WELLINGTON COLLEGE
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL BANGKOK
KINDNESS COURAGE INTEGRITY
RESPONSIBILITY RESPECT
At Wellington, values shape everything that we do, every day. They are part of every lesson, every conversation, every game. They provide continuity from year to year, and we are proud to walk in the footsteps of Wellingtonians before us.
The pioneering Wellington education, steeped in these values, prepares students to serve, and help shape the world of tomorrow.
Michaelmas Term
Topic
Self-portraiture
Work Covered
An overview of portraiture throughout history.
Photography: lighting, composition and post-production software (Photopea).
Face proportions, drawing features and creating a sense of 3D form when drawing and painting a self-portrait.
Research to explore the work of portrait artists and produce personal responses.
Written analysis of artists’ work.
Transcription of chosen artist’s work: colour matching and blending techniques.
Self-portrait painting.
Key Skills
Understanding of the formal elements ofArt.
Experimenting with media.
Drawing and painting.
Increasing proficiency in the handling of different tools.
Describing in depth, critically artists’ work, using specialist vocabulary. Producing personal and creative work in response to references.
Assessment
Understanding of the formal elements ofArt.
Experimenting with media.
Drawing and painting.
Increasing proficiency in the handling of different tools.
Describing in depth, critically artists’ work, using specialist vocabulary. Producing personal and creative work in response to references.
Lent Term
Topic
Ceramics
Work Covered
Drawing skills and generating ideas through sketching.
Various hand building techniques.
Creative uses of glazes.
Research and analysis on the work of ceramic artists as a way of finding inspiration, developing ideas and producing creative and personal responses.
Key Skills
Understanding of the formal elements ofArt. Hand building techniques.
Increasing proficiency in the handling of different clay tools. Using glazes.
Developing ideas through personal research, investigation, experimentation, evaluation and refinement of work.
Translating 2D into 3D and vice versa.
Attention to detail, patience and perseverance.
Assessment
Students’ work is assessed in an ongoing basis, using the success criteria specified for each task. Students are assessed based on acquiring the skills required to access IGCSE. Overall grades are holistic, taking into consideration all the work produced throughout the year.
SummerTerm
Topic
Preparation for IGCSE
Work Covered
A series of workshop-based mini projects to experiment with new media and explore mixed media practices.
Learning about Art History, movements and the work of artists.
Key Skills
A series of workshop-based mini projects to experiment with new media and explore mixed media practices.
Learning about Art History, movements and the work of artists.
Assessment
Students’ work is assessed in an ongoing basis, using the success criteria specified for each task. Students are assessed based on acquiring the skills required to access IGCSE. Overall grades are holistic, taking into consideration all the work produced throughout the year.
Michaelmas Term
Topic
9A – Genetics and evolution
9B – Plant growth
Work Covered
Genetics and evolution - environmental and inherited variation, DNA, genetic counselling, genes and extinction, Darwin and natural selection.
Plant Growth – reactions in plants, plant adaptations, plant products and growing crops. Protecting wild plants (STEM), farming problems and solutions and organic farming
Key Skills
Students will perform key investigations related to the topics taught, focusing on their use of investigative technique, method writing, data collection, concluding and evaluating the evidence.
Accuracy and precision in science – what do they mean and why are they important?
Graph drawing – the use of lines of best fit, correlation vs causation.
Calculation of probability – how do we use statistics and probability?
Understanding bias and validity, medians and quartiles.
Assessment
Students will perform key investigations related to the topics taught, focusing on their use of investigative technique, method writing, data collection, concluding and evaluating the evidence.
Accuracy and precision in science – what do they mean and why are they important?
Graph drawing – the use of lines of best fit, correlation vs causation.
Calculation of probability – how do we use statistics and probability?
Understanding bias and validity, medians and quartiles.
Lent Term
Topic
9C – Transition to GCSE
Work Covered
Disease, veterinary science, treating disease and ecology and combatting pandemics.
Key Skills
Investigative skills, following the scientific method to produce valid data and draw valid conclusions. Students will complete a full investigation and scientific report. Critical thinking, debate and discussion.
Assessment
End ofTopic assessments by way of a formal test for topics 9B and 9C. Scientific report with full feedback. Continuous assessment for learning during class time.
Summer Term
Topic
STEM project
Revision and review of KS3
Work Covered
Completion of a STEM project, either individually in groups. Looking back at all of the Year 7-9 biology that we have covered, students will review their understanding and take the opportunity to select areas for consolidation and practice as we near the end of the Year 9 course.
