Student's Learning

Term 3

Group 1

English

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Paper 1 and 2 Exam Technique

Functional Skills English Level 1/2

Maths

Measuring and calculating angles

Area

Volume

Science

Forces in balance

Forces in motion

Wave properties

Art

Annotation of ideas

Artists' responses

Working with 3d

PD – Citizenship

Consumerism, waste and corporate responsibility

PD – Skills

Home management

Independent living

PD – PSHE

Identity and diversity

Privilege

Body positivity

PE

Basketball and football
Cooking

Cooking to a budget

Using up cupboard ingredients

Invention tests

History

The rise of Nazism

Greek mythology

GCSE Film Studies We will be studying E.T. and American Cinema

Music

Option 1 - Recording project

Option 2 - Music performance

 

Group 2

English

Private Peaceful

The novel

Maths

Median, mode, mean and range

Measuring and calculating angles

Area

Science

Conservation of energy

Energy transfers by heating

Energy resources

Art

Surrealism - personal project

Working with print

Annotation

PD – Citizenship

Parliamentary democracy

Elections

Changing the voting age

PD – Skills

Diet and nutrition:

  • Macronutrients and micronutrients
  • Vitamins and minerals
  • Dietary needs and different life stages

PD – PSHE

The influence and impact of drugs, gangs, role models and the media

Addressing extremism and radicalisation, communities and belonging

PE

Basketball and football
Cooking

Cooking to a budget

Using up cupboard ingredients

Invention tests

Sport BTEC

Unit 1 exam 10th January

Unit 2

Child Development

R057 Reproductive systems and the menstrual cycle

R058 Dietary recommentions for 0-5 year olds

Business

Human resources

Motivation

Marketing

Group 3

English

Communicate information, ideas and opinions clearly and accurately

Using reference materials and resources, (e.g. dictionaries, glossaries and keys) for different purposes

Spell words used most often in work, study and daily life, including specialist words

Maths

Fractions

Percentages

Ratio

Science

Forces

Movement

Energy

Art

Working on personal development

Gaming design cover

Annotation

PD – Citizenship

Consumerism, waste and corporate responsibility

PD – Skills

Effective commuincation

Barriers to communication and how to overcome them

PD – PSHE

Identity, diversity, privilege and body positivity (Year 11)

Careers (Year 10)

PE

Basketball and football
Cooking

Cooking to a budget

Using up cupboard ingredients

Invention tests

History The Hundred Years' War

Life Skills

Social and communication skills:

  • Understanding communication barriers
  • How to overcome barriers to communication

 

Group 4

English

'The Dark is Rising' by Susan Cooper

Completing 'Hatchet' by Brian Paulsen

Maths Calculating with decimals, fractions and percentages
Science

Magnetism and electromagnetism

Work

Heating and Cooling

Art

Man-made forms

Looking at Jim Dine

Observational drawing

PD – Citizenship

Diversity and identity

The Equality Act 2010 - mutual respect in a diverse society

PD – Skills

Community living:

  • Shopping in the community
  • Best value projects
  • Health support in the community

PD – PSHE

Types of employment

Career pathways

KS4 subject choices (Year 9)

PE

Basketball and dodgeball
Cooking

Cooking to a budget

Using up cupboard ingredients

Invention tests

History

The Versailles Treaty

History of World War II

Computing

Scratch sequencing programs

Evaluation of programs

Online safety

Music

Introduction ro recording

Using equipment and software

Health and safety in the studio

Geography

Contrasting the geography of Japan and Nigeria
RE Jerusalem for Christians, Muslims and Judaism

Group 5

English

Non-fiction writing

To know the features of non-fiction works

Understanding audience and purpose

To write to inform and persuade

Maths

Fractions - addition and subtraction

Fractions - multiplication and division

Ratio

Science

Aerobic respiration

Anaerobic respiration

Biotechnology

Art

Gaudi/built environment

Working with collage

Photomontage

PD – Citizenship

Parliamentary Democracy

Tiers of governance

Councils - how they are funded

PD – Skills

Effective communication

Verbal and non-verbal communication

Group communication

PD – PSHE

XELLO sign-up, introduction and matchmaker

Difference between work and school

KS4 subject choices (Year 9)

PE

Basketball and dodgeball
Cooking

Cooking to a budget

Using up cupboard ingredients

Invention tests

History

History of battles between France and England

History of Napoleon

Computing

Scratch - predicitng outcomes

Basic programs

Online safety

Music

Rhythm and pulse

Samba music

Ensemble percussion

Geography

Rocks and weathering applied to different areas of the world
RE

Religious rites of passage

Applied to all global religions

 

Group 6

English

Completing reading of Skellig

To develop use of sentence structure

To use punctuation more confidently

Use of direct speech to develop story

Maths

Division by 1- and 2-digit numbers

Fractions - what are fractions?

Fractions - addition and subtraction

Sceince

Rocks and soil

Liquids, solids and gases

Changing state

Art

Everyday object - observational drawing

Looking at Jim Dine

Working with scale and charcoal

PD – Citizenship

Why we need laws

How laws affect young people

Young people and the law

PD – Skills

Careers

Developing communication skills

Different types of communication

KS4 subject choices (Year 9)

PD – PSHE

Understanding the menstrual cycle

PE

Basketball and dodgeball
Cooking

Cooking to a budget

Using up cupboard ingredients

Invention tests

Computing

Sequencing instructions

Simple commands

Online safety

Humanities

The Black Death

The Peasants Revolt

Music

Reading rhythms

Crotchets, quavers, semiquavers and rests

Takadimi counting

 

Sixth Form

English

To research and present a topic

To debate and question with peers

To use a range of sentence structures

GCSE Maths

Revision of curriculum

Exam strategies and techniques

A Level Maths

Differential equations

Root finding

Numerical integration

Maths – Functional Skills

Fractions

Percentages

Ratio

BTEC Applied Science

Exam analysis

Review of biology, chemistry and physics content from unit 1

AS English Literature

Post 1900 poetry

'Wuthering Heights' and 'The Great Gatsby'

PD – Skills

Presentation skills:

  • Structuring a clear and concise presentation
  • Using appropriate language and delivery techniques
  • Managing nerves and anxiety effectively

PD – PSHE

Drugs, county lines and child exploitation

PE

Multi sports and winter walks
Cooking

Cooking to a budget

Using up cupboard ingredients

Invention tests

Art

Personal development

Written assignment

UAS street art project

A-Level Film Studies

Captain Fantastic, Spectorship

Documentary and studying Amy

Music

Option 1 - Different methods of MIDI imput

Option 2 - Bass Rock School Grade 1

Geography

Coastal processes

Plate tectonics

Exam practice

Sport

Component 3 - Developing fitness to improve other participants' performance in sport and physical activity

Business Studies

Human resources

Finance

Exam skills

Politics

2nd Year AS Level:

  • Prime Ministerial power
  • Judicial independence
  • Judicial neutrality

1 Year AS Level:

  • Case studies of general elections
  • The workings of the UK constitution
  • Why ministers resign

 

House Points

Blue Oak

1934

Green Oak

2093

Red Oak

2145