Year 7 Curriculum Plan 2022

Year 7 – Curriculum Plan Subject PE RE

Autumn Term Introduction to RE and inspirational people.

Students will study a variety of inspirational people from a variety of religious backgrounds in order to investigate how religion can change our world.

Christianity: Caused or by chance?

Students will investigate our purpose on the planet through the lens of Christianity.

Maths

Sequences

Place value and ordering integers and decimals

English

ME, MYSELF & I Students will study a range of autobiographical texts to help them to identify the key features of an Autobiography, before writing their own autobiography chapters.

AN INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE An Introduction to Shakespeare: students will study a range of Shakespeare texts to help introduce them to the Bard’s work and his use of language. They will begin to analyse character and language in range of his plays to help prepare them for the demands of studying a whole Shakespeare play in Year 8.

Geography

Our Local Area Students will study their local area, learning how to interpret a range of geographical sources, including OS Maps and GIS (Geographical Information Systems).

Our Local Area/Our Island Home Students will continue to explore the local area of Ormskirk and West Lancashire using Digi-Map, before looking further afield at the physical and human geography of the UK.

History

How did the Norman Conquest change England? Students will study the Battle of Hastings and how the Normans consolidated their power. Topics included will be the Feudal system and also changes that include landownership, laws, the landscape and the language.

How religious were people in the Middle Ages? Students will study the importance of religion in the Middle Ages. This will include investigating the life of monks and nuns with a focus on Burscough Priory. Students will also investigate the significance of the Crusades.

Spanish

Classroom language and basics in Spanish Pupils will learn classroom routines , how to ask and understand questions in Spanish lessons as well as introducing themselves in Spanish: name, age, birthday.

They will also learn to describe what they carry in their backpack and the alphabet in Spanish for pronunciation purposes. We will also have the opportunity to explore cultural traditions of Spanish speaking countries during Christmas.

Indoor Athletics

Netball

Understanding and use of algebraic notation

Football

Equality and equivalence

Rugby

Hockey

Dance

Fraction, decimal and percentage equivalents

ASSESSMENT: Speaking exam

Science

Introduction to Science: Working safely in the laboratory, using practical equipment correctly and working scientifically using skills to collect and present data.

Cells and Organisms: structure and function of animal and plant cells. The study of the human systems: breathing, respiration, circulation, skeleton and digestion.

States of matter: study of solids, liquids and gases and how they change state. Study of atoms, elements, compounds and mixtures and methods used to separate them.

Subject PE RE

Spring Term Badminton Handball Netball Judaism: How do Jewish Holy days remind adherents of faith?

Students look at a variety of festivals and the stories behind them in order to learn about the Jewish faith.

Maths

Solving problems with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division

English

OTHER CULUTRES POETRY students will study a range of poems from a variety of different cultures and will be introduced to the key poetic skill of analysis.

They will identify poetic devices, but more importantly, will look at the effect that this can have on the reader.

ANIMAL FARM Students will study the complete George Orwell novel Animal Farm. Through this study students will complete tasks to aid comprehension, inference and deduction skills.

Geography

Our Island Home/Our European Neighbour Students will continue to develop their understanding of ‘our’ home by exploring the physical characteristics of coastal areas as well as the growth and cultural development of London. Students will then upscale this to the physical and human characteristics of Europe.

Our European Neighbour Students will continue to explore the physical and human characteristics of Europe and contextualise this with place by studying Russia and Italy.

History

Who had the power in the Middle Ages? Students will study the power struggle between the Church and the Crown in this

How did the Tudors consolidate their power? Students will study the major events during the Tudor period including how

Fractions and percentages of amounts

Dance

Football

Hockey

Islam: What does belonging mean?

Community from an Islamic perspective. Students consider Islamic teachings on humanity’s social impact.

Operations and equations with directed number

Addition and subtraction of fractions

period. The growth of the power of parliament and the importance of the Magna Carta will be covered including the Peasants revolt

the family maintained their grip on the country. The Reformation and it’s national and local impact will be covered including the impact on

Spanish

Life at home In this unit pupils will learn to describe themselves physically and personality.

They will also learn how to describe their families both, again, physically and personality. This will include pets too.

With regards to cultural awareness we will be looking at Carnival in Spanish speaking countries.

