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QUEENS’ SCHOOL

Dare to be Great

KEY STAGE 3

CURRICULUM GUIDE

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Overview of the Key Stage 3 Curriculum

Key Stage 3 is the first stage of students’ secondary education; here at Queens’ School it comprises the

beginning of Year 7 to the end of Year 9. In terms of learning, the subjects, topics and content taught at Key

Stage 3 are designed to develop students’ character, knowledge, understanding and skills and be a foundation

stone for the demands of GCSE study in Key Stage 4.

The most recent version of the National Curriculum, introduced by the Department for Education in

September 2014, ensures that all schools offer their students a ‘broad and balanced curriculum’ of subjects,

promote the spiritual, moral, social, cultural and physical development of students and prepare them for the

experiences and opportunities of life, learning and employment after school. As both an academy and an

aspirational school, Queens’ has elected not only to follow the basic requirements of the National Curriculum

but also, in line with our Dare to be Great ethos, to take steps to make sure that all students will be enriched

and challenged in their academic and pastoral learning. At Key Stage 3, this enrichment is achieved through

an emphatic focus on the Queens’ values of Scholarship, Tenacity, Altruism and Respect and lifelong learning

in PSHE; and through differentiation, target-setting, subject coverage and setting procedures across subjects.

The core subject lessons at Key Stage 3 are the same as those as Key Stage 2 – English, Maths and Science. The

core subjects are supplemented by the same foundation subject lessons as in Key Stage namely Art, Music,

Drama, Dance, Computer Science, Design and Technology, Languages, Geography, History, Philosophical and

Religious Education, Physical Education. At Key Stage 3 there is also an expectation that PSHE, including Sex

and Relationships and Citizenship education is taught; this is delivered through a combination of devoted

lessons, the form time and assembly programme and supplementary talks and visits.

Students choose the subjects which they wish to study at GCSE through the GCSE Options process, which takes

place in the Spring Term of Year 9. For most subjects, GCSE studies commence in the Autumn Term of Year 10;

however, much of the content and skills delivered in Year 9 will start to anticipate the concepts and demands

of GCSE study.

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The Timetable at Key Stage 3

The school operates a two week timetable cycle. There are five one hour teaching periods each day and

therefore fifty periods in total per fortnight. A significant proportion of the teaching time at Key Stage 3 is

devoted to the core subjects of English and Maths. This is to support students in developing the high standards

of literacy and numeracy which will underpin their access to the broader curriculum and therefore form a basis

for wider learning and high achievement. Key numeracy and literacy skills will be identified to be mastered

within each academic year and where mastery of these skills proves to be a challenge to an individual

additional support will be provided to boost progress.

The lesson allocation by subject and year is outlined:

Subject

Y7 Teaching periods (hours)

per fortnight


per fortnight


per fortnight

English 8 8 8

Maths 8 8 8

Science 6 6 6

MFL+ 6 6 6

Technology 4 4 4

PE 4 4 4

Geography 2 2 2

History 2 2 2

Art 2 2 2

Drama 2 2 2

PSE 2 2 2

PRE 2 2 2

Music* 1 1 1

IT* 1 1 1

Total 50 50 50

+ Modern Foreign Languages are given a substantial allocation of lessons across KS3, with each student

studying French, Spanish or German dependent upon form group and house. It is the expectation that a

majority of students will study a language in Years 10 and 11 at GCSE.

*Music and IT are taught on a half-termly rota, with students studying each subject for one period a fortnight

for one half term every term.

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Classes and setting

The majority of subjects are delivered to form groups throughout the course of Key Stage 3. In some subjects,

forms are mixed up, maintaining a variety of student ability; in other subjects, students are set by ability to

help the teaching staff differentiate the curriculum delivery.

Where subjects are set by ability there is usually the facility for students to move between sets if it becomes

apparent that their performance is in-line with a different teaching group whether it be a higher or a lower

set. PE is taught in single gender groups.

