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Guru Nanak Sikh Academy
Key Stage 3 Curriculum Overview

 
FRENCH
Key Stage 3 Autumn 1   Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2
Year 7
Big Picture
Module 1 –
C’est perso
How do you describe
yourself?
Grammar:
● the present
tense
(singular:
aimer,
s’appeler,
être,
avoir)● the
definite
article (le,
la, l’, les)
● –er verbs (singular)
● avoir (present
singular)
● qu’est-ce que ...?
● adjective agreement
(singular)
● être (present
singular)
● adjective agreement
(plural)
● possessive
adjectives
(mon/ma/me
s, ton/ta/tes
  Module 2 – Mon
collège
What do you do
at school?

Grammar:
● forming questions
(intonation/with
Est ce que ...?)
● on form (–er verbs,
avoir and être) ● the
partitive article (du,
de la, de l’, des) ●
Qu’est-ce que ...?
and Est-ce que ...?
Module 3 –
Mes
passetemps
What do you
do in your
spare time?

Grammar:
● regular –er verbs
(singular)
● jouer à + a sport
● faire de + a
sport/activity

aimer/adorer/déte
ster + infinitive ●
ils/elles verb forms
(regular –er verbs
+ être, faire)
● possessive
adjectives
(son/sa/ses)
Module 4 – Ma
zone
Where do you live?

Grammar:
● il y a .../il n’y a
pas de
● tu and vous
● à + the
definite article
● aller (present
tense)
● à + the
definite article
● aller (present
tense)
● vouloir +
infinitive
● pouvoir +
infinitive
Module 5 – 3,
2, 1...Partez!
What are you going to do
during your vacation?
Grammar:
● nous forms
(regular –er
verbs + aller,
faire) ●
reflexive verbs
(singular)
● je voudrais +
infinitive
● ‘to’/’in’ a place or
country
Revision/Assessm
ent/Project
Assessment Pack,
End of Year test and
Level 6/6th Step
Assessment
Poésie
Year 8
Big Picture
Module 1 - T’es
branché(e)?
What do you do in your
leisure time ?
Grammar:
the present tense:
regular –er verbs
● negatives: ne ... pas,
ne ... jamais
● the present tense: avoir
and être
● the present tense:
verbs ending in –ir and –
re ● the present tense:
aller and faire
  Module 2 - Paris, je
t’adore!
What did you do in
Paris?
Grammar:
● the perfect tense ( past
tense): regular verbs
● the perfect tense ( past
tense):
negative forms
● the perfect tense ( paste
tense):
irregular verbs
● c’était/j’ai trouvé ça +
adjective
● the perfect tense with être
Module 3 - Mon
identité
What kind of
relationship do you
have with your
family and friends?

Grammar:
● adjective agreement
● reflexive verbs
● possessive adjectives
● the present tense:
venir
Module 4 -
Chez moi,
chez toi
Where do you
live?

Grammar:
● irregular
adjectives: beau,
vieux, nouveau
● comparative
adjectives
● prepositions
● the partitive article
● boire and prendre
● il faut + infinitive
● quantities with de
● using three
tenses (present,
perfect, near
future)
Module 5 - Quel
talent?!
Talent
Grammar:
using infinitives
● vouloir + infinitive
● pouvoir and devoir
● the imperative
● superlative adjectives
Revision/A
ssessment/
Project
work
World
geography

and French-
speaking

countries
How to plant
a garden!
Year 9
Big Picture
Module 1 – Qui
suis-je?(part 1)
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
  Module 1 – Qui suis-
je?(part 2)

Can you describe your
relationships with your
family and friends?
Grammar:
● 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 2 – Le
temps de
loisirs (part 2)
What do you do
in your free time
?
Grammar:
● 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)
Module 3 – Jour
ordinaires, jours
de fête(part 2)
What are the French
festivals ?
Grammar:
● Modal verbs pouvoir
and devoir
Asking questions
● The pronoun en
● Forming questions in
the tu and vous forms
● Using venir de +
infinitive

SPANISH
Key Stage 3 Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2
Year 7
 
Módulo 1 – Mi
vida
Can you tell us
about yourself?
Grammar:
● tener (present,
singular)
● indefinite articles
(un/una)
● definite articles
(el, la, los, las)
● verb endings
● adjectives that
end in -o/-a
● making
sentences negative
● ser (present,
singular)
● adjective forms
(masculine and
feminine,
singular and plural)
Módulo 2 – Mi
tiempo libre
What activities do
you enjoy doing in
your spare time?
Grammar:
● the infinitive
● present tense of
hacer (irregular
verb, full paradigm)
● present tense of
regular -ar
verbs (full paradigm)
● present tense of jugar

(stem-
changing verb, full

paradigm)
Módulo 3
– Mi insti
What do
you do at
school?
Grammar:
● ‘we’ form
of -ar verbs
● use me
gusta(n) +
el/la/los/las
when giving
opinions
about
subjects
● check
verbs,
definite
articles and
adjectiv
giving
opinions
● plural
indefinite
articles
unos/unas
(meaning
‘some’)
● plural
definite
articles
los/las
(meaning
‘the’)
● present
tense of and -ir
verbs (full
paradigms)
regular -er
Módulo 4 – Mi familia
y mis amigos
Can you describe your
family?

