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Please note: School will be closed from Thursday 28th March from 2.40pm and will reopen on Monday 15th April at 8.20am however school will be open to support Year 11 in their final exam preps from Tuesday 2nd April – Friday 12 April between 10am -4pm.

Modern Foreign Languages

Head of Department
Miss C Jackson

Qualifications

  • BA(Hons) Modern History and Politics
  • PGCE in Secondary Education and French
“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.”
Nelson Mandela
The Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) curriculum at Pleckgate is designed to foster a love of language learning and to encourage respect for and understanding of other people and cultures.  Our key focus is on equipping pupils with a range of skills that allow them to become confident, successful and independent learners. Lessons are interactive and pupils are encouraged to work together to develop cross-curricular skills, such as use of the spoken language, problem-solving, literacy and memory skills.  Pupils study French at KS3 and have the opportunity to study French and Urdu at KS4.
At KS3 pupils follow a broad MFL curriculum which is in line with the national curriculum and covers the four skill areas of listening, speaking, reading and writing. This covers a variety of topic areas designed to motivate, engage and challenge pupils. These include understanding and responding to spoken and written language from authentic sources: speaking with fluency and confidence in the chosen language; writing for different purposes and audiences and discovering and developing an appreciation of writing in French.  In addition to learning key grammatical concepts and a wide range of topic-based vocabulary, pupils also learn about the culture and history of France and that of French-speaking countries across the world.
In addition, language students at Pleckgate enjoy a variety of enrichment activities. We have a French film club running every Monday for students in KS3 and 40 students across Y8, 9 and 10 are looking forward to going on the school trip to Paris this summer.
The AQA GCSE course builds on the foundations of the KS3 curriculum and covers a range of topics from everyday transactional language which serves a practical purpose to modern French literature and current affairs. Pupils study towards final exams in each of the four skills – listening, speaking, reading and writing,  all of which carry equal weighting.

Please note, every subject exercise book your child has contains a subject ‘Pleckgate Learning Journey’ that outlines the content covered, timelines and assessment points for the current year.

C Jackson

Head of Department

The Community of Pleckgate has a local secondary school it can be proud of. It provides an excellent education for all its pupils. They flourish in a bright, positive and secure environment”

Ofsted 2019

Ofsted Outstanding Provider
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