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Mr Anthony Beauvois (French Assistant)
Mr F Martinez-Corona (Spanish Assistant)

Our aim:
•To share our passion for other people’s language and culture
•To motivate students to want to know more about languages
•To give students an opportunity to rise above the rest in this extremely competitive world. You do not have to be fluent to have a cutting edge on others, just show that you have a broader outlook and the commitment to go towards people!

Our curriculum:
All students in year 7 study either French or Spanish as the language which will be reported on at the end of Key stage 3. A large number of students continue with the language and follow a GCSE course until the end of year 11. In addition to either French or Spanish, year 9 students are given the opportunity to choose Latin for GCSE and/or Gujarati for GCSE.

Every year, we welcome a Spanish as well as a French assistant. This helps our students benefit from the extra dimension brought by native speakers. Assistants are usually university students who take a year off to live abroad, sharing their language experience and helping others with their foreign language studies.

Assessment:
All the way through their language studies, students are assessed on 4 skills (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing).
At KS3, teachers report on a combined national curriculum level for all students. This level is based on a series of assessments conducted in class.
At the end of KS4 students sit 4 examinations representing the 4 skills above and are awarded a GCSE
At KS5, students can opt for As level in year 12 and A level in year 13. Post 16 language studies include themes such as Education, the Media, the Environment, Politics, Law and Order as well as Language and Diversity.

Homework:
All students are set homework once a week with some sets being given a learning homework in addition.

Study visits:
At present year 7 and 8 students are offered the opportunity to join our extremely popular 5 day visit to France.
This visit combines French language and culture and has many links with other areas of the curriculum. Students visit a goat’s cheese farm and a biscuit factory where they get to make their own and alsospend a day in Paris. There is a strong history link and students visit the D day museum in Arromanches, a British cemetery and some of the landing beaches. Students go further back in time with a visit to the Bayeux Tapestry. A thoroughly enjoyable trip! Have a look for yourself, take a look at last year’s pictures on the school web.