Year 7 Year 8 Year 9

Design and Technology

Not Applicable Not Applicable Teaching Goals: General introduction to design and technology, with particular emphasis on materials and design. Students will work individually and in groups to produce a stop motion film. By the end of the semester, students will: -be able to use and operate a jigsaw, stationary sander, stationary drill, as well as many other wood-working tools; - worked with several different materials such as wood, metal, plastic, wire, recycled materials, etc. - Problem solve basic design issues that arrise. Organisation:

We will be working on a couple different assignments in the class in an attempt to give the students a wide range of knowledge and experience with both the materials and the tools /machinery. The project is divided into three phases: Design and Production, Film Making and Editing, & Evaluation. Students are required to keep a design portfolio to document thier design process Materials: Wood, Metal, Plastic, Recycled materials, Digital Camera, Computer, USB storage device, camera tripod, Windows Movie Maker or iMovie. Students are required to turn in:

Design Portfolio and a completed stopmotion film approx 2 minutes in length.

English 1st Term Non Fiction Unit: Autobiography Reading - Class reading of "Boy" by Roald Dahl, with a focus on the development of close reading skills. - Additional Non-Fiction resources, such as the Students' English Textbook and news updates (available on the English Class Blog). - Individual reading of texts- recorded on each student’s Reading Log. - Individual Vocabulary Lists for “Boy”. Writing - Focus on: Vocabulary Building, Sentence Types, Punctuation and Paragraph Writing. - Writing to Inform/ Explain/ Describe: Letter Writing to pen-pals and Autobiographical Essays and Project. Speaking/Listening - Presentation of the travel progress of their Flatties as detailed on the Flatties Abroad Website.

1st Term Non-Fiction: Travel Writing - Analysing a range of travel writing texts, looking closely at style and language and its effects. Writing: Developing writing skills through producing a travel guide, travel advertisement and a descriptive piece about a specific holiday location. Speaking and Listening: Travel Presentation. Prose: A close study of Skellig - Analyzing aspects of the novel, including character development, setting, style, language and themes.

1st term Target setting for the year using “Traffic light signals.” Text analysis- Identifying purpose, audience and format of text as well as Ingredients of text. Introduction to the Short story: - “Stench of Kerosene” by Amiritsar (Indian) - “A Vendetta” by Guy de Maupassant (French) etc. Analysing language, structure and narrative approach as well as layers of meaning in short stories together with cultural context.

- Class discussions & group work activities. Evaluation and Assessment - Formative Assessments on Oral Communication, Writing and Reading Comprehension. - Summative Assessment on Writing- Autobiography Project. - Summative Assessment on Reading- Reading Comprehension. Fiction Unit: Short Stories Reading - Class reading of a selection of narratives from "Ten Short Stories" by Roald Dahl with a focus on the development of critical analysis skills. - Additional Prose resources, such as the Students' English Textbook. - Individual reading of texts- recorded on each student’s Reading Log. - Individual Vocabulary Lists for “Ten Short Stories”. - Study and identification of the literary devices used by an author- students will be given a list of Literary Terms used when discussing Prose texts. Writing

- Analysing a selection of William Blake poems and identifying links to the novel. Writing: - A detailed character study of one of the main characters. - Developing empathic skills through writing a diary entry from the point of view of one of the central characters. Speaking and Listening: - Creative group presentation of a William Blake poem studied in class Evaluation and Assessment On-going summative and formative assessment through set assignments, oral and written feedback, evaluations and peer assessment. Poetry: An introduction to the Ballad and revision of poetic devices.

Analysing literary techniques in Travel writing and writing an essay to compare two pieces of travel writing. Key Resources: - www.teachit.co.uk - “English Frameworking Bk 3” textbook. - Photocopied material from teacher’s resources. - Hand-out from teacher’s resources - English Frameworking textbook. Evaluation and Assessment Formative and summative assessment in the form of daily exercises and longer assignments at the end of the unit. Introduction to Drama Unit:

- Continued focus on: Vocabulary Building, Sentence Types, Punctuation and Paragraph writing. - Writing to Explore/ Imagine/ Entertain: Narrative Writing. - Writing to Analyse/ Review/ Comment: Prose Comprehension. Speaking/Listening - Ted Talk by Nigerian Writer Chimamanda Adichie - Ted Talk by American Writer and Illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka - Class discussions & group work activities. Evaluation and Assessment - Formative Assessments on Oral Communication, Writing and Reading Comprehension. - Summative Assessment on Writing- Short Story Project. - Summative Assessment on Reading-Reading Comprehension. - Summative Assessment on Reading and Writing- Literary Terms Test.

