Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School Year 9 Curriculum Overview
Subject
Autumn Term
Spring Term
Summer Term
Art
Still Life project: Artist research, wire portraits
Photog, Photoshop, printing
Design, drawing, exam, experimenting
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 respiration (AQA Biology specification reference: 4.4.2)
Respiration: anaerobic respiration, response to exercise (AQA Biology specification reference: 4.4.2)
Biology
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)
Atoms, elements and Atomic structure compounds History of atomic Mixtures, separation structure techniques Cyber Security App Development Online Gaming and EProject Sports Python GUI App Development Programming Skills Carousel Rotation 1: Lamp design considering developing countries and sustainability
Modern periodic table History of periodic table Group 0
Exam preparation
Chemistry
Computing Science Design and Technology: Product Design
Drama
Melodrama & Mask Work (The Artist, The Haunted House – physical skills, spatial skills, imagination. silent scenes).
Literature in Context
English Food and Nutrition
DEVISING: Physical & Stylised Theatre Gecko, DV8, Frantic Assembly, Complicite.
Literature in Context; Around the World in 30 Days Carousel Rotation 1: Meat, Fish & Alternatives Specialism Module
Group 1 Group 7
Hexadecimal Conversions Storage of Sound Logic Gates
Legal and Ethical Considerations of using computers. Introduction to Computer Networks Carousel Rotation 2 Lamp design considering developing countries and sustainability 1) Artificial Intelligence & communication via emerging technologies 2) Departures – drama skills (Brief Encounter, The Hitcher, Mass Media)
Shakespeare’s Stage
Respiration: metabolism (AQA Biology specification reference: 4.4.2) Ecology: Adaptations, interdependence and competition: communities, biotic and abiotic factors, adaptations (AQA Biology specification reference: 4.7.1) Ionic bonding
VBA Programming Project KS3 Exam Revision KS3 Exam
Mobile App Group Project Physical Computing Project using Raspberry Pi Carousel Rotation 3 Lamp design considering developing countries and sustainability
PLAY: Immune by Oladipo Agboluaje - MPN PLAY:Emelia by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm - MAW
The Paper Birds & Alecky Blythe political and verbatim theatre
Consolidation with GCSE Knowledge: Stage Forms Stage Positions Theatre Roles and Responsibilities Devising.
Viewpoints & Perspectives
Viewpoints & Perspectives
Introduction to GCSE: Love and Relationships
Carousel Rotation 1: Function of Eggs Specialism Module