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Year 8 Curriculum Maps please click on a subject below to view the plan for the year
Contents Year 8 Art ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
Year 8 DT .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Year 8 Drama .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 4
Year 8 English ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5
Year 8 Geography ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Year 8 History ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Year 8 ICT ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Year 8 Lifeskills ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Year 8 Maths ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 12
Year 8 French ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Year 8 German ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
Year 8 Spanish .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Year 8 Music ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 16
Year 8 PE .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 17
Year 8 RPE ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 18
Year 8 Science .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Year 8 Art In Year 7 students have learnt how to make effective use of composition in your work, built upon knowledge of colour mixing, the formal elements and developed observational drawing skills. Developed knowledge and use of mixed media, printmaking and group work/presentation skills. In Year 8 you will learn how to: make effective use of 1 and 2-point perspective. Built upon knowledge of the formal elements, developed observational drawing skills. Developed use of 3D work, mixed media and printmaking and gain experience in developing independent ideas and final pieces.
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What are we learning and what will I be assessed on? ASK sheet: Animals.
Collage of chosen animal. Biro study of chosen animal.
Work in the style of Charlotte Caron
Investigation into a 3D artist.
Title page for Animals project.
Collect a range of good quality animals images. Research 3D animal artist using Moodle for help. Collect a range of images of their work.
Study of Charlotte Caron’s work and written analysis of her work.
Complete 3D artist pages.
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Design ideas and development.
3D work in clay to create own animal sculpture. Glaze animal sculpture. What are we learning and what will I be assessed on? ASK sheet: Architecture.
Take own photographs of objects your sculpture will combine with.
Safety in clay poster. Step by step guide of making process. Student evaluation. Moodle: Home work sheet for ‘Architecture’ all tasks to be completed key home works as specified on this curriculum map.
Year 8 Report 1 Home
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1 and 2-point perspective technical drawing.
1 and 2 point perspective technical drawing.
Drawing on location- drawing interesting view points from around the school.
Drawing on location- drawing interesting view points from around the school.
In depth artist studies- analysing the work of artists relating to architecture.
In depth artist studies- analysing the work of artists relating to architecture.
Designs for poly board or etching printing based on artist work.
Unusual view point hwk.
Preferences Evening Parents Evening
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Poly board printing or etching.
Poly board printing or etching.
What are we learning and what will I be assessed on? ASK sheet: Portraiture.
Take photographs using DSLR camera and create tonal portraits from these.
Sticky back plastic study in the style of Julian Opie.
Evaluation of project. Draw a family member in tone. Take a range of selfies showing off ‘true’ self and print. Artist focus page on Julian Opie.
Year 8 Report 2 Home
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Coloured portrait study looking at the work of Robert Arneson.
Reflection portrait study looking at the work of M C Escher.
Complete final painting based on self.
Artist focus page on Robert Arneson.
Artist focus pages looking at the work of M C Escher. Attend an Art Club to complete final painting. Student evaluation.
Year 8 Report 3 Home
Year 8 DT In Year 8 you will rotate through six projects. Each project will produce physical products as outcomes. Each project will produce a design folio marked against the A.S.K assessments. You will take home your practical work when completed. Folio work will be stored in your ‘portfolio of evidence.’
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Food – Eat well - Students learn about healthy eating and balancing meals. They learn about the safe storage of food and bacteria that can cause them harm. Food -Snack attack - lays the foundation skills
Garden Tool - explores metal manufacturing processes through the outcome of a small garden tool. Skills learnt include: Health and safety in a group context. Teamwork . Mood Light – Student investigate circuits using alpha
Mood Light – Student investigate circuits using alpha boards. They solder components to build a Darlington pair nightlight circuit and manufacture a casing using a laser cutter.
