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Year 9 Curriculum Maps 17/18 please click on a subject below to view the plan for the year

Contents Year 9 Art .......................................................................................................................................................................... 2

Year 9 Business.................................................................................................................................................................. 3

Year 9 VCERT Business and Enterprise .............................................................................................................................. 4

Year 9 Food and Nutrition ................................................................................................................................................. 5

Year 9 GCSE Design and Technology ................................................................................................................................. 6

Year 9 Materials Technology ............................................................................................................................................. 7

Year 9 Drama ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8

Year 9 English .................................................................................................................................................................... 9

Year 9 Geography ............................................................................................................................................................ 10

Year 9 History .................................................................................................................................................................. 11

Year 9 Computer Science ................................................................................................................................................ 12

Year 9 iMedia .................................................................................................................................................................. 13

Year 9 Life Skills ............................................................................................................................................................... 14

Year 9 Mathematics ........................................................................................................................................................ 15

Year 9 Media Studies ...................................................................................................................................................... 16

Year 9 French .................................................................................................................................................................. 17

Year 9 German ................................................................................................................................................................ 18

Year 9 Spanish ................................................................................................................................................................. 19

Year 9 Music .................................................................................................................................................................... 20

Year 9 Sports Leadership Diploma .................................................................................................................................. 21

Year 9 Religion, Philosophy & Ethics ............................................................................................................................... 22

Year 9 (Trilogy) Biology ................................................................................................................................................... 23

Year 9 (Trilogy) Chemistry ............................................................................................................................................... 24

Year 9 (Trilogy) Physics ................................................................................................................................................... 25

Year 9 (Triple) Biology ..................................................................................................................................................... 26

Year 9 (Triple) Chemistry ................................................................................................................................................ 27

Year 9 Art In Year 8 you will have learnt how to: make effective use of 1 and 2 point perspective; build upon knowledge of the formal elements; develop observational drawing skills; develop use of mixed media and printmaking; and gain experience in developing independent ideas and final pieces. Year 9 is a foundation year where you build upon previous learning and are taught the skills, techniques, methods and processes necessary for studying art at GCSE level. The overall theme for Year 9 is ‘Natural Form’ which runs throughout the year and is explored through different media and techniques.

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ASK sheet: Mark-Making. Mark-making project. A series of mark-making and drawing activities.

Homework is set each week by the individual class teacher. Year 9 report 1 starts

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Mark-making project. A series of mark-making and drawing activities.

Plan a final piece in response to the mark-making project.

Final Piece. Teacher assessment and evaluation.

ASK sheet: Painting and Print-making. Painting project. Colour theory and painting techniques.

Student evaluation. Homework is to be set each week by the individual class teacher. Year 9 report 1 home

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Painting Project. Colour theory and painting techniques.

Print-making project. Polyboard print.

Print-making project. Etching print.

Print-making project. Collagraph printing.

Collagraph printing Teacher assessment and evaluation.

Student evaluation.

Year 9 report 2 starts

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ASK sheet: Textiles or Clay Vessel. Textile techniques. Embroidery and stitches. Textile techniques. Applique.

Fabric and material manipulation – Tyvek.

Textile techniques. Heat press and T’ dyes.

Clay vessel. Study the work of and artist (ceramicist).

Clay vessel. Designs for clay vessel in response to work of artist.

Homework is to be set each week by the individual class teacher. Year 9 report/Parent Eve Mock Exams Year 9 report 3 starts

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Textile techniques. Heat press and transfer dyes.

Textile techniques. Batik.

Textile techniques. Making textile final piece based on chosen design. Textile techniques. Final piece. Teacher assessment.

Clay vessel. Designs for your own clay vessel in response to work of artist. Making of clay vessel working from chosen design.

Clay vessel. Glazing of clay vessel.

Clay vessel. Teacher assessment.

Student evaluation.

Year 9 report 3 home

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Knowledge: Business terms: Marketing; Target Market; Marketing Plan and Communications; Costs and Revenue; Unique Selling Point;

Adding-Value Skills: TENSILE – Teamwork, Expression and Numeracy Homework: Market research for the SUBWAY challenge

1st draft of SUBWAY task given in for assessment and targets to improve

The Subway Challenge – the first 21 weeks will be bridging weeks for students not having studied business before The Subway Challenge


9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Deadline for task and

present to class in teams Knowledge: Adding value-cereal task Skills: Independence Homework: Gather examples of products

Adding value Year 9 report 1 home Adding Value Extended Project

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Knowledge: Customer service and market research

Skills: Numeracy (questionnaire analysis percentages), application, analysis and evaluation. Homework: Market research –questionnaire results. Revision for key terms tests

Theme 1 – Investigating Small Business 1.1 – Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Knowledge: Risk and reward, role of enterprise

Skills: Application, analysis and evaluation Homework: “Swoon” case study

Extended project Year 9 report 2 starts Start of GCSE in Business qualification

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1.2 Spotting a business opportunity Knowledge: Market research, segmentation and competition

Skills: Application, analysis and evaluation Homework: Collect results

1.3 Putting a business idea into practice (business person visit) Knowledge: Objectives, revenue, costs, profit, break-even, cash-flow and sources of finance Skills: Application, analysis and evaluation Homework: Costs, revenue and profit case study and calculations

Year 9 report/Parent Eve Year 9 report 3 starts

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1.4 Making the business effective Knowledge: Ownership, liability, location, marketing mix and business plans

Skills: Application, analysis and evaluation

Homework: Logistics – we will have a person from the Institute of Logistics and Transport in to play a business game and complete an assignment on this to re-enforce business involvement. Year 9 report 3 home

