Spring (Half Term 4 2020-2021) Curriculum Plan

Spring Term HT4 2021 Curriculum Plan English Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10 Literature Year 10 Language Year 11 Literature

Year 11 Language

Maths Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10

Half Term 4 Curriculum Plan

Crime and Detective Fiction​- Students will explore characters such as Sherlock Holmes in order to gain an insight into life in the Victorian era. They will analyse the characters in fictional extracts and try their hand at solving murder mystery tales.

Gothic fiction ​- Students will analyse a range of pre 20th century gothic literature.

They will use this as a springboard for writing their own gothic story which will form part of their end of year exam.

Dystopian Fiction -​ Students will explore the genre of dystopian fiction by exploring a range of extracts from novels such as ‘The Hunger Games’ and George Orwell’s ‘1984’. This will inspire their own pieces of narrative and descriptive writing.

Literature Component 2 ​- Students will read and analyse Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’.

Language Component 1​ - Students will explore the fictional reading comprehension element of their English Language course.

Literature Component 1 -​ An exploration of Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ to revisit key themes. This will focus on analysis of key extracts and theme/character essay writing.

Language skills - ​Students will be provided with a weekly structure. This will be dependent on their class teacher’s assessment of where students have gaps in their learning at this stage.

Half Term 4 Curriculum Plan Multiplication and Division - ​building on KS2 knowledge, students will learn how to fluently calculate with multiplication and division within a problem solving context, bringing in aspects of geometry and algebra and extending knowledge to look at multiples and factors.

Fractions and Percentages of amounts ​- Students will look at how to calculate fractions and percentages of amounts and the link between the two.

Indices - ​Students will be recall how to interpret powers including in algebraic notation.

Applying this to substitution and solving algebraic equations involving powers Fractions and Percentages​ - Students will look at both calculator and non-calculator methods to calculate fluently, expressing one value as a fraction or percentage of another and being able to use decimal equivalents as operators.

Higher Proportion - ​Students will be able to identify direct proportion from a variety of formats including tables and graphs. Using this they will explore how to find scale factors and use this to solve work rate and best buy problems.

Real Life and Linear Graphs - ​Students will learn how to plot and interpret real life and straight line graphs given in the form y=mx + c. There will be an exploration around parallel and perpendicular lines and also the ability to recognise other graphs.

Foundation Ratio and Basic Proportion - ​Students will explore proportion and scale factors to be able to share amounts into a given ratio, work with mixed fraction, percentage and ratio problems and explore best buys.

Real Life and Linear Graphs - ​Students will be able to draw and interpret a variety of real life graphs, moving on to look at linear graphs and how to calculate and interpret it’s gradient and intercept Higher Quadratics - ​Recall how to solve quadratics by factorisation and completing the square, extend this to now solve quadratics using the formula. Students will look at turning points and how to use these to plot graphs. Exploration of other non-quadratic graphs including cubic, exponential and trigonometric.

Year 11

Science Year 7 Year 8 Biology Year 9

Year 10 Year 11 Chemistry Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Physics Year 9

Functions - ​Students will be introduced to function notation and look at how to use this to calculate composite and inverse functions.

Foundation Angles - ​Understand and apply the different angle rules within parallel lines. Students will also look into polygons and how we calculate and problem solve with both interior and exterior angles.

Ratio and Basic Proportion - ​Students will explore proportion and scale factors to be able to share amounts into a given ratio, work with mixed fraction, percentage and ratio problems and explore best buys.

Revision and Recall - ​Learning for year 11 students in the remaining half terms will be tailored to the needs of the individual class, looking at both in class and formal assessments to address misconceptions and areas for improvement.

Half Term 4 Curriculum Plan Energy - Exploring thermal, chemical and electrical energy.

Energy - Exploring thermal, chemical and electrical energy.

Infection Response - Explore how we can avoid disease by reducing contact with them, as well as how the body uses barriers and the immune system to prevent and destroy pathogens.

Evolution - Explore the origins of natural selection and Darwinism.

Inheritance, Variation and Evolution - Investigate genetics and explore the theory of natural selection.

Chemical Changes -Investigate different chemical changes and how they can be used to predict exactly the new substances formed.

