Year 7

Curriculum Map

This curriculum map provides an overview of the languages journey students will experience throughout the academic year. It outlines the sequence of linguistic topics, cultural themes, and communicative contexts alongside key assessment points designed to monitor and support student progress. The curriculum is carefully sequenced to build knowledge progressively, with each unit providing the foundation for future learning, ensuring all students develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills appropriate to their age and stage. For detailed information about the specific knowledge and skills taught in each unit, please visit our Knowledge and Skills page.

Half Term	Unit(s) of work	Key Assessments
Autumn 1	Ici on parle francais Faciltating pupils to speak in French in our lessons To get pupils introducing and talking about themselves. Using everyday language; how are you, what you may need in the classroom, instructions. Introducing pupils to key French sounds which are revisited throughout the year. Learning (or consolidating) numbers, days and months, alphabet, etc to use throughout the year.	Mixed skill assessment: Reading, listening and Translation
		Assessed writing assessment
Autumn 2	Tout sur moi Giving more information about yourself; what you are like and what you have. Understanding and using être to describe personality Understanding and using avoir to say what pets you have Learning about Christmas in Francophone countries .	Mixed skill assessment: Reading, listening and Translation
		Speaking skill focus: Conversation
Spring 1	En classe Giving information about our life at school: Learning how to tell the time. Using the time to say when you study school subjects Expressing a range of opinions on school subjects Justifying opinions using a range of positive and negative adjectives Mixed skill assessment: Reading, listening and Translation Designing and describing an image in the style of French artist Matisse using il y a/il n’y a pas de
		Assessed writing assessment
Spring 2	Au collège Giving information about our life at school: Describing our school facilities consolidating il y a/il n’y a pas de Using regular -er verbs in the present tense to talk about break time activities Comparing schools in France and England Studying the French film le Petit Nicolas	Mixed skill assessment
		Speaking skill focus: Read aloud task
Summer 1	Mon temps libre Learning about sports and when to play them. Learning about sports in Francophone countries: Giving the weather in French. Understanding and use jouer/faire to talk about sports and activities. Expressing opinions on sports. Learning about different sports in Francophone countries.	Mixed skill assessment: Reading, listening and Translation
Summer 2	Ma vie de famille Learning to talk about family, meal times and about home-life in Francophone countries as well as about Bastille Day celebrations. Describing family members including using possessive adjectives (sing and pl) Using verbs in the 3rd person singular and plural and 1st person plural forms to describe others. Learning about irregular verbs such as ‘boire’ Learning about Bastille Day	End of year Mixed skill assessment: Reading, listening and Translation
		Speaking skill focus: Q & A

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