Year 9 Business

Year 9 VCERT Business and Enterprise

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Knowledge: Business terms – Marketing; Segmentation; Marketing Communications; Costs and Revenue; Unique Selling Point; Break-Even; Adding-Value Skills: TENSILE – Teamwork Homework: Market research for the SUBWAY challenge

The Subway Challenge Subway draft due in

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Knowledge: Implementing the project idea. Actively participating in a project. Skills: Communication / teamwork / Expression Homework: Create an argument for your project and why it should be chose

The Subway Challenge

Subway Final Due in Unit 4 1.1-1.4


Draft Deadline 1.1-1.4

Final Deadline 1.1-1.4

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Knowledge: Aims, Objectives, marketing Production, Finance Skills: Teamwork, Numeracy, Literacy Homework: Research entrepreneur

Knowledge: Finance, Sales, Revenue, Profit, Loss Skills: Teamwork, Numeracy, Enquiry, Independence Homework: Create a task list for all tasks to be completed

Unit 4 2.1-2.2 Draft Deadline 2.1-2.2

Year 9 report 2 starts Final Deadline 2.1-2.2

Unit 4 3.1-3.3

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Knowledge: Finance, Sales, Revenue, Profit, Loss Skills: Teamwork, Numeracy, Enquiry, Independence Homework: Create a task list for all tasks to be completed

Knowledge: Sales, Revenue, Profit, Loss Skills: Teamwork, Enquiry Homework: Presentation

Knowledge: Success, Strengths Developments Skills: Independence, Communication Homework: Practice Presentation

Unit 4 3.1-3.3 Final Deadline 3.1-3.3

Presentations of 3.1-3.3 Unit 4 4.1-4.3

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Knowledge: Success, Strengths Developments Skills: Independence, Communication Homework: Practice Presentation

Knowledge: Adding value-cereal task Skills: Independence Homework: Gather examples of products

First Draft Deadline 4.1-4.3

Year 9 report 1 home Final Draft Deadline 4.1-4.3

Cereal Box Project

Year 9 Food and Nutrition

In Year 9 you will start the Food Preparation and Nutrition AQA GCSE, gaining knowledge, understanding and skills required to cook and apply the principles of food science, nutrition and healthy eating. We will cover practical skills and knowledge which cover five key areas: food nutrition and health; food science; food safety; food choice; and food provenance. Food preparation skills have been integrated throughout the course to cover 12 skill groups. Projects have been designed to start in Year 9 and continue through Year 10 to cover the course content. In Year 11 the assessment tasks take place.

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Health and safety – You will refer to GCSE text and complete theoretical pages. food safety, cross contamination, storage/cooking temperatures

APPLE PROJECT You will learn to make a variety of apple dishes (in season at this time) and will see how the functions and properties of ingredients work.

Focused Practical Task (FPT): Eve’s pudding FPT: Apple pie Creaming method Rubbing in

FPT: Pork chop, apple sauce and stuffing. Meat preparation, cooking & heat transfer methods

FPT: Apple turnovers FPT: Apple chutney. Food presentation, preservation techniques. PH scale/ food investigation into acidic/ non acidic foods.

English cottage pie (British and International cuisine) project. British culture; economical cooking

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British and International cuisine This project looks at how our increasing multicultural society is influencing food choices. Food products from British tradition and other different cuisines are explored. (You will be examined on British and two other cuisines)

Special diet project You need to know that there are many different diets that people follow and what factors influence these.

British toad in the hole and caramelised onion gravy

Thai green curry Italian macaroni cheese

Year 9 report 1 home Greek Kofta & tzatziki

Chinese chicken chow mein

Mexican burritos American brownies FPT: Leek and potato soup

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There will be a focus on protein dishes and how to adapt recipes to suit vegetarian and vegan diets, coeliacs, lactose intolerance, high fibre, reduced sugar, salt and fat.

Why food is cooked? Cooking methods: steaming, boiling, simmering, blanching poaching and frying. Students will apply scientific knowledge to functions, properties and cooking methods. Functional and chemical properties of foods. protein denaturation, coagulation and foam formation. Investigations into what happens to the protein in the following foods on heating: meat and fish , eggs, milk, flour.

Fish cakes Lentil curry Quinoa salad Risotto Burgers Year 9 report 2 starts Potato salad

Science investigation tasks

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Activity to identify the cooking methods Writing a hypothesis for cooking vegetables to retain nutritional value

Quinoa salad and chilli bean dish and analysis

FPT Roasted vegetable kebabs with couscous

Exam feed back

FPT protein denaturation; tenderisation and marinading : lamb tagine

FPT deboning chicken and stuffing it.

Small cakes sugar investigation

Decoration and finishing techniques

Mock Exams Year 9 report 3 starts

33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Carbohydrate baking project. Students will learn the function of carbohydrate in the diet, main sources and the effects of deficiency and excess of carbohydrate in the diet.

Swiss roll Victoria sandwich cake Black forest gateau Battenburg Carrot cake Combining ingredients

Gingerbread men Brandy snaps

Viennese whirls

Year 9 GCSE Design and Technology

In Year 9 GCSE Design and Technology you will focus on three main aspects of design: “Creativity”, “Computer Aided Design” and “Craftsmanship”. The projects you do in Year 9 aim to give you the skills needed for your GCSE in Design and Technology. In Years 10 you will do further projects aimed at extending the core aspects of the subject and further prepare you for your controlled assessment in Year 11. In Year 11 you will receive an exam board set Design Brief which you will be required to complete in the course of the year. Year 10 and 11 will also focus more on the theoretical and maths aspect of the course.

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Introduction to the course: GCSE course overview and health and safety expectations. (Health and Safety: Covering PPE, Signs, COSHH and Risk Assessments).

