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Message Subject: EDEXCEL GCSE Spanish Year 10 Curriculum Overview 2025-2026 *Let the questions be the curriculum” Socrates My Personal World Lifestyle, Well-Being/ Media & Technology Studying/ My Future My Neighbourhood/Travel & Tourism Knowledge & Understanding Literacy Skills Literacy Skills and KEY vocab Assessment What is being assessed? Homework/ Independent Learning Composites Components includes understanding of KEY concepts Formal Retrieval if any HT1&2 What do you do in summer? Recall • Using the present tense • Talking about summer activities, saying where you go and how you travel. • Describing the weather. • Using se puede(n) + infinitive • Weather types • Modes of transport • Countries • The verb ir Present tense Familiarisation with disciplinary language. Weekly Vocabulary testing Faculty Vocabulary test topic 1 Languagenut HT1 Assessment Standards Checkpoint Centralised writing task on the topic of holidays – closed book with focus on tenses. Languagenut tasks Topic 1 Vocabulary List Topic 1 speaking questions Discussing travel plans • Using comparatives - más/menos … que …/tan … como … • Irregular comparatives:- mejor/peor que …mayor/menor que • • Destinations • Opinions • Me gustaría + inf • Conditional tenses & Clauses. • Your past holidays • Using acabar de + infinitive • Saying what activities, you did on holiday using the preterite tense • Preterite • Time phrases & sequencers • Food & Drink • Holiday activities Pronunciation and phonics [j] [ge] [gi] silent [h]

• Using a range of structures to give opinions in the past • lo + adjective • Discussing problems you had on holiday • Describing where you stayed • Using the imperfect tense • Accommodation types • Hotel facilities • Use of era and estaba • Negatives inc. tampoco • estar and tener • Giving and spotting positive/negative opinions • Question words: • ¿Qué? ¿Cuándo? ¿Cuánto? ¿Dónde? ¿Cómo? ¿Cuál? ¿Quién? ¿Por qué? ¿A qué hora? Pronunciation and phonics [que] [qui] Talking about festivals in the Spanish-speaking world • Using the superlative: el/la/los/las + noun + más/menos + adjective • Irregular superlatives: el/la/los/las mejor(es) / peor(es) / mayor(es) / menor(es) • hay que + infinitive • Using ‘if’ clauses with the present tense • Cultural Knowledge – Fiestas • Months/Seasons • Opinions • Comparatives • Adjectives Pronunciation and phonics [ll] llevan, las Fallas, orgulloso/a Dream holidays • Using ‘if’ clauses with the conditional tense to talk about our dream holiday. • Conditional tense. Future holidays • Using a range of future tenses to discuss the holidays we are going to have. • Using all three tenses together in authentic texts. • Near future tense • Connectives • Holiday activities • Accommodation types Key Questions: ¿Adónde te gustaría ir de vacaciones? ¿Qué te gustaría hacer? Where would you like to go on holiday to? What would you like to do? ¿Qué se puede hacer en verano? What can you do in summer? ¿Cómo te gustaría viajar? How would you like to travel? ¿Cuál es la fiesta más divertida / interesante / histórica en tu opinión? Which is the most fun/interesting/historical fiesta in your opinion? ¿Qué tal tus últimas vacaciones? How was your last holiday? ¿Qué hiciste? What did you do? ¿Qué fue lo mejor/lo peor de tus vacaciones? What was the best/worst thing about your holiday? ¿Dónde te quedaste / alojaste? Where did you stay? ¿Cómo serían tus vacaciones de ensueño? What would your dream holiday be like? ¿Qué sueles hacer en verano? What do you usually do in the summer? ¿Cómo era el pueblo / la ciudad? What was the town/city like?

