Curriculum Information Term 5

Assessment information Term 5

Theme: Gemstones 

Technical focus: Students will be drawing the shape and using different mediums to work on the tonal aspect of Gemstone surfaces – considering reflection and texture.  

Agate study 

Curriculum Information Term 6

Assessment information Term 6

Continuation of term 5 

Curriculum Information Term 5

Assessment information Term 5

 Islam

• The beginnings of Islam
• Life of a British Muslim today
• 5 Pillars of Islam

No formal assessment this term

Curriculum Information Term 6

Assessment information Term 6

 Islam

• Which is the most important pillar?

Introduction to Buddhism

Judaism

Which is the most important pillar of Islam?

Curriculum Information Term 5 and 6

Assessment information Term 5 and 6

 In term 5, students will learn about computer systems from the computer science strand of computing and simultaneously learn spreadsheet modelling from the information technology strand,  Both units  provide students with a comprehensive understanding of computer architecture  and the practical application of spreadsheets modelling .  

Class quizzes on key concepts and terminology

Summative assessment on computer systems.

Project based assessments on spreadsheet modelling.

Curriculum Information Term 6

Assessment information Term 6

 In term 6, students will learn the fundamentals of cybersecurity including threats, vulnerabilities and best practises for protecting digital assets, Students will learn about various cybersecurity concepts and techniques to ensure safe and secure online behaviour.

Class quizzes on key concepts and terminology

Summative assessment on Cybersecurity

Curriculum Information Term 5

Assessment information Term 5

In Design Technology students will rotate around 4 subject areas and IT during the year. Students spend approximately 7 weeks in each subject area. They will be building on foundation skills learnt in Year 7 with a core focus on Design.  
 
Electronics:  

Students will make a portable battery powered fan. The project reinforces soldering technique and introduces students to a wider range of components including motors. Students accurately measure, customise and cut their line-bent HIPs casing. They will also be introduced to more advanced drawing techniques such as orthographic projection. 
 
Food & Nutrition:  
Students will be looking at eating a healthy balanced diet and food from a range of different cultures. They will gain the confidence to cook a main meal and it is our hope that students will be able to repeat the meals we make in school for dinner at home. 
Theory: Students look at Food Provenance – where our food comes from, what the function of ingredients are in a recipe and what Fusion food is. They are taught to create their own fusion dishes considering the choice of the ingredients based on maximising nutrition, taste and visual appeal.  
The dishes made in Year 8 are Savoury Rice, Fajitas, Calzone and a Fusion dish that they have designed.   
Please note that all recipes and cooking dates will be on Go4Schools.  We have also introduced a recipe book which they will be given at the start of their food rotation. Students need to bring a container with a locking lid to take their food home in.  
 
Product Design:  
Students in year 8 will produce a phone stand from plywood, developing the skills they would need should they choose to take product design at GCSE. They will learn to mark out accurately, saw using different saws, chisel and finish their phone stands to a high quality finish.  They will also gain an understanding of what a product analysis is and why they are useful to designers. They will learn about  different timber materials including their properties and uses. 

Textiles: 

Students will be celebrating Food as Art, creating a textile case that includes a textile motif of their favourite food, using recycled/found fabric. Students are welcome to buy and bring any of their own fabrics they may have access to.  They will also be challenged to “draw with scissors”, inspired by Henri Matisse’s cut-outs. They will cut out shapes and layer these fabrics to create an illustrative textile outcome. 

  In each DT area students will be assessed on and receive a grade for their Design work – during the rotation and at the end as well as their Finished Practical outcome.    

Curriculum Information Term 6

Assessment information Term 6

Same information as term 1

Same information as term 1

Curriculum Information Term 5

Assessment information Term 5

 Brechtian Theatre  

• Develop understanding of practitioner’s style of theatre  

• Explore a range of Brechtian concepts 

• Creating performances that are influenced by practitioner techniques and methods. 

 Mid unit assessment – assessing key performance skills and techniques.  

End of unit assessment – assessing key performance skills and techniques 

Curriculum Information Term 6

Assessment information Term 6

 Devising Drama  

• To be able to work with a given stimulus linking to key theme or idea  

• Incorporate a range of techniques developed throughout the year such as cross cutting, hot seating, ensemble, thought tracking 

 Mid unit assessment – assessing key performance skills and techniques.  

End of unit assessment – assessing key performance skills and techniques 

Curriculum Information Term 5

Assessment information Term 5

Dystopian Fiction  

Students are reading a whole novel in class - Mortal Engines - exploring the genre of dystopian fiction. 

Analytical reading task: students to write an analysis of how a character is presented in the novel. 

Curriculum Information Term 6

Assessment information Term 6

Mortal Engines (continued) 

Students are reading a whole novel in class, exploring the genre of dystopian fiction and fantasy fiction.  

Analytical reading task: students to write an analysis of how a character is presented in the novel. 

