Teacher of MFL at Weaverham High School
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About this Role
Modern Foreign Languages
Department
The
department occupies 5 rooms within the Modern Foreign Languages area. There is
one language office which also serves as a work area for staff and a place for
discussion. The department is well equipped with textbooks, whiteboards and
work booklets for use at home and in class.
All teaching rooms have an interactive whiteboard and stand alone
computer. Staff have access to several
software packages such as Pearson Active Learn, Atantot, Linguascope, and
Kerboodle to enhance their teaching. All
classwork and homework is accessible on Google classroom to consolidate
learning.
Curriculum
Allocation
In Key Stage 3, currently
all of the pupils in years 7 study MFL for 5 periods each 2 week cycle. Pupils
study French and German or French and Spanish in Year 7 then select the
language in which they intend to specialise during Year 8 and Year 9.
In Key Stage 4 pupils can
study one - three foreign languages to GCSE for 5 hours each 2 week cycle. Pupils follow the full GCSE course, with 100%
entry for all courses. Languages are a
popular choice at GCSE with approximately 70% of pupils choosing either French,
German or Spanish GCSE.
Extra-curricular
opportunities
In addition to the normal curriculum we
undertake a number of other activities:
·
Exchange programme
with German partner school in Höchstadt for year 9 and 10 pupils
·
Exchange programme
into Sartrouville on the outskirts of Paris for Year 9 and 10 pupils
·
German trip to
Christmas market in Köln for year 8 and 11 pupils
·
Spanish trip to
Madrid for Years 8, 9 and 10 pupils
·
Language Leadership
project for year 9 German
·
European Day of
Languages Festival with local feeder primary schools
The
Post
Starting 1st September 2026
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Contact Details
Zoe Walker
01606 852120
zoe.walker@weaverhamhighschool.com
Weaverham High School
Open Data obtained from: Department for EducationCheshire
CW8 3HT
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