Key Skills
Communication skills, collaboration, independence, enquiry-based learning. The Scientific Method – designing experiments, risk assessing protocols, minimizing error, drawing conclusions and evaluating validity and reliability. Lab work – the safe use of laboratory equipment as an individual as well as part of a group.
Graph Drawing – understanding the different types of data representation, drawing graphs and interpreting data.
Assessment
End of year exam covering all content from Year 9.
Michaelmas Term
Topic
9E Making Materials, 9F Reactivity
Work Covered
Materials of the future, ceramics, polymers, recycling and their issues. Reactivity, explosions, displacement reactions, extracting of metals
Key Skills
Global citizenship in recycling
Assessment
End of Unit Tests 9E, 9F
Lent Term
Topic
Transitions to further study of chemistry
Work Covered
Periodic Table, atoms, ions and compounds
Key Skills
Predicting compounds and reactions
Assessment
End of topic test- Periodic Table and compounds
SummerTerm
Topic
Chemistry STEM Projects
Work Covered
Carbon Capture, Electrolysis or Nanoparticles
Key Skills
Research and investigation, writing reports and investigations
Assessment
End of SummerAssessment
Michaelmas Term
Topic
Networks
MakeCode Arcade – Game Design & Logic
Work Covered
Networks: LANs, WANs, topologies, IP addressing, protocols, and cloud services.
MakeCode Arcade: Introduction to game design, sprites, events, loops, and applying logic in interactive games.
Key Skills
Network fundamentals
Understanding internet and communication systems
Game design principles
Programming logic and creativity
Assessment
End-of-unit test on Networks
Practical MakeCode Arcade game project
Lent Term
Topic
UGOTAI – Space Exploration Robotics Project
Work Covered
Building and programming UGOTAI robots for simulated space exploration tasks.
Exploring AI-driven robotics, sensors, and automation in problem-solving contexts.
Key Skills
Robotics engineering and coding
AI in robotics applications
Problem solving and teamwork
Creative project development
Assessment
Practical robotics project challenges
Ongoing assessment of programming and teamwork skills
SummerTerm
Topic
Databases with Microsoft Access
Work Covered
Introduction to databases, tables, records, and queries.
Creating forms, reports, and applying relational database concepts.
Understanding the role of databases in business and everyday life.
Key Skills
Database design and management
Use of queries, forms, and reports
Understanding relational data structures
Problem solving with data
Assessment
Practical database project in Microsoft Access
End-of-unit database test
Michaelmas Term
Topic
Project – Designer Lamp (electrical)
Work Covered
Introduction to Design and Technology
Materials and Properties
Tools and Equipment
Basic Sketching and Drawing
Product Analysis
Research and Design
Environmental and Social Factors
Prototyping and Making
Evaluation and Iteration
Health and Safety
Key Skills
Introduced to the principles of design and technology, understanding its importance and relevance in everyday life. This topic focuses on different materials used in design and technology, their properties, and their applications.
Students develop fundamental sketching and drawing skills.
Students learn to analyse existing products, understanding their design features, functions, and how they're used by people. Explore the design process, including research, idea generation, concept development, and iteration. They may work on simple design projects, coming up with their own solutions to specific problems. Students work on hands-on projects, creating prototypes of their design ideas using various materials and techniques. explore the environmental and social impacts of design and technology, including topics like sustainability, ethical considerations, and user-centred design.
evaluate their designs and prototypes, identifying areas for improvement and iterating on their ideas.
Assessment
Booklet Folio 50%
Project 50%
Lent Term
Topic
Graphic Communication amd Mechanical Drawings (CAD)
Work Covered
Isometric and Oblique drawings
Fusion 360
Graphics communication
Key Skills
Use Fusion 360 to generate a view and marking out plan
Apply ISO standards to CAD drawings
Draw in isometric, oblique and present design ideas graphically
Assessment
CAD Folio 100%
SummerTerm
Topic
Designer wooden toy (Wood)
Work Covered
Manufacturing wooden toy
Key processes using tools and equipment discussed, building on prior knowledge.
Students demonstrate different tools and equipment explaining key health and safety and quality control techniques.
Diary/planning activity used to ensure independent progress and learning. Assesses and re-visits processes, tools and techniques.
Experimentation of different surface treatments and finishes
Key Skills
Manufacturing wooden toy
Key processes using tools and equipment discussed, building on prior knowledge.
Students demonstrate different tools and equipment explaining key health and safety and quality control techniques.
Diary/planning activity used to ensure independent progress and learning. Assesses and re-visits processes, tools and techniques.
