Languages

KS3 french

2 classic easy read stories designed for youngsters and widely read at schools in France

Le Petit Nicolas: Goscinny & Sempe

Has a DVD modern film to help understanding

Le Petit Prince

This version is dual language in french with English

KS3 and KS4

Each academic year we offer the opportunity to subscribe to language magazines to build vocabulary learning and skills practice in a fun and authentic style, and are designed for teenagers. These magazines (published by Mary Glasgow Publishing) are currently for French and Spanish at KS3 and 4 and cost £10 with additional access to internet activity and support. A letter is given to students at the start of the academic year

KS4 french

The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas

Story with film for full understanding and classic French author

In the concluding installment of Alexandre Dumas's celebrated cycle of the Three Musketeers, D'Artagnan remains in the service of the corrupt King Louis XIV after the Three Musketeers have retired and gone their separate ways. Unbeknownst to D'Artagnan, Aramis and Porthos plot to remove the inept king and place the king's twin brother on the throne of France. Meanwhile, a twenty-three-year-old prisoner known only as "Philippe" wastes away deep inside the Bastille. Forced to wear an iron mask, Phillippe has been imprisoned for eight years, has no knowledge of his true identity, and has not been told what crime he's committed. When the destinies of the king and Phillippe converge, the Three Musketeers and D'Artagnan find themselves caught between conflicting loyalties.

KS4 French

The Outsider (English title) Albert Camus classic French literature, and studied in French school

KS4 French

Antechrista (read in English) by Amelie Nothomb

Modern teenage literature from a modern Francophone author. When lonely sixteen-year-old university student Blanche meets the dazzling Christa, she is swept off her feet. Christa, who talks freely of her impoverished background in the Eastern Belgian town of Malmedy, claims to work in a bar with her boyfriend, a David Bowie lookalike called Detlev.
When Blanche's mother, who finds her own daughter rather colourless, bookish and dull, is also dazzled by Christa though, she soon invites her to stay at the family house. Suddenly Christa can do no wrong and, as Blanche's parents scour their address books for long-lost friends to invite to dinner to meet the newcomer, their friendship sours and Blanche's already negligible self-confidence goes into a steep decline.
With all the characteristics of Amélie Nothomb's unique fictional landscapes, Antichrista is a funny, dark and revealing journey through female friendship and rivalry.

KS4 Spanish

No Word from Gurb (read in English)

by Edouardo Mendoza: classic literature from a modern Spanish author

A shape-shifting extraterrestrial named Gurb has assumed the form of Madonna and disappeared in Barcelona’s backstreets. His commanding officer and best friend has sent off in pursuit, scrupulously recording his observations of a human life in the city while munching through vast quantities of churros. No stone is left unturned, no danger too much, in the search for his old pal Gurb.
Will Barcelona survive this alien invasion Will the captain ever find his subordinate? Are there enough churros in Barcelona to satsify his intergalactic appetite?

KS4 Spanish

Harry Potter series in Spanish

by JK Rowling

You know the books and films, time to try these classic stories in Spanish...