Life at school Pupils will learn to describe their school and its facilities. They will talk about school subjects and give opinions and justify them to move onto talking about what you do in lessons and after school. Linked to the previous unit will be describing teachers. We will explore Easter in Spain.

Science

Acids and alkalis: The study of acids, alkalis, pH scale and neutralisation.

Energy: The study of energy stores and transfers, including calculations. Heat energy transfer through conduction, convection and radiation. Heat transfer, efficiency and power use in the home. Renewable and non-renewable resources.

Subject PE RE

Summer Term Tennis Rounders Cricket Christianity: What is Church?

The difference between a church and the Church, investigating their impact on the local and global community.

Maths

Constructing, measuring and using geometric notation

English

DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD Students will study a range of historical events that have shaped the world, from the Pompeii Disaster to more recent events in 9/11. Pupils will create pieces of Transactional writing after studying the features of each one.

DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD Students will study a range of historical events that have shaped the world, from the Pompeii Disaster to more recent events in 9/11. Pupils will create pieces of Transactional writing after studying the features of each one.

Geography

Our European Neighbour

Going Global

Developing geometric reasoning

Developing number sense

Athletics Hinduism: What can we learn from festivals?

Students look at a variety of festivals and the stories behind them in order to learn about the Hindu faith.

Sets and probability

Prime numbers and proof

Students will continue to explore Europe and finish this topic before moving onto Going global.

In this unit students will study ‘big’ geographical thinking points such as resource use, climate change, sustainability in the context of global biomes.

History

What was the most significant event under Stuart rule?

Students will study the major events during the Stewart period.

The topics will include the Gunpowder Plot, the Civil War and exploration to America.

How did Islam influence the world? Students will study Islamic civilisations and what life was like in the Islamic world and how it how it influenced the west with regards to science and technology.

Spanish

Free time This unit pupils will learn how to tell the time as well as talking about the weather. They will describe what they do in their free time including sports and music preferences. They will also give their opinion on different free time activities and justify them.

General consolidation of year 7 work to date In this unit we will revise and reinforced everything we have learnt to date.

We will also be looking at a variety of cultural themes and traditions such as art, festivals, food in Spain.

Science

Ecology: The study of classification, photosynthesis, ecosystems, food chains, food webs and how organisms adapt to their environments.

Forces and Space: The study of contact and non-contact forces; resultant forces and gravity. The study of space, the solar system, why we have day and night and satellites.

Carousel ART

Rotation 1- Week 1 Gridded DrawingStudents will study the grid technique and in doing so will improve skills in line drawing, the application of oil pastel, tone and form, pencil control and colour theory.

Rotation 1- Week 2

Rotation 1- Week 3

Gridded Drawing

Gridded Drawing

-Measuring -Grid Technique -Pencil control -Observation - Line Drawing -Tone and Form -Application of Oil Pastel - Colour Theory

-Measuring -Grid Technique -Pencil control -Observation - Line Drawing -Tone and Form -Application of Oil Pastel - Colour Theory

Rotation 2- Week 1

Rotation 2- Week 2

Rotation 2- Week 3

Observational Drawing

Observational Drawing

Observational Drawing

through the exploration of observational drawing students will also gain an understanding of perspective, scale, proportion, 3dimensional drawing and pencil control.

-Pencil control -Perspective -Observation -3 Dimensional drawing - Line Drawing

-Pencil control -Perspective -Observation -3 Dimensional drawing - Line Drawing -Tone and Form -Proportion

-Tone and Form -Proportion

Drawing assessment

Drama

Rotation 1 Week 1 ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE Students will develop an understanding of explorative strategies used in drama and apply such techniques in a mini performance.

Rotation 1 Week 2 MIME Students identify and explore the key skills required for successful communication in MIME.

Rotation 1 Week 3 CREATING CHARACTER Students explore how to develop characterisation using a variety of Drama techniques.

Assessment: Performance & Evaluation

Rotation 2 Week 1 IMPROVISATION Students identify and explore the key skills required for improvisation by undertaking a series of challenges, activities and group tasks.

Rotation 2 Week 2 STAGE COMBAT Students will learn how to safely perform action sequences. Stage combat is a necessity in today’s film, theatre and media industries.

Rotation 2 Week 3 MUSICAL THEATRE Students will develop their understanding of Musical Theatre and develop singing, dancing and acting skills.