Experimentation of different surface treatments and finishes
Assessment
Folio – 50%
Project – 50%
Michaelmas Term
Topic
Immersive Murder Mysteries
Work Covered
Students will explore immersive theatre techniques through the creation of original murder mystery performances. They will develop character backstories, interrogative scenes, and interactive moments that engage the audience as participants in the mystery.
Key Skills
Scriptwriting: plot twists, red herrings, pacing, tension.
Characterisation: motive, status, emotional depth, deception.
Immersive theatre: audience interaction, spatial awareness, environmental storytelling.
Performance: vocal clarity, physical presence, ensemble coordination.
Assessment
Students will perform immersive murder mystery scenes in a class showcase. Assessment will focus on narrative clarity, audience engagement, vocal and physical expression, and use of immersive techniques.
Lent Term
Topic
National Theatre Project – OliverTwist
Work Covered
Students will evaluate a professional performance of OliverTwist, exploring its theatrical impact. They will analyse staging, design, and performance choices, and respond through creative tasks and written evaluations. They will also work on performance extracts.
Key Skills
Live theatre analysis: mood, atmosphere, audience impact.
Design interpretation: set, costume, lighting, sound.
Critical response: evaluation, reflection, drama terminology.
Creative response: scene recreation, directorial vision, design sketches.
Assessment
Students will complete a written evaluation of OliverTwist, demonstrating understanding of theatrical techniques and audience engagement. Assessment will focus on AO3: knowledge and understanding of how drama and theatre is developed and performed. They will also perform sequences inspired through research.
Summer Term
Topic
Shakespeare Devising – Macbeth
Work Covered
Students will explore Shakespeare’s Macbeth through devising techniques. They will reinterpret scenes using ensemble work, physical theatre, and thematic exploration.
Key Skills
Shakespeare: language, character, ambition, fate, structure. Devising: improvisation, ensemble storytelling, monologue/duologue creation.
Performance: vocal and physical control, staging, dramatic tension. Interpretation: themes of power, guilt, prophecy, and downfall.
Assessment
Students will perform original devised pieces inspired by Macbeth. Assessment will focus on narrative development, expressive performance, and integration of Shakespearean themes.
Michaelmas Term
Topic
Engaging Openings
Non-Fiction: Writing to Persuade/Argue
Work Covered
Engaging Openings
This unit is an exploration of the conventions of narrative writing such as the creation of atmosphere and setting; foreshadowing; pathetic fallacy. Students will examine extracts from many famous novels and will use these as inspiration for their own writing.
Speeches
Building on their rhetoric study in previous years, students will learn the following: conventions of speeches; structure of speeches; literary and persuasive devices; exploration of topics; delivery of speeches.
Key Skills
riting to describe
Writing to narrate
Technical accuracy
Comprehension
Inference
Analysis
Evaluation
Essay writing skills
Writing to argue
Writing to persuade
Technical accuracy
Speaking and Listening for Harkness discussion/ delivery of speeches
Assessment
One opening of a narrative and reading analysis
Writing: an argumentative/ persuasive speech; S&L: speech presentation.
Lent Term
Topic
Drama Study: Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Conflict Poetry
Work Covered
Macbeth
Students will build on their drama study from previous years and will examine the conventions of Shakespearean tragedy and the role of the tragic hero in literature. They will also examine the role of powerful, persuasive and manipulative language in the play as well as analysing the rich figurative devices used by Shakespeare.
Poetry
Building on their study of poetry from year 8, students will examine a range of poems written during and about conflict and war, such as the poems of Wilfred Owen. The students will deepen their understanding of poetic method and will develop the skills to make thoughtful contextual links between the poetic devices used and the text’s contexts. Students will continue to build on their essay writing skills.
Key Skills
Comprehension
Inference
Analysis
Evaluation
Dealing with unseen texts
Essay writing
Assessment
Reading essay on one selected extract from the play or a character study.
Reading: an analytical essay on a studied poem and creative writing inspired by poetry
SummerTerm
Topic
Fiction: Animal Farm by George Orwell
Directed Writing And/or Media project
Work Covered
Students will build on their prior study of prose fiction from earlier years by exploring John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. They will examine how Steinbeck uses characterisation, dialogue, and symbolism to present themes such as loneliness, friendship, the American Dream, and social inequality. Students will also consider the author’s intent, paying close attention to the influence of the social and historical context of 1930s America, including the Great Depression and migrant worker experience. Alongside this, they will develop their ability to analyse how attitudes and values are communicated in the text, while refining their essay writing skills through structured PEAR paragraphs.
