Languages Department

Languages work for students away from the Academy

Name	Designation	Contact details
Julie Schofield	Head of Department (French and German)	j.schofield@grange.outwood.com
Karen Gooding	KS4 coordinator (German and French)	k.gooding@grange.outwood.com
Kelly Lumley	Teacher of German, Spanish and French	k.lumley@grange.outwood.com
Seb Tawn	Teacher of French, German and Spanish	s.tawn@grange.outwood.com
Matthew Harding	Teacher of Spanish and French	m.harding@grange.outwood.com
Diane Lund	Languages Learning Support Assistant	d.lund@grange.outwood.com
Marion Fernande	French Language Assistant
Anne Günster	German Language Assistant
Maria Juan Garcia	Spanish Language Assistant

2010 Results Summary

KS3   FCSE   Pass Rate – 100%
                       Merit /Distinction – 37%

KS4   GCSE   90% A*- C

KS5 AS and A2   100% pass rate

Courses Available

KS4 GCSE in French, German, Spanish

Listening and Reading by examination at the end of the course. Each of these skills = 20% of the total marks; students may be examined at Foundation (Grades G-C) or Higher (Grades C – A*) Tier in these skills.

Speaking test will include pre-prepared tasks (30% of total marks)

Writing assessed through two controlled assessment tasks (30% of total marks)

KS5    AS & A2 French, German, Spanish;

AS – Units 1 (Listening, Reading, Writing) and 2 (Speaking); A2 - Units 3 (Listening, Reading, Writing and 4 (Speaking)

Structure of the timetable across the key stages

KS3

Two 1 hour lessons per week

KS4

Year 9 /10/11 vertical grouping; 5 hours per week

KS5

4 hours per week

Other information

Designated ICT suite used by students on a regular rotational basis.

Speakers of other languages encouraged to gain accreditation where possible.

There is an opportunity for students to take part in trips to France, Spain and Germany in the summer months.

Dedicated Foreign Language assistants offer opportunities to practise and develop spoken language in small groups and with a native speaker.

The Languages department is lively and forward-thinking. Students will learn languages through a broad variety of activities both in the classroom and in the dedicated ICT suite.

At Outwood we aim to give every student the tools to understand and communicate in at least one foreign language.

In the classroom we give all students the opportunity to learn more about other cultures through our foreign language assistants, film, television clips, music and the internet, including our own languages website.

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