Boys are regularly assessed in order to track progression and give accurate feedback. End of module tests are undertaken roughly at the end of each half term in Listening, Reading and Writing. Speaking assessments are formally carried out about twice a year.
Year 1 – French
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Time of Assessment
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Module
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Content
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Mid October
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En Classe
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Greetings and personal information
Alphabet and numbers
School objects
Definite and indefinite articles
Gender agreement
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Mid December
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Famille et Copains
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Family
Pets
Physical description
Avoir and être
Possessive adjectives
Agreement
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Mid February
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Chez Moi
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Where I live
Describe house and bedroom
Activities at home
The time
Prepositions
Regular –er verbs
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March
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On Va en Ville
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Town
Directions
Drinks and snacks
Questions and answers
Preposition à
Opinions
Tu / vous
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Beginning of June
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Ma Journée
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Daily routine
School subjects
Activities after school
Reflexive verbs
Intensifiers and connectives
Faire
Writing longer passages
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TRIP TO FRANCE
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Beginning of July July
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On S’amuse
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Sports and games
Musical instruments
Aller/aimer/o peut + infinitive
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Year 2 – French
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Time of Assessment
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Module
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Content
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Mid October
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Famille et domicile
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Family
Jobs
Weather
Describe a typical day
Present tense (er, re, ir verbs and irregular)
Depuis
quand and si
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Mid December
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Temps libre
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Last weekend
TV programmes
Events in the past
Past tense
Extending and linking sentences
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Mid February
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Les sorties
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Making invitations
Making excuses
Shops and shopping
Comparatives and superlatives
Vouloir, pouvoir, devoir
Adjective agreement
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March
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Manger et boire
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Food and drink
French meals
Shopping for food
Eating in a restaurant
Partitive article
Il faut
De+quantities
Practising short dialogues – ordering food
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Beginning of June
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Voyages et vacances
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Countries and languages
Holidays
Past holidays
À / en
Question words
Opinions
Further past tense
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Beginning of July
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Les copains
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Talking about friends
Pocket money
Avoir besoin de
Comparatives and superlatives
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Year 2 – Spanish
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Time of Assessment
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Module
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Content
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Mid October
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Me presento
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Introductions and personal information
Numbers
Alphabet
Items in the classroom
Tener
Definite and indefinite articles
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Mid December
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En el instituto
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School subjects
Activities in lessons
Describing teachers
Snacks in school
Regular verbs in the present
Adjectival agreement
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Mid February
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Mi familia
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Describe family
Pets
Appearance and character
Tener and ser
Further adjectival agreement
Writing longer passages
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March
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En casa
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Describe where you live
House and home
Activities at home
Daily routine
Adding detail to texts
Stem changing verbs
Prepositions
Reflexive verbs
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Beginning of June
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Mi tiempo libre
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Free time activities
Telling the time
Sport
Expressing opinions
Ir, Salir and hacer
Future continuous
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Mid July
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En la ciudad
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Describing your town
Directions
Weather
Use of 2 tenses
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Year 2 – Latin
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Time of Assessment
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Module
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Content
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Mid October
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Why study Latin?
Chapter 1: Two Roman Girls
Chapter 2: A Happy Outing
Chapter 3: In the Garden
The Roman Dress
Ist Assessment: Chapters 1-3
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Latin roots
Introduction to Latin
A Roman Family
Understanding simple Latin sentences
Feminine nouns and adjectives.
Verbs ending in “t” and “nt”.
Translation.
Questions & Answers in Latin.
Noun endings
Masculine nouns
Singular and plural sentences.
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Mid December
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Chapter 4: Show off
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Consolidation of vocabulary introduced in Chapters 1-3
Nouns ending in “m”
Introduction of the accusative case and practice translation
The pronouns “me & tu”
The importance of Word order in English
Question words
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Mid February
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Chapter 5: At A Loose End
Chapter 6: Marcus to the Rescue
The Slave Market
2nd Assessment: Chapters 4-6
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Revision of the accusative case
Introduction of the 1st and 2nd person singular verbs
The Present Infinitive
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March
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Chapter 7: Bad News.
The Roman Villa
Chapter 8: An Early Rise
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The accusative plural
Plural Nouns
Singular and plural personal pronouns
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Beginning of June
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Chapter 9: Goodbye
Treatment of Slaves in Ancient Rome
Chapter 10: Departure
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Accusative and ablative cases with prepositions Revision of the present indicative and the imperative
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Beginning of July
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3rd Assessment: Chapters 7-10
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Year 3 – Spanish
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Time of Assessment
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Module
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Content
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Mid October
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Mi vida
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Personal information
Activities with friends
Physical and personality description
Places in town
Linking sentences together – pero, también, y, nunca, siempre
Opinions
Present tense – regular verbs
Immediate future
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Mid December
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Tiempo libre
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TV programmes and opinions
Invitations and excuses
Expressing problems
Comparisons
Stem changing verbs
Verbs expressions followed by infinitive
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Mid February
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Vacaciones
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Describing past holidays
Practising questions and answers
Weather
Writing longer texts using 2 or 3 time frames
Past tense of regular verbs, ser and ir
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March
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Comida y bebida
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Food and drinks
Mealtimes
Shopping for food
Eating at a restaurant and ordering food
Talking about a past meal
Irregular verbs in the preterite
Speaking practice
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Beginning of June
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De moda
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Clothes
School Uniform
Shops
Comparatives and superlatives
Using 3 time frames
Se puede+infinitive
Adjectival agreement
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Beginning of July
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La salud
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Body parts
Expressing that something hurts
Symptoms and remedies
Me duele and me duelen
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The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new lands but in seeing with new eyes.
Marcel Proust