Spanish at Beckfoot Oakbank – Beckfoot Oakbank School

MFL will support students to learn essential knowledge and skills to communicate effectively and confidently in an additional language.

Students will learn to enjoy the opportunities that learning a language can bring not only in itself but also in terms of social and cultural capital, global citizenship and employment. Students will understand how these competencies can lead to successful and fulfilling lives.

Students will develop knowledge, linguistic and grammatical skills to manipulate language both spoken and written, for a range of purposes and audiences. Students will gain the confidence to speak fluently in another language to express and justify their ideas and opinions. While developing their skills and knowledge, they will gain an appreciation, understanding and empathy for other cultures and people.

Enrichment

Students have access to a wide range of enrichment activities, these include:

European Day of Languages assembly
The Hispanic World
Christmas customs in Spain
Day of the Dead traditions
Authentic material – poetry, novels, music, films
KS4 Barcelona trip

Assessment

In years 7, 8 and 9, internal assessments will take place throughout each year to monitor pupil progress and further inform teaching and learning.

KS4 Specification

Pearson Edexcel GCSE Spanish (2024) | Pearson qualifications

Careers

We make links to careers in MFL through the annual European day of languages assembly. We explicitly teach about careers and the importance of languages for career, with frequent references to benefits of language learning upon career and life opportunities.

Curriculum Overview

Year	Cycle 1	Cycle 2	Cycle 3
Year 7	Name and age Greetings and feelings Birthdays Pets	Christmas in Spain Names and ages of family members Personality Physical description Comparing people Easter in Spain	School equipment School subjects Opinions about teachers Film project: Coco
Year 8	Free time activities Free time and weather Clothes and weather Weekend plans Christmas in Spain	Where you live What you can do in your area On your street What you did in town Easter in Spain	What you did last weekend and are going to do next weekend A day trip you went on to Cádiz and are going to go on to Sevilla
Year 9	Opinions about different school subjects Describing teachers and giving opinions about them Describing a typical day at school What you did after school yesterday	Christmas in Spain Discussing different jobs Dreams and aspirations Spanish sports personalities Life online Free time Easter in Spain	Free time and frequency Arranging to go out Describing what you did at the weekend Describing a day that went wrong Writing skills
Year 10	Different types of families Describing people Social media Friendship Identity and what matters to you Problems and advice Typical foods in Spanish-speaking countries	Healthy lifestyle Christmas in Spain We are what we eat Comparing old and new habits Illness and injury Future plans for health and wellbeing	School life in Spain A typical day at school Your studies How would you change your school People at school Describing a past school trip
Year 11	School life in Spain A typical day at your school Your studies How you would change your school People at school Describing a past school trip Life in Columbia Describing cities How cities have changed Speaking skills Speaking mock exams Shopping	Where you prefer to live Revision and mock exams A cultural exchange A better world Helping in the community Climate change Environmental action Our world, our responsibility The future of the planet is in our hands	GCSE revision ad exams