Wellfield Autumn Half Term 2 2020 Curriculum Plan

Autumn Half Term 2 2020 Curriculum Plan English Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Language Year 10 Year 11

Literature Year 10 Year 11

Maths Year 7 Year 8

Year 9 Year 10

Year 11

Science Year 7 Year 8

Biology Year 9

Half Term 2 Curriculum Plan Poetry to Inspire Students study different forms of cultural poetry whilst developing their skills in analysing language and structure.

Non-fiction text types: extremes Students will explore and develop their transactional writing skills through the study of weather, sports and travel in articles; travel writing guides; and reports.

Dystopia: Narrative writing Students will be writing dystopian fiction with analysis of key extracts from dystopian literature.

Creative/ narrative writing Students will develop their narrative writing in preparation for the English Language exam by experimenting with a variety of narrative structures and devices.

Transactional writing Students will be developing their transactional writing to produce different forms of writing that are effective for varying audiences and purposes alongside revising their spelling, punctuation and grammar for accuracy and effect.

A Christmas Carol The unit will look at analysing key themes and characters in preparation for the exam.

A Christmas carol revision The unit will look at revising the key themes and characters of the novella in preparation for the exam.

Half Term 2 Curriculum Plan This half term will focus on exploring: Equality and Equivalence, Place Value and Fractions, Decimals and Percentages. Students will be using visual representations and physical resources to gain a deeper understanding of the topics.

This half term will focus on exploring: Multiplying and Dividing Fractions, working in the Cartesian Plane, Representing Data and Tables and Probability. Students will be using visual representations and physical resources to gain a deeper understanding of the topics.

This half term will focus on working with Averages and Range, Representing Data and Fractions, Decimals and Percentages. Students will be extending their knowledge from KS3 and applying them to more complex problems.

Foundation: This half term will focus on exploring: Ratio, Proportion, Real Life Graphs and Linear Graphs. Students will be using visual representations and physical resources to gain a deeper understanding of the topics.

Higher: This half term will focus on exploring: Real Life Graphs, Linear Graphs, Probability and Accuracy and Bounds. Students will be using visual representations and physical resources to gain a deeper understanding of the topics.

Foundation: This half term will focus on revising Representing Data, Fractions, Decimals, Percentages and Equations and Inequalities in preparation for the exam.

Higher: This half term will focus on revising Vectors and Trigonometry in preparation for the exam.

Half Term 2 Curriculum Plan Introduction to Science Investigation unit – Investigating how different variables affect an investigation. Study of graphs and how to present them. Investigating key scientific concepts.

Chemistry – Matter – history of the periodic table and how it is arranged. Atoms Elements and Compounds Physics – This unit will study sound waves and how to calculate the speed of sound. How to draw a ray diagram. What happens to light rays during reflection and refraction and how light is dispersed.

Cells continued – This unit will look at different cells how substances move around and how cells reproduce.

Organisation part 1 - The study of the human body including enzymes, digestion, blood and

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blood vessels.

Bioenergetics – This unit will study plant structure and photosynthesis, the uses of glucose and aerobic and anaerobic respiration.

Inheritance part2 – covering Evolution of organisms and how we classify organisms.

Ecology – How organisms are adapted to their environment and the interactions between them. How carbon and water is recycled in the environment, deforestation and global warming.

Chemistry Year 9

Year 10 Year 11 Physics Year 9 Year 10 Year 11

Geography Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11

History Year 7 Year 8

Year 9 Year 10

Atomic structure continued – This unit continues to look at the periodic table and how it is arranged, the alkali earth metals, halogens and noble gases.

Structures and Bonding- This unit will cover the structure and bonding of ionic, molecular, giant covalent and metallic substances.

Quantitative chemistry- This unit covers counting atoms, relative atomic and formula mass, conservation of mass, moles and reacting masses.

Chemical changes – This unit covers reactions and extraction of metals.

Organic chemistry continued- This unit continues to look at cracking of hydrocarbons.

Chemistry of the atmosphere – This unit covers the composition and evolution of the earth's atmosphere, greenhouse gases and atmospheric pollutants.