An introduction to directed writing skills.
Key Skills
Synthesis of information from texts
Comprehension
Summarising skills
Inference
Analysis
Evaluation
Writing; persuasive method; paragraphing and structure; synthesis; evaluation
Essay Writing
Revision skills
Assessment
EOY test- Examining the presentation of a character in an extract from the text
Michaelmas Term
Topic
Ma vie sociale d’ado (My social life)
Bien dans sa peau (Healthy)
Work Covered
Facebook: online activities, present tense
How do you find…: opinions, direct object pronouns
Going out: making plans, near future
How was it?: describe a date, passé composé
Loving music: describe a music event, 3 tenses
Hit: vocabulary of body parts, à + definite article
Sport and fitness: vocabulary of sports, il faut + infinitive
Key Skills
4 main skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing – revise and develop vocabulary - revise and develop knowledge of tenses
Assessment
Continuous assessment of progress through the work done in class and Prep. Summative assessments at the end of each module.
Lent Term
Topic
Bien dans sa peau (Healthy)
A l’horizon (Now and then)
Work Covered
Healthy eating: resolutions, future tense
In good shape: making plans, future tense
Are you fit?: describe levels of fitness, 3 tenses
Jobs: vocab of jobs, say why you do that job
When I was younger…: vocabulary of jobs, compare before and now, imperfect tense
Key Skills
4 main skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing – Deepen mastery of the different tenses
Assessment
Continuous assessment of progress through the work done in class and Prep. Summative assessments at the end of each module.
SummerTerm
Topic
Spécial vacances (holiday special)
Moi dans le monde (My place in the world)
Work Covered
Holiday questions: discuss holidays, ask questions
thrills: adventure holidays, conditional
Indispensable: vocab of accessories, reflexive verbs
Holiday videos: describe a holiday, combine different tenses
At the holiday camp: visit a tourist attraction, emphatic pronouns
My rights: discuss what you are allowed to do, expressions with avoir
My priorities: explain what’s important, direct object pronouns
Key Skills
4 main skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing – discuss a wide variety of studied topics -
Assessment
Continuous assessment of progress through the work done in class and Prep. Summative assessments at the end of each module.
Michaelmas Term
Topic
Climate Change
Work Covered
In this unit pupils will investigate the challenge of a changing climate, it’s causes (both human and physical), the consequences of changing temperatures and what, if anything, we can do to prevent it. Pupils will study climate change through a range of geographical locations and understand the importance of international co-operation in achieving a positive outcome for the planet.
Pupils will also consider their individual role and contribution to climate change and how they can reduce their impact on global warming. Pupils will explore the slogan to ‘act local, think global’, and consider approaches to sustainable development.
Key Skills
Photograph interpretation and comparation.
Analysis of the effectiveness of methods used to respond to climate change.
Interpretation (line graphs) of data.
Explanation of processes that causes climate change.
Assessment
Continuous assessment in class.
Extended Writing. End of Unit Test.
LentTerm
Topic
Coasts
Work Covered
Students will begin with learning the physical processes that take place at coasts. Types of waves
Types of erosion
Next, they learn about coastal landforms.
Key Skills
Photograph interpretation and comparison
Global map work
Data handling
Interpretation of scatter graphs
Interpretation of geographical models
Assessment
Continuous assessment in class.
Extended Writing.
End of Unit Test.
SummerTerm
Topic
New India
Work Covered
Pupils will extend their locational knowledge and deepen their spatial awareness of the world’s countries using atlas maps to focus on the location of the countries classified as emerging. One of the key outcomes should be that pupils understand the characteristics and features of emerging countries.
Pupils will investigate, using a range of geographical data, the reasons why rural to urban migration is a key feature within these countries. This will lead pupils to consider the opportunities and challenges faced due to rapid urbanisation. The unit also provides an opportunity for pupils to evaluate the impacts ofTNCs on the quality of life and economic development of a host country.
This unit further develops pupil understanding of development and interdependence.
Key Skills
Map work (global, regional, local)
Photograph interpretation
Model interpretation (Rostow)
Graph interpretation (line graphs of development indicator change).
Extended writing
Interpretation and creating cumulative bar graphs (compound).
Numeracy (line graph interpretation, line graph and histogram completion)
Assessment
Continuous assessment in class.
Extended Writing.
End of Unit Test.
