English How can reading encourage us to look beyond our own lives?
Through the study of Frankenstein, students will study how stories can show us who we are and how they can force us to question or own ideas and prejudices. In doing so, students will refine their ability to read and respond to a text through both exploratory talk and the written word.
Students will develop their own descriptive writing style by studying the transformation of characters into their secondary selves. Taking inspiration from famous Alter Egos. Students will practice writing, editing and redrafting their work.
Mathematics
Place Value, ordering integers and decimals: Students will explore place value to compare both small and large numbers up to one billion. Students will be introduced to the concept of significant figures.
Factors, Multiples and Prime Numbers: Students will build upon their understanding of factors and multiples exploring the use of prime numbers to find a highest common factor and lowest common multiple.
Science Introduction to Science: Students will learn how to work safely in the laboratory. They will use a Bunsen burner and a range of other scientific equipment. They will learn how to plan an investigation, distinguishing between the different types of variable and how best to represent the results using tables and graphs.
Computer Science Collaborating Online Respectfully: Students will learn about the school network and how to use technology safely and respectfully. They will explore elements of online safety whilst learning how to use some G suite applications effectively.
Addition and subtraction: Students will use their skills of addition and subtraction from KS2, securing this and applying to problems drawn from the contexts of perimeter, money, bar charts, tables and frequency trees.
Multiplication and Division: Students will build upon their knowledge of multiplication and division to apply this to decimals and area.
Algebraic notation: Students will be introduced to the basics of algebraic notation, developing a deep understanding of the use of bar models and function machines to generalise the structure of arithmetic.
States of Matter: Students will investigate solids liquids and gases and how substances change state. Students will also study the atom and how elements are arranged in mixtures and compounds. Further topics will include how substances diffuse, dissolve and evaporate and how mixtures can be separated using chromatography and distillation.
What is a computer? Students will develop an understanding of the input, process output model of digital devices. They will learn about hardware peripherals and software.
Physical Education Rugby Students will develop the core skills of handling, passing, ground pick-up, running with the ball, balanced running beating opponents, when and when not to use one/two hands and contact skills.
Netball Students will develop the core skills of Footwork, Pivoting, Dodging, Ball handling, passing over short distance, Shooting and Marking.
Handball Students will develop the core skills of catching (two handed), dribbling with dominant hand, passing, shooting: in place and in movement and offensive and defensive movement: feinting.
Basketball Students will develop the core skills of Stance and footwork, pivoting, passing, shooting, dribbling and marking.
Football Students will develop the core skills of ball Control, passing: (dominant foot), shooting: (dominant foot), dribbling, tackling and marking.
Table Tennis Students will develop the core skills of serving, return of serve offensive strokes – forehand, defensive strokes – forehand.
Geography Our Local Area: Students will develop a curiosity and fascination of their local area by studying the world they live in. During ‘Our Local Area’ students will learn how to interpret a range of geographical sources, including Ordinance survey maps and Geographical Information Systems.
Our Local Area/Our Island Home: Students will continue to explore the local Leyland area using resources such as Digi-map, before looking further afield and studying the Human and Physical Geography of the British Isles.
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History How did different invaders shape England? Students will look at how Britain was invaded during the Roman and Anglo-Saxon period and by Viking raiders. Students will consider how these invasions have shaped England, from place names to the language we speak.
Religious Studies
Inspirational people: Students will gain knowledge of the 6 main world religions and the various religious people who can be classed as inspirationalAnne Frank, Sophie Scholl, Magnus Macfarlane-Barrow, Gandhi, Malala and Oscar Romero.
What does Peter Frankopan reveal about the Medieval World? Students will journey along the Silk Roads and see how the Middle East was once the trading hub of the world. Students will study the development of Islam, the Crusades and the creation of Constantinople.
Caused or by chance? Christianity: Students will be asked to think about creation and stewardship. Students will consider ideas about God and the use of symbolic language. Students will learn about Genesis and Interpretations of Genesis, Stewardship and Greta Thunberg, Stewardship and Chico Mendes
Spanish Mi insti y yo: Students will begin their language journey learning about school. As part of this unit, they will be introduced to key classroom language and grammar to be able to start using the language as much as possible within lessons. Students will also be introduced to Spanish Phonics. They will discuss their favourite subjects, what’s in their school as well as have opportunities to revisit KS2 vocabulary describing the time, greetings, physical appearance and personalities. As part of their grammar journey, students will be introduced to present tense, opinions, connectives and adjectival agreement. They will also deepen their cultural knowledge of Spanish speaking countries as they will explore traditions such as Día de Los Muertos and cultural practices in the Spanish speaking world at Christmas time.