2nd Term Poetry Unit: Reading - Class reading of a selection of poems and the epic poem, "Beowulf" retold by Rosemary

- A detailed study of 3 ballads, looking at form, style, language, imagery, rhyme and rhythm. Writing: - Producing a play script based on The Highwayman Speaking and Listening: - Drama presentations of The Highwayman Group poetry reading and interpretation of The Lady of Shalott Book Reviews - Preparing a presentation on a personal choice of fiction or non-fiction text read during the term. - Developing the ability to review and organize thoughts and ideas about a fiction or non- fiction text clearly and creatively. Evaluation and Assessment On-going summative and formative assessment through set assignments,

- Analysing character and dramatic features of a play. - Exploring different interpretations of scenes. Exploring different attitudes to language and identifying characteristics of Standard English. Identifying dramatic irony and its impact in plays. Writing their own scripts with a crisis and a resolution. Analysing character and influence of directorial interpretation. Analysing Shakespeare’s use of language and audience response. Evaluation and Assessment: Continuous Formative and

Sutcliff, with a focus on the development of critical analysis skills. - Study and identification of the literary devices used by a poet- students will be given a list of Literary Terms used when discussing Poetry. Writing - Writing to Explore/ Imagine/ Entertain: Students will learn how to write a number of different types of poetry, such as stanza, free verse, acrostic, haikus, epic poems etc. - Writing to Analyse/ Review/ Comment: Poetry Comprehension Speaking/Listening - Oral performance of Poetry Drama Unit: Shakespeare Reading - Class reading of A Midsummer Night's Dream” by William Shakespeare, students will be assigned roles. Writing - Writing to Explore/ Imagine/ Entertain: Script Editing Speaking/Listening - Performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream

oral and written feedback, evaluations and peer assessment. Key Resources: - Various examples of travel writing texts from 19th and 20th century writers, including Michael Palin, Bill Bryson, D.H Lawrence and Dylan Thomas - The Lonely Planet Guide Going Solo, by Roald Dahl - Skellig, by David Arnold - Skellig film version DVD - A selection of William Blake Poems from Songs of Innocence and Experience - The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes - The Lady of Shalott by Alfred, Lord Tennyson - Flannan Isle by Wilfred Wilson Gibson - Song versions of The Highwayman and The Lady of Shalott by Loreena McKennitt - Reading of the Lady of Shalott-youtube.com - Book review sheets

Summative assessment through set assignments during and at the end of each topic. Key Resources: - Directing a scene from Will Russell’s “Our Day Out” - www.teachit.co.uk - “Macbeth” DVD - A scene from Sheridan’s “The Rivals” - Two scenes from Shaw’s “Pygmalion” - English Frameworking text book.

2nd term The Novel Unit: EITHER - “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee - “Animal Farm” by George Orwell - "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck DVD

Evaluation and Assessment - Formative and Summative Assessment on Writing- Poetry Project. - Formative and Summative Assessment on Reading- Poetry Analysis. - Formative Assessment on Drama writing and performance.

3rd Term Fiction Unit: Novel Reading - Creative reading of "Wonder" by R.J. Palacio. Writing - Writing to Argue/ Persuade/ Advise: Speech (Argumentative) Writing. Speaking/Listening - Rhetoric: Students will engage in a debate based on themes raised in “Wonder”. Evaluation and Assessment: - Summative and Formative Assessment on Reading/Writing/Speaking/Listening: Class Debate

- Examples of book reviews - An Introduction to Elizabethan English and its influence on modern day English, looking specifically at aspects of grammar and vocabulary. - A detailed study of the life and times of William Shakespeare in the form of a research project. - Developing research skills, writing effectively for a specific purpose and audience, acknowledging sources and writing a bibliography. Drama: Introduction to Drama and identifying features of a play. - A detailed study of Romeo and Juliet, looking closely at the development of the main characters, dramatic techniques used and their effects, the effect of language devices and important themes in the play.

