Modern Foreign Languages

The Languages Department at Ridgeway offers Spanish taught by 4 enthusiastic linguists who want to pass onto their students a love of languages and an understanding of their importance in today’s society.

We aim to equip our students with the skills necessary for an increasingly competitive job market where we believe it is no longer acceptable or practical to be monolingual.

Our students enjoy stimulating and challenging lessons delivered through a variety of teaching styles.

We have the following ambitions for our students:

• We aim to develop their ability to analyse language and as a consequence have a better understanding of their own language.
• We aim to develop their critical thinking skills and use these skills in the application of grammar in the foreign language.
• We inform our young linguists about the roots of words encouraging them to think about their own language and develop their understanding of how languages are continually evolving.
• We strive to develop their cultural awareness and appreciation through film, extracts of foreign literature and opportunities to travel abroad.
• We firmly believe that a greater understanding of other languages and cultures can breed tolerance, empathy, adaptability and consideration for others as well as a willingness and confidence to overcome communication barriers.

Welcome to the Modern Foreign Languages Department – Subject Leader: Ms M Lewin

Key Stage 3

Year 7 Spanish

My Life: Describing yourself- name, age, birthdays, pets.

Free Time: Free time activities, weather.

My School: Saying what subjects you do and describing your school day.

My Town: Describing your town and what you can do there.

Year 8 Spanish

My Holidays: Where you went on holiday, what you did, giving your opinion.

My Life: Describing your favourite music and TV programmes and saying what you did yesterday. How you use technology.

Food: What you like to eat, preparing for a party, describing mealtimes.

Going Out: Arranging to go out and what you are going to wear, making excuses.

Summer camp: What can you do at a summer camp, what are you going to do this summer.

Year 9 Spanish

My Life: What you do, have done and are going to do during the week, describing a recent birthday celebration.

Work: What kind of job would you like to do, what people did at work yesterday, describing tasks people do at work.

Healthy Eating: Describing a healthy lifestyle.

My rights: Children’s rights, fair trade and recycling, describing a day out.

Yr 7 Spanish Curriculum Rationale and Overview

Yr 8 Spanish Curriculum Rationale and Overview

Yr 9 Spanish Curriculum Rationale and Overview

Key Stage 4

The following topics will be studied:

Year 10 Spanish & Year 11 French – here is an outline of what we study for GCSE, focusing on key grammar points and expanding our knowledge of grammar:

Family and Friends: describing yourself, your family, your friends and expanding your knowledge to describing the qualities of a good friend, getting on with family members and describing a typical day out.

Holidays: describing where you normally go and what you do, the importance of holidays, describing a memorable holiday and where you would go if you won the lottery.

School: describing your school, the school rules and uniform along with the subjects you are studying. How you could improve your school and describing a school trip

Work: what you would like to do after school, your work experience, what would be your ideal job, would you take a year out to do voluntary work.

The environment: what are the main environmental problems in your area, what do you do to help the environment.

Town: describing where you live and what could a tourist do in your town. What are the advantages/disadvantages of your town and would you prefer to live in the town or in the countryside?

Year 10 Spanish Curriculum Map 2024 -25

Year 11 Spanish Curriculum Map

Year 11 French Curriculum Map