Creativity Project – Movie Props You will discuss what props are trying to achieve before designing and making a prop for a chosen movie.


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Continuation of Movie Props Project CAD Project – Watch Project You will design a wrist watch on PTC Creo before learning about 3D printing and printing your watch.


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Continuation of CAD Project Card Modelling – Architecture Project You will design and then model a house in card to show your concept and practise your card prototyping skills.

Craftsmanship – Moneybox Project You have a choice of difficulty level (1-5) for making a finger-jointed or Dovetail jointed money box. You then veneer your box learning about 2D design and the laser cutter.


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Continuation of Craftsmanship Project

Year 9 report/Parent Eve Mock Exams Year 9 report 3 starts

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Design Project – Bringing together the three aspects of Design and Technology, you will research, evaluate and then redesign a small household object. As well as bringing together the three aspects of creativity, craftsmanship and CAD this project also gives you a taste of what your final controlled assessment will be like in Year 11.


Year 9 Materials Technology In Year 9 Materials Technology, you will start the first year of AQA Technical Award in Resistant Materials. These projects are based on your initial preference for the materials that you enjoy using. In Years 10 and 11 you will design and make with a wider range of materials. The course will cover 8 core technical skills, for each of them you will learn to present evidence for assessment. Initially this will be paper based but as the year progresses you will learn to present digital portfolios of evidence.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Health and safety – You will refer to the GCSE text and complete theoretical pages. Work is presented as part of an A4 metal clip bound folder with cover design set as homework. All future theory is stored in the created folder. ASK sheet: Year 9 Totem pole initial making task – Skills based. You will learn to mark out, cut and waste a series of plough grooves around a vertical square section approximately 300mm long. It will be set on a dowel using a further dowel joint to fix it to a base. This will introduce you to the repetitive use of marking out, cutting and wasting tools with the aim of increasing your skill competency. You will learn about the application of finishes and produce an isometric drawing of your design on an A3 page.


9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ASK sheet: Jigs, Joints and production processes – Outcomes for this unit are: A: mirror and stand. B: metal coat hook. For the mirror stand a wooden stand is made using the laser cutter from mirrored acrylic. The construction of the stand is such that a formally taught process for three different timber joints can be delivered: A finger joint, a mortise and tenon joint and a dowel joint. For the metal coat hook you learn about the use of jigs for repetitive marking out and manufacture of components, using simple marking out jigs and metalcraft bending jigs, together with a brazed joint.


17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ASK sheet: Plastic Pod Project – Design Project. This continues the teaching of using jigs for manufacture. The medium is plastic in conjunction with dye sublimation imaging. The project introduces you to the production of an A3 portfolio to develop and record design ideas. You will learn about batch and sequence production to manufacture a plastic storage pod, jigs and moulds for batch production with a particular focus on press forming. You will design and make a male/female mould and understand the batch forming potential of this production and manufacturing technique, producing a designed outcome from your own specification. You will learn about dye sublimation as an image transfer process

Teamwork project - To learn about working the tools and processes related to working with acrylic and plastics using ICT CAD / CAM. To learn to work as part of a team to manufacture an outcome.


25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 You will apply 2Ddesign to modify an existing CAD drawing of an automaton. They will each produce a personalised outcome however they will be assembled as a part of a team group of 4.You will plan the assembly sequence for the assembly of the cut outcomes.

Brilliant bird feeders – sheet metal folding and nets production project. Students learn about nets and the forming processes related to sheet metal working to manufacture an outcome of an aluminium bird seed feeder. To teach about scale and how to create accurate drawing using a paraline drawing system [technical drawing instruments.]


33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Students will learn to understand what a net is. They will think spatially to imagine and draw one. They will learn to use technical drawing instruments to draw a measured net. They will cut out and make a car net for marking out and fold practice assembly purposes. They may choose to modify their net to personalise the outcome. They will keep a record of the making process and present it with notes in a power point presentation. They will keep photographs that can be used for the 12 key evidence areas.

During the year students will be set specific materials theory homework task. At this point in the year students will be tested on their theoretical knowledge retention. Students will also commence the construction of their evidence portfolio for Unit 1 that requires them to demonstrate 8 skills: 1-Preparing materials and selecting hand tools for marking out, cutting and shaping. 2-Forming, bending or laminating. 3-Casting or moulding. 4-Permanent and non-permanent joining techniques. 5-Machining and the use of power tools including the use of Computer Aided Manufacture [CAM] 6-Quantity production including quality assurance and quality control. 7-Using finishing techniques. 8-Teamwork.


Year 9 Drama In Year 9 you will learn how to transfer your skills from Years 7 and 8 whilst learning new terminology for the GCSE Edexcel Course. The course is assessed both PRACTICALLY and WRITTEN throughout the course through three components. Deadlines must be met unless you risk withdrawal from the course for incomplete components. A drama ‘Work Log’ is expected to be completed each week and will be marked by your teacher each half term.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Component 1 40%: ‘Let Him Have it’ EXPLORE You will be assessed throughout on your practical creation of a devised drama work based upon a real life murder crime, you will also have to submit a piece of written coursework based on your practical work and the process you took to create it. This half term you will begin to look at strategies/elements and mediums of theatre to create performance

SKILLS: Thought-tracking, role-play, abstract theatre, physical theatre, semiotics and signifiers, technical theatre, characterisation, narration, slow motion, theatrical conventions, plot, climax, anti-climax, action, content/style/form in performance. KNOWLEDGE: Social, historical, political and cultural aspects of the 1950s, verbally analyse your own performance and performance of others. Show considerable reflection in your drama Work Log with regards to drama skills and the application of these in performance and understand the impact of these on an audience. HOMEWORK: Weekly drama work log tasks Written Task on LHHI Year 9 report 1 starts

