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    Key Stage 4

    Guru Nanak Sikh Academy
    Key Stage 4 Curriculum Overview
     
    FRENCH
    Key Stage 4 Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2
    Year 10
    Big Picture    		 10
    Module 1 – Qui
    suis-je?
    Can you describe
    your relationships
    with your family and
    friends?
    Grammar:
    ● Adjectival agreement
    ● The present tense
    ● Definite and indefinite
    articles
    ● Prepositions
    ● The verb aller in the
    present tense
    ● The preposition à
    ● Using time phrases
    ● Irregular verbs in the
    present tense
    ● The relative pronoun
    qui
    ● Possessive adjectives
    ● Reflexive verbs in the
    present tense    		 Module 2 – Le
    temps de loisirs
    (part 1)
    What do you do in your
    free time ?
    Grammar:
    ●depuis + the present
    tense
    The position of adjectives
    Comparative adjectives
    ● The relative pronoun que
    (‘which’)
    ● The imperfect tense
    ● Direct object pronouns
    ● The superlative    		 Module 3 – Jour
    ordinaires, jours
    de fête(part 1)
    What are the French
    festivals ?
    Grammar:
    ● Adjectives of colour
    ● The verbs porter and
    mettre
    Subject and object
    pronouns (it, they, them)
    Modal verbs pouvoir and
    devoir
    Asking questions
    ● The pronoun en
    ● Forming questions in the
    tu and vous forms
    ● Using venir de +
    infinitive    		 Module 4
    – De la
    ville à la
    campagn
    e
    Do you
    prefer the
    city or the
    countryside
    ?
    Grammar:
    ● How to say
    ‘in’
    ● The imperative
    ● The pronoun y
    ● Negatives
    ● Asking questions
    using quel
    ● The present,
    perfect and future
    tenses    		 Module 5 – Le
    grand large...
    How are you
    spending your
    vacation?
    Grammar:
    ● Reflexive verbs
    ● Using different time
    frames
    ● Talking about the future
    ● The conditional
    ● Using reflexive verbs in
    the perfect tense
    ● Using en + the present
    participle
    ● The pluperfect tense
    ● Using demonstrative
    adjectives and pronouns    		 Module 6 – Au
    collège
    Describe your
    school?

    Grammar:
    ● The passive
    ● Using the ‘they’ form
    of different verbs ●
    Preterite tense of
    reflexive verbs
    ● superlatives
    ● Using the preterite
    and imperfect
    correctly to talk about
    the past
    ● Expressions followed
    by the infinitive
    Year 11
    Big Picture    		 Module 7 – Bon
    travail! (part 1)
    In which sector would
    you like to work?
    Grammar:
    ● Job nouns
    ● The conditional
    ● Saying ‘better/worse’
    and ‘the best/worst thing’
    ● Understanding the
    subjunctive
    ● Using adverbs    		 Módulo 7: ¡A currar!
    (part 2)
    In which sector would you
    like to work?
    Grammar:
    Job nouns
    ● en + the present participle
    ● Using direct object
    pronouns in the perfect
    tense
    ● Using verbs followed by à
    or de
    ● Complex sentences in the
    future tense (si, quand,lorsque    		 Module 8 – Un œil sur
    le monde ( part 1)
    What according to you
    is the biggest problem
    facing the planet, and
    why?
    Grammar:
    ● Using the modal verbs
    pouvoir and devoir in the
    conditional
    ● Using the passive
    ● Using indirect object
    pronouns    		 le monde ( part 1)
    What according to you
    is the biggest problem
    facing the planet, and
    why?
    Grammar:
    ● Using the modal verbs
    pouvoir and devoir in the
    conditional
    ● Using the passive
    ● Using indirect object
    pronouns

    Module 8 – Un œil
    sur le monde (part
    2)
    What according to
    you is the biggest
    problem facing the
    planet, and why?
    Grammar:
    ● Using the modal
    verbs pouvoir and
    devoir in the
    conditional
    ● Using the passive
    ● Using indirect
    object pronouns    		 Revision/practice
    papers /exams    		  

