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Modern Foreign Languages

Year 10 French and Spanish.

Please note that following changes to the new GCSE specifications for French and Spanish, students will no longer be required to sit the two Controlled Assessments planned for the summer term of Year 10.
Students will continue to work towards the four Controlled Assessments planned for Year 11.

The Department of Modern Foreign Languages is located in a custom-built Arts block, with interactive whiteboards in every teaching room and facilities for working on authentic and prepared listening resources on CD, tape and via the Internet


Year 10 Trip to Paris - May 2007	Year 10 Trip to Barcelona - May 2008

All pupils study either French or Spanish in Years 7, 8 and 9, after which they may choose to continue with one of these languages at GCSE level in Years 10 and 11. Around half of our pupils opt to pursue their language studies at KS4.
In 2008/9 the GCSE results for French and Spanish were:

	*A -B**	*A -C**	*A -G**
French	76.6%	97.8%	100%
Spanish	52.7%	97.2%	100%


Year 10 Trip to Barcelona - April 2007	Year 10 Trip to Paris - May 2008

Pupils receive three 50 minute lessons a week of a foreign language, and are able to attend after-school booster clubs in the GCSE years. The department is committed to providing pupils with a sound understanding of the grammatical structures that will allow them to communicate confidently and accurately, both in the GCSE examinations and in real-life situations with native speakers.


Year 10 Trip to Paris - May 2008	Year 10 Trip to Paris - May 2008

We run three very popular foreign trips. In Year 7 pupils may take part in a one-day visit to the Christmas market in Amiens in northern France.
There the girls experience a taste of the language and culture that they are just beginning to study.
In Year 10, pupils who have opted to continue with French are eligible to participate in a 5-day trip to Paris, while those who have taken Spanish spend a similar amount of time in Barcelona. These trips provide the girls with ample opportunities to experience first-hand the culture of one of the countries where the language they study is spoken, while enabling them to put into practical use the language skills that they are acquiring in school.


Year 7 Trip to Lille Christmas Market December 2006	Year 10 Trip to Barcelona - May 2008


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