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Component 1: 40%: ‘Let Him Have it’ PERFORM This half term your work will lead to a performance for an audience which will be assessed as a practical exam

Component 3: PREPARATION 40% Technical Theatre – ‘Woman in Black’

SKILLS: Lighting, sound, costume, make-up, set design, stage directions, staging, stage layout

HOMEWORK: Weekly drama work log tasks Year 9 report 1 home ASSESSMENT Practical Performance

WRITTEN ASSESSMENT: Coursework Task

HOMEWORK: Weekly drama work log tasks

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Component 3: PREPARATION 40% Technical Theatre – Woman in Black Explore theatre through the eyes of a director and a designer, learn about how all technical aspects work on stage

Component 3: PREPARATION 40% Acting Skills – Woman in Black Explore how directors and actors work together to create appropriate and convincing roles. A trip to the theatre to see this will also be available this term.

KNOWLEDGE: Social, historical, political and cultural aspects of the late 1800s. Practically explore through design working as an actor and designer justifying ideas verbally and in written form. Confident use of terminology in all aspects of technical theatre.

SKILLS: Characterisation, body language, facial expression, communication, script exploration, movement, mime, gesture, physicality

HOMEWORK: Weekly drama work log tasks WRITTEN ASSESSMENT: Examination Questions

HOMEWORK: drama work log tasks

Year 9 report 2 starts HOMEWORK: Weekly drama work log tasks

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Component 3: PREPARATION 40% Acting Skills – Woman in Black

Component 2: 20%: Teechers by John Godber EXPLORE Practically read and explore this comedy play

KNOWLEDGE: Practically explore the creation of a role and be able to direct others in the interpretation of a role as director in both written and verbal form.

SKILLS: Combine the skills from components 1 and 3 to explore the text KNOWLEDGE: Combine the knowledge from components 1 and3 to explore the text

WRITTEN ASSESSMENT: Theatre Evaluation

Year 9 report/Parent Eve Mock Exams HOMEWORK: Weekly drama work log tasks Year 9 report 3 starts HOMEWORK: Weekly drama work log tasks

33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Component 2: 20%: Teechers PERFORM Perform in a group performance & duologue examination to a live audience

SKILLS: Combine the skills from components 1 and 2 to create a performance for an audience as part of your practical exam KNOWLEDGE: Combine the knowledge from components 1 and 2 to create a performance for an audience as part of your practical exam HOMEWORK: To learn lines and attend lunch and after school rehearsals

Year 9 report 3 home HOMEWORK: To learn lines and attend lunch and after school rehearsals

ASSESSMENT Practical Exam

ASSESSMENT Over summer Component 3 Exam Paper

Year 9 English In Year 8 you experienced a range of poetry, prose, drama and non-fiction from across time; you will have explored the social and historical contexts of these texts; and you will have learned about your role as both a reader and a writer.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Autumn Term 1: An Introduction to Gothic Horror Key skills and knowledge: See ‘An Introduction to Gothic Horror’ ASK Tracker End of unit assessment: GCSE style analysis of an unseen extract from a Gothic Horror text

Typical homework tasks for this unit might include: Learn key vocabulary and spellings; research Gothic Horror writers; draw/describe your own Gothic monster. Year 9 report 1 starts

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Autumn Term 2: Shakespeare Study (‘Much Ado About Nothing’, ‘The Tempest’ or ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’) Key skills and knowledge: See ‘Shakespeare Study’ ASK Tracker End of unit assessment: GCSE style exam question on set text

Typical homework tasks for this unit might include: Research the role of women in Elizabethan England; learn and perform a soliloquy; recreate a scene from the play as a children’s storybook/storyboard Year 9 report 1 home

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Spring Term 1: An Introduction to Romantic Poetry Key skills and knowledge: See ‘An Introduction to Romantic Poetry’ ASK Tracker End of unit assessment: GCSE style comparison of two Romantic poems

Spring Term 2: Modern Drama (‘Face’, ‘Our Day Out’, ‘The Crucible’ or ‘Death of a Salesman) Key skills and knowledge: See ‘Modern Drama’ ASK Tracker End of unit assessment: GCSE style exam question on set text

Typical homework tasks for this unit might include: Find out ten facts about the Industrial Revolution; write a response to the question ‘what would a Romantic writer be angry about in the 21st century?’; write a poem in the Romantic style.

Typical homework tasks for this unit might include: Research the social/historical context of the play; write a ‘missing’ scene; annotate an extract from the script with ‘director’s notes’.


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Summer Term 1: Modern Novel (‘Of Mice and Men’, ‘Animal Farm’, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ or ‘Mr Pip’) Key skills and knowledge: See ‘Modern Novel’ ASK Tracker End of unit assessment: GCSE style exam question on set text

Typical homework tasks for this unit might include: Make an animal mask; research the context of your set text and present your findings in a creative way

Year 9 report/Parent Eve

Mock Exams Year 9 report 3 starts

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Summer Term 2: Thematic and Discursive Study Key skills and knowledge: See ‘Thematic and Discursive Study’ ASK Tracker End of unit assessment: Discursive writing AND Spoken Language Certificate

Typical homework tasks for this unit might include: Independent research on chosen theme; find and read newspaper articles relevant to your theme; prepare cue cards and practise delivering your presentation to an audience.


Year 9 Geography

In Year 7&8 you will have learnt how to …describe and explain differences between countries, developed an understanding of some of the natural and human processes that impact on the planet, gained some knowledge relating to different places and how to use a range of geographical skills

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Overview of the GCSE: every week a different aspect of the GCSE including some skills in order to develop and bridge knowledge from y8 into y11! ASK sheet: Yr 9 Bridging - ASK/Tensile : Numeracy in graph presentation and interpretation, enquiry in research tasks, literacy through extended writing tasks. HOMEWORK: Introduction to your GCSE booklet on moodle which has spelling / keyword check, case study research and further reading Q. Each week a different part of the course will be introduced over 2-3 lessons with a exam at the end to test the knowledge and ability to answer GCSE style questions.

