Curriculum Overview

 

Key Stage 3 Key Stage 4 Sixth Form

Weeks 1-6: Diviértete

My personal world, media and technology.

era
it was/used to be (permanent condition) I was/used to be

estaba
it was located/used to be located OR it was/used to be (temporary condition) I was/used to be

tenía
I had/used to have it had/used to have

nos alojamos/nos quedamos
we stayed

había
there was/used to be

lo bueno
the good thing

lo malo
the bad thing

por un lado... por otro lado...
on one hand... on the other hand

ni... ni...
neither... nor...

hace +specific amount of time
... ago

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

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Weeks 7-12: Mi vida en el insti

Theme: School

Pupils will revise and develop key vocabulary related to school, describing facilities, rules, subjects and teachers. They will practise extending and justifying opinions and will revise forming the near future tense.

dar clases
to teach/follow a class

el bachillerato
The multi-discipline exam students sit at 18 years old, similar in nature to a baccalaureate i.e. less narrow than A Levels, covering a range of subjects

enseñar
to teach

ESO
La Educación Secundaria Obligatoria - mandatory secondary education which is divided into primero de la ESO (our year 8) to cuarto de la ESO (our year 11). If you fail the end of year exams, you resit the entire year.

los estudios superiores
higher education i.e. a degree or diploma

me fascina(n)
...fascinates/fascinates me

me interesa(n)
...interests/interest me

mejor/peor que
better/worse than

no se permite +infinitive
...is not permitted

se debe
must

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

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Weeks 13-18: Mi gente

Theme: Identity and Culture

Pupils will talk about socialising and family and practise adjectival agreements in a range of tenses so far encountered. They will study the present continuous tense, ser and estar and will practise understanding more detailed descriptions.

vamos a quedar a
we're going to meet at

debajo de
underneath

tengo que +infinitive
I have to

estar enganchado/a a
to be hooked on

te engancha
it gets you hooked

estoy verb stem+ando/iendo
I am ...ing

la lectura
reading

desde hace
since

los tebeos
comics

un ratón de biblioteca
a bookworm

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

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Weeks 19-24: Intereses e influencias

Theme: Identity and culture

Pupils will revise freetime activities, practise using stem-changing verbs and say what they usually do with the verb soler. The will also learn the perfect tense and discuss what inspires them.

la paga
pocket money/pay

me dan
they give me

gastar
to spend

mientras
while

domino
I speak ... fluently

me gustaría aprender
I'd like to learn

me defiendo en...
I get by in...

el ambiente
the atmosphere

un modelo a seguir
a role model

apoyar
to support

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

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Weeks 25-30: Ciudades

Theme: Local area, holidays and travel; identity and culture

Pupils will talk about places in a town and shops, practising transactions with the conditional tense and making plans with the future tense. They will revise clothes and demonstratives as well as look at the geography of Spain.

el ayuntamiento
the town hall

si tuviera la oportunidad
if I had the chance

si pudiera
if I could

construir
to build

establecer
to establish

abrir
to open

los atascos
traffic jams

plantar
to plant

el desempleo
unemployment

una red de transporte público
a public transport network

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

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Weeks 31-36: Repaso/Revision

Topics or grammar which need to be reinforced will be looked at. We will also look at specific exam skills required for Year 11 and pupils will sit a mock exam in all four skills.

gira
turn

toma
take

el semáforo
the traffic lights

apreciar
to appreciate

coger
to catch

una visita guiada
a guided tour

subir
to go up

bajar
to go down

unos recuerdos
some souvenirs

los grandes almacenes
department stores

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

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