¿Adónde vas a ir de vacaciones el año próximo / que viene? Where are you going to go on holiday to next year? HT2&3 Talking about life online Talking about sports and free-time activities • Revising the present tense • Using expressions of frequency • Full paradigm: usar, leer, subir • Online activities • Regular present tense verbs (all three types) • Expressions of frequency • Examples of irregulars in ‘I’ form (hacer and ver) Stem-changing verbs: jugar, preferir Using phonics knowledge to spell words correctly in dictation tasks Weekly Vocabulary testing Faculty Vocabulary topic 2 Languagenut HT2/3 Assessment CSA Read aloud + follow up questions assessment Languagenut HT2/3 tasks HT2/3 Vocabulary List Speaking questions topic 2 • Revising irregular present tense verbs • Using opinion verbs and expressions • Sports and free-time activities • Opinions • Time phrases • Hacer/jugar • Suelo +inf Expressing opinions Cognates in Spanish (with focus on sports vocabulary) Arranging to go out • Using the near future tense • Planning a cinema visit • Poder and querer in the present tense • tener que + infinitive • • Film &Cinema vocabulary • Invites & responses • Near future tense • Contractions (al/del) • Telling the time • Imaginitive writing Role-Play Saying what you did at the weekend • Using the preterite tense • Pronouncing the letter ‘c’ correctly • Past time phrases • Preterite • Time phrases • Free-time activities Places in town Pronunciation and phonics Soft c: cine, natación, centro, hice Hard c: canté, música, comí, cuatro, crimen ch: chico/a, escuché Two tongue twisters using the letter ‘c’

Talking about days that went wrong • Using direct object pronouns • Recognising and using three tenses • Direct object pronouns+ use with the near future tense • Time phrases • Negatives Narrating events in the past CIAG Making a convincing argument Discussing the dangers of technology and social media for young people Key Questions 1. ¿Qué haces con tu móvil normalmente? What do you normally do on your phone? 2. ¿Qué vas a hacer con tu móvil mañana? What are you going to do on your phone tomorrow? 3. ¿Qué hiciste en tu móvil ayer? What did you do on your phone yesterday? 4. ¿Cuánto tiempo pasas en tu móvil/ordenador/portátil? How much time do you spend on your phone/computer/laptop? 5. ¿Qué aplicaciones usas? What apps do you use? 6. ¿Qué haces en las redes sociales? ¿Por qué te gustan/ no te gustan? What do you do on social media? Why do you like it/not like it? 7. ¿A quién sigues en las redes sociales? Who do you follow on social media? 8. ¿Cuáles son las ventajas y desventajas de las redes sociales? What are the advantages/disadvantages of social media? 9. ¿Crees que los jóvenes están obsesionados con sus móviles? ¿Por qué(no)? Do you believe that young people are obsessed with their phones? HT 3&4 Life at school • Saying what you study and when • Giving a range of extended opinions on subjects and teachers • Subjects • Teachers • Opinion phrases • Connectives Giving extended opinions Weekly Vocabulary testing Languagenut HT3 tasks

Facilities • Saying what there is and isn’t in your school, using hay, no hay and ni…ni • Describing the facilities in your school now vs in your primary school. • Using a range of adjectives to describe facilities. • School facilities. • Hay and no hay • Adjectives to describe places. Syntax with negative phrases. Making comparisons. Languagenut HT3 Assessment Weekly Vocabulary testing Faculty Vocabulary Term 2 Languagenut HT Term 2 Assessment Y10 EXAMINATION Term 2 Vocabulary list Languagenut HT3&4 tasks Speaking questions – School and future study Rules • Talking about school rules and problems. • Using impersonal structures + infinitive to say what is and isn’t allowed at your school. • Giving your opinion on the rules at your school. • Describing the problems students face in high school and how they can be remedied. • Se debe/no se debe/se debería + infintive. • Using opinion phrases like ‘pienso que’ ‘desde mi punto de vista’ etc. Future changes • Using the conditional tense and imperfect subjunctive to discuss how you would change your • End of term trip • • Key Questions: ¿Cómo es tu instituto? ¿Cómo es tu día escolar? ¿Qué actividades extraescolares haces? ¿Qué hiciste recientemente con el club/equipo? ¿Qué asignaturas te gustan y no te gustan? ¿Por qué (no)? ¿Qué harás para tener éxito en el futuro? ¿Qué es lo bueno y lo malo de tu instituto? ¿Cómo cambiarías tu instituto? ¿Cómo sería tu profesor(a) ideal?

¿Adónde fuiste de viaje con tu instituto el año pasado? ¿Qué hiciste?