Review and Test week- what do you know what are you still yet to learn.

Map skills/ enquiry

UK landscapes Urbanisation Economic world Ecosystems Hazards Resources

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Physical landscapes of the UK ASK sheet: Yr 9 Physical Landscapes ASK/Tensile : Numeracy in graph presentation and interpretation, literacy through extended writing, enquiry through research tasks, teamwork through group presentations


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Test/ review Urban issues and challenges


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ASK sheet: Urban issues and challenges ASK/Tensile : Numeracy in graph presentation and interpretation, literacy through extended writing, enquiry through research tasks, independence

Test on whole of GCSE studied so far.

Review of test/ target setting


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Challenge of Natural Hazards


Year 9 History Starting your GCSE journey with a thematic study. In Year 8 you will have learnt how to work with more complex historical sources and use them and other evidence to answer enquiry questions

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GCSE Bridging Unit: ASK sheet: The World Wars – WW1: origins, the Western Front, end of the war, Treaty of Versailles; WW2 - origins, the Battle of Britain, Home Front, D-Day, the Holocaust, the atomic bomb Assessment: Trench warfare source work; Atomic bomb essay; End of Unit Knowledge Test (Report 1)

Homework: Homework booklet tasks

TENSILE: Literacy ASK: Curiosity/Literacy/Source analysis/Interpretations


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GCSE Content Paper 2 Section A:

ASK sheet: Britain: Health and the People Part One: Medicine Stands Still – legacy of the ancient world, medieval medicine, religion, public health Assessment: GCSE practice questions; End of Unit Knowledge Test (Report 2)

Homework booklet and revision for assessments

TENSILE: Literacy ASK: Commitment/ Literacy /Evaluating the utility of sources


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ASK sheet: Britain: Health and the People Part Two: The Beginnings of Change – Church, the Plague, Jenner, vaccination Assessment: GCSE practice questions; End of Unit Knowledge Test (Report 2)

Homework: booklet and revision for assessments

TENSILE: Literacy ASK: Commitment/Literacy/Evaluating factors


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ASK sheet: Britain: Health and the People Part Three: A Revolution in Medicine – Surgery, Pasteur, Lister, cholera, 19th Century, public health Assessment: GCSE practice questions; End of Unit Knowledge Test & Mock Exam (Report 3)


TENSILE: Literacy ASK: Commitment/ Literacy /Explanation of significance


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ASK sheet: Britain: Health and the People Part Four: Modern Medicine – Penicillin, antibiotics, war, NHS, modern surgery Assessment: GCSE practice questions; End of Unit Knowledge Test


TENSILE: Literacy ASK: Commitment/ Literacy /Comparing events


Year 9 Computer Science

In Year 8 you will have learnt how to use Small Basic to create simple computer programs. You will have learnt introductory programming: loops, if statements and arrays. In addition, you will have learnt a little about the hardware and software used. This year you will learn some programming skills using Python and start to gain the knowledge to support the final exam at the end of year 11

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Identifying Instruction sets

Mission to Mars and introduction to hardware

Introduction to Python

Simple programs If Statements and while loops Random and Print options

HWK


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Simple maths game

For loops Lists/Arrays Consolidation activities

Assessment Manipulating lists

Assessment


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Manipulating lists Binary and Hex Sound Analogue/digital

Compression - Huffman

Assessment Activity - compression

For loops and lists revision 2D Arrays

Flowcharts


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Assessment Estate Agents Revise lists in prep for mock coursework Mock coursework


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Mock coursework

Practice assessment tasks


Year 9 iMedia

In Year 8 you will have learnt how to create websites, use spreadsheets, use databases and program a computer to solve a problem. This is an option choice. Students will have basic skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access. You will have used photo editing software and WebPlus as part of the KS3 Curriculum

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Photoshop Unit of work

HWK Visualisation Diagram

HWK Legislation HWK File Formats


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Pre-production Unit of work

HWK Storyboard HWK Script


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Website Unit of work

HWK Website Review

HWK Connections


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Spreadsheet Unit Word Unit

HWK Spreadsheet Skills

HWK Spreadsheet Review


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Comic Unit

HWK Comic Reviews


Year 9 Life Skills In Year 9 you will learn how to balance a budget, to have knowledge of what constitutes crimes and to have an understanding of civil and criminal courts All topics will have further details on the ASK section of the website and on Moodle

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Financial planning

Personal income and expenses Literacy

presentation Numeracy

presentation

Assessment Budget Year 9 report 1 starts

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Crime (problem solving) Oracy

Essay Assesment Year 9 report 1 home

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Healthy living

Assessment Debate Year 9 report 2 starts

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Relationships

Magazine Article Homework: Love

Images


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Brook TBC


Year 9 Mathematics

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Autumn 1 - Unit 1: 1) Pythagoras 2) Angles and Parallel Lines

End of topic Assessment to be completed once content covered Test content: Unit 1


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Autumn 2 – Unit 2: 1) Sketching Graphs 2) Simultaneous Equations 3) Construction and Loci 4) Nutella Project

End of topic Assessment to be completed once content covered

TENSILE Assessment: Nutella


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Spring 1 – Unit 3: 1) Enlargement 2) Quadratic Sequences 3) Pie Charts

Spring 2 – Unit 4: 1) Statistics 2) Congruency 3) Personal Finance Project


Test content: Unit 2 and Unit 3


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Summer – Unit 5: 1) Indices 2) Introduction to Standard Form 3) Trial and improvement 4) Bearings

TENSILE Assessment: Personal Finance

Mock Exams: Content from all previous units



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Summer 1 – Unit 6: Probability Diagrams 2) Recurring Decimals 3) Limits


Test content: Foundation GCSE Paper


Year 9 Media Studies Welcome to your GCSE Media Studies Course. In Year 9, you will work through the following topics:

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Autumn Term 1: Exploring Digital Photography End of unit assessment: Your portfolio of photographs and accompanying notes.

