Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School Year 9 Curriculum Overview
Subject Art
Biology
Chemistry
Computing Design and Technology: Product Design
Drama
Autumn Term
French
Summer Term
Still Life project: Artist research, wire portraits
Photog, Photoshop, printing
Design, drawing, exam, experimenting
Cell structure: eukaryotes and prokaryotes, animal and plant cells, cell specialisation and differentiation, microscopy and culturing microorganisms. Required practical activities 1 (microscopy) and 2 (antimicrobial agents) (AQA Biology specification reference: 4.1.1)
Photosynthesis: photosynthetic reaction, rate of photosynthesis, uses of glucose from photosynthesis Required practical activity 6 (effect of light intensity on rate of photosynthesis) (AQA Biology specification reference: 4.4.1)
Respiration: aerobic and anaerobic respiration, response to exercise, metabolism (AQA Biology specification reference: 4.4.2)
Atoms, elements, compounds and formulations Separation techniques Cyber Security Online Gaming and ESports App Development Skills
Atomic structure Electron configuration Formation of ions
History of periodic table Group 1
Consolidation exercises Practical revision Prep for exams
App Development Project Python GUI Programming
Hexadecimal Conversions Storage of Sound Logic Gates
Carousel Rotation 1: Product Design Design Movements Mood Lamp
Group 7 Group 0 Displacement reactions
Legal and Ethical Considerations of using computers. Introduction to Computer Networks Carousel Rotation 2: Product Design Design Movements Mood Lamp
VBA Programming Project KS3 Exam Revision KS3 Exam
Breathing Corpses (imagination and devising)
Departures – drama skills (Brief Encounter, The Hitcher, Mass Media)
Soap Operas and Cliff Hangers
Shakespeare Play (The Merchant of Venice, The Tempest)
Literature in Context
Around the World in 30 Days
Shakespeare’s Stage
Viewpoints & Perspectives
Viewpoints & Perspectives
Carousel Rotation 1: Meat, Fish & Alternatives Specialism Module
Carousel Rotation 1: Function of Eggs Specialism Module
Day trips
Food tasting week
A visit to Bayeux
A visit to Alençon
A visit to Bayeux
Next week
Ecology (from 2020 onwards): Adaptations, interdependence and competition: communities, biotic and abiotic factors, adaptations (AQA Biology specification reference: 4.7.1) Rates of reaction
Mobile App Group Project Physical Computing Project using Raspberry Pi
Carousel Rotation 3: Product Design Design Movements Mood Lamp
Melodrama (The Artist, The Haunted House – physical skills)
English Food and Nutrition
Spring Term
Start of GCSE course Friends, family and relationships
Knowledge: Stage Forms Stage Positions Theatre Roles and Responsibilities Devising. Love and Relationships/Speaking and Listening
Technology