KS3

Key Stage Three Curriculum Overview

Year 7

	NAME OF TOPIC	KEY CONTENT OF THE TOPIC	ASSESSMENT POINTS
HT1	Greetings Personal details Alphabet	Introduction to Spanish, personal details. Students will learn the following vocabulary: Introductions, dates/birthdays, colours, school items, opinions, days of the week and times, months of the year, the Spanish alphabet, colours *Students will learn the following grammar points:* Word order in number, conjugating verbs, genders, articles, question words, adjective endings, the use of gustar with indirect object pronouns; the definite and indefinite articles. *Students will learn the following culture:* The first day of school in Spain, el Día de la Hispanidad, el Día de los Muertos in Mexico *Students will also learn Spanish phonics and how to pronounce words in Spanish.	Vocabulary tests Languagenut self testing End of Unit 1 reading, writing, listening and grammar test Informal translation tests
HT2	Family Pets/ animals Physical and character description	*Students will learn the following vocabulary:* Talking about their family, siblings, pets. They will be able to describe how they look physically and what their personality traits are and describe others. *Students will learn the following grammar points:* Using possessive adjectives; (mi(s); tu(s) etc.) Word order in Spanish with adjectives coming after the noun and agreeing with the noun. Conjugating the verbs in the 3^rd personal singular and plural. Using the verb ser. *Students will learn the following culture:* El día de los Muertos in Mexico, Christmas traditions in Spain	End of unit reading, listening and writing tests Languagenut self testing Vocabulary tests Informal speaking assessment
HT3	Hobbies and sports Weather Music and social media	*Students will learn the following vocabulary:* Talking about sports and hobbies they do. They will be able to give opinions and to justify their opinions. They will be able to describe the weather using si and cuando and to give opinions on music. *Students will learn the following grammar points:* Conjugating -ar, -er and -ir verbs as well as jugar and hacer. Adjectival agreement in terms of number and gender. Connectives extended sentences and justification of opinion. Comparatives *Students will learn the following culture:* Hispanic music, famous sports personalities, artists and influencers.	End of Year reading, writing and grammar, listening tests.

NAME OF TOPIC

KEY CONTENT OF THE TOPIC

ASSESSMENT POINTS

HT1

Greetings
Personal details
Alphabet

Introduction to Spanish, personal details.
Students will learn the following vocabulary:

Introductions, dates/birthdays, colours, school items, opinions, days of the week and times, months of the year, the Spanish alphabet, colours

Students will learn the following grammar points:
Word order in number, conjugating verbs, genders, articles, question words, adjective endings, the use of gustar with indirect object pronouns; the definite and indefinite articles.

Students will learn the following culture:
The first day of school in Spain, el Día de la Hispanidad, el Día de los Muertos in Mexico

*Students will also learn Spanish phonics and how to pronounce words in Spanish.

Vocabulary tests

Languagenut self testing

End of Unit 1 reading, writing, listening and grammar test

Informal translation tests

HT2

Family
Pets/ animals
Physical and character description

Students will learn the following vocabulary:
Talking about their family, siblings, pets. They will be able to describe how they look physically and what their personality traits are and describe others.

Students will learn the following grammar points:
Using possessive adjectives; (mi(s); tu(s) etc.) Word order in Spanish with adjectives coming after the noun and agreeing with the noun. Conjugating the verbs in the 3^rd personal singular and plural. Using the verb ser.

Students will learn the following culture:
El día de los Muertos in Mexico, Christmas traditions in Spain

End of unit reading, listening and writing tests

Languagenut self testing

Vocabulary tests

Informal speaking assessment

HT3

Hobbies and sports
Weather
Music and social media

Students will learn the following vocabulary:
Talking about sports and hobbies they do. They will be able to give opinions and to justify their opinions. They will be able to describe the weather using si and cuando and to give opinions on music.

