During Year 8 students cover the basics of Spanish grammar and pronunciation in a variety of contexts. Topics covered include: personal details, my likes and dislikes, free time, school, and my family and pets. Students are introduced to the notion of noun, gender, adjectival agreement and regular verb forms. Students are also introduced to the basic skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing.

In Year 9, Spanish students build on the work begun in Year 8. They continue to develop their listening, reading, speaking and writing skills. New grammar topics include an introduction to the future and past tenses, comparatives, para + infinitive and modal verbs. The topics are Local Area, A Holiday in the Past, Music, Technology and Media, Going Out and Health. We continue to work on pronunciation and confidence with speaking.

The Spanish course in Year 10 and 11 is a continuation of the work done in the previous years. The main aim of the course is to allow students to develop the ability to use Spanish as a means of practical communication. A competent, accurate use of grammar is also important. The language used is as authentic and useful as possible, dealing with the topics of People and Lifestyle, Popular Culture and Communication and the World Around us.

Four main skills are developed, understanding the written and spoken language and communicating in the written and spoken language. All four skills (listening, reading, writing and speaking) are assessed with an equal 25% weighting, at the end of Year 11.

During the lessons, students are expected to participate as actively as possible. There is plenty of listening and reading comprehension practice, and students learn grammar and writing skills. We also aim to help our students to become confident speakers of Spanish who truly enjoy communicating in the language.