Garden Tool - explores metal manufacturing processes
Game Project – Is an open ended design project. Students design and make a board game, developing their graphic communication and creative thinking skills. Link Toy - Students design and make a toy with a
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 required for the new KS4 qualification of Food Preparation & Nutrition. The emphasis of the unit is on skills. Food – Eat well - Students learn about healthy eating and balancing meals. They learn boards. They solder components to build a Darlington pair nightlight circuit and manufacture a casing using a laser cutter. Garden Tool - explores metal manufacturing processes through the outcome of a small garden tool. through the outcome of a small garden tool. Skills learnt include: Health and safety in a group context. Teamwork . Link Toy - Students design and make a toy with a moving link joint. Skills for working with wood
tools. moving link joint. Skills for working with wood tools are developed. Mood Light – Student investigate circuits using alpha boards. They solder components to build a Year 8 Report 1 Home
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 about the safe storage of food and bacteria that can cause them harm. Food -Snack attack - lays the foundation skills required for the new KS4 qualification of Food Preparation & Nutrition. Skills learnt include: Health and safety in a group context. Teamwork Mood Light – Student investigate circuits using alpha boards. They solder components to build a Darlington pair nightlight circuit and manufacture
are developed Game Project – Is an open ended design project. Students design and make a board game, developing their graphic communication and creative. Darlington pair nightlight circuit and manufacture a casing using a laser cutter. Garden Tool - explores metal manufacturing processes through the outcome of a small garden tool. Skills learnt include: Health and safety in a Preferences Evening Parents Evening
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 .The emphasis of the unit is on skills. Food – Eat well - Students learn about healthy eating and balancing meals. They learn about the safe storage of food and bacteria that can cause them harm. a casing using a laser cutter. Link Toy - Students design and make a toy with a moving link joint. Skills for working with wood tools. thinking skills Game Project – Is an open ended design project. Students design and make a board game, developing their graphic communication and creative thinking skills. group context. Teamwork . Mood Light – Student investigate circuits using alpha boards. They solder components to build a Darlington pair nightlight circuit and manufacture a casing using a laser cutter. Year 8 Report 2 Home
33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Food -Snack attack - lays the foundation skills required for the new KS4 qualification of Food Preparation & about the safe storage of food and bacteria that can cause them harm Game Project – Is an open ended design project. Students design and make a board game, developing their graphic communication and creative thinking skills. Link Toy - Students design and make a toy with a moving link joint. Skills for working with wood tools.
Year 8 Report 3 Home
Year 8 Drama In Year 7 you will have learnt how to… use Drama skills such as Imagination Development, In-role-writing, Physical Theatre, Concentration, Non-Naturalistic Role Play, Still Image, sustaining a role, Sound Effects / Sound-scapes, Slow-motion, Narration, Thought tracking, Hot Seating, Characterisation, Voice. Your Knowledge of how to create drama should be developed from Year 7 and used to enhance your practical work this year. Remember every lesson you are practically & verbally assessed which counts towards your grades.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Topic 1: Genre Half Term 1 (Weeks 1-14) Looking at how to create different genres of performance and consider the audience experience as well as develop skills as a performer.
SKILLS: Practical Performance Skills of Pantomime, Abstract Theatre, Horror, Naturalism, Experiential Theatre. KNOWLEDGE: Confidently define verbally the genre terms, Understand types of theatre, Consider the meaning & understanding of genre. Assessed both verbally & practically.
HOMEWORK: Learning lines from a script, rehearsing in own time (break/lunch) for performances ASSESSMENT Written evaluation homework to assess GSCE ability
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Topic 1: Genre Half Term 2 (Weeks 1-14) Looking at how to create different genres of performance and consider the audience experience as well as develop skills as a performer.
Topic 2: Murder Mystery Macbeth (Weeks 15-20)
SKILLS: Practical Performance Skills of Pantomime, Abstract Theatre, Horror, Naturalism, Experiential Theatre. KNOWLEDGE: Confidently define verbally the genre terms, Understand types of theatre, Consider the meaning & understanding of genre.
SKILLS: Sound-scape, Improvisation, Still Image, Voice & Movement, Though Tracking
HOMEWORK: Learning lines from a script, rehearsing in own time (break/lunch) for performances
ASSESSMENT Practical Contribution
ASSESSMENT Practical Performance
HOMEWORK: Will be to research GCSE Drama in preparation for options
Year 8 Report 1 Home
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Topic 2: Murder Mystery Macbeth (Weeks 15-26) – An exploration of Shakespeare’s Tragic Tale of Macbeth – co-insides with the textual teaching within ENGLISH
KNOWLEDGE: Play text exploration, Identification of key themes/characters, style & genre of performance developing on from the previous topic. Assessed both verbally & practically.
HOMEWORK: Learn lines for Witches Spell Performances Preferences Evening Parents Evening
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Macbeth…cont.. Topic 4a: Film Trailers – Preparation (Weeks 27-32) ‘Learning how to perform, direct & produce your own film trailer culminating all of the
performance, topics & genre skills you have learnt over the past 2 years’
SKILLS: Practically explore: Storyboards, acting styles, filming equipment, explore camera angles. KNOWLEDGE: Use the SKILLS explored this half term to study and create your own film trailers as part of a competition.
