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SPANISH LANGUAGES

YEAR 7 – SIXTH FORM
BRILLIANCE CURRICULUM
ART AND DESIGN
YEAR YEAR YEAR YEAR YEAR YEAR
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SPANISH-SPEAKING 9
COUNTRIES
• Spanish film and TV • The city of Madrid • Media • The Hispanic world CULTURE • Introductions • Technology, TV and film • Free time
Spanish is the official language of 20 countries • Work in Hispanic countries • Spanish poets • Spanish music and TV • Family • Family • Going out • Film and TV
• Jobs and future plans
• Excuses
• Hobbies
and one dependent territory. It has around • Hispanic food and drink and poetry • Hispanic gastronomy • Hobbies and leisure activities Learning about culture • Basic descriptions • Food and mealtimes • Healthy lifestyle
548 million speakers, including more than • Fair Trade • Hispanic fiestas • Holidays for Spanish people • Weather in the Spanish-
60 million people in the USA. • Multilingualism in the • Spanish tourism speaking world shapes how we see • Weather • Celebrations • Young people in action
Hispanic world • Free time in Spain • Spanish cities ourselves, others and • Leisure • Routine • Madrid
Spain Dominican Republic • Places to live • Spanish architecture • Time • House, home and local area • Shopping
• Holidays
• Schools
• Fiestas
Mexico Honduras • Spanish food the world. • Town and local area • Introduction to literature
Colombia Paraguay • Schools in the Hispanic world
Argentina El Salvador YEAR YEAR • Hispanic customs YEAR YEAR
Peru Nicaragua 10 11 COMMUNICATION 11 10
Venezuela Costa Rica
Chile Panama • Hispanic tourism • Gastronomy LANGUAGE Language is at the core
Guatemala Uruguay • Spain's education system • Spanish way of life AND LITERACY of all human interaction; • Food and drink • Holidays
Ecuador Equatorial Guinea • Technology and social media in Spain • Hispanic festivals being able to communicate • Going to the doctor • Tourism
Bolivia Puerto Rico • Hispanic TV and cinema • Hispanic world of work Understanding linguistic • Hispanic festivals • School
Cuba • Celebrities • University clearly is vital to our lives; • World of work • Technology
• 16+ Options
• Social media
• Las CC.AA. • Mediterranean diet patterns improves our it breaks down barriers • House and home • Relationships
• Regional identity • Hispanic attitudes to drink and drugs understanding of and is life affirming. • Global and local issues • People
• El Clásico • Social issues our own language. • Free time
• Environmental issues • Hispanic towns and cities
L6 L6
MAKING
• Church / Securalism • Pre-Colombine America: CONNECTIONS YEAR YEAR • Traditional / modern values
• Abortion Aztecas, Incas, Mayas 7 8 • Influence of idols
• Role of celebrity • Historical civilizations of Spain: Language learning widens • Gender equality
• Film: Almodóvar’s Volver Celts, Romans and Muslims our access to different ideas • Cultural heritage
• Technology in the Hispanic world • Spanish art: Velázquez, • Present tense • Learning vocabulary • Present tense -er/-ar/-ir • Preposition + countries • Literary language
• Hispanic gastronomy Goya, Picasso and enables us to make • Adjectives • Opinions and reasons • Syntax • Imperatives • Writing a presentation
• Regional identity • Spanish architecture: Gaudí multidisciplinary links. • Number and gender • Question words • Adjectival agreement • Comparatives
• Regional languages and Calatrava • Articles • Infinitives • Infinitive structures • Negatives
• Hispanic dance: Tango, Salsa,
• Preterite tense
• Reflexive verbs
• Time phrases
• Negatives
• El machismo and gender equality Flamenco • Word order • Possessive pronouns • Opinions and reasons • Hacer
• Franco’s dictatorship • Introduction to literature: • Cognates • Near future tense • Using three tenses • Jugar
• LGBTQ+ in the Hispanic world García Márquez or Lorca • Phonics • Two tenses together • Modal verbs U6
• Independent Research Project • Connectives
YEAR YEAR YEAR • Youth politics
11 10 9 • Immigration
U6 • Literary language
• Monarquies and dictatorships
• Passive voice • Sequence of tenses • Subject pronouns • Present continuous tense • Present tense • Imperfect tense • Racism