Curriculum Information Term 5

Assessment information Term 5

Tragedy Across Time – students will study the key genre of tragedy, looking at texts from Ancient Greece all the way to the modern day. They will also have a key focus on Shakespeare’s play King Lear and will take part in discussions to build their speaking and listening skills. 

Formative test on topic knowledge.  

Speaking and listening discussion on the ancient Greek play Oedipus Rex. 

Curriculum Information Term 6

Assessment information Term 6

Tragedy Across Time (continued) – students will study the key genre of tragedy, looking at texts from Ancient Greece all the way to the modern day. They will also have a key focus on Shakespeare’s play King Lear and will take part in discussions to build their speaking and listening skills. 

Summative test on topic knowledge.  

Speaking and listening discussion on King Lear. 

Curriculum Information Term 5

Assessment information Term 5

Asia – China physical landscape, people, place and economy 

 Population Policy in China 

Curriculum Information Term 6

Assessment information Term 6

Upland areas- The Lake District Tourism Case study 

Infiltration investigation 

 Case study question for upland environments 

Infiltration evaluation question.  

Curriculum Information Term 5

Assessment information Term 5

Talking about food and healthy living. Modal verbs will be introduced to also talk about daily routine. The topic will include giving directions and describing a festival, carnival. This will be followed by the topic of ‘going out’ learning about adjective endings and the future tense in the context of describing clothes and planning a date.

Cumulative scores from vocabulary tests

End of year tests: Mixed topics from KS3 and mixed skills

Curriculum Information Term 6

Assessment information Term 6

Cumulative scores from vocabulary tests

Curriculum Information Term 5

Assessment information Term 5

 Youth in nazi Germany 

Women in nazi Germany 

Holocaust – steps towards this, persecution, discrimination and the Final Solution 

 Assessment- comparing different social groups living in the Third Reich 

Curriculum Information Term 6

Assessment information Term 6

 Causes of WW2 – long and short term 

Policy of Appeasement 

Local History- life during WW2- Home front 

Suffragettes 

 Assessment- Home Front 

Curriculum Information Term 5

Assessment information Term 5

Law, Crime & Society 

  N/A 

Curriculum Information Term 6

Assessment information Term 6

Dangerous Society Online & Offline 

  N/A 

Curriculum Information Term 5

Assessment information Term 5

 Number Sense 

Angles in Parallel lines and polygons 

Area of trapezia and circles 

Curriculum Information Term 6

Assessment information Term 6

 Lines of symmetry and reflection 

The data handling cycle 

Measures of location 

  End of year assessment: 50 mins  

All Term 1 to 5 content 

Curriculum Information Term 5

Assessment information Term 5

 Students are completing their Band Skills performances. 

 Ensemble Performance 

Blues Listening Assessment 

Curriculum Information Term 6

Assessment information Term 6

 Dance Music – students will be creating their own rhythm accompaniments, composing and creating chord progressions and basslines, reinforcing knowledge and understanding of both bass and treble clef 

 Dance music composition 

Curriculum Information Term 5 and 6

Assessment information Term 5 and 6

Cricket 

Rounders 

Athletics  

Tennis 

 *students complete three of these activities depending on their rotation. 

Verbal formative assessment of skills and knowledge and understanding in conditioned and competitive conditions. 

Completion of core task at beginning and end of block of work. 

Curriculum Information Term 5

Assessment information Term 5

Teacher 1

Energy 2

• Doing work
• Thermal energy
• Heating
• Conduction, convection and radiation
• Conduction and insulation

Teacher 2

Earth 2

• The atmosphere
• Carbon cycle
• Human activity
• Global warming

Teacher 3

Genes 2

• Natural selection
• Biodiversity
• Extinction
• Genetic material
• Chromosomes
• Variation
• Genetic crosses

Quick check – end of topic test

Quick check – end of topic test

Curriculum Information Term 6

Assessment information Term 6

Teacher 1

Waves 2

• Pitch and frequency
• Microphones and loudspeakers
• Light wave lengths
• Transverse and longitudinal waves
• Water waves

Teacher 2

Earth 2 part 2

• Earth’s resources
• Recycling
• Extracting methods

Teacher 3

Ecosystems recap.

Assessment on second 4  topics in year 8.

Quick check – end of topic test

There will be an assessment at the start of year 9 where the entire content from year 7 and 8 will be assessed.

Curriculum Information Term 5

Assessment information Term 5

Using instructional language to describe how to live a healthy lifestyle. 

Using a range of tenses to describe how your lifestyle has changed/will change. 

Comparing diets from around the world. 

Cumulative scores from 5 vocabulary quizzes  

End of year tests: Mixed topics from KS3 and mixed skills 

Curriculum Information Term 6

Assessment information Term 6

Using instructional language to describe how to live a healthy lifestyle. 

Using a range of tenses to describe how your lifestyle has changed/will change. 

Comparing diets from around the world. 

Cumulative scores from 5 vocabulary quizzes  

Speaking: Reading aloud task