HOMEWORK: Finish story boards during initial weeks
Year 8 Report 2 Home
33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Topic 4b: Film Trailers – Filming & Editing (Weeks 33-39) ‘Learning how to perform, direct & produce your own film trailer culminating all of the performance, topics & genre skills you have learnt over the past 2 years’
SKILLS: Practically explore: Storyboards, acting styles, filming equipment, explore camera angles, filming equipment, technical theatre, editing software. KNOWLEDGE: Use the SKILLS explored this half term to study and create your own film trailers as part of a competition.
HOMEWORK: Own time during Lunch can be spent refining and editing the trailers during this half term.
ASSESSEMENT Observation of final Film Trailer (weeks 38 &39)
Year 8 Report 3 Home
Year 8 English In Year 7 you will have developed your independent reading, writing and oracy skills.
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Autumn Term 1: ‘Heroes and Villains in Literature Across Time’ Key skills and knowledge: See ‘Heroes and Villains’ ASK Tracker End of unit assessment: Writing assessment (narrative or descriptive writing)
Typical homework tasks for each unit will include: Reading and completing tasks in the Reading Journal; learning key spellings; three tasks from the home learning tic-tac-toe grid (see Moodle)
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Autumn Term 2: ‘The Voice of Conflict’ (War Poetry) Key skills and knowledge: See ‘Voices of Conflict’ ASK Tracker End of unit assessment: Spoken language and Reading assessment; learn and perform a poem; write a reflection of the poem and write a response to the question ‘How does the poet present ideas about war and/or conflict in your chosen poem?’
Year 8 report 1 home
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Spring Term 1: ‘Macbeth’ Key skills and knowledge: See ‘Macbeth’ ASK Tracker End of unit assessment: Reading assessment; answer one of two questions on an extract from the play.
Spring Term 2: ‘Worlds’ (Dystopian and Utopian fiction) Key skills and knowledge: See ‘Worlds – Dystopia and Utopia’ ASK Tracker End of unit assessment: Writing assessment (narrative or descriptive writing) and Reading assessment (extract based comprehension, analysis and evaluation)
Preference evening Parents Evening
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Summer Term 1: Themed Project (E.g. Theme Park Project or Magazine Project) Key skills and knowledge: See ‘Themed Project’ ASK Tracker End of unit assessment: Formal group presentation
Yr. 8 report 2 home
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Summer Term 1: Modern Drama Key skills and knowledge: See ‘Modern Drama’ ASK Tracker End of unit assessment: Reading assessment (extended writing response to a given essay questions; e.g. ‘Who do you think is the most powerful character in the play?’
En/Ma/Sc Exams Year 8 report 3 home
Year 8 Geography
In Year 7 you will have learnt how to…use maps and be able to describe places, you will have learnt about population and why people migrate. You will have an understanding of resources and our need to look after our planet for the future. You will have looked at weather and climate and different ecosystems such as rainforests and tundra.
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Urbanisation ASK sheet: Yr8 Settlement/Urbanisation (see knowledge ASK) and AfL/test ASK sheet: Numeracy in graph presentation and interpretation, literacy through extended writing, enquiry through research tasks, teamwork through group shanty towns, enquiry through shopping survey Week 1: Megacities – what are they, where are they found / Week 2: What are the problems with cities getting bigger- shanty towns / Week 3: Shanty towns and case study. / Week 4: Example of a LIC mega city. / Week 5: What are the challenges for cities in richer countries? / Week 6: Settlement hierarchy and services / Week 7: Why do people choose to live in a city- mystery /enquiry / Week 8: Shopping types and set up enquiry
What is the minimum I need to do at home to succeed? HOMEWORK – how do we make MK better poster/leaflet, research on shanty towns, shopping enquiry
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Hazards ASK sheet: Plate tectonics ASK/Tensile: Numeracy in graph presentation and interpretation, literacy through extended writing, independence and enquiry through research tasks, teamwork through group presentations, Week 1: What are the layers of the Earth Week 2: Plates and their boundaries Week 3: Volcanoes
Week 4: ASSESSMENT ON PRIOR LEARNING (At any point in these 2/3 weeks)
AFL/TEST: URBANISATION ASSESSMENT
Week 5: Earthquakes Week 6: Impacts of earthquakes Week 7: Tsunamis Week 8 Different responses to hazards Week 9: revision and assessment
What is the minimum I need to do at home to succeed? HOMEWORK – research tasks, volcano and earthquake case studies, presentation skills- posters on which hazard is worse?
