Students will develop their knowledge and understanding by studying both the language and themes relating to the contemporary and historical society and culture of the French-speaking world. The four themes are: Year 12 Theme 1: Les changements dans la société française (changes in French society) Theme 2: La culture politique et artistique dans les pays Francophones (political and artistic culture in the Francophone world) Cinema: study of a film (Les 400 Coups de Truffaut and the New Wave) Year 13 Theme 3: L’immigration et la société multiculturelle française (immigration and multicultural society) Theme 4: L’Occupation et la Résistance (Occupation and Resistance) Literature: study of a novel (Une si longue lettre de Mariama Bâ) Trips: Students will be encouraged to visit France for as long as possible during Year 12: language course, work experience, summer camp. We offer a 5-day trip to Lyon in the October Half-term. We also run a weekly Politics club and a Debating club and pupils participate in the Joutes Oratoires (national debating competition.) French language assistants: All students will have a compulsory weekly 40-minute speaking lesson with a French assistant in addition to their eight language lessons a week to enhance their cultural knowledge and oral fluency.
At least eight GCSEs or IGCSEs graded at 7 or above for entry to our sixth form in the subjects that you are taught at school. For students currently at CLSG, each subject has a standard entry requirement of Grade 7 at GCSE or IGCSE in that subject or a related subject as specified under each subject’s entry in this booklet. • Grade 7 at GCSE level with a good grammar basis
Paper 1: Listening, reading and translation into English (2 hours): 40% of the qualification (80 marks) Paper 2: Written response to works and translation into French (2 hours 40 mins): 30% of the qualification (120 marks) Paper 3: Speaking (between 21 and 23 minutes, which includes a single period of 5 minutes of formal preparation time): 30% of the qualification (72 marks)
About School
| Region | London |
| Local Authority | City of London |
| Ofsted Rating | |
| Gender of School | Girls |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | Unknown |
| Sixth Form Fee | £23,778 |
| Address | St Giles' Terrace, Barbican, London, EC2Y 8BB |
Students will develop their knowledge and understanding by studying both the language and themes relating to the contemporary and historical society and culture of the French-speaking world. The four themes are: Year 12 Theme 1: Les changements dans la société française (changes in French society) Theme 2: La culture politique et artistique dans les pays Francophones (political and artistic culture in the Francophone world) Cinema: study of a film (Les 400 Coups de Truffaut and the New Wave) Year 13 Theme 3: L’immigration et la société multiculturelle française (immigration and multicultural society) Theme 4: L’Occupation et la Résistance (Occupation and Resistance) Literature: study of a novel (Une si longue lettre de Mariama Bâ) Trips: Students will be encouraged to visit France for as long as possible during Year 12: language course, work experience, summer camp. We offer a 5-day trip to Lyon in the October Half-term. We also run a weekly Politics club and a Debating club and pupils participate in the Joutes Oratoires (national debating competition.) French language assistants: All students will have a compulsory weekly 40-minute speaking lesson with a French assistant in addition to their eight language lessons a week to enhance their cultural knowledge and oral fluency.
At least eight GCSEs or IGCSEs graded at 7 or above for entry to our sixth form in the subjects that you are taught at school. For students currently at CLSG, each subject has a standard entry requirement of Grade 7 at GCSE or IGCSE in that subject or a related subject as specified under each subject’s entry in this booklet. • Grade 7 at GCSE level with a good grammar basis
Paper 1: Listening, reading and translation into English (2 hours): 40% of the qualification (80 marks) Paper 2: Written response to works and translation into French (2 hours 40 mins): 30% of the qualification (120 marks) Paper 3: Speaking (between 21 and 23 minutes, which includes a single period of 5 minutes of formal preparation time): 30% of the qualification (72 marks)