HT 5&6 Describing healthy daily routines • Using indefinite adjectives • Using tener + noun • después de + infinitive • antes de + infinitive • (including with reflexive verbs in the infinitive) • Tener expressions • Food & Drink vocabulary • a + la/las + time • tomar el desayuno / el almuerzo / la cena Expressions with tener: tener sed / hambre / razón / cuidado Weekly Vocabulary testing Faculty Vocabulary test topic 4 Languagenut HT 5&6 Assessment SUMMER MOCK SPEAKING EXAMINATION – FULL EXAM EXPERIENCE. Languagenut HT5&6 tasks HT5&6 Vocabulary list Speaking questions – preparing for mock speaking examination. Talking about mealtimes and food trends • Listening skills • Direct object pronouns: • me, te, lo/la, nos, os, los/las • Impersonal verbs: • hay que + infinitive • se necesita + infinitive • hace falta + infinitive • Food & Drink vocabulary Identifying correct statements Comparing old and new habits • Imperfect tense • Full paradigms of jugar, comer, salir • Irregular verbs in the imperfect: ser, ir, ver • ya no + verb • Imperfect tense • Food & Drink • Free-time activities inc. sports Talking about illnesses and injuries • Using reflexive verbs in the Preterite tense-romperse, quemarse, cortarse (etc.) • Reflexive pronoun + definite article • Caerse + preposition • Doler- tengo dolor de • Giving advice using debes, tienes que and necesitas • Body parts • Reflexive verbs Pronunciation and phonics [ca, co, cu] [cu] + vowel Future plans for health and wellbeing • The simple future tense • Full paradigm of evitar • Irregular stems verbs in the ‘I’ form: tender, pondré, vendré, haré, diré, podré, saldré, sabré, querré • Si + present tense + future • The present tense • The imperfect tense • The preterite tense • The simple future tense

Key Questions: ¿Cómo es tu rutina? What is your routine like? ¿Qué costumbres sanas / malsanas tienes? What healthy/unhealthy habits do you have? ¿Qué hay que hacer para tener una dieta sana? What must you do to have a healthy diet? ¿Cómo eras antes? What were you like before? ¿Cómo era tu rutina cuando tenías [seis] años? What was your routine like when you were (six) years old? ¿Qué te gustaba comer y beber? What did you used to like to eat and drink? ¿Qué te pasa? What has happened to you? ¿Cómo cambiarás tu estilo de vida? How will you change your lifestyle? ¿Y cómo cuidarás tu salud mental? And how will you care for your mental health? ¿Qué harás para mejorar tu salud y evitar problemas en el futuro? What Will you do to improve your health and avoid problems in the future? CIAG Components of a healthy lifestyle Caring for mental and physical health Avoiding bad habits

Subject: EDEXCEL GCSE Spanish Year 11 Curriculum Overview 2025-2026 6 THEMATIC CONTEXTS: *Let the questions be the curriculum” Socrates My Personal World Lifestyle, Well-Being/ Media & Technology Studying/ My Future My Neighbourhood/Travel & Tourism Knowledge & Understanding Literacy Skills Literacy Skills and KEY vocab Assessment What is being assessed? Homework/ Independent Learning Composites Components includes understanding of KEY concepts Formal Retrieval if any HT1 Lifestyle & well-being Illness & Injuries Future plans for health and wellbeing • common illnesses and injuries • Body parts • Doler • Time phrases inc. desde hace • Using reflexive verbs in the preterite tense-romperse, quemarse, cortarse (etc.) • Caerse + preposition • Giving advice using debe, tienes que and necesitas • Using the simple future tense • Using if clauses • Describing healthy daily routines • Comparing old and new habits – imperfect tense and ya no Speaking skills – Doctor’s role play Phonics Pronunciation Forming questions Weekly Vocabulary testing Faculty Vocabulary test 1 Languagenut HT1 Assessment CSA – Linnear Listening/Reading & Writing Languagenut HT1 tasks HT1 Vocabulary List Studying/ My Future Talking about my studies – Subjects & Teachers • Using lo que • Talking about the opinions of others (gustar, encantar, interesar) • Negatives • The conditional tense -Ideal teacher • School Life KS3 - subjects teachers/ Uniform/ School facilites Expressing opinions Using a wide range of adjectives Describing a typical School Day • Soler + infinitive • Relative pronouns (que, donde, cuando) • llevar + time period + present participle • Present tense verbs • Soler + inf • desde hace (retrievel from previous illness & injuries) Grammatical accuracy