The setting arrangements by subject and year are outlined here:

Year 7 Year 8 Year 9

Form groups (mixed ability)

English Science MFL Art

Computing Drama Geography History

Music PSE PRE

English Science MFL Art

Computing Drama Geography History

Music PSE PRE

English Science Art Computing Drama Geography

History Music PRE PSE

Mixed form (mixed ability)

Technology Technology MFL Technology

Ability sets Maths PE

Maths PE

Maths PE

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Key Stage 3 Homework

A homework timetable is in operation for students in Years 7, 8 and 9. The purpose of homework is to reinforce and develop learning that takes place in the classroom. As such, staff issue appropriate tasks as per the schedule outlined in this section of the booklet. Written homework will not necessarily be set on every occasion; homework may also involve reading, presentation work or an investigation. Homework is set once a week in English, Mathematics, Science and MFL, and at least fortnightly in other subjects. Each piece of homework should take students approximately 30 minutes to complete in Y7&8, and 30-45 minutes in Y9, although longer homework will sometimes be set. As part of their English homework students should also be reading for at least 20 minutes a day. Below are details of this year’s homework timetables for Years 7, 8 and 9. Please note they indicate the days on which homework will be set, not necessarily the days on which it should be completed.

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Year 7 Homework Timetable – Week A

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

7NE French History

Art Music / Computing

PRE

English Science

Drama Geography

Mathematics

PE PSE

Tech

7NI Drama English Science

Geography Music / Computing

PSHE

History PRE

Art Mathematics

French PE

Tech

7NA History PSHE

Art PRE

Drama English Science

French Mathematics

Music / Computing

Geography PE

Tech

7DA Science

Tech

History Music / Computing

PSHE

Art Drama

Geography

French Mathematics

PRE

English PE

7DF Art

Drama Tech

Music / Computing PRE

Science

English Geography

Mathematics PSHE

French History

PE

7AH English

PRE Science

PSHE Spanish

Tech

Drama Geography

PE

Mathematics Music / Computing

Art History

7AW Art

PSHE Tech

Drama PRE

Geography PE

Science

English Mathematics

Music / Computing

History Spanish

7SG Art

Geography History

PRE Tech

English Music / Computing

PE

Mathematics PSHE

Science

Drama Spanish

7SV History PSHE

Science

English Geography

Tech

Music / Computing PE

Drama Mathematics

Art PRE

Spanish

Year 7 Homework Timetable – Week B


7NE History

Mathematics

PRE

Art French

English

PSHE

Tech

Drama

Geography

Music / Computing

PE

Science

7NI Drama

Mathematics

Geography

PRE

Science

English

History

Tech

Art Music / Computing

PSHE

French

PE

7NA Art

Mathematics

Music / Computing

Drama

English

PSHE

French

Science

Tech

History

PRE

Geography

PE

7DA History

Mathematics

Music / Computing

Art Tech

Drama English

Science

French

PRE

Geography

PE

PSHE

7DF History

Mathematics

Music / Computing

Drama

Tech

Art PRE

Science

Geography

PSHE

English

French

PE

7AH Mathematics

PSHE

Science

PE

Spanish

Tech

Drama

Geography

English

Music / Computing

Art History

PRE

7AW History

Mathematics

Art PE

Tech

Geography

Science

Spanish

English

Music / Computing

Drama

PRE

PSHE

7SG Art

Mathematics

Drama

PE

Tech

PRE

PSHE

English

Science

Spanish

Geography

History

Music / Computing

7SV Drama

Mathematics

Science

Geography

PE

Tech

English

PRE

Art History

PSHE

Music / Computing

Spanish

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Year 8 Homework Timetable – Week A


