Headteacher - Mr Andy English
Our Lady's Catholic High School 6-16 Amhurst Park London N16 5AFAt Key Stage 3, all students study either French or Spanish. The aim is for all students to understand and respond to spoken and written language, and be able to speak with increasing confidence, fluency and spontaneity, improving the accuracy of their pronunciation and be able to write in the language, for different purposes and audiences, using the variety of grammatical structures that they have learnt.
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Autumn term |
My life Presenting myself, my family and pets My leisure Giving my opinions about leisure |
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Spring term |
My school Explaining what I study, giving my opinion about my school My family and friends Describing my family Physical description/character |
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Summer term |
My town Describing my town and giving my opinion Explaining what you do and what you are going to do in your town My holidays Explaining where you go on holidays, what you do and what your plans are |
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Autumn term |
My holidays Explaining what you did during your holidays and giving your opinion All about my life Explaining what you like doing (music, TV, media) and what you did during your leisure |
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Spring term |
Let’s eat Explaining what you eat and giving your opinion. Ordering a meal and buying food Going out Arranging an evening out, making excuses Describing clothes |
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Summer term |
Planning your summer Describing your holidays and home activities Asking for directions |
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Autumn term |
My friends and I Describing my family and friends My school Describing your school, rules and subjects. Giving opinions and talking about future choices |
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Spring term |
Tourism Describing the different means of transport. Talking about different countries and places Media Explaining what you do with your computer/phones Talking about TV programmes, films and music |
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Summer term |
Health Describing symptoms and illnesses Describing healthy and unhealthy diets |
The contents of the course cover five themes:
Identity and culture (studied in Y10+Y11)
Local area, holiday and travel (studied in Y10 and Y11)
School (studied in Y10)
Future aspirations, study and work (studied in Y10 and Y11)
International and global dimension. (studied in Y10 and Y11)
The course will enable students to:
Develop their ability to communicate confidently and coherently with native speakers.
Express and develop thoughts and ideas spontaneously and fluently.
Listen to and understand clearly articulated standard speech at normal speed.
Deepen their knowledge about how the language works, enrich their vocabulary and be able to translate texts from English to the target language and vice versa.
Develop awareness and understanding of the culture and identity of the countries and communities where the language is spoken.
Make appropriate links to other areas of the curriculum to enable deeper learning.
Year 10 /11 will have access to the E-book format of the Edexcel GCSE course.
Edexcel GCSE assessment in languages consists of four units based on the following skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Each of the four examinations equates for 25% of the total mark.
All examinations are taken at the end of Y11.
The four papers are sent to Edexcel/Pearson for external marking.
The students can be entered for Foundation or Higher papers.
Thanks to the language skills acquired at Key Stage 3, students are well prepared to do a GCSE in Language. They should already know how to talk about themselves, their family, hobbies, where they live, school, holidays, food and drink.
The key to success is regular homework and the ability to understand or use the target language for different purposes and different settings.
We have a programme of ‘twilight’ language lessons in Polish, Turkish, Portuguese and Spanish. Students who attend regularly can enter for an additional GCSE exam or A level exam.
| Subject Leader | Ms S Robinson |