MFL

• About me (phonics, to have, to be, articles, numbers)
• School (time, likes, dislikes, adjectives, -er verbs)
• Free time (to play, to do, asking and answering questions)
• Family (animals, higher numbers, partitive articles)
• Town (to go, to want, near future)

• Holidays (perfect tense)
• Celebrations (present tense of -ir/-re verbs, transactional language)
• Hobbies (negative, forming a range of questions)
• My area ( Can, reflexive verbs, irregular adjectives)
• Sports (to play, to do, comparative, you must)

• My local area (Introduce pronouns y/en, develop the negative with 3 timeframes)
• Holidays (Introduce the conditional and pluperfect, develop reflexive verbs)
• School (introduce structures: avant de/après, il faut que)

• The world of work (Develop irregular superlative, introduce the subjunctive, master pronouns, master past, present, future tenses)
• Global issues (Develop and master pronouns, master tenses)

• Changes in French society (Master tenses, interrogatives, pronouns, passive voice)
• Politic and artistic culture in the French speaking world (introduce the past historic, develop subjunctive, master reflexive verbs, adverbs, negatives, present and past participles)

• Immigration and French multicultural society (Introduce and develop direct and indirect speech, master all pronouns, passive voice)
• Occupation and resistance (Master all tenses, subjunctive, develop past historic, prepositional verbs)

• My life (phonics, adjective endings and agreements, to have, numbers, pets)
• My free time (using the verb ‘to like’, ar verbs, weather, using to do and to play to say which sports you do, hobbies)
• My school (school subjects and opinions on them, describing your school, using indefinite articles, er & ir verbs)
• My family and friends (describing your family, possessive adjective, physical descriptions, use to be & to have)
• My city (describing your town/city, telling the time, using to go, ordering in a café, using to want, describe what you’re going to do at the weekend with the near future,

• Holidays (talking about a past holiday, use the verb to go in the preterite, preterite tense of ar, er, ir verbs, saying what your holiday was like
• All about my life (saying what you use your mobile for, describing your musical tastes, saying what you did yesterday, understanding a Spanish TV guide)
• Let’s eat! Opinions on food, describing your daily meals, using negatives, ordering food in a restaurant,  discussing what to buy for a party, give an account of a party
• What are we doing? (arranging to go out to the cinema, making excuses, use to want and to be able to, discuss getting ready to go out, reflexive verbs,, clothes, ‘this’/’that’, talking about sporting events
• Operation summer! Description of holiday home, comparatives, holiday activities, superlative, directions, talking about summer camps

Students broaden their vocabulary and develop increasingly sustained Higher-tier responses. Earlier grammar is revisited systematically while students gain greater control of complex structures and multiple time frames.

Módulo 4 – Mi estilo de vida  |  Lifestyle and wellbeing

Module overview Students discuss healthy routines, food and diet, changing lifestyles, illness and medical advice, and future plans for improving physical and mental wellbeing.

Key grammar / structures Reflexive and irregular present verbs; antes de / después de + infinitive; direct object pronouns; soler + infinitive; imperfect for habitual past actions; ya no; preterite; doler; obligation structures; simple future; si + present + future.

Módulo 5 – ¡A clase!  |  Studying and my future

Module overview Students explore school life, subjects, progress, relationships and school experiences. They evaluate their school environment, suggest improvements and recount past school events.

Key grammar / structures Relative pronouns (que, donde, cuando); lo que; verbs such as gustar / encantar / interesar; conditional tense; impersonal verbs + infinitive; negatives and questions; -mente adverbs; superlatives; preterite vs imperfect.

Módulo 6 – Mi barrio y yo  |  My neighbourhood

Module overview Students describe cities and local areas, compare places in the past and present, discuss shopping and preferences about where to live, and explore cultural experiences in Colombia and the wider Spanish-speaking world.

Key grammar / structures Perfect tense; estar + prepositions of place; demonstratives; imperfect tense; comparisons with tan / tanto; direct object pronouns; comparisons; cuando + present subjunctive; conditional; irregular preterite stems; purposeful use of a range of tenses.

 

 

Pearson Edexcel GCSE Spanish (Higher)

Students complete the final GCSE thematic content before moving into cumulative revision and examination preparation, with an emphasis on accuracy, spontaneity, translation, extended writing and Higher-tier grammar.

Módulo 7 – Un mundo mejor para todos  |  Global responsibility

Module overview Students consider community action, environmental challenges, sustainability, global responsibility and volunteering. They learn to express views on problems and propose practical solutions.

Key grammar / structures Imperative; impersonal expressions; pronouns after prepositions; passive and impersonal constructions; imperfect continuous; negative expressions; present subjunctive for opinions and reactions; (no) se debería + infinitive; relative pronouns.

Módulo 8 – El futuro te espera  |  Studying and my future

Module overview Students discuss aspirations, employment, equality in the workplace, the value of languages, changes in the world of work and the potential impact of artificial intelligence.

Key grammar / structures Future expressions and simple future; seguir / continuar + present participle; cuando + present subjunctive; possessive pronouns; prepositions + infinitive; modal verbs; dejar de + infinitive; para que + present subjunctive; flexible use of multiple time frames.

Final revision and examination preparation  |  Cumulative retrieval: Módulos 1–8

Module overview Students revisit all GCSE themes and practise the full range of examination skills through speaking, listening, reading, writing and translation, with regular retrieval of vocabulary and cultural knowledge.

Key grammar / structures Present, present continuous, perfect, preterite, imperfect, imperfect continuous, near future, simple future and conditional; pronouns; negatives; comparisons and superlatives; reflexives; modal verbs; relative pronouns; taught subjunctive contexts; passive / impersonal constructions; adjective agreement and high-frequency irregular verbs.

 

Evolution of the Spanish society:

• The change of the family structure (revision of the family structure and introduction of marital law and modern problems in Spanish families)
• Work market (revision of work and work experience and introduction of labour law in Spain and the situation of women in the labour market)
• The impact of tourism in Spain (revision of holidays accommodation, activities, etc. and introduction of the development and impact on the tourism in the Spanish society)

The political and artistic culture in the Spanish-speaking counties:

• Music (revision of types of music and its benefits and introduction of the origin of the Spanish guitar and Tango)
• Media (revision of tv programmes, cinema and press and introduction of new technologies and their impact on the media)
• Festivals and traditions (revision of Hispanic festivals and introduction of the traditional gastronomy and its importance in the Hispanic countries)

Alongside these topics and as part of the course, students study a film and literary texts. 

Immigration and the multicultural Spanish society:

• Immigration and the multicultural Spanish society (Revision of professions and jobs and introduction of the impact of immigration in the Spanish labour market)
• Challenges of the integration of the immigration in Spain (revision of nationalities and mastering of developing arguments from different angles)
• Public reaction towards immigration (consolidation of inferring information from listening material such as interviews or reports)

Franco’s dictatorship and transition to democracy

• Spanish Civil War (introduction to Spanish history before the Civil war and the reasons for it)
• Franco’s dictatorship (introduction of Spanish social- political- economic situation under Franco’s dictatorship)
• Spanish transition from dictatorship to democracy (introduction of Spanish social- political- economic situation after Franco’s death)

Alongside these topics and as part of the course, students study a film and literary texts.