Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School Year 7 Curriculum Overview
Subject
Autumn Term
Spring Term
Summer Term
Art
Landscape Project: Artist research, drawing.
Landscape Project: Painting, printing.
Landscape Project: Design, exam, mixed media.
Scratch Programming Project Binary Conversions ASCII Character Set Spreadsheet Modelling Carousel Rotation 1: Passive speaker phone holder
Image Editing Web Development (HTML)
Computing
E-Safety Algorithms (Flowcharts) Scratch Programming Skills
Small Basic Graphical User Interface Programming KS3 Exam Revision KS3 Exam
Carousel Rotation 2: Passive speaker phone holder
Carousel Rotation 3: Passive speaker phone holder
Carousel Rotation 1: Health and Safety in Textiles Phone case: textiles skills, hand sewing, designing, researching designers, pattern creating, applique.
Carousel Rotation 2: Health and Safety in Textiles Phone case: textiles skills, hand sewing, designing, researching designers, pattern creating, applique.
Carousel Rotation 3: Health and Safety in Textiles Phone case: textiles skills, hand sewing, designing, researching designers, pattern creating, applique.
Design and Technology: Product Design
Design and Technology: Textiles
Drama English
Drama Vocabulary (introducing drama skills and techniques) Myths, Legends and Fairy Tales
Pencil Case: textiles skills, machine sewing and familiarisation. Inserting a zipper, further design and construction techniques.
Hardware and Software Small Basic Programming
Pencil Case: textiles skills, machine sewing and familiarisation. Inserting a zipper, further design and construction techniques.
Sonic Pi Programming Micro:bit Projects
Pencil Case: textiles skills, machine sewing and familiarisation. Inserting a zipper, further design and construction techniques.
Narration, Story and Speech
Street theatre, Mime and Movement
Realism, Creation of character and Dialogue
Physical Theatre
End of year consolidation of all drama skills.
Literature and Identity
Establishing a Voice
Writing Dystopian Fiction
Writing Dystopian Fiction
The Language of NonFiction
Carousel Rotation 1: Fruit & Vegetables Induction module Myself and coming back to In class school
Carousel Rotation 2: Fruit & Vegetables Induction module My free time Family life
Carousel Rotation 3: Fruit & Vegetables Induction module In town In town
Geography
Map skills
Local fieldwork
Glacial environments
Ecosystems
The Savannah
German
My world and me
Family and Pets
Free time
National Parks (Lake District) School
Travel/Holidays
Travel/Holidays
History
What is History? Egyptians Calculations & Properties of number.
Egyptians The Greeks Algebraic Manipulation & Solving Equations.
The Romans
The Romans
The Middle Ages
The Middle Ages
Averages & Range and introduction to Probability
Rounding & estimation, using a calculator.
Classifying shape, area & perimeter and angles.
Algebra sequences and coordinates.
World Music 1 – African Singing
3D shapes, Units & Constructions World Music 2 – Indian Classical Music
Food and Nutrition French
Mathematics
Music
Intro to performing – Developing Singing and Ukulele Skills
Intro to performing – Class Band – The Big Sing
Intro to Traditional Music Notation and Keyboard Skills
FDP with focus on Percentage calculations. Developing Keyboard Skills – The Ten Piece Challenge