The Atmosphere - Investigate the Earth’s dynamic and forever changing atmosphere and how scientists are able to predict changes in weather and climate.

Petrochemicals - Explore the chemistry of carbon compounds.

Electricity - Investigate electric charge as a fundamental property of matter.

Year 10 Year 11

Magnetism - Investigate permanent and induced magnetism, magnetic forces and fields Force - Investigate forces and their interactions.

Geography Year 7

Half Term 4 Curriculum Plan Concrete Jungle​ - A Study of urbanisation and urban environment. The growth of cities, what caused this, the problems it can bring and sustainable solutions to these problems.

Hazards - ​A study of natural hazards that can take place around the world including tectonic hazards and weather hazards. How they are caused, the impacts they have and ways of managing these hazards.

Economic Giants​ - A study of newly emerging economies with a specific focus on China.

Weather Hazards - ​Global atmospheric circulation, Formation of tropical storms, why tropical storms are happening more often and being more severe, ways to predict and manage tropical storms Revision and recap ​- Students will spend the remainder of the time revisiting content that has not been covered in great depth since the end of Year 9. Lessons will be catered to specific class needs covering any potential gaps in knowledge as well as going over exam technique and preparation.

Year 8

Year 9 Year 10

Year 11

History Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Half Term 4 Curriculum Plan The Crusades - ​What were the Crusades and why did people go on them? Who were Richard and Saladin and who was the better leader?

Life in medieval England -​ What were conditions like in a medieval town? What was life like for ordinary people in medieval England? How important was religion in the lives of ordinary people? An enquiry into the Black Death and the impact this had on the health of the people.

The fight for the vote​ - Why did ordinary people want the right to vote? How did ordinary people achieve enfranchisement? Were the Peterloo Massacre protest and Chartist Movement protests effective? How was male suffrage increased prior to 1900? How did women campaign for suffrage? What was the main reason behind women winning the vote?

The ‘Roaring 20s’​ - After the First World War, how did life change for ordinary people? The experience of women and minority groups in the ‘Victorious’ nations of Britain and the USA will be compared with the experience of those in ‘Losing’ Weimar Germany. How did the experience of the ordinary women and minority groups in each country vary? Who were the 1920 ‘Roaring’ for?

Year 10

Medicine c1250-Present ​- Modern medicine; the British Sector of the Western Front, 1914-18, wounds, illness and treatments.

Year 11

Germany 1918-1939 - ​How did Hitler come to power in Germany in 1933? How did Hitler rule Germany in the period 1933-1939? What was life like for ordinary German people under Nazi rule?

RE Year 7

Half Term 4 Curriculum Plan Islam beliefs and practices: ​A study on the beliefs of Islam as well as what they do to demonstrate their faith.

Non-religious views on the world: ​How do non-religious individuals groups answer the questions that many rely on religion to answer? What is right and wrong? How was the world created?

Peace and Conflict: ​A further examination on the impact of religion on war and conflict.

Why do people and countries choose war? Is peace always the right answer?

Issues of Life and Death: ​Gaining an insight on the importance of life and death, how were we created? What happens when we die? Should issues like Euthanasia be legal?

Issues of Human Rights: ​An analysis of the impact of the human rights act and cases where it perhaps isn’t upheld. We also identify different individuals who have fought for people’s human rights and their impact of the world.

Year 8

Year 9 Year 10 Year 11

Spanish Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11

Half Term 4 Curriculum Plan El colegio - ​Students will describe their school and be able to give opinions on it.

Las vacaciones - ​Students will learn vocabulary to talk about holidays.

Las vacaciones -​ Students will learn vocabulary to describe past and future holidays.

Las vacaciones - ​Students will learn vocabulary to describe past and future holidays.

Hacia un mundo mejor​ - Students will learn about global issues and how we can improve the world we live in.

French Year 9 Year 10

Half Term 4 Curriculum Plan Au collège​ - Students will describe their school and be able to give opinions on it.

Jours ordinaires, jours de fêtes​ - Students will be able to describe festivals and traditions

Computing Year 7

Half Term 4 Curriculum Plan Data Representation - ​Students will be introduced to how computer systems represent data including numbers, characters and images.