Design Technology Design and Make Project: Pencil Case: Students will explore the functional properties of fabrics, use of templates, sustainability and use associated handheld and fixed tools and equipment whilst demonstrating an understanding and awareness of health and safety practices in the workshop/textiles studio. Students will explore the design process when designing, making and evaluating products to achieve a solution in a given style.
Art The Formal Elements: Students are taught the Formal Elements, this allows students to learn the basics within Art and Design as they will investigate Form and proportional drawing, Tone, Shape, Colour and Repeat Pattern. Students investigate the foundations of Art and Design by experimenting with different materials, process and techniques. This will include Pencil, Pencil Crayon, Watercolour and fine liner to produce their artwork. Students will also be given the opportunity to learn about and investigate the work of different Artists, Designers and Crafts people within different periods and styles.
Naïve Animals Mixed Media: Henri Rousseau inspired project creating images depicting tropical environments and jungle animals. Investigating the work of the artist and using a naïve artistic technique.
- Firstly, creating a collaborative piece of work as a group.
- They will create a 2d individual final piece depicting their chosen animal in a jungle setting with naïve quality in a variety of medium.
- Students will reflect on the investigated genre and critically analyse both their own and others work.
Drama Darkwood Manor: Students will explore Darkwood Manor, the haunted mansion through practical activities. They will develop and understand basic skills such as still image, roleplay, tension in performance, use of voice and storytelling. Students will participate in a variety of practical activities and be able to write their own stories to share with the class.
Music Exploring the Orchestra: Students will explore the workings of an orchestra, learning about the different families of instruments and their role within the ensemble. Students will begin developing their appraising skills, identifying the instruments of the orchestra from their timbre.
Exploring Music from Other Cultures: Students will explore traditional Chinese music, focusing on its use of the pentatonic scale. Students will learn to compose and perform music revolving around the pentatonic scale, developing their keyboard skills.
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Subject Spring Term
English How can reading encourage us to look beyond our own lives?
Students will investigate Fraillon’s modern novel, ‘The Bone Sparrow’ where they will critically examine the character’s determination to overcome adversity.
Students will continue studying the modern novel, ‘The Bone Sparrow’. In doing so, students will refine their ability to read and respond to a text through both exploratory talk and the written word.
How can we use the power of language to change our world for the better? In a critical exploration of literature, students will consider how successful writers use the Art of Rhetoric to bring about change.
Mathematics Equality and Equivalence: Students will continue to develop the understanding of algebraic concepts, introducing forming and solving one step equations.
Directed Number: Students will extend and deepen their understanding of directed number using multiple representations to calculate with a mixture of positive and negative numbers.
Science Energy: Students will study energy stores and transfers, energy efficiency including calculations. Heat energy transfer through conduction, convection, radiation. Energy in the home. Students weigh up the benefits of renewable and non-renewable energy resources.
Computer Science Modelling: Students will use spreadsheets to collect data, complete calculations and analyse findings.
Brackets: Students will continue their understanding of equality, equivalence and factors to expand and factorise single brackets.
Cartesian Plane: Students will look formally at algebraic rules for straight lines, starting with lines parallel to the axes and moving on to using equations to produce lines.
Cells: Students will study the structure and function of cells. They will look at how organisms are arranged including the skeleton, joints and muscles. Students will also study how substances move by diffusion
Control and Programming: Students will use Flowol to gain an understanding of the key programming concepts including sequence, selection and iteration.
Physical Education Basketball Students will develop the core skills of Stance and footwork, pivoting, passing, shooting, dribbling and marking.
Table Tennis Students will develop the core skills of serving, return of serve offensive strokes – forehand, defensive strokes – forehand.
Football Students will develop the core skills of ball Control, passing: (dominant foot), shooting: (dominant foot), dribbling, tackling and marking.
Fitness Students will develop the core and advanced skills of different types of training including circuit training, HITT training and continuous training. Badminton Students will develop the core skills of grip, serving (short/long), forehand shots (overhead/drop shot/lift/smash/drive) and understanding court markings / rules.