Homework: Taking photos for your portfolio. Researching renowned photographers.


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Autumn Term 2: Advertising and Marketing End of unit assessment: Production of print advertisements. Work experience: This scheme will be in collaboration with a local employer.

Homework: Portfolio of research exploring successful advertising and marketing campaigns. Conduct market research for your campaign.


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Spring Term 1: News and Journalism – Newspapers and Websites End of unit assessment: Your topic notes and creation of a journalistic article or website. Year 9 mock exam in Summer Term 1. Year 11 Set texts studied: The Sun Front Page and The Guardian Front Page also used in Year 9 mock exam in Summer Term 1.

Spring Term 2: News and Journalism – TV and Radio End of unit assessment: Your topic notes and creation of a TV or Radio show.

Homework: Reading and researching a variety of print and online news stories and organisations.

Homework: Viewing and researching a variety of TV and Radio news stories and organisations.


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Summer Term 1: TV Genres End of unit assessment: Creation of a TV schedule. Study of a chosen TV genre.

Homework: Creating a media profile analysing your media consumption and viewing habits.


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Summer Term 2: Practical Media Skills – Adobe Photoshop or Video Editing End of unit assessment: Coursework style assessment. Final production of Magazine Cover or Short Video Product. Plus, a statement of aims (250 words approx.).

Homework: Research into set task and market research.


Year 9 French

In Year 8 you will have learnt how to develop listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar and translation skills within a variety of topic areas and expressed yourself in a variety of tenses.

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Autumn half-term 1 Key knowledge: consolidation of basic topic areas plus revision of tenses and introduction to cultural topics Key skills: L, S, R, W plus TENSILE End of half-term assessment: focus on speaking and writing

Home learning: Vocabulary learning to revise vocabulary on a weekly basis, research


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Autumn half-term 2 Key knowledge: Myself and others Key skill: L, S, R, W plus TENSILE End of half-term assessment: end of module test

Home learning: Vocabulary learning, comprehension tasks, speaking and writing


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Spring half-term 1 Key knowledge: Free time Key skills: L, S, R, W plus TENSILE End of half-term assessment: comprehension tasks

Spring half-term 2 Key knowledge: Free time Key skills: L, S, R, W plus TENSILE End of half-term assessment: end of module test

Home learning: Vocabulary learning, comprehension tasks, speaking and writing Home learning: Vocabulary learning, comprehension tasks, speaking and writing


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Spring half-term 2 (contd.)

Summer half-term 1 Key knowledge: Where I live Key skills: L, S, R, W plus TENSILE End of half-term assessment: comprehension tasks

Home learning: as above Home learning: Vocabulary learning, comprehension tasks, speaking and writing


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Summer half-term 2 Key knowledge: Where I live Key skills: L, S, R, W plus TENSILE End of half-term assessment: end of module test



Year 9 German In Year 8 you will have learnt how to develop listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar and translation skills within a variety of topic areas and expressed yourself in a variety of tenses.

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Autumn half-term 2 Key knowledge: Media Key skill: L, S, R, W plus TENSILE End of half-term assessment: end of module test



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Spring half-term 1 Key knowledge: Holidays Key skills: L, S, R, W plus TENSILE End of half-term assessment: comprehension tasks

Spring half-term 2 Key knowledge: Holidays Key skills: L, S, R, W plus TENSILE End of half-term assessment: end of module test



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Summer half-term 1 Key knowledge: School Key skills: L, S, R, W plus TENSILE End of half-term assessment: comprehension tasks



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Summer half-term 2 Key knowledge: School Key skills: L, S, R, W plus TENSILE End of half-term assessment: end of module test



Year 9 Spanish In Year 8 you will have learnt how to develop listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar and translation skills within a variety of topic areas and expressed yourself in a variety of tenses.

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Autumn half-term 2 Key knowledge: Holidays Key skill: L, S, R, W plus TENSILE End of half-term assessment: end of module test



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Spring half-term 1 Key knowledge: Out and about Key skills: L, S, R, W plus TENSILE End of half-term assessment: comprehension tasks

Spring half-term 2 Key knowledge: Out and about Key skills: L, S, R, W plus TENSILE End of half-term assessment: end of module test



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Summer half-term 1 Key knowledge: School Key skills: L, S, R, W plus TENSILE End of half-term assessment: comprehension tasks



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Summer half-term 2 Key knowledge: School Key skills: L, S, R, W plus TENSILE End of half-term assessment: end of module test



Year 9 Music In Year 9 you will continue to develop your listening, performing and composing skills through a variety of styles of music and have the opportunity to gain a Bronze Arts Award.

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Fanfares: Understand what is meant by a fanfare, its origins and uses and how fanfares create different musical effects suitable for a special occasion or event. Learn about the Harmonic Series and brass instruments, how fanfares have been used in the military as a way of communicating signals eg Last Post, imitation and how this is used in fanfares. Visit Bletchley Park to gain inspiration for a composition based on the theme communication.