On-line resources analysing the novel‘s language, historical background and structure. The Culture and History of the Deep South/The Depression period in America and lives of migrant labourers. “To Kill a Mockingbird” The Language of the Courtroom “Animal Farm” Political allegory Evaluation and Assessment: Formative and summative assessment exercises and feedback Key Resources: - www.teachit.co.uk - Short Story “The Welcome Table” By Alice Walker - DVD of chosen book

3rd term

- In the last term, the students will sit an examination based on the year’s work.

Speaking and Listening: - Preparing and performing a scene from the play. Evaluation and Assessment: On-going summative and formative assessment through set assignments, oral and written feedback, evaluations. Key Resources: - Teachit.co.uk resources - The Story of English, Bernard Levin - As you Like it, William Shakespeare - Teacher’s own resources - teachit.co.uk resources - Teacher’s own resources - Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare - Film versions of the play 1995 and 1968 - West Side Story film version 1961 - The Animated Tales of

Poetry Unit: - Reading and analysing poems in different forms. - Close study of the Sonnet and Ballad form. - Writing an essay comparing two poems Preparation for exams Evaluation and Assessment: Formative/summative assessment on the topics covered and the final end of year exam Key Resources: - “English Frameworking” textbook - Photocopied handouts from teacher’s resources.

Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet bbc.co.uk-drama - Bell Shakespeare website resources for Romeo and Juliet Prose: Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry - An introduction to the social and historical context of the novel. - Analysing aspects of the novel, including character development, setting, style, language and themes. Writing: - Developing analytical essay writing skills. - An introduction to persuasive language techniques and rhetoric. Speaking and Listening: - Presenting a persuasive speech on a chosen topic. Evaluation and Assessment On-going summative and formative assessment through set

assignments, oral and written feedback, evaluations and peer assessment. Key Resources: - Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor - March on Washington Speech by Martin Luther King Jr. - teachit.co.uk resources - Teacher’s own resources

French 1st Term Module 1 C’est parti: Unit 1: Meeting and greeting: Using the pronouns je and tu Unit 2: School objects and the alphabet: Using un/ une - the indefinite article Unit 3: Counting up to 20: Using the verb avoir to give your age Unit 4: Saying when your birthday is: Giving the date Unit 5: Talking about the classroom: Using le/la – the definite article Unit 6: Saying what colour thing are: Making adjectives agree with nouns Module 2: Famille et copains

1st Term Module 1 Famille et domicile: Unit 1: Talking about families. Using –er verbs Unit 2: Talking about jobs people do. Using masculine and feminine nouns Unit 3: Talking about where people live: Using depuis Unit 4: Describing the weather: Using the connectives quand and si Unit 5: Describing a typical day: Using –ir, -re and irregular verbs

1st term Module 1 Cela t’intéresse: Unit 1: Discussing what’s on television Unit 2: Talking about films: The perfect tense Unit 3: Describing your routine: The perfect tense of reflexive verbs Unit 4: Talking about what you read: using aller + the infinitive Unit 5: Describing what you saw or read: using present, past and future

Unit 1: Talking about brothers and sisters: More practice of the verb avoir Unit 2: Talking about your family: using the possessive adjective Unit 3: Talking about your pets: Plurals Module 2: Famille et copains Unit 4: Describing yourself and others: Understanding singular adjective agreements Unit 5: Talking about hair and eyes: Understanding plural adjective agreements. Module 3: Chez moi Unit 1: Talking about where people live: Using je and tu forms of the verb habiter Unit 2: Describing your home: More practice with habiter Unit 3: Describing your bedroom: Using simple prepositions Unit 4: Talking about what you do in the evening Unit 5: Telling the time: Using the pronouns ils and elles

2nd Term Module 4: On va en ville

Module 2: Temps libre Unit 1: Talking about last weekend The perfect tense with avoir Unit 2: Talking about yesterday evening: The perfect tense with irregular past participles Unit 3: Talking about TV programmes you have watched: Giving opinions using C’était Unit 4: Talking about where you went: The perfect tense with être Unit 5: Talking about events in the past: Extending and linking sentences Module 3: Les sorties Unit 1: Making and reacting to invitations: Using the verb vouloir Unit 2: Making excuses: Using the verbs pouvoir and devoir

2nd term Module 3 : Les sorties Unit 3: Talking about clothes: Adjectival agreement

tenses Module 2: L’avenir Unit 1: Planning what you will do: The future tense with on Unit 2: Talking about the future: Using the future tense Unit 3: Talking about future careers: Using quand with the future tense Unit 4: Why languages are important: Connectives in complex sentences Unit 5: Using languages: a case study Using some more connectives Module 3: Les sorties Unit 1: Talking about illnesses: Expressions with avoir and être Unit 2: Describing injuries: More on the perfect tense Unit 3: Healthy living: Using negatives