     

    SPANISH
    Key Stage 4 Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2
    Year 10
         		 Módulo 1:
    ¡Desconéctate!
    What did you do
    during the holidays?
    Grammar:
    ● Present tense of
    regular verbs and
    irregular verb ser. Adding
    variety to
    what you say
    ● Present tense of stem
    changing verbs: preferir,
    tener and ir
    ● Preterite tense of
    regular verbs and
    irregular verbs
    ● ser and ir
    ● Imperfect tense of
    estar, tener, ser, haber
    ● Using ser or estar in
    the imperfect for
    descriptions in the past    		 Módulo 2: Mi vida en
    el insti
    What is your school
    like?

    Grammar:
    ● Comparatives and
    superlatives
    ● Negatives
    ● Imperfect and present
    tenses for
    comparing then and now
    ● Verbs with an infinitive
    ● Using the near future
    tense to say what you are
    going to do
    ● Forming questions using:
    ¿Cuándo? ¿Qué?
    ¿Cómo? ¿A qué hora?
    ¿Dónde?
    ● Direct object pronouns
    (lo / la / los / las)    		 Módulo 3: Mi
    gente
    Can you describe
    your relationships
    with your family and
    friends?

    Grammar:
    ● Para + infinitive
    ● The present
    continuous tense
    ● Using similes
    ● Reflexive verbs for
    relationships
    ● adjectives and
    adverbs    		 Módulo 4:
    Intereses e
    influencias
    What do you do
    with your free
    time?
    Grammar:
    ● soler + infinitive
    ● Using the
    imperfect tense
    to say what you
    used to do
    ● Using ya no
    and todavía
    ● The perfect
    tense (regular /
    irregular past
    participles)
    ● Acabar de +
    infinitive    		 Módulo
    5:Ciudades
    Can you describe
    your town?
    Grammar:
    ● se puede / se
    pueden + infinitive
    ● The future tense
    ● Si + present + future
    Demonstrative
    adjectives
    ● The conditional
    tenses
    ● Using synonyms and
    antonyms
    ● Using different
    tenses together    		 Módulo 6: De
    costumbre

    What are the Spanish
    festivals?

    Grammar:
    ● The passive
    ● Using the ‘they’ form
    of different verbs ●
    Preterite tense of
    reflexive verbs
    ● superlatives
    ● Using the preterite
    and imperfect
    correctly to talk about
    the past
    ● Expressions followed
    by the infinitive (para,
    al, sin, antes de,
    después de...)
    Year 11
         		 Módulo 7: ¡A currar!
    (part 1)
    What are your future
    aspirations?
    Grammar:
    ● Soler in the imperfect
    tense
    ● Using the preterite
    (for completed
    actions) and the
    imperfect (for repeated
    actions / descriptions)
    in the past
    ● Using alternatives to
    ‘and’ (no solo ..., sino
    también, tanto ... como
    ....)    		 Módulo 7: ¡A currar!
    (part 2)
    What are your future
    aspirations?
    Grammar:
    Using a variety of tenses
    (present, perfect, future
    and conditional)
    ● The imperfect
    subjunctive
    ● Cuando + present
    subjunctive
    ● Forming questions
    (including with
    reflexive verbs)    		 Módulo 8: Hacia un
    mundo mejor (part
    1)
    What according to
    you is the biggest
    problem facing the
    planet, and why?
    Grammar:
    ● The present
    subjunctive
    ● The pluperfect tense    		 mundo mejor (part
    1)
    What according to
    you is the biggest
    problem facing the
    planet, and why?
    Grammar:
    ● The present
    subjunctive
    ● The pluperfect tense

    Módulo 8: Hacia un
    mundo mejor (part 2)
    What according to you
    is the biggest problem
    facing the planet, and
    why?
    Grammar:
    ● Imperfect continuous
    ● Understanding different
    tenses    		 Revision/practice
    papers /exams    		  
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