At Key Stage 3 in Spanish, students develop their linguistic, cultural and grammatical knowledge of the Hispanic world using the four skill areas of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Whilst studying a variety of themes, the students will also learn how to apply key grammatical structures to their learning such as opinions, reasons, adjectival agreements, a range of tenses and phonics. These key skills are regularly assessed throughout the academic year in correspondence with their Learning Logs and the students receive a Knowledge Organiser, ‘Glosario’, at the start of each theme to support their learning both in and outside the classroom. The students will also complete a weekly ‘Deberes’ homework quiz on Google Classroom to practise and consolidate their learning.

In Year 7 students will study:

• All about me - introductions (name, age, birthday, where I live)
• My family - physical and personal descriptions, family members, friends, pets and wildlife and relationships
• School - subjects and teachers, school description
• Where I live – house and home
• Cultural awareness and festivals, food

In Year 8 students will study:

• Food
• Where I live - house and home, countries and nationalities
• Free time – sports, activities, daily routine, time, clothes and weather
• Cultural awareness and festivals
• My body – parts of the body, illnesses and remedies

Year 9

• Technology
• Festivals in Spain and Hispanic countries
• My future – university, jobs, careers
• My family and friends – relationships and marriage
• Holidays and travel
• School and subjects