Unit 1: Asking about places in a town : Asking questions using Est-ce qu’ il y a Unit 2: Asking for directions: Understanding the difference between tu and vous Unit 3: Where you are and where you are going: Using the preposition à Unit 4: Expressing opinions: More practice of à la, à l’, au, aux Unit 5 : Ordering drinks and snacks : practicing numbers

3rd Term Module 5: Ma Journée Unit 1: Talking about what you do in the morning: Using reflexive verbs Unit 2: Talking about your school subjects: Using the pronoun nous Unit 3: Giving opinions and reasons: Using intensifiers and connectives Unit 4: Talking about your timetable: understanding and composing a longer text Unit 5: Talking about what you do after school: using the verb faire. Evaluation and Assessment -On-going formative assessment -Summative assessment at the end of each module. -Summative End of Year Exam

Unit 4: Shops and shopping : Using comparative adjectives Unit 5: Understanding a longer text including mixed tenses: Using comparatives and superlatives Module 4: Manger et boire Unit 1: Talking about food: The definite article after aimer and préférer Unit 2: Talking about French meals: The partitive article – du/de la/des Unit 3: Preparing for a party: Using il faut + the infintive Unit 4: Shopping for food : using de with quantities Unit 5: Eating at a restaurant: Taking part in short dialogues La fête du théâtre à Odense

3rd term Module 5: Voyages et vacances:

Unit 4: Understanding and giving advice: Using imperatives

2nd term Module 3 : Les sorties Unit 5: Understanding a complex text: Using emphatic pronouns Module 4: Il était une fois… Unit 1: Talking about what you used to do: The imperfect tense with je Unit 2: Talking about sports you used to do: More practice with the imperfect tense Unit 3: A whoduunit! Understanding a narrative in the imperfect Unit 4: Who did it? Using qui and que Unit 5: A profile of two sportspeople: Understanding a range of tenses Trip to Normandie

3rd term

Unit 1: Talking about countries and languages: Using the prepositions à / en Unit 2: Talking about holidays: Asking questions using question words Unit 3: Describing a holiday centre: Giving opinions Unit 4: Talking about a past holiday: More practice with the perfect tense Unit 5: Finding information about a holiday destination: Taking part in unscripted dialogues Evaluation and Assessment: On-going formative assessment Summative assessment at the end of each module. Summative End of Year Exam.

Module 5: On y va: Unit 1: Learning about a French speaking country: Using adjectives Unit 2: Travel arrangements: using different tenses in sentences Unit 3: Arranging hotel accommodation: Using the conditional Unit 4: A visit to an attraction: Understanding authentic texts Unit 5: A visit to a sporting event: Using verbs with à / de Evaluation and Assessment - On-going formative assessment - Summative assessment at the end of each module. - Summative End of Year Exam

German 1st Term 1.You, your family and friends:

1st Term 3B. Local area: - The places in a town

1st term 1.You, your family and friends:

- Describe your own and other people’s appearance and personality - Talk about family relationships and helping at home - Talk about what you’ve done recently Learning strategies: - Work out language rules - Work out meaning - Build longer sentences - Express opinions - Adapt sentences and texts 2.Daily routine: - Talk about daily routine - Say what time you do things - Mein Tag - Talk about what you’ve done Learning strategies: - Identify word families - Express more complex opinions - Build answers from questions - Develop reading skills 3. Festivals and celebrations: - Talk about national holidays and festivals - Talk about organising a party - Accept or decline an invitation - Describe a recent party

- Say what you can do in a place - Ask for and give directions - Buy tickets and presents - Understand tourist information 4A.Fashion and shopping: - Talk about clothes and giving opinion - Talk about what you wear - Go shopping for clothes - School uniforms? Evaluation and Assessment 3 levels of assessment: - can do well - can do but not very well - can’t do yet 4B. Going on a trip: - Talk about holidays - Talk about what you can do on holidays and what you are going to do - Talk about past holiday experience 1A. You, your family and friends

- Describe your own and other people’s appearance and personality - Talk about family relationships and helping at home - Talk about what you’ve done recently Learning strategies: - Work out language rules - Work out meaning - Build longer sentences - Express opinions - Adapt sentences and texts 2.Daily routine: - Talk about daily routine - Say what time you do things - Mein Tag - Talk about what you’ve done Learning strategies: - Identify word families - Express more complex opinions

