Year 9 Spanish – Autumn term- First half
Number of
lessons
Topics/key questions to
be covered
Skills to be learnt
Assessment
How can parents help at home?
10 lessons
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Talking about freetime activities
Activities you like to
do at the weekend.
Talking about what
sports you do.
Talking about what
you do with your
friends
Introduction to the
future tense.
Saying what you and
your friends are
going to do next
weekend.
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Revision of ‘ar’ verbs.
Introduction of IR and ER
verbs
Revision of negatives
Time phrases
12 and 24 hour clock
Introduction of IR with
future tense
Using ‘me gusta’ to express
opinions
Introduction to simple
written translation
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Formative
assessments in
class.
Summative
assessments:
-Writing
- Speaking
- Regular
- Vocabulary tests
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Test students on vocabulary.
Encourage students to speak
in the target language.
Ensure that students keep on
top of their homework.
Encourage use of suggested
websites to support language
learning.
o For example:
o www.languagesonline.
org.uk
o www.linguascope.com
Year 9 Spanish– Autumn term- Second half
Number of
lessons
10 lessons
Topics/key questions
to be covered
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Talking about
where you live
Describing your
town
Arranging to go
out with friends
Weather
Skills to be learnt
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Using hay
Adjectival
agreement
Using ‘querer’
Introduction of ‘al’
and ‘a la’
Giving opinions
Extending
sentences by giving
reasons with
porque and cuando
Using two tenses
together – present
and future
Assessment
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Formative
assessments in
class.
How can parents help at home?
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Summative
assessments :
- Listening
- Reading
- Regular vocabulary
tests
Written piece using
present and future
tenses
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Test students on vocabulary.
Encourage students to speak in the target
language.
Ensure that students keep on top of their
homework.
Encourage use of suggested websites to support
language learning.
o For example:
o www.languagesonline.org.uk
o www.linguascope.com
Year 9 Spanish – Spring term- First half
Number of
lessons
10 lessons
Topics/key questions to be
covered
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Talking about television
programmes and genres of
films
Giving opinions using
adjectives
Comparing types of films
and programmes
Making and responding to
invitations
Giving excuses
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Discussing problems
Finding solutions
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Skills to be learnt
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Using me gusta/me
gustan
Adjectival agreements
Using comparative
adjectives’ más que/
menos que’
Prepositions
Tener que + infinitive
Modal verbs: Querer and
poder
Le gusta
Possessive adjectives
Assessment
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Formative
assessments in
class.
How can parents help at home?
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Summative
assessments :
- Writing
- Speaking
- Regular
vocabulary tests

Test students on vocabulary.
Encourage students to speak
in the target language.
Ensure that students keep on
top of their homework.
Encourage use of suggested
websites to support language
learning.
For example:
www.languagesonline.org.uk
www.linguascope.com
Year 9 Spanish– Spring term- Second half
Number of
lessons
Topics/key questions
to be covered
Skills to be learnt
10 lessons
Countries
Transport
Free time activities
Opinions in the past
Combining tenses
South America
Preterite tense
Preterito gravo
Irregular preterite verbs
Present tense
Past and present tense
adverbs
Combining three tenses
Assessment
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Formative
assessments in
class.
How can parents help at home?
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Summative
assessments :
- Listening
- Reading
- Regular vocabulary
tests

Test students on vocabulary.
Encourage students to speak in the target
language.
Ensure that students keep on top of their
homework.
Encourage use of suggested websites to
support language learning.
- For example:
- www.languagesonline.org.uk
- www.linguascope.com
Year 9 – Summer term- First half
Number of
lessons
Topics/key questions to be
covered
Skills to be learnt
10 lessons
Meals and meal times
Snacks
Market food
Fruit and vegetables
Quantities
Restaurant food
Ordering meals
Past food and opinions
Adjective agreements
Tener phrases
Tú vs usted
Preterite tense
Adverbs showing tenses
Role play – filling the gap in a
range of situations
Assessment
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Formative
assessments in
class.
How can parents help at home?
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Summative
assessments :
- Writing
- Speaking
- Regular
vocabulary tests

Test students on vocabulary.
Encourage students to speak
in the target language.
Ensure that students keep on
top of their homework.
Encourage use of suggested
websites to support language
learning.
For example:
www.languagesonline.org.uk
www.linguascope.com
Year 9 Spanish – Summer term- Second half
Number of
lessons
11 lessons
Topics/key
questions to be
covered
Skills to be learnt
Clothes
Colours
School uniform
Comparisons and
opinions
Present tense adverbs of
frequency
Adjective agreements
Comparatives
Demonstrative adjectives
Combining three tenses
Irregular verb: doler – to
hurt
Tener phrases
Verb: estar – to be feeling
Direct object pronouns
Modal verb: deber – to have
to
Combining three tenses
Parts of the body
Illnesses
Remedies
Healthy eating
Healthy lifestyles
Lifestyle changes
Assessment
How can parents help at home?
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Formative assessments in
class.
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Summative assessments :
- Listening
- Reading
- -Regular
vocabulary tests


Test students on vocabulary.
Encourage students to speak in the
target language.
Ensure that students keep on top of
their homework.
Encourage use of suggested websites
to support language learning.
- For example:
- www.languagesonline.org.uk
- www.linguascope.com