Yr. 8 report home
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Coasts & Rivers ASK sheet: Yr8 Coasts and Rivers (see knowledge ASK) and AfL/test to assess ASK sheet: literacy through extended writing, independence and enquiry through research tasks, teamwork through group work Week 1: where are the rivers and seaside locations in the UK? Week 2: erosion and weathering
Week 3: Coastal landforms Week 4: Coastal management Week 5: River landforms Week 6: Flooding and management
AfL/Test- Tectonics exam paper What is the minimum I need to do at home to succeed? Moodle: Year 8 Geography – research, presentations on different landforms
Preferences evening Parents evening
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AFL: DME on management of our physical landscapes
Development & Globalisation ASK sheet: Yr8 Development & Globalisation (see knowledge ASK) ASK/Tensile: Numeracy in graph interpretation, literacy through extended writing, independence and enquiry through research tasks, teamwork through group work, solving problems in class work Week 1: What is development and how do we measure it? / Week 2: Why are some countries more developed than others? / Week 3: How did the development gap grow? / Week 4: Aid and debt / Week 5: Country study- AFL opportunity / Week 6: Sustainable Development / Week 7: Water / resources / Week 8: Fair trade and NGOs
What is the minimum I need to do at home to succeed? Moodle: Year 8 Geography – fair trade research, clothing survey, research on reasons for some countries being less developed.
Yr. 8 report 2 home
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Globalisation- global issues country contexts (aspects link to all previous topics taught across KS3) TENSILE skills all covered. Week 1: Sectors of industry / Week 2: where have all the secondary jobs gone / Week 3: Where are our clothes made / Week 4: Globalisation and TNCs After End of year test= research into sweatshop and individual TNC case studies.
REVISION WEEK End of year test- covering all y7 y8
Country studies- trading game?
Year 8 report home
Year 8 History Events that have shaped the world today... In Year 7 you will have learnt how to work with historical sources; produce different forms of historical writing
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ASK sheet: The trans-Atlantic Slave Trade – origins, Middle Passage, life as a slave, abolition Assessment: Middle Passage Source Work ; End of Unit Knowledge Test (Report 1)
Homework: Slave Diaries – creative writing
TENSILE: Expression ASK: Curiosity/Expression/Source Analysis
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ASK sheet: The British Empire: Should Britain be proud of her Empire? Assessment: Empire Plate – historical interpretation; End of Unit Knowledge Test
Homework: Empire Homework Booklet TENSILE: Solving Problems ASK: Creativity/Solving Problems/Interpretation
Year 8 Reports’ home
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ASK sheet: Oppression and Nationalism: The Struggle for an identity (India, South Africa) Assessment: Write an account of the life of a black teenager in a South African township; End of Unit Knowledge Test (Report 2)
Homework: Homework booklet
TENSILE: Enquiry ASK: Consistency/Enquiry/Explaining factors Year 8 Preference Evening
Year 8 Parents Evening
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 ASK sheet: The Civil Rights struggle in the USA: origins, MLK, Malcolm X
Assessment: Which was the most effective form of protest during the campaign for equal Civil Rights in the 1950s and 1960s?; End of Unit Knowledge Test
Homework: Key events of Civil Rights research project
TENSILE: Independence ASK: Commitment/|Independence/Interpretation Year 8 Reports home
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ASK sheet: Women through history: Nightingale, Victoria, Earhart, Suffragettes, Elizabeth Assessment: Group presentation to convince the audience of the significance of their chosen woman; End of Unit Knowledge Test
Homework: Preparation for presentation
TENSILE: Teamwork & Expression ASK: Cooperation/Teamwork & Expression/Significance
Year 8 Reports home
Year 8 ICT In Year 7 you will have learnt basic skills when using the computer, spreadsheet and database skills. Programming using Small Basic and created a website.