Learning strategies: - Work out grammar patterns - Adapt sentences and texts - Evaluate and prepare for language tasks - Develop listening skills 4. The media: - TV viewing habits - Old and new media - Favourite music, singers and bands - Films and film reviews - Reading habits Learning strategies: - Use what you already know to build new expressions - Work out meaning and identify “false friends” - Explain your opinions - Adapt a text - Develop reading skills 5. Hobbies: - Talk about your favourite hobby and explain why you like it - Say what hobbies you do in different kinds of weather - Talk about what you’ll do next weekend Learning strategies:

Revision & extension: - Appearance, personality, helping ant home - What you´ve done recently - Christmas - Celebrating Christmas - Christmas vocabulary Evaluation and Assessment Presentations:

a. My family life b. My best

vacations c. Letter writing

Key Resources: - ZOOM Deutsch 1 p. 104-119 (Mein Zuhause) www.languagesonline.org - songs - ZOOM Deutsch 1 p. 120-135 (Zu Besuch) - Games (Cooperative learning structures in all periods ) - ZOOM Deutsch 1 Zu Besuch p. 136-151 Die Ferien Wir fahren nach Wien Was hast du gemacht? Im Prater

- Build answers from questions - Develop reading skills 3. Festivals and celebrations: - Talk about national holidays and festivals - Talk about organising a party - Accept or decline an invitation - Describe a recent party Learning strategies: - Work out grammar patterns - Adapt sentences and texts - Evaluate and prepare for language tasks - Develop listening skills 4. The media: - TV viewing habits - Old and new media - Favourite music, singers and bands - Films and film reviews - Reading habits

- Use knowledge of language patterns - Build longer sentences using a range of linking words - Identify grammar patterns First letters to the exchange students

2nd Term Topic 6: Health and Fitness: - Name the parts of the body - Talk about illness and injuries - Say what sports you do to keep fit - Talk about healthy eating and give advice on a healthy lifestyle Learning strategies: - Identify language patterns - Adapt language to build news expressions - Give more detailed responses - Use previously learnt language - Develop strategies for learning noun plurals Letters to the exchange Students 7. Going on a trip - Plan a trip and ask for tourist information - Ausflug nach Düsseldorf/Berlin

- ZOOM Deutsch 2 p. 4-19 Wie bist du? Zu Hause Warum bist du in Köln? Familienleben - Fotocopied material - Games and internet pages

2nd term 1A. Daily routine: - What time you do things - What you´ve done recently - Giving opinion 1B. Festivals & celebrations: - Talk about national holiday & festivals - Organizing a party - Invitations: accept & decline Key Resources: - Mein Tag p. 20-35 Mein Alltag Was hast du gemacht? Und gestern Abend…? Es war super! Letztes Wochenende - Wir feiern! p. 36-51 Feiertage und Feste Party machen Nichts als Ausreden

Learning strategies: - Use what you already know to build new expressions - Work out meaning and identify “false friends” - Explain your opinions - Adapt a text - Develop reading skills 5. Hobbies: - Talk about your favourite hobby and explain why you like it - Say what hobbies you do in different kinds of weather - Talk about what you’ll do next weekend Learning strategies: - Use knowledge of language patterns - Build longer sentences using a range of linking words

- Say what you can see and do in a town, and what you’re going to do - Ask for and give directions - Buy train tickets - Say where clothes are in a room - Describe a past trip Learning strategies: - Adapt a text - Write creatively Letters to the exchange students Trip to Berlin Evaluation and Assessment 3 levels of assessment: - can do well - can do but not very well - can’t do yet

3rd Term Topic 8: Environment: - Describe where you live and give your opinion of it - Talk about way to travel - Talk about ways to be environmentally friendly - Talk about environmental problems and solutions Topic 9: School and future pland: - Part-time jobs, spending and saving

Die Party war spitze! Alle Jahre wieder

3rd term 2A. The media: - TV viewing habits - Favourite music, singers & bands - Films, film reviews, reading - Evaluate and improve your written work Evaluation and Assessment: Presentation: My favourite band Final exam: reading, writing and speaking. Key Resources: - Die Medien p. 52-67 Im Fernsehen Neue Medien, alte Medien Techno ist toll! Wie war der Film? Ich bin eine Leseratte!

