Year 8 – Spanish

Head of Subject: Mr G Houillon


Intended Outcomes

In y8 Spanish, students continue to develop their ability to understand and respond to written and spoken language around new topics: “Holidays”, “All about you”, “Food/drinks”, “Going out” and “Operation summer!”. 


They continue to acquire new vocabulary, grammar and phonics, which will help them become proficient novices. They learn about the past tense and progressively learn to narrate events in 3 tenses. Students are taught how extend their opinion and how to discuss other people’s experiences. 

  • Course Implementation

    Module 1 “Holiday” 

    Students learn to discuss what they have visited and what they have done during a past holiday and therefore use a ranger of high frequency verbs in the past tense. They eventually prepare a presentation on their own summer holidays. Students have to learn between 10-15 words every week and they are tested on these every week. By the end of the first module, students have been assessed in listening, reading, dictation and reading aloud skills. 

    Module 2 “All about you!” 

    Students learn to explain what they do online. They learn to compare information about music, TV and cinema. They consolidate their use of the perfect tense and learn to manipulate new verbs. Students have to learn between 10-15 words every week and they are tested on these every week. 
    By the end of the module about “All about you!”, students have been assessed in listening, reading and writing. 

    Module 3 “Food and Drinks” 

    Students learn about food and drinks in the context of parties and sports events. They use reflexives verbs to express how they get ready for a party, as well as adjectives to describe clothes. They also reinforce their knowledge of the near future and perfect tense to give an account about a party. Students have to learn between 10-15 words every week and they are tested on these every week. By the end of the module about “Food and Drinks”, students have been assessed in listening, reading and grammar. 

    Module 4 ” Going out” 

    Students develop their ability to take part in dialogues and how to arrange to go out in Spanish. They use times, modals verbs and questioning techniques to do so. Students also develop their ability to use 3 tenses to discuss what they are going to wear and how they get ready. Students have to learn between 10-15 words every week and they are tested on these every week. 
    By the end of the first module “Going out”, students have completed grammar and writing tasks as part of their assessments.  

    Module 5 “Operation summer!” 

    Students learn to cope in a holiday destination. They learn about directions, commands and use new verbs to discuss more advanced holiday activities.  
    They also research information about a range of Spanish cities regions. Students have to learn between 10-15 words every week and they are tested on these every week. By the end of the first module “Operation summer!”, students have completed a speaking task as part of their assessment. 

Learning Impact

In each assessment, students develop their ability to cope with GCSE-type tasks in all 4 skills (Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking).  
Once completed, assessments results are shared with students and recorded by teachers. Students are responsible for sharing their results and assessment papers with parents/carers. Assessments results are also shared with parents/carers in termly reports. Our outstanding students receive a certificate to take home, to celebrate their achievement and/or progress. 

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