Subject Modern Foreign Languages (French & Spanish) Music & Big Band
PE
Reading
Technology
Key content In Year 7, all students study both French and Spanish, each for a term and a half. Students study the following 3 units in first one language and then in the second. • Introductions • School • Hobbies http://isaacnewtonacademy.org/secondary/curriculum-areas/modern-foreignlanguages • Beatboxing/ Stomp • Singing • Les Misérables/ Opera • Music Production • Rhythm Carousel Through Big Band lessons, every form group is transformed into a big band. Students tackle a couple of set works each term and develop a catalogue of great tunes they can play on their own or in an ensemble. We learn to improvise, to play by ear and to read from notation. http://isaacnewtonacademy.org/secondary/curriculum-areas/music Students experience a broad range of activities covering all areas of the National Curriculum: • Outwitting an opponent – Football, Basketball, Netball, Handball, Rounders (Girls), Ultimate Frisbee (Boys) • Accurate Replication – Badminton, Table Tennis • Exploring and Communicating Emotions and Ideas – Dance • Identifying and Solving Problems – carried out through all activity areas • Exercising Safely and Effectively – Health Related Fitness • Performing at Maximum Levels – Athletics As well as the above, students also cover theoretical knowledge in the build up to GCSE P.E., embedded in their practical lessons and independent learning tasks. http://isaacnewtonacademy.org/secondary/curriculum-areas/pe The central part of the weekly Reading lesson involves silent individual reading for 30 minutes in the library (with the adults hearing individuals read, discussing reading habits and preferences with students or setting up small group guided reading activities). The first 15 minutes of the Reading lesson involves an active starter activity based on a genre, author or theme. These starters are often student-led. In the final part of the Reading lesson, students reflect in their reading journals on what they are reading. Every Year 7 student is tested for their reading age on entry to INA and the scores from this online test are used to inform the book recommendations that staff make to individuals and to guide the interventions put in place in Reading Lessons. We retest the students at the end of the year to track the progress made. This course covers four specialisms: Resistant Materials, Graphics, Food and Textiles. Each specialism exposes the students to a range of skills and techniques which they will apply and develop during Key Stage 3 and beyond. We teach students how to think about, design and plan for making; how to develop ideas, and write and speak with an academic Design and Technology approach. They will model and develop excellent skills through mini designing and making projects including bookmark making, a juggling ball project, patchwork quilt design and USB design. http://isaacnewtonacademy.org/secondary/curriculum-areas/art-and-technology