- Identify grammar patterns First letters to the exchange students

2nd term Topic 6: Health and Fitness: - Name the parts of the body - Talk about illness and injuries - Say what sports you do to keep fit - Talk about healthy eating and give advice on a healthy lifestyle Learning strategies: - Identify language patterns - Adapt language to build news expressions - Give more detailed responses - Use previously learnt language - Develop strategies for learning noun plurals

- Compare school life in Germany and the UK - School subjects and plans for next year - Jobs and future careers - The school day - School life in Switzerland Learning strategies: - Work out meaning - Use strategies to sound more authentic when speaking German Evaluation and Assessment Final exam: reading, writing and speaking

Letters to the exchange Students 7. Going on a trip - Plan a trip and ask for tourist information - Ausflug nach Düsseldorf/Berlin - Say what you can see and do in a town, and what you’re going to do - Ask for and give directions - Buy train tickets - Say where clothes are in a room - Describe a past trip Learning strategies: - Adapt a text - Write creatively Letters to the exchange students Trip to Berlin Evaluation and Assessment 3 levels of assessment:

- can do well - can do but not very well - can’t do yet

3rd term Topic 8: Environment: - Describe where you live and give your opinion of it - Talk about way to travel - Talk about ways to be environmentally friendly - Talk about environmental problems and solutions Topic 9: School and future plans: - Part-time jobs, spending and saving - Compare school life in Germany and the UK - School subjects and plans for next year - Jobs and future careers - The school day - School life in Switzerland

Learning strategies: - Work out meaning - Use strategies to sound more authentic when speaking German Evaluation and Assessment Final exam: reading, writing and speaking

Mathematics 1st Term - Fractions - Equivalent fractions - Comparing fractions - Adding and subtracting fractions - Fractions of amounts - Percentages - Percentage and proportion - Working with percentages - Solving problems involving proportion - Ratio and proportion - Understanding decimals - Order of operations - Brackets and powers - Adding - Rounding - Adding and subtracting integers - Multiplying and dividing integers - Multiplying - Multiplying decimals

1st Term Algebra& Graphs: - Linear Equations: Solving and Real-Life Application. - Further linear equations: Solve more complex equations involving x on both sides, brackets and fractions. - Simultaneous Equations: Solving using graphs and algebraic methods. - Graphing and manipulating the y = mx + c straight line equation. - Solving Inequalities. - Graphing Inequalities as regions on the Cartesian Plane.

1st term Algebra& Graphs: - Algebraic Manipulation Techniques: Working with directed numbers, formulae, indices and brackets and simplifying. - Linear Equations: Solving, Graphing and Real-Life Application. - Simultaneous Equations: Solving and Real-Life Application. - Quadratic Equations: Solving,

- Reading scales - Measuring length - Measuring mass and capacity - Collecting like terms - Using algebra - Substitution - Expanding brackets - Formulae and functions - Finding the general term - Sequences from patterns - Special sequences - Graphs - Plotting graphs - Properties of graphs

2nd Term - Solving equations - More equation solving - Solving complex equations - Using equations - Shapes and overlapping shapes - Transformations and symmetry - Constructing quadrilaterals - Constructing nets - Volume

3rd Term - Multiples - Tests for divisibility - Factors - Prime numbers - Squares and square roots - Pythagoras - The circle and areas of circles

Pre-Trigonometry: - Review Pythagoras’ Theorem, including Real-Life Applications Trigonometry: - Correctly labelling Hypotenuse, Opposite and Adjacent sides in right-angled triangles. - Use Sine, Cosine and Tangent Rules to find unknown sides and angles in right-angled triangles. - Use Angle of Elevation and Depression to solve Real-Life Problems with Trigonometry. - Become familiar with Bearing Notation and its application. Indices: - Deriving and applying the 6 laws of indices to simplify the combination of numbers or algebraic expressions. - Expressing numbers in Standard Index Form. - Performing calculations involving very large or small numbers in

Plotting and Interpreting Graphs. Real-Life Application. Sets & Functions: - Use function notation to describe and map simple, inverse and complex functions - Use language, notation and Venn diagrams to describe sets Probability: - Calculating simple, exclusive and independent probability. - Using tree diagrams to calculate the probability of independent and dependent systems. Evaluation and Assessment The students will engage in continuous

- Exam revision Evaluation and Assessment The students will engage in continuous formative assessment throughout the year and will be tested summatively at the end of each topic. All this assessment will be carried out using national curriculum levels and standardized tests. There will be a 2 hour exam at the end of the school year.