Electricity - This unit will look at electrical circuits. What is resistance and Ohm’s Law. Electricity 2 – This unit will cover I-V graphs for a filament lamp, diode, thermistor and LDR. What is mains electricity and how the National Grid distributes electrical energy.

Waves – This unit will cover transverse and longitudinal waves and the wave equation. How to investigate plane waves in a ripple tank and waves in a solid. The properties, uses and dangers of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Half Term 2 Curriculum Plan Our Local Area/Our Island Home – This half term students will continue to explore the local Leyland area using resources such as Digimap before looking further afield and studying the Human and Physical Geography of the British Isles.

Our Global Economy - Students will explore the journey of a single dollar through the global economy, a series of lessons based on the “Almighty Dollar” book by Dharshini David Tectonic Hazards/North America - Students will continue to explore global hazards, with a focus on how we manage them to mitigate risk before exploring the continent of North America.

The Changing Economic world/Weather Hazards - Students will look at the economic make-up of the UK with a focus on the North South divide and Sheffield's movement from a manufacturing town before moving on to explore weather hazards.

Urban issues and Challenges – Students will focus their studies on two major global cities, Rio and Liverpool. In this topic students will look at the ever growing challenges for cities around the globe.

Half Term 2 Curriculum Plan Rulers and the Ruled in medieval England-Students look at the starting point of the English monarchy in 1066 and how this power develops under William the Conqueror.

How did Britain change for ordinary people between 1750-1900- Students look at the growth of democracy. They will study how ordinary people obtained the vote as well as looking at living and working conditions of industrial Britain.

How did the Great war impact on ordinary people-Students will look at the emotional and mental effects of fighting in world war 1 and the aftermath for those soldiers returning home from war.

Medicine Through Time-Students will explore how medicine progresses through the renaissance and industrial periods. They will look at treatments and causes of disease and study developments such as the germ theory.

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Elizabethan England-Students will look at the plots at home and abroad which Elizabeth faced. Students will explore how Elizabeth dealt with these plots and how she manages to retain her crown under such challenges.

RE Year 7

Half Term 2 Curriculum Plan What makes a community? An exploration into communities with a focus on the Sikh religion.

How do we make moral decisions? Students will start to consider the importance of morality and how people make moral decisions in today’s world. Faith focus - Judaism The nature of good and evil - Students begin to explore philosophical responses to why there is suffering in the world (from a Christian and Muslim perspective).

Christianity unit: Belief - Exploring divergent Christian beliefs and values that are at the heart of the Christian faith.

Islam unit: Crime and Punishment - Exploring divergent Muslim beliefs on issues of law, justice and theories of punishment.

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Spanish Year 7

Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11

Computing Year 7 Year 8

Year 9 Year 10 Year 11

Half Term 2 Curriculum Plan Personal Information and family: Describing personality traits, giving more extended information on self and family members. We will also have an opportunity to explore cultural traditions in the Spanish speaking world at Christmas time.

Where I live and daily routine: Expanding descriptions of where we live to include the local area. Describing daily routines and activities that one can do in the house and in the local area.

Free time: Learning to describe what we like to do in our free time. Learning to describe our tastes in cinema, TV, music and sporting activities. Developing our ability to invite people to events and ask questions in the target language.

Mi vida en el insti: School: Students will talk about school in detail, talking about subjects and teachers using a range of opinions, as well as school uniform, school rules and extracurricular activities.

De Costumbre: Identity and culture: Students will explore the customs and traditions of Spanish speaking nations across the globe, learning about the typical music and food of celebrartory events.

Half Term 2 Curriculum Plan 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. They will develop their skills on their Chrome-books in particular the g suite.

Web development- Develop a website using google sites and develop programming skills using HTML to code a website. The two different methods will be compared and contrasted.

Students will also learn how they would host websites online. Network concepts from half term one will continue to be interleaved through this unit.

Programming- students will develop their understanding of key computing concepts sequence, selection and iteration to plan algorithms and develop programs using the python programming language. They will also develop an understanding of binary and logic.

Algorithms- Students will study the principles of computational thinking: Abstraction, Decomposition, Algorithmic thinking. They will design, create and refine algorithms. They will study common computing searching and sorting algorithms.

