Year 9

Year 10

Year 11

 AUTUMN

September – October half term

• Introducing yourself and saying how old you are.
• Saying where you live.
• Verbs.
• Spelling in German
• Describing what you have in your schoolbag.
• Saying when your birthday is.
• Using different question words.

October – Christmas.

• School subjects and your opinion.
• Talking about the timetable.
• Telling the time.
• Talking about what you eat and drink at break.
• Describing what you wear to school.
• Learning about school life in German speaking countries.

• Spelling and numbers.
• Talking about family and pets.
• Appearance.
• Describing where you live.
• Describing your bedroom.
• Household tasks.
• Meeting and greeting.
• Communicating in the classroom.
• Describing your school.
• Subjects and opinions.
• Talking about daily life at school.
• What you think about school.
• Future plans.

• Part time work.
• General jobs.
• Looking for job.
• Making and understanding phone calls.
• Talking about work experience.
• Career plans.
• Work related issues.
• Talking about your home town.
• What there is to do in town.
• Finding the way.
• Getting around by public transport.
• Asking for information at a train station.
• Advantages and disadvantages of where you live.
• Comparing English and German towns.

SPRING

January –February half term.

• Giving information about family members.
• Describing people’s appearance.
• Talking about people’s characteristics.
• Talking about pets.
• Understanding a longer e mail and writing a reply.

February half term – Easter.

• Talking about sports.
• Talking about your hobbies and favourite things.
• Saying how often you do things.
• Arranging to go out and when to meet.
• Understanding information about an adventure sports centre

• Talking about hobbies and interests.
• Talking about viewing and listening habits.
• Talking about activities in the past.
• Describing your sporting activities.
• Giving and responding to invitations.
• Finding out about events and activities.
• Describing films books and programmes.
• Shops and opening times.
• Numbers prices and food.
• Shopping for clothes.
• Spending pocket money.
• Shopping in a department store.
• At the post office.
• Reporting lost property.

• Countries, nationality and weather.
• Planning a holiday.
• Finding and booking accommodation.
• Coping with accommodation problems.
• Describing a holiday in the past.
• Saying what you did on holiday.
• Information about a holiday area.

SUMMER

 Easter – Spring Bank.

• Saying where you live.
• Saying what you do in different rooms.
• Describing your room.
• Saying what is in your room.
• Saying what you do not like about your room.
• Recognising past tense.

Spring Bank – Summer.

• Talking about the weather.
• Talking about means of transport and saying what there is in a town.
• Asking for and giving directions.
• Buying food and drink at a snack stand.

• Day to day activities.
• Information about meals at home.
• Healthy lifestyle.
• Illness and injury.
• Visiting the doctor.
•  Managing money.
• Ordering a drink or snack.
• Going out for a meal.
• Making explanations and excuses.
• Finding out what’s on.
• Talking about activities in the past.
• Festivals in Germany.

• Talking about personalities.
• Family relationships.
• Health matters.
• The environment.
• Helping to save the environment.
• Coping with a breakdown or accident.
• Dealing with teenage problems.