Modern foreign languages continue to play an important role in understanding our world. The skills required by students when learning a foreign language are highly valued by employers. We strive to ensure that our students understand this key concept and in understanding it, become conscious of the importance of working hard to achieve results.
We do not aim solely to equip our students with the skills they need to communicate in a foreign language, we aim also to help them to gain an understanding and appreciation of the cultural differences between our nations.
Teaching staff:
- Mrs N Wiessmann-Hubbard (Head of Languages)
- Mrs V Ologunde (Head of Year 8)
- Mrs K Miller
- Mr M Brady (Headteacher)
Trips and Visits:
- German Christmas market visit for KS3 in winter term
Year 7
| Summary of curriculum: |
We follow the Stimmt 1 course in year 7. Students are provided with a vocabulary booklet.
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| Main topics: |
- All about me
- Pets and family
- Free time
- School
- Travel
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| How parents can support their son’s learning: |
- Buy a German learner’s dictionary with a grammar section.
- Allow regular access to www.languagesonline.org.uk
- Consistently reviewing his class work notes in German after the lesson, and before the next.
- Making sure he revises thoroughly before any vocabulary test as learning vocabulary is more difficult than it sounds! We advise using the LOOK-COVER-WRITE-CHECK method.
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Year 8
| Summary of curriculum: |
We follow the Stimmt 2 course in Year 8. Students are provided with a vocabulary booklet.
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| Main topics: |
- Holidays
- Media (music, books, television, film)
- Health
- School trips
- Going out with friends
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| How parents can support their son’s learning: |
- Buy a German learner’s dictionary with a grammar section.
- Allow regular access to www.languagesonline.org.uk
- Consistently reviewing his class work notes in German after the lesson, and before the next.
- Making sure he revises thoroughly before any vocabulary test as learning vocabulary is more difficult than it sounds! We advise using the LOOK-COVER-WRITE-CHECK method.
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Year 9
| Summary of curriculum: |
We follow the Stimmt AQA GCSE course from years 9 through to 11. We spend a whole term on each topic. Students are provided with a vocabulary booklet and a GCSE speaking booklet. |
| Main topics: |
The first three chapters of the GCSE course are all familiar topics from KS3 but the level of linguistic complexity is elevated:
- School
- Free time
- Relationships
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| How parents can support their son’s learning: |
- Buy a German learner’s dictionary with grammar section.
- Buy a GCSE German revision guide (AQA).
- Allow regular access to a range of online resources (listed below).
- Ensure that his planner has been filled in correctly and homework completed.
- Consistently review his class work notes in German after the lesson, and before the next.
- Make sure he revises thoroughly before any vocabulary test as learning vocabulary is more difficult than it sounds! We advise using the LOOK-COVER-WRITE-CHECK method.
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Year 10
| Summary of curriculum: |
We follow the Stimmt AQA GCSE course from years 9 through to 11. We spend a whole term on each topic. Students are provided with a vocabulary booklet and a GCSE speaking booklet.
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| Main topics: |
- House and home
- A city break
- Holidays
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| How parents can support their son’s learning: |
- Buy a German learner’s dictionary with grammar section.
- Buy a GCSE German revision guide (AQA).
- Allow regular access to a range of online resources (listed below).
- Ensure that his planner has been filled in correctly and homework completed
- Consistently review his class work notes in German after the lesson – and before the next.
- Make sure he revises thoroughly before any vocabulary test as learning vocabulary is more difficult than it sounds! We advise the LOOK-COVER-WRITE-CHECK method.
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| Useful websites: |
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Year 11
| Summary of curriculum: |
We follow the Stimmt AQA GCSE course from years 9 through to 11. We spend a whole term on each topic. Students are provided with a vocabulary booklet and a GCSE speaking booklet.
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| Main topics: |
- World of work
- Global and social issues
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| How parents can support their son’s learning: |
- Buy a German learner’s dictionary with a grammar section.
- Buy a GCSE German revision guide (AQA).
- Allow regular access to a range of online resources (listed below).
- Ensure that his planner has been filled in correctly and homework completed
- Consistently review his class work notes in German after the lesson, and before the next.
- Make sure he revises thoroughly before any vocabulary test as learning vocabulary is more difficult than it sounds! We advise the LOOK-COVER-WRITE-CHECK method.
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| Useful websites: |
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