Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School Year 8 Curriculum Overview
Subject Art Computing Science Design and Technology: Product Design Design and Technology: Textiles
Autumn Term
Food and Nutrition French Geography German History
Mathematics
Summer Term
Still Life project: Artist research, painting testing, painting Responsible Use of Algorithms Social Media and (Pseudocode) Digital Tattoo Python Programming Searching and Sorting Algorithms Carousel Rotation 1: Architecture (Building of the future) and Crumble electronics
Still Life project: Photography, drawing, assemblage
Still Life project: Printing, exam, design.
Binary Addition Image Representation Image Editing
Carousel Rotation 2: Architecture (Building of the future) and Crumble electronics
Wearable Technology Audio File Editing Project Physical Computing Embedded Systems Project using Raspberry KS3 Exam Revision Pi KS3 Exam Carousel Rotation 3: Architecture (Building of the future) and Crumble electronics
Carousel Rotation 1: Health and Safety in Textiles Planner Cover: textiles skills, designing to a theme, machine sewing, pattern creating. Scale & proportion, evaluation skills
Carousel Rotation 2: Health and Safety in Textiles Planner Cover: textiles skills, designing to a theme, machine sewing, pattern creating. Scale & proportion, evaluation skills
Carousel Rotation 3: Health and Safety in Textiles Planner Cover: textiles skills, designing to a theme, machine sewing, pattern creating. Scale & proportion, evaluation skills
Improvisation with Drama Devices
DEVISING: Kneehigh, Wise Children, 1927 Multimedia, physical theatre, anarchic storytelling, multidisciplined theatre.
PLAY: Blood by Emteaz Hussain with Tamasha Cape by Inua Ellams with Eclipse or Talawa
DEVISING: Berkoff/Shared Experience – expressionism (Greek Myth)
Status and movement with naturalism using Mike Leigh.
War & Conflict
Best of British
Best of British
Writing the Gothic
Writing the Gothic
Drama
English
Spring Term
Databases Web Development (HTML, CSS and JavaScript)
Location and Immersive Theatre
Carousel Rotation 1: Staple Foods Progression
Carousel Rotation 2: Staple Foods Progression
An Introduction to Shakespeare Carousel Rotation 3: Staple Foods Progression
Holidays
Festivals, trips and food
Television, digital life
Making plans
Where you live
Sports
Ecosystems
China
Population
Limestone Landscapes
Yorkshire Dales
My town
Savannah/Climate change/Desertification Holidays
Holidays
Media
Media
Staying healthy
What is an Empire? Scramble for Africa: Slave trade
Empire building: Slave trade America and Britain
Empire building: USA and Native American tribes
Empire building: Britain Case studies India and Canada
Empire building: Britain Case studies Africa and Australia
Empire building: Germany Empire: Good or Bad?
Circles, Volume & SA
Algebraic manipulation & Inequalities
Graphs & Compound Measures
Calcs with fractions, percentages & ratio.
Units, constructions & transformations
Representing data, Averages & Range from tables