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Curriculum

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