12 Bar Blues: Introduction to music theory.

Homework: Moodle based - revision of key vocabulary, stave notation, triads, sharps and flats. Assessment: composition and performance of a fanfare


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Understand and decode stave notation (bass and treble clef). Understand the difference between tones and semi-tones. Jazz improvisation, 12 bar blues, chord structures, blues scale, 7th chords, bass lines, swing rhythms. Listening to and analysis of Blues and Jazz. Embed the elements of music in all learning.

Ternary form composition

Homework: Stave notation, keys, chord structures, instrumental/vocal performance rehearsal. Assessment: regular informal and formal testing of knowledge, composition and performance skills.


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Look at tones and semitones, tetra-chords, major, minor, chromatic, whole-tone and pentatonic scale, technical names of a diatonic scale, Roman numerals, key signatures, recognise the key of a piece aurally and identify when it modulates. Compose a piece in ternary form which uses a different key or mode in the middle section.

Minimalism – listening and analysis, performance of a minimalist piece. Understanding and composing using minimalist techniques: additive melodies and rhythms, phase shifting, metamorphosis, layering and ostinati.

Homework: Revising of key terms Assessment: Testing of knowledge, composition and performance skills

Homework: research and revision of key vocabulary and terms Assessment: Performance of a minimalist piece and composition Year 9 report 2 starts

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Composing and performing in the minimalist style.

Musicals – learn about the history and development of the modern day stage musical with its origins in opera, different types of songs used in operas and musicals, the importance of the “opening number” in a musical, explore a range of songs from musicals in class and ensemble performances.

Homework: Revision of technical terms Assessment: Performance & composition

Homework: research and revision of key terms and vocabulary Assessment: Performances


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Musical and historical contexts – analysing features of a variety of periods and genre. Preparation of a performance relating it to historical context. Writing programme notes to accompany the final performance.

Homework: Research and preparation of final assessed performance Assessment: Presentation of programme notes and performance


Year 9 Sports Leadership Diploma

In Year 8 you will have developed your confidence, motivation, physical and technical skills. You will have experienced learning

concepts such as outwitting opponents, accurate replication of skills and exercising safely and effectively. You will have

practically demonstrated competent sports leadership skills

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Key Skills of Being a Sports Leader. (Weeks 1-7)

You will be assessed on the key skills of being a good sports leader and how to apply them when leading: planning, voice projection, organisation, communication, morals, ethics, roles and responsibilities. Lessons are delivered through a series of practical sessions where you start to lead each other and demonstrate these skills. The use of iPads is introduced to collate video evidence for the subsequent classroom lesson. You start to reflect and evaluate your coaching performances


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Primary School Festival Preparation and Delivery. (Weeks 8-15)

You will be assessed on the delivery of a primary school festival before the end of the Christmas term, acting on the skills and feedback from Term A and plan and deliver a multi-sports festival with Years 5 and 6 from a local school. You will have to plan for all elements of the festival, from the organisation, through to meeting and greeting students, registering students, health and safety implications, risk assessments, session planning, equipment management and delivery and evaluation of the session. Theory lessons will be dedicated to monitoring practice through video evidence and planning the festival using the resources available on Moodle


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Hockey Leaders Award and Delivery of Sessions to Years 7 and 8 PE Groups. (Weeks 16-22) Individual Session Delivery to Peer Group.

You will be completing the Hockey Leaders Award, a nationally recognised leadership award. You will study the basics of hockey, interpreting the rules, regulations and scoring systems. You will be assessed on your ability to deliver a skill, the development of a skill, application of a skill in a small-sided game before looking at conditioned games. You will deliver planned and practiced coaching sessions to students in Years 7 and 8 PE groups. Theory lessons will be dedicated to monitoring practice through video evidence and planning and evaluating sessions plans to add to your Hockey Leaders Award portfolio

You will deliver assessed sessions on an individual basis rather than in pairs or small groups


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(Weeks 23-26) Tag Rugby Leaders Award and Primary School Festival. (Weeks 27-32)

You will lead other members of the group. Sessions will be filmed and you will evaluate your own performance

You will complete the second of your nationally recognised leadership awards with the Tag Rugby Leaders Award. You will learn and be assessed against the techniques and tactics of the game, learning the rules of the game and applying your skills to mini-coaching sessions, which will be filmed for evaluation in theory lessons. You will also be assessed in an end of half term Tag Rugby Festival to a primary school.


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Sky Sports Living for Sport Project. (Weeks 33-36)

You will take part in the Sky Sports Living for Sport project, learning the ‘Six Keys to Success’ for successful sports leadership. You will be assessed on the themes of Breaking Barriers, Hunger to Achieve, Mental Toughness, Life Knowledge, People Skills and Planning for Success. This will be delivered through practical application based on each of the concepts. The year is finished with a visit from an Olympic athlete who comes in to mentor the students through two visits based around the six keys to success. You review these skills after the visit before action planning for development over the summer Year 9 report 3 home

Year 9 Religion, Philosophy & Ethics (RPE)

In Year 8 you will have learnt how to use a range different skills to explore different themes on aspects of religion. In Year 9 you will learn further about these, and understand how to relate them to how religious people live their lives today. You will also be able to reflect upon your own beliefs in light of what you have learnt.

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Thinking Philosophically and Ethically: In this topic students will learn how to be critical thinkers. They will approach this by considering

philosophical and ethical problems and dilemmas.

Marriage and the Family

For homework students will put into practice some of the skills taught to help extend their learning. Year 9 report 1 starts

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Marriage and the family: In this topic you will learn about marriage, sex before marriage, and divorce from a Christian perspective. You will consider the views of secular society. You will think about how these views may affect the beliefs that people have and the impact of these views in the modern world.

