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French

Year 7

  • French Artists, Greetings, Classroom Language, alphabet, Days, Dates and Numbers, Personal   Information,   Colours,   Gender,   Countries   and   Nationalities, Personal Description, Family, Pets, Preferences.
  • The time, School subjects, School uniform, Simple descriptions of the school, day, Likes and Dislikes, Justifications, Opinions and Preferences, Clothes.
  • Sports and Hobbies, time expressions, further opinions.

Grammar:

  • the present tense (-er, -ir, -re, avoir, etre, aller, faire, lire, sortir)
  • the near future
  • il faut / on doit
  • negative
  • connectives
  • genders
  • definite and indefinite articles
  • adjectives and agreements (incuding possessive adjectives)
  • comparisons
  • guidance for spelling and pronunciation
  • question words

 

Year 8

  • Describing where you live, town, area and house. Describing bedroom and furniture.
  • Using the infinitives of verbs with ‘I like’ to describe what you do at home. Present tense of other irregular verbs.
  • The weather
  • Directions
  • Holidays
  • Families

Grammar:

  • Prepositions
  • Using infinitives
  • Irregular verbs in the present tense
  • Reflexive verbs
  • Pres + de and a
  • Irregular adjectives
  • The perfect tense
  • The imperfect tense
  • The conditional tense
  • Further negative phrases
  • Superlatives
  • Further opinion phrases

 

Year 9

  • Arranging a holiday, talking about how to get there, getting to know Paris, getting around in Paris, talking about what you have done 
  • Health (Body parts, illnesses, food and drink, shops, daily routine and health - (exercise, smoking, alcohol and drugs).

Grammar:

  • Consolidation of present, perfect, imperfect, near future and conditional tense
  • Future tense
  • Direct and indirect object pronouns
  • Adverbs of frequency
  • ‘Some’
  • Expressions with avoir
  • Nouns - patterns

 

Key Stage 4 – GCSE Specification AQA Languages – (for the 2023 – 2025 cohort) sitting exams in Summer 2025

 

Year 10

•          Identity  and culture

  • Me, my family and friends
  • Technology in everyday life
  • Free-time activities
  • Customs and festivals
  • Local, national, international and global areas of interest
  • Home, town, neighbourhood and region
  • Social issues (charity/voluntary work, healthy and unhealthy living)
  • Global issues (the environment, poverty and homelessness)
  • Travel and tourism

Year 11

  • Current and future study and employment
  • My studies
  • Life at school
  • Education post-16
  • Jobs, career choices and ambitions

 

 

Key Stage 4 – GCSE NEW Specification AQA Languages: (for the 2024 cohort onwards – for first exams in Summer 2026)

New Specification for Summer 2026 exam – outline of new exam structure & assessment at Foundation & Higher Tier – here

 Year 10

•          Theme 1 – People & Lifestyle

Unit 1 – Identity & relationship with others

Unit 2 – healthy living & lifestyle

Unit 3 – Education & Work

Theme 2 – Popular Culture

Unit 4 – Free time activities

Unit 5 – Customs, festivals & celebrations

Unit 6 – Celebrity Culture

Year 11

Theme 3 – Communication & the world around us

Unit 7 – Travel & tourism (places of interest)

Unit 8 – Media & technology

Unit 9 – The environment & where people live

Revision /past papers & speaking exam preparations

The speaking exam will be sat after the Easter holidays in Year 11 and the other three exams will be sat during the exam period at the end of Year 11.

 

Further Information:

Homework will be set each week via Satchel One.

Digital textbooks & audio material can be accessed online using your son’s Kerboodle account:  KS3 – Allez 1 and 2   KS4 – Kerboodle AQA French (higher and foundation)

Useful websites for support and extension:

*please ask the teacher for usernames and passwords