Michaelmas Term
Topic
The creation of modern South-East Asia
Work Covered
Colonisation of South East Asia
Thai independence and modernisation
Singapore- from British colony to modern nation city state
Cambodia under French rule
The Cambodian genocide
Vietnam war
Independence movements
Regional cooperation and ASEAN- focus on Thailand
Key Skills
Source evaluation, analysis and interpretation, recall of information, interpreting an extended piece of writing, video analysis.
Assessment
Summative assessment: Two 30-minute written assessments in the middle and at the end of each unit that are designed to test their understanding of historical figures, events and the skills we have developed.
Formative assessment: Continuous tracking of student written work and oral responses in lessons using a variety of techniques.
Lent Term
Topic
World WarTwo
Work Covered
The Causes of World War Two, Blitzkrieg to Phoney War, Fall of France (Dunkirk), War in the Sky (Battle of Britain and the Blitz), Germany attacks the USSR – Operation Barbarossa, Breaking the Enigma Code (Alan Turing), War in Asia: Japan, War at Sea (Battle of the Atlantic), the U-Boat, the Home Front, Total War - Concentration Camps, the Final Solution and the Holocaust. Germany in Retreat, D Day and the Liberation of Paris, Berlin Falls and Hitler’s Suicide, Victory in Asia & Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Trip to Kanchanaburi – Hellfire Pass, Death Railway Muesum & Chung Kai Cemetery.
Key Skills
Source evaluation, analysis and interpretation, recall of information, interpreting an extended piece of writing, video analysis.
Assessment
Summative assessment: Two 30-minute written assessments in the middle and at the end of each unit that are designed to test their understanding of historical figures, events and the skills we have developed.
Formative assessment: Continuous tracking of student written work and oral responses in lessons using a variety of techniques.
SummerTerm
Topic
Apartheid South Africa
Work Covered
Apartheid in South Africa: Origins, Segregation, Implementation, Resistance, Prominent Players & Ending Apartheid
Key Skills
Source evaluation, analysis and interpretation, recall of information, interpreting an extended piece of writing, video analysis.
Assessment
Summative assessment: Two 30-minute written assessments in the middle and at the end of each unit that are designed to test their understanding of historical figures, events and the skills we have developed.
Formative assessment: Continuous tracking of student written work and oral responses in lessons using a variety of techniques.
Michaelmas Term
Topic
Mandarin as Foreign Language Group: Occupations and job applications
Mandarin as First Language Group:
News and biographies
Work Covered
Mandarin as Foreign Language Occupations
Job applications
Doctor
Interview
Mandarin as First Language News
Biographies
Key Skills
Mandarin as Foreign Language
Listening: identify and note the main points and specific details about the world of work.
Speaking: take part in conversations, using a variety of structures and producing more detailed or extended responses about jobs and future plans.
Reading: understand the main points and some of the details in a variety of written texts related to work.
Writing: write a variety of texts, conveying opinions and points of view.
Mandarin as First Language
Understanding of explicit meanings and viewpoints in news and biographies. Synthesise information, structure text to make sequence and development of ideas clear to the reader.
Assessment
Formative assessment: Quizes & Prep
Summative assessment: End of unit assessment
Lent Term
Topic
Mandarin Foreign Language Group:
Shopping
Mandarin First Language Group:
Scenery and emotions
Work Covered
Mandarin as Foreign Language
Shopping in the Supermarket
Shopping in the Mall
Shopping online
Mandarin as First Language
The articles describing scenery
Key Skills
Mandarin as Foreign Language
Shopping in the Supermarket
Shopping in the Mall
Shopping online
Mandarin as First Language
The articles describing scenery
Assessment
Formative assessment: Quizes & Prep
Summative assessment: End of Unit Assessment
SummerTerm
Topic
Mandarin as Foreign Language Group:
Nature and world
Mandarin as First Language Group: Poetry and Literature
Work Covered
Mandarin as Foreign Language Group: Continents
Nature and weather
Protect the environment
Mandarin as First Language Group: Poetry and Literature
Key Skills
Mandarin as Foreign Language Group:
Listening: understand longer passages and recognise people’s points of view. Speaking: answer unprepared questions. They initiate and develop conversations and discuss matters of the international world.
Reading: understand longer texts and recognize people’s points of view.
Writing: write texts to express and justify ideas, opinions or personal points of view and seek the views of others.
Mandarin as First Language Group:
Demonstrate understanding of implicit meanings and viewpoints in poetry and literature.
Write in paragraphs using varied sentence structures, demonstrating control of syntax and grammar.
