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Newlands
Girls’ School

Current Course Information

Curriculum and Provision

In Year 7 all pupils learn French, German and Spanish for 2 hours per fortnight each.  In Year 8 and Year 9 they choose two of the languages and continue learning them for 3 hours per fortnight each until the    end of the Key Stage.

In Year 10 pupils may choose French, German or Spanish for GCSE Level. They have 5 hours per fortnight in each language. Some students choose to continue with two languages.

At KS5 we currently offer French, German and Spanish to A-Level.  They have 9 hours of teaching per fortnight.

 

Examination Boards

  • Year 10 GCSE AQA French (8658), German (8668), Spanish (8698)
  • Year 11 GCSE AQA French (4655), German (4655), Spanish (4695)
  • Year 13 A2 AQA French (2650), German (2660), Spanish (2695)

 

Current course materials:

• Year 7        -  In-house material developed by the MFL Team

• Year 8        -  Expo 2 Rouge, Viva 2, Echo 2

• Year 9        -  Dynamo 3, Echo 3, Mira 3

• Year 10/11  - Pearson Education AQA GCSE Studio, AQS GCSE Stimmt! AQA GCSE Viva!, Expo AQA GCSE,                             Echo AQA GCSE, Mira AQA GCSE

• Year 12/13 - Hodder Education A-Level French, German and Spanish