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Programming Binary, then Small basic if, loops and while
HWK Binary Quizzes
HWK Programming Instruction Sets
HWK Flowchart HWK Flowchart HWK Revision Quiz
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Programming Photoshop and graphics (inc Webplus)
HWK Website Designs
HWK Shot Types Assignment
Year 8 Report 1 Home
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Photoshop and Graphics (inc Webplus) Databases – design, create, forms and queries. Relational databases for more able
HWK Storyboard
HWK Revision Quiz HWK Database Task
HWK Query Designs
Preference Evening Parents Evening
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Databases Spreadsheets – formulas and functions graphs
HWK Design a form
HWK Revision Quiz HWK Key Terms
Year 8 Report 2 Home
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Spreadsheets – formulas and functions graphs Projects
HWK Spreadsheet Design Fete
HWK Revision Quiz
Year 8 Report 3 Home
Year 8 Lifeskills
In Year 8 students will learn how to recognise and manage emotions, they will become aware that choices have impact and consequences. Students will explore their mood management, developing skills such as self- awareness, modelling what works for them, developing positive emotions and having exposure to risk through units on Drugs and Choices. Students will develop inter personal and intra personal skills. The Careers unit will allow students to explore ‘themselves’, their values and attitudes to the world of work and possible careers as they make important life decisions in the subjects they choose.
Further detail can be located in Unit overview sheets which begin each unit of work and will be stuck into exercise books at the beginning of topics, including the ASK trackers.
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1.EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE see ASK and Moodle
What’s your E Q? How responsible are
you How do you think
you are … Are you an optimist?
Take care of yourself.
Self-discipline App R and D App
product/presentation
APP ASSESSMENT
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2. DRUGS see ASK and Moodle
What is a drug? L1
Why bother
L2/3
Anti-bullying /cyberbullying
Drugs Talk Pc Furber &
Compass Top Ten pieces of
advice L4
Drugs Talk
Pc Furber & Compass
Drug identification L5
Are crimes committed
L6
Enhancing Performance
L7
Drugs & society L8
Illegal highs L9
What’s your why?
Poster on drug awareness
Year 8 reports home End of unit test
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3. Careers & Options see ASK and Moodle 4. BRITISHNESS see ASK and Moodle
Plan your how!
Explore! Learning styles Game Plotr Game Plotr Diversity – What ? National Identify
Who are the Brits?
Preference evening Parents evening Quiz about GB
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5. CHOICES (GUNS & KNIVES) see ASK and Moodle 6. Gangs
Global Identity Last 50 Humans Knife crime Gun crime Board activity
Police in 27th Guns Guns
Wanna be in a gang
Great Britain Year 8 reports home
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Gangs ASK and Moodle 7. SOCIAL & ECONOMIC WELLBEING
Gangland Survival – safe
exit FOMO
Healthy behaviours 1 – online digital
safety.
Healthy Behaviours 2
Gangs do’s & don’ts Year 8 reports home
Year 8 Maths
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Autumn 1 - Unit 1: Adding and subtracting fractions 2) Further order of operations 3) Averages 4) Holidays R Us Project
End of topic Assessment to be completed once content covered Key focus of units
1) Confidently add and subtract fractions including mixed numbers. 2) Understand and explain how to use BODMAS and solve more complicated problems. 3) Confidently calculate the averages and the range. 4) Effective use of money and time to solve a problem.
TENSILE Assessment: Holidays R Us
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Autumn 2 - Unit 2: Multiplying and Dividing Fractions 2) Functions 3) Equations 4) Introducing recurring decimals Spring 1 – Unit 3:
1) Percentages
End of topic Assessment to be completed once content covered Key focus of units
1) Confidently multiply and divide fractions including mixed numbers 2) Understand and use at least one function machine. 3) Solve two step equations 4) Identify a recurring decimal through division.
Test content: Basic Maths, Unit 1 and Unit 2
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17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2) Introduction to Graphs 3) Transformations 4) Opposite Corner Project Spring 2 – Unit 4: 1)Circles 2) Angle Properties
End of topic Assessment to be completed once content covered Key focus of units
1) Confidently calculate percentage increase or decrease. 2) Draw a straight line graph correctly 3) Reflect, rotate and translate a shape confidently
TENSILE Assessment: opposite Corners
End of topic Assessment to be completed once content covered Key focus of units
1) Calculate area and circumference of circles. 2) Applying angle rules to solve problems.
Preference evening Parents evening
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Summer 1 – Unit 5: Scatter Graphs 2) Inequalities 3) Probability 4) Disney Land Project
Test content: Unit 3 and Unit 4
End of topic Assessment to be completed once content covered Key focus of units:
1) Plot and interpret scatter graphs. 2) Represent on a number line. 3) Represent probabilities in tables and calculate simple probabilities.