Data Representation- Students will study how digital devices are able to use binary for numbers, images and sound. They will study the binary and hexadecimal number systems and will need to be able to convert numbers to and from these, and add and multiply binary

numbers. They will also study file compression and units of data.

Art & Design Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11

Drama Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Music Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Food Year 7 Year 8 Year 9

Half Term 2 Curriculum Plan Anthropomorphism – the students will be looking at surrealism and how to construct the human body. They will then study textures of animals, creating large detailed pictures. Finally combining the animal and human for the final piece.

Year eight are looking at the steampunk era and how to construct ‘steampunk bugs’. They will study line techniques and how to apply them onto their work throughout.

Still looking at portraits – year nine have looked initially at the layout of a face and the studied close ups of facial features. They will now start looking at the gridding process and compare the two to choose their favourite. Ending with a final portrait of celebrity or family member.

Year ten will be looking at pattern and combining multiple media to recreate Hundertwasser's style. They will be printing food and then adding the wacky colourful lines in his style.

Students will be exploring the responses to artists studied. They will look at their own photography and their own ideas – making them more instrumental towards their final piece.

Half Term 2 Curriculum Plan Pantomime – Students will explore the conventions and history of pantomime, stock characters and develop skills through practical exploration. Students will develop an understanding of the key elements of Pantomime working towards creating their own mini Pantomime , this will broaden their knowledge and skills including performing to an audience and script writing.

Melodrama- Students will explore the key elements of melodrama. In this topic they will learn about the history of melodrama, stock characters, key features of a melodrama including slapstick comedy and silent movies. Students will get the opportunity to explore different acting styles including mime.

Exploration of a script (ASBO)- Students will develop their understanding of script work.

They will explore the script practically and from a design point of view looking at staging, costume and set. Students will explore the text as a director and performer to gain a full understanding of the plot, context and themes.

Half Term 2 Curriculum Plan To begin to utilise the Chrome-books by accessing a DAW(Digital Audio Workstation) called BandLab. Students will create their own piece of music using loops from the software and by creating their own drum loop within the software. Continue listening tasks to evolve students skills.

Using the keyboard to continue expansion of chord knowledge (triads and 9 th chords) and technique by learning chords and melodies for some popular tunes/songs. Rhythm work focusing on simple written rhythm patterns, using a variety of percussion instruments.

Continue listening tasks to evolve students skills.

Learning various strumming techniques for the ukulele and using these to practice and perform some popular tunes/songs. Rhythm and timing work to a metronome, improving djembe technique.

Half Term 2 Curriculum Plan Students will be exploring food provenance – including changes made to the grain and chicken processing. Students will also learn about the importance of food miles, protein alternatives and the importance of micronutrients.

Students will be exploring the processing of milk, healthy eating, the importance of vitamins and minerals and planning foods for specific groups of people.

Students will be exploring – different commodities, including fish. The students will be to highlight the importance of food safety and hygiene, to ensure safe working practises are maintained.

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

Students will be assessing what foods are needed for nutrimental and health needs, cooking of food and heat transfer, function and chemical properties of food.

Students will be continuing with analysing nutrimental needs and special diets. They will be working on the NEA 2, trial dishes and practical 3-hour exam.

Half Term 2 Curriculum Plan Badminton/Handball/Volleyball Badminton/ Handball/Volleyball Badminton/ Handball /Volleyball Badminton/ Handball /Volleyball Cambridge National Sports Science- Sports nutrition - exploring what constitutes towards a balanced and healthy diet. Outlining the different nutrients, time of consumption, effects of poor diet on performance and creation of a diet plan.

Badminton/Handball/Volleyball Practical- Filmed evidence for moderation GCSE PE – Health, Fitness and Well-being- exploring what constitutes towards a balanced and healthy lifestyle. Outlining the Benefits of a healthy active lifestyle, Consequences of sedentary lifestyle and the value of nutrients in an athlete's diet.

Photography Year 10 Year 11

Half Term 2 Curriculum Plan The fundamentals of the camera. How do we use shutter seed / ISO and Aperture to take a great photo?

Students will practise with all three settings and then place photoshoots into their portfolio.

Dark room basic skills and multiplicity/levitation with DSLR cameras.