Assessment
Formative assessment: Quizes & Prep
Summative assessment: End ofYear Examination
Michaelmas Term
Topic
Number, Geometry, Algebra
Work Covered
Number: Significant figures, powers of 10, indices, standard form, estimation and rounding
Geometry: Surface area and volume of prisms, circles, cylinders; Pythagoras’ theorem
Algebra: Sequences (arithmetic, quadratic, geometric), expanding and factorising, solving quadratic equations, inequalities, substitution, rearranging formulae
Geometry (Constructions): Constructing shapes, bisectors, accurate drawings
Key Skills
Use standard form and indices in calculations
Apply Pythagoras’ theorem to 2D problems
Work confidently with quadratic sequences and equations
Use inequalities and rearrange formulae accurately
Construct accurate diagrams using geometrical tools
Assessment
Constant formative and end of topic assessments
Lent Term
Topic
Statistics, Proportion, Geometry, Measures
Work Covered
Statistics: Planning and collecting data, averages and range, displaying and interpreting data
Proportion: Direct proportion, enlargements, scale factors, percentage change
Geometry: Scale drawings, maps, bearings, congruence, similarity
Measures: Rates of change, density, pressure, bounds
Key Skills
Plan and conduct surveys and experiments
Use proportional reasoning in enlargement and similarity problems
Solve geometrical problems involving congruence and similarity
Apply compound measures in practical contexts
Estimate solutions using bounds
Assessment
Constant formative and end of topic assessments
SummerTerm
Topic
Algebra, Geometry, Probability
Work Covered
Algebra: Graphical solutions of linear, quadratic, and simultaneous equations; using y=mx+c; quadratic graphs
Geometry: Trigonometry (sine, cosine, tangent), solving right-angled triangles, angle of elevation and depression
Probability: Set notation, Venn diagrams, tree diagrams, experimental and theoretical probability
Key Skills
Solve equations graphically, including quadratic and simultaneous systems
Sketch and interpret quadratic and linear graphs
Apply trigonometric ratios to calculate sides and angles in triangles
Use probability diagrams (Venn, trees) to calculate and justify results
Assessment
Constant formative and end of topic assessments
Michaelmas Term
Topic
New Directions
Work Covered
Students are inspired to learn about 20th century techniques and graphic scores and connect this to their own expressive outbursts to create a mesmerizing, carefully-scored and staged aleatoric/atonal performance on their chosen instruments either as a group or as an individual.
Key Skills
Understand changes in twentieth century music and how composers ‘broke away’ from late-Romantic ideals.
Understand that twentieth century music consisted of many different types, styles, movements and genres.
Understand and demonstrate how minimalist composers develop pieces from small starting points.
Know and demonstrate the compositional and serialist techniques used by expressionist composers.
Manipulate motifs, cells and note/tone rows using a variety of musical development techniques.
Assessment
Continuous assessment of instrumental skills- one solo performance of own choice.
Topic- Continuous assessment of verbal and written responses. Final composition project. End of unit theory assessment.
Lent Term
Topic
Dance Music
Work Covered
Students will explore how Dance Music spans cultures, centuries, and technologies, evolving with social trends and innovations. They will study the traditional Latin styles such as Salsa, with its Afro-Cuban rhythms and Tango, with its dramatic phrasing and minor tonality. In the 20th century, jazz, swing, and disco paved the way for global popular dance music. The digital age revolutionized the scene with Electronic Dance Music (EDM), using synthesizers, sampling, and powerful beats to create immersive soundscapes for clubs, festivals, and global audiences. Students will use sequencing programs to create their own stylistic works.
Key Skills
Understand how instruments, structures and textures are used in Salsa
Perform as part of a larger ensemble understanding key roles of performers and different instruments and the relationship between these and the effect this has on the music
Use rhythmic features such as ostinato, cyclic rhythms, polyrhythms, call and response and syncopation when performing and improvising
Learn sequencing skills when composing EDM pieces.
Assessment
Continuous assessment of instrumental skills- one solo performance of own choice.
Topic- Continuous assessment of verbal and written responses. EDM Composition. End of unit theory assessment.
SummerTerm
Topic
Song Writing
Work Covered
Students begin by exploring ‘What Makes a Good Song?’ through practical musical investigation of two ‘good’ songs as case studies. Students explore Hooks/Riffs, Structure, Melody and Lyrics through listening and analysis and performing parts of each song as short musical arrangements. Pupils learn about the importance of Hooks and Riffs, Popular Song Structure and the various difference components/sections within, Melodic Motion (Conjunct and Disjunct Motion) and Lyrics within both these case studies and a range of other popular songs.