8DA Computing/Music

Drama MFL

Tech English

PSE

Geography Mathematics

Art PE

History

PRE Science

8DF Geography

Computing/Music English

Mathematics MFL PE

Art Science

History Tech

PRE PSE

Drama

8NE History

PRE Computing/Music

Mathematics Tech

Geography English Drama

MFL PE

Science

PSE Art

8NI Art

Computing/Music

PRE Mathematics

Tech

English Geography

PSE

Drama MFL PE

History Science

8AH Art PE

History Tech

Science

Geography English

MFL

Computing/Music Mathematics

PRE Drama

PSE

8AW PSE MFL PE

History Geography

English Mathematics

Art Drama

Computing/Music PRE

Tech Science

8SA English Science

History Geography

Art

English PE

Tech Drama

PRE PSE

Computing/Music Mathematics

8SG Mathematics

MFL Science

Computing/Music Tech

Drama

PSE English

Geography PRE

History Art PRE

8SV Art PSE PE

History Drama

Computing/Music

Science PRE

English MFL Tech


Year 8 Homework Timetable – Week B


8DA English

Tech MFL

Drama Computing/Music

History PRE PSE


Art

Science PE

8DF Mathematics

PE Tech


Geography Art

MFL

History Drama

PRE

PSE Science

8NE Drama English

PE

Art Science

History Geography

MFL

Mathematics PRE PSE

Computing/MusicTech

8NI English

MFL

Geography PRE PSE

History Art

Mathematics Drama Science

Computing/Music Tech

PE

8AH PSE PRE

Science

Geography Drama

MFL

Art History

Mathematics


PE Tech

8AW PSE

Science MFL

Drama English

Art

History Mathematics

Geography Computing/Music

PRE Tech

PE

8SA PRE


PSE English

Tech

Art History

Computing/Music PE

MFL

Drama Science

8SG PRE

English MFL

History Mathematics

Tech

Computing/Music Science

Geography PE

Art PSE

Drama

8SV Mathematics

History Drama

English MFL

Geography Computing/Music

PRE

Science Tech

PE

Art PSE

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Year 9 Homework Timetable- Week A


9DA History Maths

English RS Music/Art

MFL

Science Music/Art

DT

Geography IT/Drama

9DF RS

Maths Geography Music/Art

English MFL

Music/Art DT

History

Science IT/Drama

9NE Maths

Music/Art

English RS

MFL

History Music/Art

Science DT

IT/Drama Geography

9NI Science Maths

Music/Art

English MFL

Music/Art DT

History RS

IT/Drama Geography

9SG Maths English

History Geography Music/Art

DT IT/Drama

MFL RS Music

Science

9SV Maths History

Science Music/Art

DT RS

IT/Drama

Geography MFL

English Music/Art

9AH Maths

Science

Music/Art Music/Art

IT/Drama MFL

Geography DT RS

English History

9AW Maths

Science Music/Art Music/Art

MFL IT/Drama

Geography

DT History

RS English

9AP Maths

Geography

RS Music/Art

IT/Drama MFL

English

DT Music/Art

History Science

Year 9 Homework Timetable- Week B


9DA Music/Art

Maths History

Geography English

MFL Science

Music/Art DT

RS IT/Drama

9DF Music/Art

Maths English

RS Science

Geography MFL

Music/Art DT

History IT/Drama

9NE Maths

Music/Art

History Music/Art

Geography English

Science MFL DT

IT/Drama RS

9NI History Maths

Music/Art

RS Music/Art

Science DT

Geography MFL

IT/Drama English

9SG Maths

RS

Science Geography

DT IT/Drama Music/Art

English MFL

History Music/Art

9SV Maths History

Science Geography

DT Music/Art IT/Drama

RS MFL

English Music/Art

9AH Maths

Music/Art

RS MFL

IT/Drama Music/Art

Science DT

History

English Geography

9AW Maths

Geography Music/Art

RS MFL

Music/Art IT/Drama

DT English

History Science

9AP Maths

IT/Drama

History MFL

Geography English

DT English

Music/Art

RS Science

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Key Stage 3 Curriculum Overview

The following pages give information on the topics and concepts covered by each subject in each year of Key Stage 3.

KS3 Curriculum Overview for English

Year 7

Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term

Narratives Skills for reading and writing fiction including narrative structures, with a focus on the horror genre including texts by Poe, Dahl, Gibson and P.D. James. Word, sentence and text level knowledge and skills are developed.

Non-fiction Skills for reading and writing non– fiction including argument, persuasion and advertising. A range of non-fiction texts are studied. Word, sentence and text level knowledge and skills are developed.

Class Reader Study of class teacher’s choice of literary text. Word, sentence and text level knowledge and skills are developed.

Year 8


Shakespeare & Drama Study of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ – Shakespeare. Word, sentence and text level knowledge and skills are developed including understanding of text in performance and the relationship between text and context.

Short Stories Study of a selection of short stories by nineteenth century writers. Word, sentence and text level knowledge and skills are developed.

Class Reader Study of class teacher’s choice of literary text. Word, sentence and text level knowledge and skills are developed.

Year 9


War Writing and Travel Writing Study of ‘Warring Worlds’ – poetry, fiction and non-fiction texts from 1914 to the present day. Study of travel writing – a selection of travel writing is studied. Word, sentence and text level knowledge and skills are developed.

From February half term, students begin content for their GCSE English

course. ‘An Inspector Calls’, a play by JB Priestley is studied. A range of skills in reading and interpreting this drama text are developed, as well as transferable skills in reading and writing fiction.

Continuing and completing study of ‘An Inspector Calls’.