Standard Index Form.

2nd term Ratio: - Expressing relationships in the form of a ratio, express ratios in their simplest form and the form 1:n. - Defining similarity with respect to shapes and perform calculations involving scale factors. Transformational Geometry: - Describing, using appropriate notation, the four Transformations (Enlargement, Translation, Rotation, Reflection). - Performing the four Transformations (Enlargement, Translation, Rotation, Reflection) within the Cartesian Plane. Algebra: - Expanding brackets (single and double),

formative assessment throughout the year and will be tested summatively at the end of each topic. At the end of the school year they will sit a formal examination which will cover the year’s work.

2nd term Trigonometry: - Use of Sine, Cosine and Tangent Ratios to solve problems with right-angled triangles. - Use of Sine & Cosine Rules to solve problems with non-right-angled triangles. - Represent the Sine and Cosine functions graphically. Mensuration & Geometry: - Calculations involving area and perimeter of simple and compound polygons.

incorporating previous work on laws of indices. - Factorizing expressions, including quadratics - Solving quadratic equations using factorisation. Angle Geometry: - Becoming familiar with, and applying, the angle properties of intersecting parallel lines, triangles and other polygons, straight lines and angles around a point.

3rd term Quadratics: Graphing Quadratic expressions as Parabolae on the Cartesian Plane. Investigating how changing the Quadratic Equation affects the Parabola. Area and Perimeter: - Using formulae and reasoning to calculate Area and Perimeter in Polygons and Circles. Revision:

- The Circle: Area, Circumference, Arc Length, Sector Area and Circle Theorems (angle properties of circles).

3rd term Vectors: - Add, subtract, multiply by a scalar and calculate the magnitude of vectors. Matrices: - Display information in the form of a matrix, calculate sum and product of matrices, multiply matrix by a scalar and calculate the determinant and inverse of a matrix. Revision: - The students will complete a revision guide in preparation for their end of year exam.

- The students will complete a revision course in preparation for their end of year exam. Evaluation and Assessment: The students will engage in continuous formative assessment throughout the year and will be tested summatively at the end of each topic. At the end of the school year they will sit a formal examination which will cover the year’s work.

Science 1st term Scientific Method: - How scientific ideas have developed to explain phenomena and observations. - How to carry out scientific investigations. Particles and Elements: - Describing how particles are arranged in solids, liquids and gases - The effect of temperature and pressure on the behaviour of particles - An introduction to types of particles.

1st term Respiration and breathing - Respiration in cells - Role of blood - Gas exchange - Circulation and blood vessels - Fitness Digestion - Process of digestion - Alimentary canal - Using nutrients - Psychology of eating Microbes and immunity

1st term Plants & photosynthesis - Effects of light on growing plants - Light needed to make starch - Evidence that plants make starch - Green parts of cells are called chloroplasts - Know that carbon dioxide can enter and oxygen escape through stoma

Elements and Compounds: - Identifying the difference between atoms and molecules. - Identifying the difference between elements and compounds. - Becoming familiar with the main features of the Periodic Table. - Investigating the properties of Metals and Non-Metals. -Researching the 1st 20, and other notable, elements. - Investigating mixtures. Electricity and Magnetism: - Using electricity - Current and voltage - Magnetism and Electromagnetism What makes an Organism: - Defining the seven Life Processes (MRS GREN) - Describing structure and function of general, and specialised, Plant and Animal Cells. - Investigating the hierarchy of systems in organisms in terms of cells, tissues, organs and organ systems. - Describing the structure and function of the Digestive System in more detail. - Describing how the skeleto-muscular system moves the body. - Operating a microscope. - The search for extra-terrestrial life.

