The MFL department at Bonus Pastor aims to open students’ horizons through broadening their cultural knowledge and developing successful communicators in the target language. We aim to nurture an outward-looking approach to the world in order to enhance students’ personal and professional lives. We hope to equip students with the necessary skills to travel without fear and become confident and inquisitive global citizens.  

French

Spanish

Our lessons cover the four skills; listening, speaking, reading, and writing, ensuring pupils of all abilities develop cultural knowledge whilst developing their language skills. All our lessons are centred around improving knowledge in phonics, vocabulary and grammar to equip our students with the knowledge to communicate in the target language in a variety of contexts, with increased confidence.

MFL Big Ideas

Key Stage 3 French & Spanish

All Key Stage 3 pupils’ from 2022 study either French or Spanish and we work hard with students so that they gain confidence in communicating effectively in target language. Our current Year 9s continue to study French and Spanish and develop their fluency in each language. 

KS3 French Overview

KS3 Spanish Overview

Key Stage 4 French & Spanish

Languages are a popular choice at Bonus Pastor Catholic College for all students. Year 10 and year 11 students’ study for the AQA examinations and develop their speaking, reading, writing and listening skills. We develop their base knowledge so that they can use their language competently at home or abroad. 

For a detailed overview of our KS3 and KS4 curiculum please view the links below.

GCSE French Overview

GCSE Spanish Overview

Enrichment and Extra-Curricular Activities

The MFL department are proud to run several extra-curricular activities for out students. We run weekly lunchtime grammar clinics for our GCSE students, a French and Spanish club for KS3 students as well as an MFL culture club. In these groups we encourage our students to become lifelong language learners and we celebrate the cultures that we study.   

Please refer to the Extra-curricular timetable for more information. 

Trips

The MFL department has run several trips in London and abroad over previous years. Highlights have included running trips to Paris and Brussels and we are introducing a Year 7 trip to northern France this year. We have also run several trips to the BFI for Spanish and French. 

For more information please email the Head of Department

Ms M. Butler