FRENCH KEY STAGE 3 CURRICULUM INFO
CONTENT
Year 8
Year 9
Topics covered:
Me and my family
My school
Sports and hobbies
Topics covered:
Who am I?
Hobbies and media
Daily life
ASSESSMENT (INCLUDING HOMEWORK)
Year 8
Year 9
Formal assessments are completed in two skills at the end of each unit of work.
The results are shared with pupils and noted on the progress tracking sheet at the front of their exercise books.
Pupils will know how they achieved in a range of skills at the end of each unit.
For homework students must complete reflective study after each lesson.
They will also be asked to complete a range of short tasks to extend listening, reading, speaking, writing and translation skills.
Homework will include practice exercises on topics being covered; students may have to research new topics, learn vocabulary by heart, take part in creative tasks or complete reinforcement grammar activities.
Formal assessments are completed in three skills at the end of each unit of work.
The results are shared with pupils and noted on the progress tracking sheet at the front of their exercise books.
Pupils will know how they achieved in a range of skills at the end of each unit.
For homework students must complete reflective study after each lesson.
They will also be asked to complete a range of short tasks to extend listening, reading, speaking, writing and translation skills.
Homework will include practice exercises on topics being covered; students may have to research new topics, learn vocabulary by heart, take part in creative tasks or complete reinforcement grammar activities.
HOW TO SUPPORT YOUR DAUGHTER
In order that your daughter makes good progress in her studies it is important that she completes her reflective study after each lesson.
Some ideas to help you best support your daughter include:
Encouraging her to practise dialogues aloud at home.
Encouraging her to learn her vocabulary using the Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check technique.
Testing your daughter on spellings and meanings of new words.
Encouraging your daughter to revise new grammar learnt and practise applying it (please refer our departmental page for info on useful websites)
Suggesting that she make full use of the independent learning resources available at Active Learn