Image Manipulation - ​Students will be introduced to basic skills using Photopea

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10

Year 11

Introduction to Networks - ​This set of lessons will teach students about networks. Students will learn why networks are needed and how they are used. They will also learn about the internet and the world wide web.

Memory and Storage​ - Students will develop an understanding of secondary storage.

Programming Techniques​ - Students will develop their proficiency in programming looking at iteration and arrays in final preparation for a text adventure game.

Systems Software - ​Students will develop an understanding of the purpose and functionality of operating systems and utility software.

Networks and Topologies - ​Students will develop an understanding of networks including types of networks, factors affecting network performance, the hardware required to connect computers in a local area network and the Internet as a worldwide collection of computer networks.

Ethical, Legal, Cultural and Environmental Issues - ​Students will learn about ethical, legal, cultural and environmental issues within Computer Science.

Revision/Recap - ​Students will start the process of revisiting all the content of the GCSE unit by unit addressing misconceptions and areas required for improvement.

Art & Design Year 7

Year 8

Year 9 Year 10

Year 11 Drama Year 7 Year 8 Year 9

Year 10

Year 11

Music Year 7 Year 8

Half Term 4 Curriculum Plan Drawing Skills - ​Students continue to develop skills and knowledge of the Visual Elements, Line, Shape, Tone, Form and Texture, Colour and Pattern to develop drawing. Students will be introduced to basic artist analysi.

Drawing and Composition​ -Students continue to develop skills and experiment with drawing methods and materials, application of tone, texture referencing the work of other artists. Students will then develop their own successful compositions influenced by the work of an artist.

Urban Landscape - ​Students will learn about perspective drawing, explore the theme of urban landscape for themselves referencing the work of other artists.

Component 1​: Portfolio - Zoo project - Students are given more freedom to work more independently. They will make more of their own decisions on how their own project will develop, artist choice, processes, materials and techniques.

Component 1​: Portfolio - People and Places Project Half Term 4 Curriculum Plan Scriptwriting​- exploring writing for the stage & screen. ​Theatre design​- study of design elements including costume, sound and lighting.

Scriptwriting​- exploring the development process- from page to stage.

Live Theatre Evaluation- ​completing the current study of the National Theatre’s production of ‘Frankenstein’.​ Scriptwork-​ study of a scripted extract, focusing on characterisation and performance skills.

Live Theatre Evaluation- ​completing the current study of the Kneehigh Theatre Company’s production of ‘The Tin Drum’.​ Scriptwork- ​ study of a scripted extract, focusing on characterisation and performance skills.

Devising Drama- ​continued development of devised performance work (including sections 1 & 2 of written log). Recap on set play text ‘Blood Brothers’, with examination questions set.

Half Term 4 Curriculum Plan Musicals - ​Widen and develop the knowledge of musicals and how they are composed.

Listening - ​Pupils will learn how to compare various genres of music.

Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Food Year 7 Year 8

Year 9

Music Theory/Composition ​- Develop knowledge of the musical elements and work on developing composition skills.

Performance/Composition/Analysis/Music Theory Revision/Composition Half Term 4 Curriculum Plan British Food - ​origin of British food. Regional foods cooking methods Food from Around the World -​Students will research the origin of different foods,various cooking methods used around the world and explore recipes from a variety of international meals.

Food Provenance Poultry​ ​Classification of Poultry.Nutrition Food safety/Storage/Food

Hygiene Food Science. Denaturation Food Processing (Primary and Secondary Processing)

Year 10 Year 11

Function and Chemical Properties of Food - ​looking at a variety of commodities Revision of subject content ​- develop skills answering exam style questions

Design Year 7 Year 8

Half Term 4 Curriculum Plan Design in the real world - packaging Design in the real world - corporate identity /branding

PE Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 GCSE Cambridge National Sports Science Year 11 GCSE

Half Term 4 Curriculum Plan Tag Rugby, Football, Basketball Tag Rugby, Football, Basketball Tag Rugby, Football, Basketball Tag Rugby, Basketball, Gaelic Football, Ultimate Frisbee 1.2a Components of Fitness, 1.2b Principles of Training RO41 - Preventing Sporting Injuries - LO2 and LO3

Games Options, Health Related Fitness Options, Wellbeing Options Topic 2.3 Health, Fitness and Wellbeing, Diet an Nutrition