describing your
family. Describing hair
and eye colour
Text book Viva!
French: Paris je
t’adore!
Talking about what
you did in Paris.
Describe when you did
things. Understand
tourist information.
Where you went and
how.Questions in the
past tense.
Term 3b
French: Mes
passetemps
Free time in france.
Talking about
computers and
mobiles. Talking
about sports and
activities. Giving
opinions. Describe
what others do.
Text book Studio 1
Spanish
Saying what other
people look like.
Describing where
you live. Describing
your town or village.
Telling the time.
Ordering in a café.
Saying what we are
going to do at the
weekend.
Text book Viva!
French: Mon
identite
Talking about your
personality.
Relationships. Music
and clothes. Talking
about your passion.
Text book Studio 2
Spanish
Arranging to go out.
Describing what
activities you do in
town.
Text book Studio 1
Spanish
The basics
Consolidation of basic
language:
 Basic Personal
Info
 Alphabet
 Numbers
 Classroom
Language
Talking about brothers
and sisters.
Text book Viva!
Year 9
French: All students
study for and enter
FCSE qualification from
AQA
Unit 7 Home and local
environment.
Your house and where it
is. Which part of town,
size, description of
rooms and furniture.
Opinions.
What is in your town
and how could it be
improved. Transport in
your town. Pollution
and other problems.
Text book Studio 1
Spanish
Pets and adjectival
agreement.
Colours
Simple Opinions and
connectives
Talking about the
weather.
Describing spare time.
Text book Viva!
French:
Unit 7 Home and local
environment.
Recycling and helping
the environment.
Where you want to live
in the future.
Past and future tenses.
Christmas in France and
French film.
film in french
Text book Studio 1
Spanish
Talking about your
personality
Saying what you like
to do. Giving opinions.
Describing spare time.
Sports you do.
Reading about
people’s favourite
things.
Text book Viva!
French:
Unit 3 Holidays
Where you go on
holiday. Countries and
towns. Where you
went last year and in
the future. Seasons
and months of the
year. Weather.
Transport for holidays.
Who do you go with
and for how long.
Spanish
Text book Studio 2
Saying what subjects
you study. Giving
opinions about school
subjects. Describing
your school. Talking
about break time.
Spanish
Text book Viva!
French:
Unit 3 Holidays
Food in different
places. Clothes for
different holidays,
Reasons for going
Activities to do on
holiday. Likes and
dislikes
Unit 1: Relationships
family and friends
Describe yourself and
other people. Who is
in your family? Pets.
Hobbies and free time.
Describing your
family. Describing hair
and eye colour
Describing your town
or village. Telling the
time. Ordering in a
café. Saying what we
are going to do at
the weekend.
Text book Viva!
Saying what other
people look like.
Describing where you
live. Describing your
town or village.
Text book Viva!
French:
Unit 1: Relationships
family and friends
Complete and fill gaps.
Any students who
have missed parts of
the course can catch
up.
Students are given a
taster of Spanish:
The basics
Consolidation of basic
language:
 Basic Personal
Info
Continue with
Spanish or French
film project.
La Vie en Rose
Le Petit Nicolas
Le Petit Prince
Jean de Florette
Manon des Sources
La chorale
Varmints
Text book Studio 2
How do you get on
with people? Plans for
the future. Family
celebrations and
future plans.
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Alphabet
Numbers
Animals
Classroom
Language