Spanish

Our Vision

Our MFL curriculum is designed to ensure that Meadowhead students:

Understand and respond to spoken and written language;
Speak and write with increasing confidence, fluency and spontaneity, finding ways of communicating what they want to say;
Recognise and use grammatical rules and a range of vocabulary to communicate effectively; and
Discover and develop an appreciation of foreign languages and other cultures.

We want every student at Meadowhead School to experience the fun and satisfaction of a foreign language. Being able to communicate in another language opens up doors to a wider range of better-paid jobs, new friends, and a more understanding world view. The future needs open-minded, forward-thinking, more tolerant linguists.

“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart” - Nelson Mandela, South African politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate

“You live a new life for every new language you speak. If you know only one language, you live only once” – Czech proverb

Please click the hyperlinks to access the knowledge organisers

Key Stage 3 (7-9)

	Year 7	Year 8	Year 9
Term 1	All about me Talking about my name + age Talking about birthday Talking about my appearance All about my family Saying who is in my family and their ages Describing my family (physical description) Describing my family (personality) Knowledge Organisers: HT 1 - My name, birthday, appearance HT 2 - My family	My Town Describing where I live Asking for directions and saying where I’m going Say what you can do in my town Barcelona Famous sites in Barcelona Things to do in Barcelona Planning a visit Knowledge Organisers: will be published each term Sept 2022 onwards	Relationships with family and friends; and home. Consolidation of adjectives, negatives, prepositions, Tener, Ser and Estar, possessive adjectives, nouns, connectives to form longer sentences. Past, present and future questions. Knowledge Organisers: HT1 - Me, family, friends HT2 - Home and Town
Assessment	Vocabulary tests. Formative Writing and Reading	Formative Writing and Summative Reading and Grammar	Listening and reading
Term 2	All about my school Talking about my subjects Giving opinions about my subjects Activities at school What is in my pencil case What I wear for school Teacher language in the classroom. Knowledge Organisers: HT 3 & 4 - My school, subjects, activities	Holidays Saying where I will go and how long for Weather and saying what I do Using Present and Future tenses together Research project on Spanish or Spanish speaking destination Booking a hotel room Describing my dream holiday What will I put in my suitcase Knowledge Organisers: will be published each term Sept 2022 onwards	School subjects, opinions, daily routine at school, time, school rules, school building. Hobbies, free time activities, TV programmes and cinema. Hay que + infinitive, Imperative, simple use of conditional tense. Knowledge Organisers: HT3 - School and Subjects HT4 - Freetime
Assessment	Summative listening + Formative speaking	Summative Writing and Grammar. Formative speaking.	Reading
Term 3	All about my house Talking about rooms in my house Describing what’s in my room Saying where things are All about my free time Saying what sports I play Saying what sports I do Learning about the Tour de France Knowledge Organisers: HT 5 - Where do you live, my home HT 6 - sports	Food Saying what I have for breakfast Shopping for food at the market Saying what I like to eat / drink Saying what you should eat / drink to be healthy Spanish speciality foods Ordering food in a restaurant Knowledge Organisers: will be published each term Sept 2022 onwards	Food and drink, Sport, Festivals in Spain. Future tense, Saying what you would like, Regular preterite tense and recognition of imperfect tense Knowledge Organisers: HT5 - Food, eating out, sport HT6 - Festivals, celebrations

Key Stage 4 (10-11)

	Year 10	Year 11
Term 1	My town, School and uniform/clothes; Holidays and Tourism Knowledge Organisers: Unit 3.1, 3.3 Freetime Unit 3.2 Food and Eating Out Unit 5 Home and Town Unit 9 School and Subjects Unit 10 School Life	Holidays and travel; Regions of Spain ; Environment and social issues Knowledge Organisers: Unit 7 Environment Unit 8 Holidays and Tourism
Assessment	Writing	Trial exams – speaking, listening, reading, and writing
Term 2	Options post 16, Jobs and future plans; Healthy living Knowledge Organisers: Unit 6.2 Healthy Living Unit 11 Future Plans and Education Unit 12 Jobs, Career Choices, Ambitions	Recap of relationship, family and friends, Social media and festivals Knowledge Organisers: Unit 1.1 Me, family, friends - relationships Unit 1.2 Me, family, friends - marriage and partnership Unit 4 Festivals and Celebrations
Assessment	Reading	GCSE Speaking Exam
Term 3	Technology, use of mobile phones; work experience; exam practice Knowledge Organisers: Unit 2 Technology Unit 6.1 Charity and Voluntary Work	Exam practice and revision.
Assessment	Trial exams – speaking, listening, reading, and writing	N/A

Key Stage 5 (12-13)

	Year 12 and 13
Term 1	Racism; Convivencia; Politics; Volver and Como agua para chocolate.
Term 2	Monarchy; Francoism; Dictatorships; Social movements.
Assessment	Trial exams – speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
Term 3	Immigration and revision.
Assessment	Assessment week – speaking, listening, reading, and writing.