• Modal verbs • Obligation and needs • Present tense • Ser / Estar • Immediate future • Verbs of obligation • Popular movements
• Unemployment • Protests in the Hispanic world • Infinitive expressions • Conditional sentences • Preterite tense • Perfect tense • Preterite tense • Tener expressions • La Convivencia
• Young people's engagement • Popular movements • Past tenses • Imperfect tense • Soler • Using 3 tenses • Simple future
with politics • Muslim and Jewish legacy • Future tenses • Immediate future • Simple future tense • Me gusta and other opinions • Demonstrative adjectives
• Hispanic immigration • The Historical Convivencia • Introduction to the • Me gusta and other opinions • Conditional tense • Verb + infinitive • Superlatives
• Comparisons
• Comparatives
• Adjectives
• Si clauses
subjunctive
• Multiculturalism • The Spanish Inquisition • Object pronouns • Superlatives • Object pronouns • Object pronouns • Conditional tense
• Literature: García Lorca or • ETA • Modal verbs • Reflexive verbs • Basic subjunctive GLOBAL
García Márquez • Independence movements • Para + infinitive
• Spanish Civil War in the Hispanic world COMMUNITY
• Francoism L6 U6 A different language gives
• ‘La Transición’ us a different vision of life.
• Spanish monarchy
• Latin American dictatorships It encourages an open-
• Los Gitanos • Revision of GCSE • Ser / Estar • Subjunctive • Verbs of obligation • Si clauses minded view of the world
• Pronouns
grammar
• Subjunctive
• Using the gerund
• Compound tenses
• Indigenous rights and gives us insight into
• Memory skills • Compound tenses • Negatives • Using the infinitive • Structuring
• Phonics / accents • Imperatives • Imperatives • Sequence of tenses • Arguments how others see us.
• Pronouns • Research skills • Interpreting data • Indirect speech
• Passive voice • Literary analysis skills • Essay writing skills
• Comparisons • Literary devices
• Superlatives
FRENCH LANGUAGES
YEAR 7 – SIXTH FORM
BRILLIANCE CURRICULUM
ART AND DESIGN
YEAR YEAR YEAR YEAR YEAR
FRENCH-SPEAKING 8 7 7 8 9
COUNTRIES • Festivals and celebrations • French cities • School uniform CULTURE • Introductions • Celebrations • Media
French is the official language in 29 independent • Christmas in France • French architecture • Weather in French- Learning about culture • Family • Festivals • Technology
nations and there are around 274 million speakers: • French tourism • French-speaking world speaking world • Hobbies • Food • Being a teenager
• France • Guinea • Republic of Congo • French television • Hobbies and leisure • French food shapes how we see • Basic descriptions • TV • Healthy lifestyle
• Time
• Chores
• Customs and festivals
• Canada • Rwanda • Gabon • Free time in France activities • French specialities ourselves, others and • Clothing • Routine
• Madagascar • Belgium • Equatorial Guinea • Regional differences • Francophone customs • School • Sports
• Cameroon • Burundi • Djibouti • Francophone sports • Family the world. • Weather • Directions
• Ivory Coast • Benin • Comoros • Holidays for French people • French schools • Leisure • To be a champion
• Niger • Haiti • Luxembourg COMMUNICATION • Where I live • Holidays
• Burkina Faso • Switzerland • Vanuatu
• Mali • Togo • Seychelles Language is at the core
• Senegal • Central African • Monaco YEAR YEAR YEAR YEAR
• Chad Republic 9 10 of all human interaction; 11 10
13 French overseas territories: being able to communicate
• French Southern & • Guadeloupe • Differences between • Role of the Catholic clearly is vital to our lives; • Environment • Friends and family
Antarctic Lands • Réunion France and Britain Church in marriage it breaks down barriers
• Saint Martin • New Caledonia • Geography • Role of technology in • Planning and reviewing trips • Technology
• Mayotte • French Polynesia • Famous French people the evolution of society and is life affirming. • School and beyond • Free time
• Saint Barthélemy • French Guiana • Film / TV / literature • Health, leisure, nutrition • Consolidation • Festivals and customs
• Wallis & Futuna • Clipperton • Music / Francophonie • Festivals: family and music • Local area and home
• Saint Pierre & Miquelon • English influence on French • Role of the high street