Talking about extra-curricular clubs and successes • Desde hace + present tense • Understanding time expressions: past, present, future • Sports and activities • Using a range of time frames Using a variety of time frames in writing and speaking tasks Talking about school uniform and rules and regulations • hay que • (no) se debe • (no) se permite • está prohibido • opinions • The verb llevar • Clothes & colours • Tener que • Opinions Authentic texts reading – Rules in Hispanic schools Comparing Your primary school to St Damian’s • Using negatives • Comparing then and now using the imperfect tense and the present tense • Tener/haber/ser/estar • School life & studies vocabulary • The imperfect tense • Ya no • negatives • Using a range of time frames Talking about school problems and pressures • School problems and pressures vocabulary • The conditional tense – what would you change? • School life & studies vocabulary • The conditional tense Blogs Describing your ideal school • The conditional tense • Points of view/opinions • School life & studies vocabulary • Opinions Creative writing Key Questions: ¿Cómo es tu instituto?¿Cómo es tu día escolar? What is your School/ School Day like? ¿Qué actividades extraescolares haces? ¿Qué hiciste recientemente con el club/equipo? What extracurricular activities do you do? What have you done recently with your club/team? ¿Qué asignaturas te gustan y no te gustan? ¿Por qué (no)? Which subjects do you like/not like and why? ¿Cómo sería tu profesor(a) ideal? What would your ideal teacher be like? ¿Qué regla cambiarías en tu instituto? Which School rule would you change? ¿Como era tu escuela primaria? What was your primary school like? ¿Qué es lo bueno y lo malo de tu instituto? What is the best thing/worst thing about your school? ¿Cómo cambiarías tu instituto? What would you change in your school? ¿Adónde fuiste de viaje con tu instituto el año pasado? ¿Qué hiciste? Where did you travel to with your school last year? What did you do?

HT 2&3 My Neighbourhood Describing my region & city • Describing cities • Using the perfect tense • Using prepositions of place for directions • Demonstrative adjectives: este, esta, estos, estas • ya and todavía with the perfect tense • Directions • preposistions • Adjectives Weekly Vocabulary testing Faculty Vocabulary test 2&3 Languagenut HT2&3 Assessment Mock Examinations – All 4 skills CSA HT3 Languagenut HT&3 tasks HT2&3 Vocabulary List Describing how my city has changed • demonstrative adjectives for descriptions • Comparing now and then in the imperfect tense • tan, tanto/a, tantos/as • The imperfect tense: key verbs for description of a place • The perfect tense • adjectives • places in town Using a range of time frames Talking about shopping • Opinions on shopping • comparatives • Returning/exchanging products • Purchasing products/having a dialogue in a shop • Describe where you prefer to shop • Spanish retail brands • direct object pronouns • key SSCs • adjectives • clothing • media & technology Giving preferences about where you live • Using the subjunctive with cuando • comparatives • The conditional tense • comparatives • The conditional tense • adjectives Describing the best & worst things about your neighbourhood • Lo bueno/lo malo • The perfect tense • acabar + de + infinitive • Prepositions of place • The imperfect tense • The perfect tense • Prepositions of place • The imperfect tense Persuasive writing

Describing Spanish traditional fiestas & music festivals • Present tense to describe event • Compare different festivals and traditions • Use the preterite to describe a recent visit to a fiesta/ music festival • Expressions followed by an infinitive (para, al, sin, antes de, después de) • Interrogatives • Numbers/ months for dates • Present tense • Preterite tense • Types of music Key Questions: ¿Cómo es tu pueblo/ciudad? What is your town/city like? ¿Cómo era tu zona/ciudad/pueblo antes? What was your area/city/town like before? ¿Qué hay en tu región? What is there in your region? ¿Prefieres vivir en el campo o en una ciudad? ¿Por qué? Do you prefer living in the countryside or a city? why? ¿Qué es lo bueno/malo de vivir en tu zona? What is the best/worst thing in your area? ¿Prefieres ir al centro comercial o a las tiendas de tu barrio? ¿Por qué? Do you prefer to go to the shopping centre or to your local shops? Why? ¿Cómo es tu barrio? ¿Cómo cambiarías tu barrio? What is your neighbourhood like? What would you change in your neighbourhood? ¿Qué hiciste en tu zona la semana pasada? ¿Qué vas a hacer en tu zona el fin de semana próximo? What did you do in your area last week? What are you going to do in your area next weekend? ¿Dónde te gustaría vivir en el futuro? Where would you ike to live in the future? CIAG Communication skills: making a convincing argument