Students will learn the following grammar points:
Conjugating -ar, -er and -ir verbs as well as jugar and hacer. Adjectival agreement in terms of number and gender. Connectives extended sentences and justification of opinion. Comparatives

Students will learn the following culture:
Hispanic music, famous sports personalities, artists and influencers.

End of Year reading, writing and grammar, listening tests.

Year 8

	NAME OF TOPIC	KEY CONTENT OF THE TOPIC	ASSESSMENT POINTS
HT1	Introduction to diet and what you eat/drink	*Students will recap the following content:* Personal information; physical and character descriptions, numbers. Word order, conjugating verbs, telling the time, the present tense and how to conjugate verbs. *Students will learn the following vocabulary:* Food/drink/healthy lifestyle/ordering food. Body parts/ communicating ailments and illnesses *Students will learn the following grammar points:* Using the present tense and radical-changing verbs. Using negative expressions. Using the near future tense. *Students will learn the following culture:* Daily routine and eating habits in Spain/Spanish speaking countries. Cuisine around the Spanish Speaking world. Spanish adverts for medicine to treat ailments.	Vocabexpress self testing thisislanguage.com self testing End of Unit reading, writing, grammar tests Translation tasks in class Group speaking assessment; ordering food in a restaurant.
HT2	Transport Holiday travel	*Students will recap the following content:* The present tense conjugations, the near future tense, gustar with indirect object pronouns *Students will learn the following vocabulary:* Talking about holiday destinations, transport, holiday activities, positive and negative opinions *Students will learn the following grammar points:* The formation of the preterite tense; regular –ar, -er. Ir verbs and some irregulars; (IR). Using Soler + infinitive. Using the preterite tense together with the present and future tenses. *Students will learn the following culture:* Different Spanish speaking countries and where they are geographically; how Spanish cities may vary from English ones/ similarities and differences in how young Spaniards/ Spanish-speaking people/familes and British children spend their holidays.	Vocabexpress self testing thisislanguage.com self testing End of Unit reading, writing, listening, grammar tests Speaking assessment-role-play in Spanish speaking country on holiday Translation tasks in class
HT3	Discussing popular technology talking about the internet and social media	*Students will recap the following content:* How to express likes/dislikes; gustar/encantar etc. the present tense conjugations, adjectival agreement, opinions and justifications. *Students will learn the following vocabulary:* Talking about technology, positive and negative aspects of the internet and social media/Television, the cinema and music. *Students will learn the following grammar points:* Using acabar de + infinitive; using connectives to extend sentences, create various clauses. Using the comparative and the superlative. Using ser/estar. Introduction to the simple future tense. *Students will learn the following culture:* Online habits of the Spanish speaking world. TV viewing habits of Spaniards, including examples of Spanish TV programmes and clips of these.	Vocabexpress self testing thisislanguage.com self testing End of Unit reading, writing, listening, grammar tests Speaking assessment- Translation tasks in class
HT4	Clothes/fashion Shopping Problems with shopping	*Students will recap the following content:* Adjectival agreement/the present tense with reflexive verbs (llevarse). Gustar/encantar and other ways to express your opinion. *Students will learn the following vocabulary:* Clothes; colours; different shops; problems when shopping. *Students will learn the following grammar points:* Using the conditional tense; me gustaría followed by the infinitive. The present continuous tense and how to conjugate, regulars and irregulars. *Students will learn the following culture:* Spanish and South American clothes brands. Spanish and SPanish speaking popular shops/shopping habits/daily routine and how this has an effect on when and how they shop.	End of Unit reading, writing, listening, grammar tests Vocabulary tests Group dialogue Shopping and experiencing difficulties/returning an item.
HT5	Revision of the year	*Students will recap the following content:* All of the Year 8 content *Students will learn the following:* How to succeed in exams- revision and exam techniques	End of Year exams in Listening, Reading, Writing and Translation
HT6	Pre-GCSE preparations	Students will work on key areas of development that arose from the exams. They will practise these areas regularly. They will be introduced to new grammar points that they will need for GCSE Spanish. Students will also complete culture projects on different key aspects of Hispanic culture; people, music, food, companies, sports, history, the arts and traditions.	Peer assessment of cultural project work.