Dance Students will develop the core skills of intro and timing, development of formations through movement, rhythm, use of unison, step patterns and coordination of body positions.
Geography Our Island Home: Students will continue to develop the understanding of their home by exploring the physical characteristics of coastal areas as well as the growth and cultural development of London.
History Did the Normans transform England? Students will look at the Norman invasion in 1066 and compare the changes introduced by William the Conqueror with the England they have already studied pre-1066.
Our European Neighbours: Students will branch out their geographical knowledge by exploring the human and physical characteristics of our European Neighbours. Students will focus on tourism and Russia.
What led to the challenges faced by the English monarchy in the Medieval period? Students will look at Matilda and Stephen’s claim to the throne, and how King John and Henry II all abused their position and were challenged by the
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Religious Studies How do Jewish Holy days remind adherents of faith? Students will learn about the various key dates and festivals for the Jewish religion and the reasons behind why they are celebrated. This will include: Covenants and beliefs about God, Shabbat, Moses and Exodus, Pesach, Rosh Hashanah, Hanukah
people around them.
What does belonging mean? Students will learn about key Islamic beliefs and how these unite Muslims around the world. They will study: Beliefs about God, Ummah, Identity: denominations, Identity: 5 Pillars, Islamic Relief and Islam in the local community.
Spanish En mi tiempo libre: Students will discuss free time activities and sports and deepen their understanding of key vocabulary and grammatical concepts. They will also be exposed to the near future tense to enable them to narrate in different time frames. Students will explore how to describe the weather and gain a better understanding of sports and cultural activities from the Spanish speaking world. They will also develop their understanding of the present tense and develop their speaking and writing skills.
Design Technology Food Safety & Hygiene: Students will explore health and safety in the kitchen including safe use of equipment. Students will explore bacteria and associated links to food poisoning including types, symptoms, causes, on-set times and risk reduction methods.
Art Funky Sculpture: Niki De St Phalle influenced sculptural project. Students will construct their own 3D piece of inspired artwork. They will investigate the theme of abstract sculpture by designing and creating their own piece of artwork. Students will evaluate the success of their final piece, with specific reference to the project brief and artist influence.
Drama Darkwood Manor: Students will develop and understand basic skills such as still image, roleplay, tension in performance, use of voice and storytelling. Students will participate in a variety of practical activities and be able to write their own stories to share with the class.
History of Theatre: Students will gain background knowledge of the history and traditions of the theatre and an introductory understanding of how technical elements can also contribute to the meaning created on the stage. Students will explore a variety of genres from Greek to melodrama through practical exploration and theory.
Music Exploring World Rhythms: Students will explore the use of rhythm and texture in music. Looking at genres from around the world, such as Reggae and Samba, students will learn how to read, write and play a variety of rhythms on percussion instruments. Students will use these rhythms to compose and perform their own ‘call and response’ piece.
Exploring Pop Music: Students will explore the characteristics of today's pop music and answer the questions; what makes pop music catchy? why are artists successful? As well as appraising, performing and composing contemporary pop music, students will learn about the music industry and how pop is created, marketed and sold to its audience.
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Subject Summer Term
English Through the continued study of ‘The Art of Rhetoric’, Students will learn to express a personal viewpoint through their own writing; challenge societal issues and use the power of language to inspire and challenge others’ thinking.
Mathematics Fractions, Decimals and Percentages: Students will be able to convert fluently between fractions, decimals and percentages.
Addition and Subtraction of Fractions: Students will learn to add and subtract any fraction with the same or different denominators.
How can reading encourage us to look beyond our own lives? Through the study of ‘Inspirational Poets’, students will develop their inference skills as well as making connections between contexts and literature.
Science Acids and Alkali: Students will study acids and alkalis and the pH scale. They will plan an experiment to show how we can neutralise acids and alkalis. Reproduction: The reproductive systems in humans (and plants), the process of fertilisation and role of the placenta during pregnancy and the development of the foetus.
Computer Science Data Representation: Students will study how representation has changed over time and why we need to represent information. This will lead to exploring how computers represent data by studying binary.
Ratio and Multiplicative Change: Students will use various representations to show ratios. Students will learn how to use these representations to share an amount into a given ratio, write a fraction or percentage from a ratio and solve problems involving direct proportion.