HT 4 My Neighbourhood Talking about how you help in your community or society • Using the imperative • Using falta, hace falta, vale la pena, basta • Weekly Vocabulary testing Faculty Vocabulary test 4 Languagenut HT4 Assessment Languagenut HT4 tasks HT4 Vocabulary list Talking about the environment • Talking about climate change • Using the passive • Using the imperfect continuous tense • actions to help the environment • Using no solo … sino también • KS3 environmental vocabulary • Geographical features Talking about global problems and their solutions • problems & solutions • Using the subjunctive to give opinions • Translating more complex texts • Irregular verbs in the present subjunctive including ser and ir • Using (no) se debería + infinitive • Understanding multiple tenses • Relative pronouns: el cual, la cual, los cuales, las cuales • cognates • se debe • opinions • the environment • Role Models Key Questions: ¿Qué haces para ayudar en tu comunidad o en la sociedad? What do you do to help in your community or in society? ¿Qué hiciste en el pasado para ayudar a otras personas? What have you done in the past to help others? ¿Qué más te gustaría hacer en el futuro para ayudar? What more would you like to do in the future to help? Para ti, ¿cuál es el problema más grave que afecta al planeta? What is the most serious problem affecting the planet in your opinion? ¿Cuál sería la mejor solución a este problema? What would be the best solution to this problem? ¿Qué haces en casa para cuidar el medioambiente? What do you do at home to look after the environment? ¿Qué hiciste en casa / tu colegio la semana pasada para cuidar el medioambiente? What have you done at home/ in School last week to care for the environment? Y en el futuro, ¿qué te gustaría hacer para cuidar el planeta? and in the future, what would you like to do to look after the planet? ¿Qué problema del mundo te preocupa más y qué acción quieres ver? What world problem worries you the most and what action do you want to see?

HT 5 My Future Talking about your plans for the future • Different ways of talking about future plans: espero / me gustaría / quiero / tengo ganas de / tengo la intención de / voy a + infinitive • Using the simple future tense • seguir/continuar + present participle • cuando + present subjunctive to talk about future plans • Transcribing unfamiliar words • Jobs & future plans vocabulary & structures KS3 Weekly Vocabulary testing Faculty Vocabulary test 5 Languagenut HT 5 Assessment Languagenut HT5 tasks HT5 Vocabulary list Talking about getting a job • Jobs vocabulary • Possessive pronouns • Prepositions followed by an infinitive: • para, sin, antes de, después de • ser • tener que Talking about future career aspirations • Jobs M&F forms +Invariable nouns (-e, -ista) • Present/Imperfect/Future/Conditional tenses • the importance of learning languages • changes in the world of work • adjectives • tenses – key verbs • numbers & percentages Using a range of time frames Key Questions: ¿Qué planes tienes para el año próximo? What plans do you have for next year? ¿Qué otros planes tienes para el futuro? What other plans do you have for the future? ¿Qué trabajo te gustaría hacer en el futuro? What job would you like to do in the future? ¿Qué haces para ganar dinero? What do you do to earn money? ¿Cuáles son tus características positivas? What are your positive characteristics? ¿Qué tipo de trabajo querías hacer en el pasado? What job did you want to do in the past?

¿Todavía te interesa hacer el mismo trabajo? Are you still interested in doing the same job? ¿Por qué es importante aprender otras lenguas, en tu opinión? Why is it important to learn other languages in your opinion? ¿Cómo será el mundo laboral en el futuro? What will the jobs’ market be like in the future? CIAG Discussing topic of different jobs and the world of work Opportunity to explore careers relating to language learning and the benefits it can bring