Girls in Years 8-11 are taught the subject to GCSE. They follow
a lively new course supplemented with interactive and online
activities and opportunities for independent reading and listening.
We promote listening, reading, speaking and writing skills and
offer a good grounding in grammar. ICT is also used to complement
the course.
All girls study aspects of Hispanic culture and produce work
which illustrates topics of interest. From Year 11 onwards, girls
have weekly lessons individually or in small groups with the
Spanish Lectora who also runs the Spanish Club with the help of
girls in Year 13.
At AS and A2 we follow the AQA specification with topics ranging
from family life in Spain to Latin American novels. Courses are
supplemented with audio-visual materials and on-line resources.
Students can also watch Spanish programmes broadcast live via the
Internet. They are encouraged to borrow Spanish and Latin American
films, documentaries and DVDs from the department's audio-visual
library.
Recent extra-curricular events have included Salsa dancing, a
tapas evening, a Skype link with a partner school in Chile, cinema
evenings, and Language Days at Salford University. A team of Year
13 students also took part in, and won, the regional debating
competition held at Cheadle Hulme School.
At Easter girls from Year 10 participate in the Spanish Exchange
with students from a school in Málaga. Sixth Form girls are also
given the opportunity to attend a Language Course in Cádiz and to
undertake work experience in Spain.