Angles: Students will recognise types of angles and learn how to draw and measure angles accurately. They will learn basic angle rules for straight lines, points and triangles.
Ecology: Students will study Classification of plants and animals. Photosynthesis and how plant use glucose and minerals. Ecosystems, food chains and webs and how organisms are adapted to their environment.
Programming: Students will use block-based programming programs including scratch to develop programming confidence and create event driven programs. They will develop skills in concepts such as variables, inputs and sub-routines.
Physical Education Badminton Students will develop the core skills of grip, serving (short/long), forehand shots (overhead/drop shot/lift/smash/drive) and understanding court markings / rules.
Fitness Students will develop the core and advanced skills of different types of training including circuit training, HITT training and continuous training. Dance Students will develop the core skills of intro and timing, development of formations through movement, rhythm, use of unison, step patterns and coordination of body positions.
Athletics Students will develop the core skills of Track - posture, arm action and leg action. Jumping - take off and approach and throwing - grip and initial stance.
Rounders Students will develop the core skills of throwing and catching, fielding (Long barrier), basic bowling technique, batting: grip, stance and batting contact.
Volleyball Students will develop the core skills of serving – underarm, dig, set, spike, volleying, receiving service teamwork and communication.
Cricket Students will develop the core skills of throwing and catching, fielding (Long barrier), Basic bowling technique, Batting: Grip, forward defensive, straight drive and running between the wickets.
Geography Global Issues: Students will finish the year by consolidating their knowledge of the United Kingdom and its European neighbours. In this unit students will study big geographical talking points such as: Climate change, Plastic Pollution, Global Biomes and more.
History What can we learn from sources about Medieval English life? Students will look at the Court Rolls to identify the impact of the Black Death on
What do the Black Tudors reveal to us about 16th century England? Students will look at the lives of ordinary people in Tudor England. They will use the work of
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the village of Walsham.
Religious Studies What are World views? Students will study different cultures, perspectives and philosophies from around the world at present and in the past. These include key questions: Are we all equal? Do our actions affect our future? How do we decide what is right and wrong? Students will study Humanism, Atheism and the rise of other belief systems such as Veganism.
historian Miranda Kaufman to look at the lives of Black Tudors.
What are World views? Students will study different cultures, perspectives and philosophies from around the world at present and in the past. These include key questions: Are we all equal? Do our actions affect our future? How do we decide what is right and wrong? Students will study Humanism, Atheism and the rise of other belief systems such as Veganism.
Spanish Donde vivo: Students will learn to describe the area where they live, using a wider range of adjectives. They will also develop their understanding of different types of housing in Spanish speaking countries and consider how lifestyle and the weather affect these. Students will consolidate knowledge of the present and future tenses, revisit key concepts from year 7 and use opinions and justifications to enhance their writing. Then, students will be introduced to various cultural aspects of Spain and Latin America, appreciating different traditions in various Spanish speaking countries.
Design Technology Design and Make Project – Keyring Project: Students will follow the iterative design process to design and make the packaging for a newly designed product. Students will explore material properties with a focus on polymers and will investigate the functional properties of plastics, the process of vacuum forming, creation of a production plan along with developing evaluative skills.
Art Expressive Composition Painting: Kandinsky Inspired visual interpretation of music. Students will produce images in response to pieces of music as part of an expressive mark-making focus. Investigate the work of Wassily Kandinsky through the process of expressive mark making stimulated by emotional responses to word association and pieces of music. Students represent their emotional responses with colour, shape and lines, describing their feelings in a mixed media piece of work. Students create their own abstract compositions using emotional reactions to the music they listen to everyday.
Drama History of Theatre: Students will continue to explore the history and traditions of the theatre and how technical elements can contribute to the meaning created on the stage. Students will explore a variety of genres from Greek to melodrama through practical exploration and theory.
Music Exploring how Music is Sequenced: Students will learn to sequence music using a digital audio workspace. Students will explore the use of recording, multitracking and audio editing in order to create a wellbalanced and professional-sounding piece of music. Students will identify how to appropriately react to a brief and how to sequence music for different mediums.
Exploring Music in Film: Students will explore the use of music in film to convey emotion and drive the story. Looking at the blockbuster film composer John Williams, students will learn how the different elements of music can enhance a film sequence and how the music will change depending on genre and mood.