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Curriculum Overview for Mathematics

Year 7


Using number

Sequences

Perimeter, area & volume

Decimal numbers

Working with numbers

Statistics

Using algebra

Fractions

Angles

Coordinates

Percentages

Probability

Symmetry

Equations

Interpreting data

3D shapes

Ratio

Year 8


Working with numbers

Geometry

Probability

Percentages:

Sequences:

Area of 2D & 3D shapes

Graphs

Simplifying numbers

Interpreting data

Algebra

Congruence & scaling

Fractions & decimals

Proportion

Circles

Equations & formulae

Comparing data

Year 9


Percentages

Equations & formulae

Polygons

Data

Graphs

Pythagoras’ Theorem

Fractions

Algebra

Decimals

Prisms & cylinders

Solving equations graphically

Compound measures

Right-angle triangles

Number

Fractions & percentages

Representing data

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Curriculum Overview for Science

Year 7


Cells and Tissues

Particles

Energy Transfers

Animal and Plant Reproduction

Atoms and Elements

Forces and Effects

Environment and Adaptation

Acids and Alkalis

Electricity

Variation and Classification

Pure and Impure Substances

Energy Resources

Photosynthesis

Simple Chemical Reactions

Year 8


Further Photosynthesis

Chemical Reactions

Magnets and Electromagnets

Food and Digestion

Compounds

Motion

Lungs and Gas Exchange

Periodic Table

Domestic and Static Electricity

Respiration

Extracting Metals

Waves and Sound

Muscles and Bones

Reaction of Acid

Light

Year 9


Drugs and Health

Earth and Atmosphere

Heat Transfer

Microbes

Innovative Materials

Exploring Space

Fundamental Chemistry Physics and Biology: foundations

for GCSE study

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Curriculum Overview for French

Across all topics, the core skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening are developed. In Year 9, topics overlap with the GCSE courses in French.

Year 7


Personal Information, physical appearance and favourite objects. Personality, family, school subjects

and friends

School, home and animals.

Food Local area

Year 8


Local area Lifestyle

Holidays Sport and leisure

Daily life and issues in francophone countries

France and other countries

Year 9


Entertainment and advertising Technology

Issues for teenagers A balanced diet

Parties and festivals Transport and holidays

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Curriculum Overview for German

Across all topics, the core skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening are developed. In Year 9, topics overlap with the GCSE courses in German. Please note that German is currently only taught in Y8 and Y9.

Year 8


Food and drink Local area

Fashion and shopping Going on a trip

You, your family and friends Daily routine

Year 9


Daily routine Festivals and celebrations

The media Hobbies

Health and fitness Going on a trip

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Curriculum Overview for Spanish

Across all topics, the core skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening are developed. In Year 9, topics overlap with the GCSE courses in Spanish.

Year 7


Talking about yourself Describing yourself

School What you do in the week

Where you live Food

Year 8


Food Holidays

Talking about the past The media

Meeting new people Staying in Spain

Year 9


Fashion Leisure

Visit to Madrid Well-being

My future My world

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Curriculum Overview for Art

Year 7


Natural Forms - tone +texture. Building confidence with a variety of

drawing and mixed media.

Natural Forms - Exploring tone Fauvism – Colour theory &

Landscapes.

Fauvism – Colour theory & Landscapes

Artists; Derain, Matisse, Hockney.

Year 8


Expressionism – Expressive Self-Portraits

Artists: Jawlensky, Schmitt-Rotluff, contemporary portrait artists

Expressionism – Expressive Self-Portraits

Dia de Muertos – Three-dimensional clay work

Dia de Muertos – Three-dimensional clay work

Artists: Frida Kahlo, Damien Hirst, Doris Salcedo

Year 9


Sculpture – The human figure Artists; Giacometti, Richier

Printmaking – Insects Artists; Eugene Seguy

Art Graphics – typography, illustration & photography

Work shop based sessions with a different artist influence every

week.

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Curriculum Overview for Computing

Year 7


File Management & Online Safety

School systems

Social networking

Cyber Bullying

Keeping your data safe

Using Email Searching the Web

Animation

Research & image editing

skills

Design & create an animation

Exporting animations

Scratch Programming

Basic programming constructs

Movement Control and broadcast

Practise projects

Create game project

Year 8


Video Editing

Understand audience focus & purpose

Design & create multimedia movie

Create and merge graphics

Sound editing

Games Factory

Programming Constructs

Making sprites

Designing frames and screens

Test for success

Feedback and evaluation

Small Basic Programming

Using Small Basic IDE

Input and Output from programs. Creating programs with iteration and

selection. Graphics and Text

Year 9


Video Editing

Understand audience focus & purpose

Design & create multimedia movie

Create and merge graphics

Sound editing

Python Programming

Algorithms, flowcharts

Using IDE, debugging

Basic commands – input, calculations, print, datatypes

Iteration and selection – while, if…else

Spreadsheets

Calculations

Functions & formulae

Customise graphs

Hypothesis testing

Filters, simple database

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Curriculum Overview for Dance

Year 7


Motif and development, solo and group work, through the theme of

Graffiti.

