French at Beckfoot Thornton – Beckfoot Thornton

We want to ensure that students can communicate and interact with the world around them.

Through teaching a variety of key grammatical structures and developing a wide-ranging vocabulary, we equip our students with the knowledge to express their ideas through writing and speaking and comprehend materials from a range of sources.

We want to create confident communicators who can speak with increasing confidence, fluency and spontaneity. We want our students to develop a curiosity about the world around them, so that students leave with the foundations for further study of languages or to work or travel abroad.

Enrichment

During your study of French at Beckfoot Thornton, there will be a range of opportunities available to enrich your subject knowledge outside of the classroom, including:

Languages Ambassadors representing MFL at school events.
Explore Languages visit to the University of Leeds, including a project about different languages.
Languages Day at Beckfoot Allerton Primary School
Spelling Bee competition with other Trust schools

Assessment

Internal assessments will take place throughout each year to monitor pupil progress and further inform teaching and learning.

KS4 Specification

https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/french/gcse/french-8652/specification

Careers

The study of French prepares students for the opportunity to choose A Level and to go on to study a Modern Foreign Language in Further Education. Students will develop transferable skills to work abroad or to work for companies in the UK with links to Europe. It is ideal preparation for employment in the following fields: Leisure, Tourism, Travel, Journalism, Teaching, Engineering and many others.

Curriculum Overview

Year	Cycle 1	Cycle 2	Cycle 3
Year 7	Introducing yourself: learn how to introduce yourself to others in French, including greetings, talking about where your age, birthday, where you live, your personality and your appearance. Family and friends: describe who is in your family and their personality and appearance.	Sports and hobbies: explain which sports and hobbies you do and why. Giving opinions: learn how to give positive and negative opinions, with reasons, on a range of sports and hobbies.	Next weekend: describe which free time activities you are going do in the future and why. Film project: Watch and understand a French film, discuss the characters and give opinions on what you have watched.
Year 8	Healthy living: talk about healthy and unhealthy habits. Food and drink: discuss what you eat and drink for three meals and use the past tense to talk about what you ate and drank yesterday.	School: describe your school and give opinions about it. Describe your studies using three tenses. Give positive and negative opinions, with reasons, about your school subjects.	Holidays: describe a holiday in the past tense, including where you went, how got there and what you did. A week in Paris: Develop your cultural knowledge of the French capital city, use the future tense to plan a visit to Paris.
Year 9	Where you live: describe where you live and give opinions, with reasons, about your area. Activities in your area: use the past and future tenses to describe activities in your area.	Festivals and celebrations: describe what you do to celebrate special occasions, using three tenses. Develop your understanding of French festivals and traditions. Holidays: describe a range of activities you do on holiday and why.	Technology: describe how you use technology and what you do online, with reasons. Make use of three tenses. Revision of KS3: Revisit vocabulary and grammar taught throughout KS3. Theme Park project: design your own French theme park. Make use of language you have learned throughout KS3.
Year 10	Free time: talk about your hobbies and interests, including sports, TV and films, music and other free time activities Media, technology and celebrity culture: talk about the devices and social media that you use, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of life online, discuss celebrities and popular culture Identity and relationships with others: talk about relationships with your family and friends.	Festivals and celebrations: describe French festivals and cultural events. Education and school: give opinions on school subjects, describe your school routine and habits, discuss school rules and school uniform.	Healthy living and lifestyle: describe what you do to be healthy, discuss the body, pain and illnesses, expand on how you can be healthier in the future. Speaking skills: develop your understanding of the speaking exam format and practise speaking skills based on the topics studied in Year 10.
Year 11	Holidays: Talk about French holiday destinations, describe your holiday in 3 tenses, including where you go, how you get there, and holiday activities. Environment: Discuss environmental issues in our community and across the world. Explain what you do to help the environment. Where you live: describe where you live and talk about it in 3 tenses – public transport and local amenities.	Jobs and future plans: discuss the careers that interest you and explain why, and any other future plans you have. Festivals and celebrations: describe how you celebrate special occasions. Revision – preparation for exams	Revision – preparation for exams