For homework students will consider other religious views. Year 9 report 1 home

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Thinking Philosophically and Ethically - The Truman Show: In this topic students will use the Truman

Show film as prompt to consider ethical and philosophical issues of how we live our lives and how we

relate to other people. It will also look at the philosophical question of God.

Religion, Society and Community: In this topic students will

look at the society that we live in and learn about

philosophical and religious ideas about how we live in our

communities. They will study topics such as community

cohesion, why we need to be governed and religious and non-

religious views on how we should respond to the differences

in society.

For homework students will investigate how similar or different they think the real world is to the Truman show. They will decide if they think the film really represents how people are and act.

Year 9 report 2 starts For homework students research attitudes in the news relating to community cohesion and multi ethnic or multi faith societies.

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Religion, Society and Community Religious expression and Art: This topic will explore religious expression and spirituality through art. They will show an understanding of how Art can be used to express religious ideas.

Year 9 report/Parent Eve

Mock Exams For homework students research elements for their assessment task.


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Religious expression and Literature: This topic explores literature in its various forms, how spirituality has influenced literature, and the contribution literature has made to spirituality. Students will look at holy books, religious writings and fiction with a religious message. They will look at how and why religions use literature and what these teach us about God and belief.


Year 9 (Trilogy) Biology In Year 9 you will learn: How cells form the building blocks of animals and plants and how they are specialised to fulfil precise functions that allow for cells to grow, repair and work together to maintain organism’s life.

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Topic B1 - Cell Biology (Collins Connect Biology textbook chapters 1.1-1.14)

2 Assessed Homework tasks and end of topic test


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Topic B1 Cont Topic B3 – Moving and Changing Materials (3.1-3.17)

B1 End of topic test – Cell Biology



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Topic B3 continued Topic B4 Health Matters (4.1-4.15)

B3 End of topic test- Moving and changing materials

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REVISION Topic B4 Continued


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Topic B4 Continued

B4 End of topic test – Health Matters


Year 9 (Trilogy) Chemistry In Year 9 you will have learn: How electron arrangement and movement is responsible for the myriad of materials we have and use on Earth. That material properties are as a result of the type of chemical bonding exhibited by that material.

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Topic C1 – Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table (Collins Connect Chemistry textbook chapters 1.1-1.18)

2 Assessed Homework Tasks


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Topic 1 – Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table cont. Revision Topic C2 - Structure, Bonding and the Properties of Matter. (Collins Connect Chemistry textbook chapters 2.1-2.16)

2 Assessed Homework Tasks C1 End of Topic Test – Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table



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Topic 2 - Structure, Bonding and the Properties of Matter continued

Revision REVISION

2 Assessed Homework Tasks C2 End of Topic Test – Structure & Bonding

Revision Homework Tasks


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REVISION Topic 3 – Chemical Quantities and Calculations (3.1-3.16)

Revision Homework Tasks 2 Assessed Homework Tasks


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Topic C3 – Chemical Quantities and Calculations (3.1-3.16)

Revision

2 Assessed Homework Tasks C3 End of Topic Test- Chemical Quantities and Calculations


Year 9 (Trilogy) Physics

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Topic P1 Energy (1.1-1.13) 2 Assessed Homework Tasks

4.1.1 Energy changes in a system

4.1.2 Conservation and dissipation of energy

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P1 End of Topic Test - Energy

Topic P2 Electricity (2.1-2.13) 2 Assessed Homework tasks

4.1.3 National and global energy resources

4.2.5 Static electricity

4.2.1 Current, potential difference and resistance

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P2 End of Topic Test - Electricity

Topic P3 - Particle model of matter

4.2.2 Series and parallel circuits

4.2.3 Domestic uses and safety

4.2.4 Energy transfer

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Topic P3 cont REVISION Topic P3 – Particle Model of matter (3.1-3.9) cont. 2 Assessed Homework tasks

4.3.1 Change of state and the particle model

4.3.2 Internal energy and energy transfers

4.3.3 Particle model and pressure

Mock Exams

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P3 – End of Topic Test – Particle Model of Matter

Revision - Consolidation of year 9 topics

Year 9 (Triple) Biology In Year 9 you will learn: How cells form the building blocks of animals and plants and how they are specialised to fulfil precise functions that allow for cells to grow, repair and work together to maintain organism’s life.

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Topic B1 - Cell Biology (Collins Connect Biology textbook chapters 1.1-1.17)



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Topic B1 Cont Topic B3 – Moving and Changing Materials (3.1-3.18)

B1 End of topic test – Cell Biology



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Topic B3 continued Topic B4 Health Matters (4.1-4.18)

B3 End of topic test- Moving and changing materials

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REVISION Topic B4 Continued


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Topic B4 Continued

B4 End of topic test – Health Matters


Year 9 (Triple) Chemistry In Year 9 you will have learn: How electron arrangement and movement is responsible for the myriad of materials we have and use on Earth. That material properties are as a result of the type of chemical bonding exhibited by that material.

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Topic C1 – Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table (Collins Connect Chemistry textbook chapters 1.1-1.19)



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Topic 1 – Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table cont. Revision Topic C2 - Structure, Bonding and the Properties of Matter. (Collins Connect Chemistry textbook chapters 2.1-2.17)

2 Assessed Homework Tasks C1 End of Topic Test – Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table



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Topic 2 - Structure, Bonding and the Properties of Matter continued

Revision REVISION

2 Assessed Homework Tasks C2 End of Topic Test – Structure & Bonding

Revision Homework Tasks


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REVISION Topic 3 – Chemical Quantities and Calculations (3.1-3.14)

Revision Homework Tasks 2 Assessed Homework Tasks


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Topic C3 – Chemical Quantities and Calculations (3.1-3.14) Revision

2 Assessed Homework Tasks C3 End of Topic Test- Chemical Quantities and Calculations


Documents

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