TENSILE Assessment: Disney land
Year 8 report 2 home
33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Summer 2 – Unit 6: Questionnaires 2) Volume 3) compound Measure
End of topic Assessment to be completed once content covered Key focus of units
1) Can construct a questionnaire. 2) Find the volume of simple prisms. 3) Can confidently use the speed formula.
End of Year test: Content from all units
En/Ma/Sc Exams Year 8 report 3 home
Year 8 French
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ASK Sheet Autumn Key knowledge: talking about leisure including television, movies, books and internet Key skill: expression End of half-term assessment: focus on listening, reading, translation, writing, speaking, grammar
Home learning: linguascope.com and zut.org.uk to revise vocabulary on weekly basis
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ASK Sheet Autumn Key knowledge: visiting Paris Key skill: numeracy End of half-term assessment: focus on listening, reading, translation, writing, speaking, grammar
Home learning: revise vocabulary on a weekly basis, practise writing sentences using verbs learnt in class; the perfect tense
Year 8 Report home
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ASK Sheet Spring Key knowledge: talking about identity and relationships Key skill: independence End of half-term assessment: focus on listening, reading, translation, writing, speaking, grammar
ASK Sheet Spring Key knowledge: where you live Key skill: enquiry End of half-term assessment: focus on listening, reading, translation, writing, speaking, grammar
Home learning: learn future tense formation Home learning: describe where you live Year 8 Preference Evening Year 8 Parents’ Evening
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ASK Sheet Summer Key knowledge: talking about talent and ambition Key skill: independence End of half-term assessment: focus on listening, reading, translation, writing, speaking, grammar
Home learning: learn how to form the near future by heart
Year 8 Report home
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ASK Sheet Summer Key knowledge: the French speaking world, science and the French Revolution Key skill: literacy End of half-term assessment: focus on listening, reading, translation, writing, speaking, grammar
Home learning: research famous French painters and poets
Year 8 report home
Year 8 German In Year 7 you will have learnt how to develop listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar and translation skills within a variety of topic areas.
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ASK Sheet Autumn Key knowledge: past holidays Key skill: expression End of half-term assessment: focus on listening, reading, translation, writing, speaking, grammar
Home learning: learn vocabulary on a weekly basis, practise on linguascope.com, zut.org.uk
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ASK Sheet Autumn Key knowledge: shopping for food and drink Key skill: teamwork End of half-term assessment: focus on listening, reading, translation, writing, speaking, grammar
Home learning: describe what you like eating and drinking Year 8 report 1 starts Year 8 report 1 home Year 8 Reports home
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ASK Sheet Spring Key knowledge: leisure Key skill: literacy End of half-term assessment: skills and knowledge
ASK Sheet Spring Key knowledge: body and health Key skill: solving problems End of half-term assessment: topic and skills
Home learning: describe what you do when you are not in school Home learning: talk/write about your health Year 8 Preference Evening
Year 8 Parents’ Evening
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ASK Sheet Summer Key knowledge: going out Key skill: independence End of half-term assessment: skills and knowledge
Home learning: practise talking about going out
Year 8 Reports home
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ASK Sheet Summer Key knowledge: school exchange
Key skill: enquiry
End of half-term assessment: knowledge and skills
Home learning: practise making plans
Year 8 Reports home
Year 8 Spanish In Year 7 you will have learnt how to develop listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar and translation skills within a variety of topic areas.
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ASK Sheet Autumn Key knowledge: people and routine Key skill: expression End of half-term assessment: focus on listening, reading, translation, writing, speaking, grammar
Home learning: learn vocabulary on a weekly basis, practise on linguascope.com, zut.org.uk
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ASK Sheet Autumn Key knowledge: planning to go out Key skill: teamwork End of half-term assessment: focus on listening, reading, translation, writing, speaking, grammar
Home learning: practise conversation about going out
Year 8 report home
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ASK Sheet Spring Key knowledge: past holidays Key skill: solving problems End of half-term assessment: skills and knowledge
ASK Sheet Spring Key knowledge: food and drink Key skill: literacy End of half-term assessment: topic and skills
Home learning: describe your last holiday
Home learning: describe what you normally eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner
Year 8 Preference evening
Year 8 Parents’ Evening
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ASK Sheet Summer Key knowledge: clothes Key skill: independence End of half-term assessment: skills and knowledge
Home learning: describe what you wear at school/ at home
Year 8 reports home
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ASK Sheet Summer Key knowledge: in a town/city
Key skill: enquiry
End of half-term assessment: knowledge and skills
Home learning: describe a Spanish town/city
Year 8 report home
Year 8 Music In Year 7 you will have developed your music reading skills, performance skills on keyboard and learned to record performances on computer software. You will have also developed your singing skills through performance of ‘Dig it’ and learned and performed music from Indonesia. You will have learned about the instruments of the orchestra.
