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Year 9
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 |
Le sport, la santé et le bien-être Use the perfect tense to describe sporting events. Use expressions with avoir and être to discuss health. Use the near future tense (aller + infinitive) to discuss improvements to their lifestyle. |
Writing Assessment |
| Autumn 2 |
On va manger! Discussing food, drink and eating habits across the present, past and future tenses. Expressing opinions, justifying preferences Describing meals they have eaten and what they are going to eat in the future. Developing transactional language needed for ordering food in a restaurant. |
Knowledge Assessment Point |
| Speaking Skill Focus: Conversation | ||
| Spring 1 |
Les ambitions Using and forming the near future tense to discuss future career plans. Understanding and using the conditional tense to express ambition. Recognising and expressing opinions about the advantages of language learning |
Writing Assessment |
| Speaking Skill Focus: Read aloud task | ||
| Spring 2 |
À loisir Expressing opinions around digital technology Consolidating knowledge of tenses to talk about free time activities. Learning about music in different Francophone countries and giving opinions |
Listening Assessment |
| Summer 1 |
Le monde francophone Talking about countries you would like to visit and expanding on knowledge of destinations in the francophone world Expanding on knowledge of monuments and attractions in the francophone world Expanding on knowledge of vocabulary for geographical features and of comparatives (plus…que) Understanding the perfect and imperfect tense about explorers’ journeys round the world |
Translation |
| Summer 2 |
Le sport en direct Discussing role models and celebrities. Using three time frames in context of sport to describe your hobbies Developing past tense opinions when describing a film. |
Knowledge Assessment |
| Speaking Skill Focus: Q & A |