Year 9 - In Year 9 the topics are more in depth as it is the foundation GCSE course and so overlap half terms. Students are taught to go into more detail than in Key Stage 3 as they have more confidence and fluency.

	NAME OF TOPIC	KEY CONTENT OF THE TOPIC	ASSESSMENT POINTS
Term 1	Family and relationships Physical appearance Character description Family life marriage and partnerships	*Students will recap the following content:* All grammar from Key Stage 3 *Students will learn the following vocabulary:* Getting on with family members and reasons why, different types of families in a modern world, thoughts on marriage, what makes a good friend. *Students will learn the following grammar points:* Reflexive verbs, separable verbs, possessive adjectives, adjectival agreement and position, the imperfect tense. *Students will learn the following culture:* The family structure in Spanish speaking countries	End of Unit 1 assessments- end of November Group speaking assessment-Mi familia
HT2	free time and sports TV/films Free time activities Sports/high risk going out and socialising	*Students will recap the following content:* TV and viewing habites. Free time activities, food and drink, sports, the present, preterite and future tenses, adverbial phrases of time, forming questions, using gustar/encantar with indirect object pronouns *Students will learn the following vocabulary:* Music types, films and plot lines, Type of TV programmes, traditional Spanish and Latin Amercian food and eating habits *Students will learn the following grammar points:* Using the tenses together for variety and complexity if language *Students will learn the following culture:* Traditional Spanish food and eating habits, Spanish sports, popular Spanish musicians/bands. *Students will recap the following content:* The present, preterite, and imperfect tenses, likes and dislikes, the use of gustar with pronouns, question words	End of Unit assessments at the end of February. Speaking assessment- Creating a mobile phone app
HT3	Technology in everyday life social media social networking mobile technology gadgets	*Students will learn the following vocabulary:* Technology in everyday life, using social media, online safety, trends in mobile phones, positives and negatives of mobile technology *Students will learn the following grammar points:* The real future tense, the perfect tense, por and para *Students will learn the following culture:* How Spanish speaking communities have reacted to social media.	End of year exams
HT4	Customs, festivals and and celebrations family celebrations religious celebrations Spanish and Latin American festivals	Students revisit the “Family and Relationships” topic, now covering Higher Tier material. Students also engage in learning about different customs and traditions in Spain/ Latin America and different cultures within the autonomous regions of Spain. They will also complete grammar booklets ready for Year 10 Spanish.	Class presentations on Spanish festivals
HT5	Celebrity Culture Celebrity fashions Male and female celebrity icons Tik tok trends	*Students will learn the following vocabulary:* Celebrity roles in entertainment, celebrity fashion, lifestyle and daily routine, celebrity role-models . *Students will learn the following grammar points:* Adjectival agreement, the present and imperfect tenses, the comparative and superlative, adverbs, reflexive verbs, possession with de *Students will learn the following culture:* How Spanish speaking celebrities influence in a positive and negative way.

What can parents do to support their sons?

Please check your son has completed his independent learning tasks and ensure he is using his text book/vocabulary glossary to help. All vocabulary lists should be revisited regularly.

All grammar notes in your son’s exercise book should be regularly revisited.

There are excellent language websites on O365:

www.vocabexpress.com-vocabulary learning interactive learning tool
www.kerboodle.com (on-line text book; foundation in Year 9) Digibook and interactive resources that accompany the AQA textbook.
www.languagesonline.org.uk : grammar and topic based vocabulary work
www.languagenut.com A comprehensive, competitive website which allow students to practise GCSE exam skills.
www.rtve.es On demand Spanish TV programmes/documentaries
www.netflix.com Spanish speaking TV programmes/films/documentaries

Any opportunity for your son to experience practising speaking Spanish would be a huge confidence booster for him eg: visiting the country or participating in the Spanish exchange to Barcelona and the summer trip to Valencia.