Year 9 Curriculum Outline Autumn Term
Spring Term
Summer Term
Art
Personal Collection Michael Craig Martin
Musical Instruments Cubism
3D Bugs Pottery throwing on the wheel
Biology
Genetics, selective breading, cloning and ethics.
The respiratory system, smoking and drugs, balanced diets, the skeletal system
Photosynthesis, plant structure, farming methods, the organic debate
Chemistry
Rates of reaction Atoms and atomic structure
Atoms and atomic structure
Metals
Classical Civilisation
Pompeii: a moment in time. The Founding of Rome: myth and legend
The rise and fall of the Roman Republic
Augustus and The Roman Empire
Computer Science
Digital files – storing and compressing - preparing for GCSEs Data Types and Structures. Strings and arrays Useful functionality reminders on Word and Excel E Safety Advanced Block Programming at code.org Python programming – Code Combat
Computer hardware – multicore processors. Searching and Sorting Algorithms Computational thinking. Logical programming. Advanced Block Programming at code.org Python programming – Code Combat E Safety
Computer systems. Networks and the internet. Problem Solving The digital divide Advanced Block Programming at code.org Python programming – Code Combat
English GCSE Foundation year
Wide reading texts, including poems English Language skills: responding to fiction and speech writing Study of Priestley’s An Inspector Calls
19th Century novel Either A Christmas Carol or Pride and Prejudice English Language skills: Responding to non-fiction texts
Revision and exam skills practice Introduction to Macbeth