Year 8
art
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Drawing assessment task |
Graded: Emerging/Developing/Mastering/ |
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Insects (continued) |
Continual assessment. |
Computer Science
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HTML (website creation) |
Baseline assessment |
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HTML (website creation) |
Baseline assessment |
Design Technology
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In DT students will rotate around 4 subject areas and IT during the year. Students spend approximately 7 weeks in each subject area and then move on. Whilst in each of the areas students will learn what a Design brief is and how it applies in different material areas, what user needs are and how to meet them with the design of their product. They will be building on foundation skills learnt in Year 7. Textiles: |
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. |
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In DT students will rotate around 4 subject areas and IT during the year. Students spend approximately 7 weeks in each subject area and then move on. Whilst in each of the areas students will learn what a Design brief is and how it applies in different material areas, what user needs are and how to meet them with the design of their product. They will be building on foundation skills learnt in Year 7. Textiles: |
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. |
Drama
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Fairy Tales
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Mid Unit Assessment |
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Darkwood Manor
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Mid Unit Assessment |
English Language
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Note: Students study two units concurrently, a main unit and a minor unit. Across Years 7 -8, students build skills for both English and Media. In Year 10, some students then take on Media as a separate additional subject. |
Note: Each assessment focusses on a specific range of reading (GRAF); writing (GWAF); and speaking and listening skills (SLAF). |
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English unit: People & Place (Part 2) |
English unit: People & Place (Part 2) |
English Literature & Media
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Media unit: Howl’s Moving Castle (Part 1) |
Media unit: Howl’s Moving Castle |
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Media unit: Howl’s Moving Castle (Part 2) |
Media unit: Howl’s Moving Castle (Part 2) |
Literacy
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Library lessons: |
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Library lessons: |
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Geography
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Natural Hazards |
Extended writing question on tsunami case study |
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China’s one Child policy extended writing. |
German
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Love Holidays
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Media
Discussing screen time using modal verbs |
Reading test |
Humanities
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The Industrial Revolution
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‘Conditions in the factories were the worst part of C19th life’. How far do you agree? |
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Slavery and the American Civil War
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Who was the most important key individual to the abolishment of slavery? |
Life Skills
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Mathematics
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Ratio and scale – understand and represent ratios, dividing in a given ratio, solving ratio problems when 1 part of the ratio is known, simplifying ratios, understanding the link between ratios and fractions, circumference of circle, gradients of lines (higher only) |
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Working in the cartesian plane – coordinates in all four quadrants, lines parallel to the axes, plotting straight line graphs, linking graphs to direct proportion, non-linear graphs (higher only), finding the midpoint of a line segment (higher only) |
In class 45 minute non-calculator assessment to include: |
Music
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All About The Bass
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Baseline Assessment |
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Introduction to Film Music
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Students will compose music for an extract from a film and be assessed on the outcome. |
PE
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Science
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Teacher 1
Teacher 2
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Weekly EDUCAKE homework throughout the year. |
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Teacher 1
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Assessment on first 4 topics in year 8 plus any from year 7. |
Spanish
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Mi insti – my school |
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Dieta y salud – Diet and health |
Assessment 1 – Photo card task – 4 sentences to be written about the photo (task mimicking GCSE). |