Students will apply their skills in a mini performance.

Assessment: Performance & Evaluation

Music

Listening

Theory

Singing

Keyboard Skills

Ensemble skills

Improvisation

Composition

Carousel 1

Identifying Major/minor keys, instruments, time signatures.

Listening to and analysing music from different times and cultures.

Covering treble and bass note recognition, basic note values and instruments of the orchestra

The importance of vocal warm ups and correct posture.

Singing in tune as part of a group with piano/guitar accompaniment.

Locating the notes on the keyboard.

Reading the notes on the treble clef.

Working on hand position and five finger-melodies.

Samba!

Keeping in time with a pulse as part of a group, layering ostinato and performing a structure piece

Carousel 2

Identifying

Covering treble

Singing in four parts.

Locating and playing

An introduction to

Recording an

An introduction to

Major/minor keys, instruments, time signatures.

Listening to and analysing music from different times and cultures.

and bass note recognition, basic note values and instruments of the orchestra

Opportunities for solo singers

the notes of a pentatonic scale

the djembe drums of West Africa and the role of the master drummer.

Improvising rhythms, call and response, taking the lead as a master drummer.

Exploration of dynamics in performance.

improvisation on Logic Pro X using the D minor pentatonic scale.

Logic Pro X. Exploration of instrumentation, structure, texture, bars and beats

Computer Science Rotation PC basics – finding your way around our hardware + software efficiently and safely.

Rotation 2 VexVR – Programming using block code and an online virtual platform to control a robot

Networks – different types and what they are used for

Databases – creating and manipulating data in a database

Flowcharts – representing an algorithm using effective flowcharts

Microbits – programming using single circuit computers

Scratch – design and create a virtual pet using Scratch block programming

Web graphics – creating and manipulating data for use on the web.

Modelling – using a spreadsheet for business purposes

Design Technology

Rotation 1 – 15 Lessons

Rotation 2 – 15 Lessons

Whizzer Project

Pencil Box Project

Pupils will use basic hand tools to make a traditional wood-based toy Throughout the project they will:

Pupils will design and develop a product to contain pens and pencils or another product the designer requires. Throughout the project they will:

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Use traditional hand tools to mark out, cut and shape a product.

Learn about the impact the materials we use have on the environment.

Use a variety of resistant materials, including wood and plastics.

Join materials together using the appropriate adhesive.

Evaluate their work to highlight areas of success and areas for improvement.

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In addition to this, pupils will be introduced to the CAD software packages, 2D Design and Solid Works.

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Use designing skills to design and develop a solution for the problem.

Research appropriate areas to ensure an accurate design solution is made.

Use CAD and CAM to develop components for the design proposal.

Use traditional hand tools and techniques to develop a high-quality product.

Create a design specification to evaluate against once the project has been completed.

Assessment: Pupils work will be reviewed and assessed under the gradings of: Emerging, Developing, Securing and Mastering.

Food Tech

Rotation 1 – week 1 Introduction to Food preparation & Nutrition Baseline Assessmen t.

Pupils will learn about rules and expectations in the food room as well as personal and food safety during practical Lessons.

They will be taught to Identify what equipment is and its uses.

Also where to find it in the food room.

Rotation 1 – Week 2 The Eatwell Guide Investigate the Eatwell guide and the main principles, food groups nutrients and proportions.

We will look at pupils eating habits and see how it aligns with the guide.

Rotation 1 – week 3 Food Choice and Food waste Students will examine the reasons why different people chose diverse types of food. They will look into how certain foods are mass produced and the reasons why this can lead to food wastage, focusing the effects on the environment.

Assessment: Pupils work will be reviewed and assessed under the gradings of: Emerging, Developing, Securing and Mastering.

Rotation 2 – Week 1

Rotation 2 – week 2

Rotation 2 – week 3

Food provenance -

Food Miles -

Energy Needs -

Baseline, Expectations and H&S recap.

Introducing the benefits of seasonality & explaining what is Fair Trade.

Outline what is meant by Food Miles – recapping from the benefits of eating local produce. Multicultural foods will be investigated whilst researching the specific countries.

Students will examine diet through life may change and therefore including the different amounts of Energy Needs that is required for specific life stages.

Encouraging students to think about food provenance and buy local ingredients.