Students are encouraged to confidently navigate around lead sheets evaluating what musical information is, and is not, included in this form of notation.
Students will create their own musical arrangement of a popular song from a Lead Sheet in their chosen style/genre. This concept of “cover version” is explored by listening and examining a range of different musical arrangements of the same song for stylistic and elemental changes.
Students are encouraged to explore the resources available to them, the musical information included (and not included) on their lead sheet and to manipulate, refine and adapt existing (and include new) musical material to create their final arrangement.
Key Skills
Understand the different textural and structural elements of a song/popular song.
Understand and use the different musical information given on a lead sheet in creating a Musical Arrangement of a Popular Song.
Assessment
Continuous assessment of instrumental skills- one solo performance of own choice in a recital afternoon.
Topic- Continuous assessment of verbal and written responses. Final group arrangement and performance. End ofYear exam.
Michaelmas Term
Topic
Sport Education: Touch Rugby
Pathway 1: Play and Perform
Work Covered
Sport Education
Specialisation in Touch Rugby
Strategic planning and coaching within the chosen sport.
Teams engage in an engineered Touch Rugby season.
Reflection on personal and team performance, including goal setting
Play and Perform:
Students develop tactical awareness, technical skills, and teamwork through selected activities from invasion games, net/wall, and striking/fielding sports.
Key Skills
Sport Education: Touch Rugby
Advanced sport-specific skills and techniques
Analysis and evaluation of individual and team performance
Effective communication and cooperation within the team
Adaptation and adjustment of game plans based on opponents' strategies
Play and Perform
Tactical decision-making
Technical skill development
Teamwork and communication
Resilience and adaptability
Self and peer evaluation
Assessment
Sport Education:
Head: Analysing and evaluating performance, identifying strengths and areas for improvement
Heart: Demonstrating leadership, teamwork, and displaying positive attitudes towards teammates and opponents
Hands: Applying advanced skills, executing game strategies, and contributing to team success
Play and Perform
Head: Demonstrates tactical understanding and decision-making
Heart: Shows commitment, teamwork, and positive attitude
Hands: Executes skills with control and consistency
Lent Term
Topic
Pathway 2: Lead and Learn
Work Covered
Students discover how to lead through their chosen bespoke pathway: choreography, sports leadership or workout programme design.
Key Skills
Planning and organisation
Communication and leadership
Creativity and problem-solving
Self-management and reflection
Assessment
Head: Applies knowledge to lead or create effectively
Heart: Shows initiative, collaboration, and commitment
Hands: Delivers tasks with clarity, control, and purpose
SummerTerm
Topic
Pathway 3: Challenge and Create
Work Covered
Students develop physical and creative confidence through activities such as personal survival, game design, and gymnastics.
Key Skills
Problem-solving and creativity
Physical control and coordination
Resilience and independence
Planning and evaluation
Assessment
Head: Applies creative thinking and problem-solving in practical tasks
Heart: Shows determination, focus, and willingness to take risks
Hands: Demonstrates control, fluency, and precision in movement
Michaelmas Term
Topic
9I Forces and Motion
Work Covered
Naming forces, Balanced and unbalanced forces, Energy stores and transfers, Calculating speed, Turning Forces, Work done by a force
Key Skills
Descriptions
Modelling
Explaining
Planning investigations
Harkness Discussion
Drawing and interpreting graphs
Assessment
Classwork, prep-work and Harkness though the term as well as one small test
Lent Term
Topic
9J Force fields and Electromagnets
Work Covered
Magnetic and Gravitational fields, Electrostatics, Current Electricity Resistance
Electromagnets
Key Skills
Drawing field diagrams
Constructing Circuits
Substituting in equations
Using Significant figures
Descriptions and Explanations
Assessment
Classwork, prep-work and Harkness though the term as well as a small test
SummerTerm
Topic
STEM Projects – Working as a team
Work Covered
Research – Context – Prosthetics
Investigation – Investigating Acceleration of objects
Communication – Context – The importance of speed control in vehicles
Key Skills
Research
Harkness teams
Investigative approaches
Presenting for information.
Revision
Assessment
Classwork, prep-work and Harkness though the term. An end of year test.
Michaelmas Term
Topic
Travel and tourism
Work Covered
Means of transport and advantages/ disadvantages on using each; what transport you use and used last week, linked tothe environment. Tourism in Bangkok/Thailand: what there is to do in Bangkok and what Bangkok used to be like.
