What you will learn in KS3

The topics studied over the course of years seven to nine are as follows (not necessarily in this order).

Year Seven
• meeting and greeting people
• the date, age and birthdays
• classroom objects
• the alphabet
• classroom instructions
• family
• pets
• where you live
• rooms
• furniture
• telling the time
• activities in the home
• domestic tasks
• school
• sports
• musical instruments
• hobbies
• writing an informal letter

Year Eight
• countries and their capitals
• languages and nationalities
• French- speaking countries and areas
• weather and seasons
• locations in town/ country
• finding the way
• distance
• modes of transport
• making and discussing arrangements (social and transactional)
• negotiating and stating future plans and intentions
• following and devising recipes
• preparing a menu
• buying food and drink
• clothes and fashion
• styles and materials
• reading about clothes and fashion for information and pleasure
• being and receiving a guest
• expressing thanks and appreciation

Year Nine
• illnesses (problems, remedies)
• healthy lifestyle (past, present, future)
• past birthday or other special occasion
• recent events in the wider world (via the news)
• school trip or other visit/ holiday abroad or in this country
• visits by foreign nationals here
• town/ country
• regions of France
• aspects of the environment
• TV, films, understanding
• reviews, reading for pleasure focus on one or more French- speaking countries or regions

What you will learn in KS4

The topics that you will study in depth at Key Stage Four are:

• self and family
• leisure
• life at home
• healthy lifestyle and eating and drinking
• school life
• holidays and holiday accommodation
• world of work
• local environment
• shopping

What you will learn in KS5

The topics that you will study in depth at Key Stage Five are:

•    Youth culture and concerns
•    Lifestyle: health and fitness
•    The world around us: travel, tourism, environmental issues and the French and Spanish-speaking world
•    Education and employment
•    Customs, traditions, beliefs and religions
•    National and international events: past, present and future
•    Literature and the arts.