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What are we learning and what will I be assessed on? The Blues: We will look at the context of the Blues and how It developed. We will learn about the musical features of the blues and learn to perform and record a 12 bar blues using Garageband and live instruments.
Music of Latin American
Ukulele skills: introduction to the ukulele - tuning, learning 4 chords, performing in small and large ensembles, developing arranging and ensemble skills.
Homework: Students can practise blues chord sequences and scale on keyboards at home or in school. Moodle based questions.
Assessment: Regular teacher verbal feedback teacher and peer feedback on recordings and performances in class.
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Students will learn about Caribbean music & music from Latin America. Alongside learning about the musical features of this genre and its context, students will continue to develop keyboard skills, their knowledge of notation, composing and performing skills.
Christmas / seasonal music, whole class performances - students will continue to develop keyboard skills, their knowledge of notation, and performing skills.
Reggae Music
Assessment: Performing and Recordings on Garageband. Assessment: Performing and recordings to class
Homework: Moodle based questions Year 8 Report 1 Home
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Students will look at music from Jamaica, perform Don’t worry about a thing by Bob Marley. Individual and ensemble performance opportunities developing skills on their chosen instrument.
Programme Music Students will study how composers in the 19th and 20th Centuries composed music to stories, pictures, poems and other external stimuli. There will be various activities of listening, appraising, performing and composing centred around the study of a set work.
Assessment: Students will receive feedback on Performances and Composing work throughout the topic.
Assessment: Students will receive feedback on Performances and Composing work throughout the topic.
Homework: Moodle based questions Homework: Moodle based questions Preferences Evening Parents Evening
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Film & Gaming Music: We will look at how composers create music to enhance the mood of film, games, drama, documentaries and other moving image programmes. Students will have the opportunity to create music for their own choice of video clips and also learn how to exploit technology to enhance their compositions.
Solos concert 15th May, opportunity for students to perform.
Ensemble skills & performance:
Assessment: Students will receive feedback on Performances and Composing work throughout the topic. Homework: Moodle based questions
Year 8 Report 2 Home
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A variety of performance based work designed to further ensemble skills and developing individual instrumental ability on chosen instrument.
Regular teacher feedback, self-evaluation and peer to peer feedback. Homework: Moodle based questions
Year 8 Report 3 Home
Year 8 PE In Year 7 you will have learnt how to effectively… BELONG to a team or group, BELIEVE in your ability and potential, BECOME the best you can be. You will have focussed your practical physical ability on the acquisition and execution of key skills of physical literacy and sport specific skills too. You will have developed your understanding of how to be HAPPY, HEALTHY and SUCCESSFUL through physical activity and sport. Students will continue in ability groups from year 7, with group suitability assessed following progress reviews.
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Introduction, changing rooms and expectations
Happy, Healthy, Successful (Gymnasium): - Take part in sport and physical activity with a specific focus on Inspiration, individuality and mental toughness. The gymnasium lends itself to learning this through gymnastics or dance.
Half term week 8 OWO week 9 -15
KS3 Homework:- Be physically active for 30 mins per week, inside or outside of school.
Assessment Week
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Happy, Healthy, Successful (Sports Hall): - Take part in sport and physical activity with a specific focus on enthusiasm, social wellbeing and target setting. The sports hall lends itself to learning this through net / wall games.
HHS (Fitness Suite) week 14, 16-20
Tournament week. Competitive games
HHS (Fitness Suite) 14, 16-20
KS3 Homework:- Be physically active for 30 mins per week, inside or outside of school. KS3 Homework:-
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Happy, Healthy, Successful (Fitness Suite): - Take part in sport and physical activity with a specific focus on perseverance, moderate to vigorous physical activity and independence. The fitness suite lends itself to learning this through health-related fitness
Happy, Healthy, Successful (Sports Hall 2): - Take part in sport and physical activity with a specific focus on cooperation, knowledge of body health and motivation. The sports hall lends itself to learning this through net / wall & invasion games or health related fitness.