Working in pairs exploring action and reaction through the idea of

Martial Arts and Combat.

Using Playground Games and Free Running to focus on travelling

sequences and choreographing a whole class dance.

Year 8


Creating a motif from a set of instructions from a Recipe, with emphasis on understanding how

action, space, dynamics and relationships can be developed.

Using a variety of Road Signs as a starting point for a group dance,

looking at group formations.

Learning about different dance styles by learning technical studies.

Year 9


Looking at sections from Christopher Bruce’s ‘Swansong’

and using the theme of imprisonment to create a trio.

Using the stimulus of a poem to create movement, looking at the

choreographic process.

Students select their own stimulus in groups to choreograph a group

dance.

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Curriculum Overview for Drama

Year 7


Introduction to Drama: Mime

Still Images Physical Theatre

Greek Theatre: Theatre History Choral Speech

Interpreting stimuli

Storytelling: Characterisation

Script Work Performance skills

Year 8


‘Mugged’ Script work

Character and theme exploration

Practitioners Introduction and exploration of a range of theatre practitioners and

their methods.

Devising Collaboration

Using a stimulus Creating their own piece of theatre.

Year 9


Silent Movies Mime

Film history and use of technology Key skills - slapstick comedy and

exaggerated movement.

‘Too Much Punch For Judy’ Script work

Verbatim theatre Deconstructing and evaluating a

text. Performance skills

Drama Skills (in preparation for GCSE)

A range of lessons working on collaboration including,

radio shows, ipad trailers, mask work.

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Curriculum Overview for Food Studies

Year 7


Effective time management Food Safety and basic skills.

Food hygiene and baking skills. Pastry making and ingredient

functions.

Focus on nutrition and ingredient functions in snack products

Year 8

First term in rotation Second term in rotation

The Eatwell Guide and nutritional needs. Savoury meals

All about Bacteria.

Sweet products, ingredient functions in baking, sustainability and food provenance.

Year 9

First term in rotation Second term in rotation

All about bread. Sugar in the diet and snacking

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Curriculum Overview for Geography

For each topic, core locational, spatial and environmental knowledge and human and physical geographical skills and understanding are developed.

Year 7


India and Globalisation The Coastal Zone Sustainability

Year 8


Ecosystems The Geography of Crime The Watery World

Year 9


Hazards Development and Sport Tourism and Antarctica

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Curriculum Overview for History

For each topic, core historical skills of handling evidence, interpretation, evaluation and argument are developed.

Year 7


The Norman Conquest & Keeping Control- Castles, Doomsday Book

Problems for Kings- Black Death, Peasants’ Revolt, The Church,

King John

Life in Medieval Britain

Year 8


Tudors- Henry VIII & Reformation, Elizabeth I

Stuarts- Civil War & Cromwell, 1500-1750- Developments in society

Industrial Revolution, Jack the Ripper

Year 9


Slave trade & Black peoples of America

WW1, 1920s Diplomacy

Rise of Hitler, WW2 key events

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Curriculum Overview for Music

Year 7


African Drumming Analysis, composition and

performance skills are developed.

Keyboard Skills Analysis, composition and


Ukulele Analysis, composition and


Year 8


Samba Analysis, composition and


Blues Analysis, composition and


Musicals Analysis, composition and


Year 9


Songwriting

20th Century Music Analysis, composition and


Fusion, Advertising

Analysis, composition and performance skills are developed.

Battle of the Bands Analysis, composition and


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Curriculum Overview for Personal & Social Education

Students follow a scheme of work in PSE lessons designed to help develop various aspects of good character related to Queens’ School STAR Values and which will support them across the wider curriculum and throughout their future. These skills and knowledge and introduced in Year 7 and returned to and built upon in subsequent

years. Alongside this, a programme of Sex and Relationships Education (SRE), Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco Education

(DAT) and e-safety lessons will be delivered via lessons, assemblies, form times and guest speakers from relevant charities/ organisations.