Grammar:
● Possessive adjectives
mi/tu/su and mis/tus/sus
● irregular verbs tener and
ser
● position of adjectives
(after the noun)
● irregular verbs tener and
ser
● position of adjectives
(after the noun)
● Use verbs ser and tener
● Agreement of adjectives
with nouns
● the verb estar
Módulo 5 – Mi
ciudad
Where do you
live?
Grammar:
● un/una,
unos/unas and
muchos/muchas
● ir – to go
● stem-changing
verb querer
● the near future
tense (voy, vas, va,
etc. +
infinitive)
Revision/Assessm
ent/Project

Pupil Book pp. 26-27
Zona Proyecto: Los
animales, pp. 48-49
Zona Proyecto:
Navidad en España,
pp. 72-73 Zona
Proyecto: La
educación, pp. 94-95
Zona Proyecto: Las
Meninas, pp. 116-117
Zona Proyecto:
¡Pasaporte fiesta!,
with their
corresponding digital
resources.
Year 8
 
Módulo 1 – Mis
vacaciones
What did you do
during your
holidays?
Grammar:
● preterite of ir (full
paradigm)
● preterite of regular -ar
verbs (full paradigm)
preterite of sacar:
spelling change saqué
● preterite + no
● preterite of regular -er
and -ir verbs (full
paradigm)
● preterite of ver: vi
● preterite of ser
● distinguishing between
present and preterite
verb forms
● ‘we’ form of -ar verbs in
present/preterite
Módulo 2 – Todo
sobre mi vida
What activities do
you do during your
free time?
Grammar:
● present tense of
regular -ar, -ir, -er verbs,
full paradigm (revision)

● present tense of stem-
changing verbs

(revision)
● Me gusta + the definite
article
● agreement of
adjectives
● present tense of
preferir (full paradigm)
● comparison of
adjectives: más... que...
● agreement of indefinite
article
● preterite of hacer (full
paradigm)
● using the present and
the preterite together
Módulo 3 – ¡A
comer!
What do you like
to eat?

Grammar:
● el agua (feminine)
● Me gusta(n) +
definite article
● negatives: no,
nunca,
● no... nada
● familiar/polite ‘you’:
tú / usted / ustedes
● using the present
and the preterite
together
● near future tense
(full paradigm)
● using three tenses
(present, preterite,
near
future) together
Módulo 4 – ¿Qué
hacemos?
Where do you go
out?

Grammar:
● a + el = al
● de + el = del
● conditional: me/te
gustaría +
infinitive
● Stem-changing verbs
querer,
poder (present tense)
● reflexive verbs
(present tense)
● using three tenses
(present,
preterite, near future)
together
● adjective agreement
(colour
adjectives)
● demonstrative
adjective
este/esta/estos/estas
Módulo 5 –
Operación verano

What do you do
during your
holidays?
Grammar:
● ser and estar (including
stress accent:
esta vs está)
● comparative:
más/menos + adjective +
que
● se puede(n) + infinitive
● superlative: el/la/los/las
más + adjective
+ de
● imperative: tú form
● using three tenses
(present, preterite,
near future) together
Revision/A
ssessment/
Project
work

Pupil Book pp.
26-27 Zona
Proyecto:
¡Jugamos!, pp.
48-49 Zona
Proyecto:
¡Tiene mucho
talento!, pp.
72-73 Zona
Proyecto:
¡Listos para
cocinar!, pp.
96-97 Zona
Proyecto:
¡Desfile de
moda!, pp.
116-117 Zona
Proyecto:
¡Visita mi
ciudad!, with
their
corresponding
digital
resources.
Year 9
 
Módulo 1:
¡Desconéctate! (
part 1)
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
Módulo 1:
¡Desconéctate! (
part 2)
What did you do
during the holidays?
Grammar:
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
(part 1)
What is your school
like?
Grammar:
● Comparatives and
superlatives
● Negatives
● Imperfect and
present tenses for
comparing then and
now
Módulo 2: Mi vida
en el insti (part 2)
What is your school like?
Grammar:
● 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
(part 1 )
Can you describe your
relationships with your
family and friends?
Grammar:
● Para + infinitive
● The present continuous
tense
Módulo 3: Mi
gente (part 2)
Can you describe
your relationships
with your family
and friends?
Grammar:
● Using similes
● Reflexive verbs
for relationships
● adjectives and
adverbs