Be physically active for 30 mins per week, inside or outside of school. KS3 Homework:- Be physically active for 30 mins per week, inside or outside of Preferences Evening Parents Evening
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HHS (SH2) week 21-26
Happy, Healthy, Successful (Astro / Hard Courts): - Take part in sport and physical activity with a specific focus on respect, activity levels and leadership. The astro / hard courts lends itself to learning this through invasion games.
school KS3 Homework:- Be physically active for 30 mins per week, inside or outside of school.
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Happy, Healthy, Successful (Field): - Take part in competitive house competitions specific to the sports and physical activities that the students have enjoyed most within the curriculum and extra-curricular offer. The main assessment focus will be sportsmanship, empathy and hard-work.
Tournament week. Competitive games
Tournament week. Competitive games
KS3 Homework:- Attend one hour of coached physical activity per week, inside or outside of school.
Assessment Standardisation Year 8 Report 3 Home
Notes: - All students will study the same content but timings will vary dependant on facility availability. Standardisation dates will also vary but will occur three times
throughout the academic year. Sports/activities will be selected considering the strengths of the class teacher, facility available and composition of the group.
Year 8 RPE In Year 8 you will have learn about a range of religions, following on from year 7 work. These topics will also help you to think philosophically and ethically so that you are able to Explore, Reflect, Relate and Evaluate within RE.
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Sikhism Students will learn some of the key aspects about Sikhism and how these relate to a Sikhs life.
Homework for this first part of the year will be to investigate the Sikhism religion and what the Sikh symbol means.
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Ethics This unit will introduce students to ethical issues. This includes looking at how ethics constantly challenges society to consider how we approach the use of science in our lives.
Buddhism Students will learn about some of the key aspects of Buddhism.
Students will research one of the issues looked at in lessons. Students will explore some aspects of the religion.
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Buddhism
Religion and Art
Preferences Evening Parents Evening
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Religion and Art Art is often used to express ideas and beliefs. This topic will allow students to understand how many pieces of artwork that is found within our communities can be understood as an expression of religious views and ideas.
Islam Students will spend part of the year looking at Islam. They cover a range of topics to learn about the Islamic religion including: key beliefs of Islam, the importance of worship and pilgrimage, and the use of the Quran in helping develop their beliefs. They will also learn why Muslims have these beliefs and evaluate how important these are for Muslims living in society today.
For home learning students will explore how religion is presented in the news and think about how this might affect how we view religion.
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How we express ourselves spiritually A short topic exploring what we mean by spirituality and how this can be seen in both religious and non-religious contexts.
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Year 8 Science In Year 8 you will have learnt: Knowledge from all 10 of the Big Ideas in Science. Continued to develop practical skills alongside planning and evaluative skills. Scientific numeracy and Literacy continue to be developed.
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What are we learning and what will I be assessed on? Looking @ Plants and Ecosystems ASK sheet: Year 8 Science Topic 8.1 Looking @ Plants and Ecosystems
What are we learning and what will I be assessed on? Explaining Chemical Changes ASK sheet: Year 8 Science Topic 8.2 –Explaining Chemical Changes
One assessed Homework task. End of topic test One assessed Homework task. End of topic test
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What are we learning and what will I be assessed on? Motion on Earth and in Space ASK sheet: Year 8 Science Topic 8.3 - Motion on Earth and in Space
What are we learning and what will I be assessed on? Getting the Energy your body needs. ASK sheet: Year 8 Science Topic 8.4 - Getting the Energy your body needs.
One assessed Homework task. End of topic test One assessed Homework task. End of topic test Yr. 8 Report 1 Home
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What are we learning and what will I be assessed on? Magnetism and Electricity. ASK sheet: Year 8 Science Topic 8.5 – Magnetism and Electricity.
What are we learning and what will I be assessed on? Our Health and the effects of Drugs. ASK sheet: Year 8 Science Topic 8.6 – Our Health and the effects of Drugs.
NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK ACTIVITIES
One assessed Homework task. End of topic test One assessed Homework task. End of topic test Preferences Evening Parents Evening
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What are we learning and what will I be assessed on? Obtaining Useful Materials ASK sheet: Year 8 Science Topic 8.7 – Obtaining Useful Materials.
What are we learning and what will I be assessed on? Waves and Energy Transfers. ASK sheet: Year 8 Science Topic 8.8 – Waves and Energy Transfer
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Revision for end of year exam.
What are we learning and what will I be assessed on? Using our Earth Sustainably. ASK sheet: Year 8 Science Topic 8.9 – Using our Earth Sustainably.
One assessed Homework task. End of topic test
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