KS3 Assessment

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

Time of Assessment

Module

Content

Mid October

En Classe

Greetings and personal information

Alphabet and numbers

School objects

Definite and indefinite articles

Gender agreement

Mid December

Famille et Copains

Family

Pets

Physical description

Avoir and être

Possessive adjectives

Agreement

 

Mid February

Chez Moi

Where I live

Describe house and bedroom

Activities at home

The time

Prepositions

Regular –er verbs

 

March

On Va en Ville

Town

Directions

Drinks and snacks

Questions and answers

Preposition à

Opinions

Tu / vous

Beginning of June

Ma Journée

Daily routine

School subjects

Activities after school

Reflexive verbs

Intensifiers and connectives

Faire

Writing longer passages

TRIP TO FRANCE

Beginning of July July

On S’amuse

Sports and games

Musical instruments

Aller/aimer/o peut + infinitive

Year 2 – French

Time of Assessment

Module

Content

Mid October

Famille et domicile

Family

Jobs

Weather

Describe a typical day

Present tense (er, re, ir verbs and irregular)

Depuis

quand and si

Mid December

Temps libre

Last weekend

TV programmes

Events in the past

Past tense

Extending and linking sentences

Mid February

Les sorties

Making invitations

Making excuses

Shops and shopping

Comparatives and superlatives

Vouloir, pouvoir, devoir

Adjective agreement

March

Manger et boire

Food and drink

French meals

Shopping for food

Eating in a restaurant

Partitive article

Il faut

De+quantities

Practising short dialogues – ordering food

Beginning of June

Voyages et vacances

Countries and languages

Holidays

Past holidays

À / en

Question words

Opinions

Further past tense

Beginning of July

Les copains

Talking about friends

Pocket money

Avoir besoin de

Comparatives and superlatives

Year 2 – Spanish

Time of Assessment

Module

Content

Mid October

Me presento

Introductions and personal information

Numbers

Alphabet

Items in the classroom

Tener

Definite and indefinite articles

Mid December

En el instituto

School subjects

Activities in lessons

Describing teachers

Snacks in school

Regular verbs in the present

Adjectival agreement

Mid February

Mi familia

Describe family

Pets

Appearance and character

Tener and ser

Further adjectival agreement

Writing longer passages

March

En casa

Describe where you live

House and home

Activities at home

Daily routine

Adding detail to texts

Stem changing verbs

Prepositions

Reflexive verbs

Beginning of June

Mi tiempo libre

Free time activities

Telling the time

Sport

Expressing opinions

Ir, Salir and hacer

Future continuous

Mid July

En la ciudad

Describing your town

Directions

Weather

Use of 2 tenses

 

Year 2 – Latin

Time of Assessment

Module

Content

Mid October

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

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.

 

 

Mid December

 

Chapter 4: Show off

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

Mid February

Chapter 5: At A Loose End

 

 

 

Chapter 6: Marcus to the Rescue

The Slave Market

2nd Assessment: Chapters 4-6

Revision of the accusative case

Introduction of the 1st and 2nd person singular verbs

The Present Infinitive

March

Chapter 7: Bad News.

The Roman Villa

Chapter 8: An Early Rise

The accusative plural

Plural Nouns

Singular and plural personal pronouns

Beginning of June

Chapter 9: Goodbye

Treatment of Slaves in Ancient Rome

Chapter 10: Departure

 

Accusative and ablative cases with prepositions Revision of the present indicative and the imperative

Beginning of July

3rd Assessment: Chapters 7-10

 

 

 

 

Year 3 – Spanish

Time of Assessment

Module

Content

Mid October

Mi vida

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

Mid December

Tiempo libre

TV programmes and opinions

Invitations and excuses

Expressing problems

Comparisons

Stem changing verbs

Verbs expressions followed by infinitive

Mid February

Vacaciones

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

March

Comida y bebida

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

Beginning of June

De moda

Clothes

School Uniform

Shops

Comparatives and superlatives

Using 3 time frames

Se puede+infinitive

Adjectival agreement

Beginning of July

La salud

Body parts

Expressing that something hurts

Symptoms and remedies

Me duele and me duelen

 

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Marcel Proust

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