Key Skills
Grammar:
Present Tense (revisiting)
Preterite Tense (revisiting)
Imperfect Tense
Immediate future Tense (revisiting) • Question words (understanding questions and making them)
Comparative and Superlative
Impersonal expressions
Verb QUERER in the Present Tense
Assessment
Project (poster or virtual tour) of Bangkok using topic vocabulary and grammar.
November translation and reading exam.
Lent Term
Topic Media
Work Covered
Types ofTV programmes and description of a particularTV programme. 1st half-term.
Studying Coco leading to a film project. 2nd half-term (This will include revisiting the topic of family and learn about relationships and clothes as well as how to describeb the plot of Coco. It will also include the future: What will happen to Miguel next?)
Key Skills
Revising Present, preterite, imperfect
Revising Comparatives and superlatives
Future tense • Question words (understanding questions and making them)
Extension:Object direct pronouns
Assessment
Writing about your favourite film/tv show.
Poster about dia de los muertos (following Coco)
SummerTerm
Topic
Healthy living and sports
Work Covered
To talk about food and express opinions
To talk about what to eat to be healthy
Healthy living activities: se debería/se debe no fumar/ beber (revisiting hobbies)
Sports (revisiting)
Daily routine (revisiting
Key Skills
Direct object pronouns
Present, Preterite, Future and Imperfect tenses (Revisiting)
Boot verbs in the Present tense (Revisiting)
Reflexive verbs (Revisiting)
Question words (understanding questions and making them)
Taste of fluency
Assessment
End of year exam listening and speaking exam
Michaelmas Term
Topic
Thai
การอานวเคราะหบทความและการตอบคาถามปลายเปด
การเขยนแสดงความคดเหนเชงวเคราะหอยางมโครงสราง
การเขยนอธบายเหตผลและแนวคด
การใชภาษาโนมนาวทงการเขยนและการพด
Non - Thai
Pronouns
Countries & Nationalities
Thai Royal Family
Shopping & Bargaining
Important Places in Thailand
Describing Places
History: Ayutthaya Period
Health & Visiting the Doctor
Work Covered
Thai
ชดเจนและนาเชอถอ
เขยนยอหนาอธบายทมประโยคหวขอ
ถายทอดขอมลชดเจน เรยนรการใชคา
คดเหน
Non - Thai
Research on Thai cultural topics
Describing places worksheets
Listening to short Thai passages, stories, and articles
Group discussions and idea sharing
Project Presentation: Royal Families Around the World
Key Skills
Thai
Non - Thai
Understanding Thai culture and study topics
Presenting and discussing knowledge in Thai
Using Thai vocabulary for bargaining
Understanding the Ayutthaya period
Assessment
Thai
Non - Thai
Ongoing formative assessments
Topic-based quizzes
Q&A sessions
Listening and speaking tests
Lent Term
Topic
Thai
ผลงานในชนเรยน
ประเมนทายบทเรยน
การนาเสนอผลงาน
Non - Thai
Ongoing formative assessments
Topic-based quizzes
Q&A sessions
Listening and speaking tests
Work Covered
Thai
อานขาว
เขยนตอบสนองตอบทความ
ความแตกตางอยางมเหตผล
Non - Thai
Topic-related worksheets
Group work and role play for speaking practice
Research on Thai cultural topics
Classroom discussion on Thai songs
Key Skills
ผลทเกดขนกบผอาน
เขยนตอบสนองตอบทความ
ของตนเองอยางมมารยาท
เปรยบเทยบขอความหรอแนวคดจาก
Non - Thai
Topic-related worksheets
Group work and role play for speaking practice
Research on Thai cultural topics
Classroom discussion on Thai songs
Assessment
Thai ผลงานในชนเรยน
ประเมนทายบทเรยน การนาเสนอผลงาน
Non – Thai
Ongoing formative assessments
Topic-based quizzes
Q&A sessions
Listening and speaking tests
SummerTerm
Topic
Thai การตความสานวนไทยและการใชภาษาทมนยแฝง การเขยนวเคราะหถอยคา
Non - Thai
Making Plans: Future Tense
Thailand Geography
School Life: Favourite Subjects
Thai Borders and Neighbours
Work Covered
Thai
Non - Thai
Topic-related worksheets
Group work and role play for speaking practice
Research on Thai provinces
Key Skills
Thai
Non - Thai
Understanding Thai culture and study topics
Presenting and discussing knowledge in Thai
Discussing Thailand’s neighboring countries
Making Thai garlands
Assessment
Thai
Non - Thai
Ongoing formative assessments
Topic-based quizzes
Q&A sessions
Listening and speaking tests
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