Year 7 Organisation

Resilience Digital Footprints

Introduction to Oracy Mental Health and the relationship

between physical and mental health Kindness and being kind

British Values

Year 8 Teamwork

Expressing myself Debating Skills Social Media

Cyber Bullying Organised problem solving

Teamwork What is an ‘open’ and ‘closed’

character? Learning from mistakes

Year 9 Body language (Oracy)

Giving and receiving feedback Management and motivation (self

and others) Respect and respectful language

Online behaviour Healthy Relationships

Initiative and growth mindset Solution based and problem based

thinking

Year 7


How did Britain develop into a multi-faith society?

Do all mythical stories have symbolic meaning?

Could there be one God, many Gods or no God?

Is justice central to Christianity? – project

Ethics – Should what is right and wrong be the same for everyone?

Philosophical enquires – Can I create my own philosophical questions?

Year 8


Is religion the main cause for conflict in the world today?

Does life continue after the death of the physical body?

How do alternative faiths differ from mainstream faiths? - project

Do Muslims and Sikhs share the same or similar values?

Philosophy – What does it mean to think logically?

Is there power in peaceful protest and resistance?

Year 9


Is capital punishment an important way to achieve justice?

What is the connection between Religion, Art and Science?

Ethical theories – Is it better to be a consequentialist or an intentionist?

Should animals be given the same rights as humans? - project

Do Buddhists have the answer to living a happy life?

How can philosophy be applied to the study of religion?

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Curriculum Overview for Physical Education

Year 7


Football, Rugby, Dance, Gymnastics, Basketball, Fitness, netball, badminton.

Athletics, rounders, tennis, cricket.

Year 8 – Students can chose one of 3 routes *


Route 1 – Netball, basketball, football, rugby, Indoor athletics, athletics, badminton, rounders,

volleyball, fitness.

Route 2 – Trampolining, badminton, volleyball, fitness and some

elements of route 1.

Route 3 – Dance, gym, trampolining, fitness, indoor athletics, rounders,

cricket, athletics.

Year 9


As above

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Curriculum Overview for Product Design

Year 7


Topic: FISH/HIPPO Software: 2D Design Tools: Coping saw, file, laser cutter, buffing machine Materials: MDF, acrylic Skills: Marking out, Joining wood, cutting filing & finishing

Topic: BOTTLE OPENER Software: Research on the internet. Tools: Hack saw, pillar drill, file, Hammer and anvil. Materials: Aluminium, Acrylic, rivets Skills: Levers, joining dissimilar materials

Topic: BALL LAUNCHER Software: Research on the internet. Tools: Hegnor saw, pillar drill, file. Materials: MDF, hardwood dowel. Skills: Force, sustainability

Year 8


Topic : CASTING Software: 2D Design for templates. Tools: Laser Cutter, kiln, crucible, file, buffing machine, pillar drill. Materials: Pewter. Skills: Studying metals, Surveys, Designing in 3D, using 2D Design (CAD-CAM) Casting and finishing.

Topic: TANGRAM Software: Publisher Tools: Craft knife, safety ruler, cutting mat, vacuum former, Printer. Materials: Foam board, plastics, HIPP’s Skills: Studying packaging (Graphics). Advertising and Logos.

Topic: BUG HOUSE Software: Research on the internet. Tools: Tenon & Hegnar saw, bench hook, mallet, chisel, File, Disc sander, pillar drill. Materials: Pine, MDF, Aluminium, bamboo, twine. Skills: Study ecology and the environment. Working with a range of tools to mark out and cut and assemble a lap joint to form a Bug House.

Year 9

Only one project is covered in year 9 due to topic rotation with Textiles

Topic: Eco Building Design Software: Google sketch up Tools: Fine line drawing pens, felt pens, colouring pencils, Materials: Paper, card Skills: Logo design, scale, environmental impact on landscape and on choice of materials and design. Developing ability to research and to implement imaginative and creative ideas relating to skills architects and designers use.

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Curriculum Overview for Textiles

Year 7

First project in rotation Second project in rotation

Topic: APPLIQUE Skills: Measuring, cutting, tracing, tacking

Topic: DRAWSTRING BAG Skills: Competence in the use of the sewing machine.

Year 8


Topic: APRON / PHONE CASE Skills: Designing with a theme. Top stitching, applique, machine accuracy, problem solving.

Topic: PHONE CASE / APRON Skills: Designing a repeating pattern. Making a template, working to tolerance, use of heat transfer.

Year 9


Topic: - PERSONALISED DECORATIVE PRODUCT Skills: Working and adapting a personally selected small product tutorial, tie dye, electronics.

Topic: - SOCIAL MEDIA ‘CRAFTIVIST’ INSTALLATION Skills: Linking textiles to social issues, variety of decorative techniques.

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