• Martinique • Issues and pressure nowadays • Ideal places to live
French is widely spoken in the four countries: • French cuisine
Morocco, Algeria, Lebanon and Tunisia • French festivals and customs LANGUAGE L6
• Film study: Les Choristes
AND LITERACY
L6 YEAR Understanding linguistic YEAR YEAR • Changing families • Heritage
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patterns improves our 7 8 • Cyberspace • Francophone music
• Le septième art
• Benefits of
• Role of the Catholic Church • Diversity and popularity • Global issues and solutions understanding of volunteering • Studying a novel
• IRP preparation
• Studying a film
• Married / non-married rights of French music • Holidays, tourism and our own language. • Present tense • Learning vocabulary • Present tense -er/-ir/-re • Preposition + countries • Statistics
• Family structures in the • Threats to francophone francophones countries • Adjectives • Opinions and reasons • Syntax • Imperatives
French-speaking world music • French school system • Number and gender • Question words • Adjectival agreement • Comparatives
• LGBTQ+ • Characteristics and • Articles • Infinitives • Infinitive structures • Negatives
• Two tenses
• Time phrases
• Reflexive verbs
• Negatives
• Role of technology evolution of French • Word order • Possessive pronouns • Passé composé • Faire
• Film study: Entre les Murs cinema • Cognates • Partitive articles • Opinions and reasons • Jouer
• Voluntary work • Popularity of cinema • Phonics • Near future • Using three tenses • Modal verbs U6
• Charities • French literature • Connectives • Two tenses together
• Immigration in France • Individual choices of
cultural topics
• Schools in France • Marginalisation
YEAR 10 YEAR • Diverse society
YEAR
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9
U6 MAKING • Literary study
• Crime and punishment
CONNECTIONS • Using multiple tenses • Comparisons • Adverbs of frequency • Comparisons • Preposition • Political engagement
• Politics and immigration
• Homelessness, • French youth and politics Language learning widens • Si clauses • Superlatives • En and y • Superlatives • Reflexive verb imperfect • Strikes and protests
vs perfect
• Passé composé
• Imperfect
• Present tense
• Subjunctive
social ostracism • French political parties • Après avoir / être • Simple future • Using multiple tenses • Past tense • Impersonal structures
• Multiculturalism • Extreme right our access to different ideas • Avant de • Emphatic pronouns • Conditional • Opinions • Auxiliary verb
• Roles of charities • Regional views to immigration and enables us to make • Passive voice • Irregular verbs • Demonstrative adjective • Direct object pronouns
• Social security • SOS racism multidisciplinary links. • Ce qui / ce que • Il faut + infinitive / subjunctive • Possessive adjectives • Future tense GLOBAL
• Loan words • Gilets jaunes • Time phrases • Pronouns • Relative clause
• “Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité” • World of work: govt and trade COMMUNITY
• Novel study unions’ agreements
• Homelessness • Strikes L6 U6 A different language gives
• Loi Taubira • Trade unions: roles and evolution us a different vision of life.
• Criminal responsibility (CGT/CFDT) It encourages an open-
• Present tense • Connectives • Questions and commands • Analytical structures • Use of synonyms • Indicative or subjunctive • Translation skills minded view of the world
• Perfect tense • Future tenses • Subjunctive conditional • Essay writing skills • Tenses: range and sequencing • Doubt/uncertainty • Persuasive language: and gives us insight into
• Imperfect tense • Translation skills • Infinitive constructions • Research skills • Conditional • Describing change Demanding and negotiating how others see us.
• Past participles • Analytical structures • Si clauses (pluperfect / • Presentation skills • Opinions • Disagreeing • Summarising /synonyms
• Pronouns • Tenses /modes past conditional) • Present tense for analysis • Sequence of tenses • Summary skills
• Past historic • Idioms • Essay practice
• Summary writing • Grammar: AS and A Level
• Passive form
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