- Bacteria and viruses - Body defenses - Prevention of infection - Vaccination and boosting immunity - Cigarettes, cannabis and alcohol - Repairing your body Evaluation and Assessment Ongoing formative assessments end of chapter summative assessments People and environment - Environments and adaptations - Competition and adaptation to change - Food webs, photosynthesis and biomass - Pyramids of number and biomass - How we get our food - Effects on the environment - Sustainability Periodic Table - Elements and compounds

- Explain how to measure rates of photosynthesis Rocks and weathering - Different rock types - Texture - Processes of weathering, erosion, transportation and sedimentation Rock cycle - Major rock forming processes - How rock forming process are linked by the rock cycle - Use the concept of rock texture as one of the key characteristics of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks - Relate processes observed in other contexts, e.g. crystallisation, to processes involved in the rock cycle - Consider processes operating on different timescales

Reproduction: - Describing the structure and function of the Male and Female Reproductive System, and the process of fertilisation. - Studying foetal development to birth and gestation periods. - Listing changes that occur during puberty. - Being familiar with the purpose and timing of the Menstrual Cycle. Space: - Research how ideas about the Universe have changed through history - How the Universe is organised, with particular attention to the Solar System - Axial tilt and the seasons - Artificial Satellites.

2nd term Chemical Reactions: - Identifying and explaining indicators that Chemical Reactions have occurred. - Being aware of methods of, and carrying out reversible changes. - Investigating Burning and Respiration reactions. - Writing word and basic symbol equations for reactions.

- Metals and non-metal properties and usage - Nobel gases and their properties and usage - Properties of halogens, their compounds and usage - Elements in your body - Using carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen - Silicon and its compounds - Semi-metals - Theories for organising elements Using elements - Gas particles - Gases in the atmosphere - How the atmosphere changes - Number of atoms in molecules - Polymer properties, uses and structure - Reason for solid properties Evaluation and Assessment Ongoing

Transportation in plants - Movement through roots stems and leaves - Nutrients in the form of mineral ions are taking in by roots Reproduction – plants & animals - Extend their earlier ideas bout human reproduction and consider how offspring are protected and nurtured - Relate what they know of the way their bodies change during adolescence to knowledge about human reproduction, growth and the menstrual cycle Inheritance & Variation - Our features are influenced by the genes we inherit

Acids and Alkalis: - Being aware of the hazards involved in working with Acids and Alkalis. - Interpreting the pH scale, and measuring pH. - Carrying out and studying neutralisation reactions. - Investigating the reactions of Acids with Carbonates and Metals. - Naming Salts produced in Acid reactions. - Researching how acid reactions are used in industry and everyday life. Energy: - Defining different types of Energy and how it is measured. - Being aware of the Laws of Energy Conservation. - Investigating types of Potential Energy. - Drawing and Interpreting Energy Transfer Diagrams. - Describing how living things balance Energy Input and Output. - Researching Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy Sources. Variation: - Investigating types of variation in humans - Being aware of how genetic information is inherited

formative assessments end of chapter summative assessments

2nd term Forces - Turning forces - Levers as machines - Time periods, using pendulums - Centripetal force - Acceleration due to gravity - Terminal velocity - Pressure - Effect of acceleration and deceleration on apparent weight Science Fair Investigating Scientific Questions: Scientific Method - Planning - Working in a group - Practical investigations - Reporting - Recording results, graphing and analyzing and concluding - Communicating their - Science fair event

- Environmental factors in variation - How genes control development - Mendel’s experiments on plants - Consider evidence for the influence of genes - Instinct and learned behaviour - Using genes in drug development Evaluation and Assessment: Ongoing formative assessment Material properties to benefit the future - Particles and properties - Compare material properties - Reducing CO2 emissions, technology and fuel option for transportation of the future - Risks and solutions for the future Patterns of reactivity

- Describing examples of continuous and discontinuous variation - Showing how the environment can cause variation - Using appropriate statistical techniques to display data Classification and Evolution: - An introduction to taxonomy and how Living Things are grouped - Investigating the Vertebrate Group in more detail - How Evolutionary Theory developed - Selective Breeding.

3rd term Forces: - Measuring Forces in Newtons. - Identifying common Forces and their effects. - Investigating how balanced and unbalanced Forces affect stationary and moving objects. - Identifying ways to usefully decrease or increase Friction - Identifying, and investigating Forces which counteract Gravity - Calculating Moments - Calculating Speed Introduction to Geology (SUBJECT TO TIME, Cross-curricular with Social Studies):

Evaluation and Assessment Ongoing formative assessments end of chapter summative assessments Science fair final written project display and report

3rd term Light - How light travels - How we see light - Reflection in a plane mirror - Reflection from smooth and rough surfaces - Refraction of light, total internal reflection - Dispersions of light - How we see colour - Using light Sound - How vibrations cause sound - How we hear - Loudness of sound - Frequency and pitch - How sound travels - How sound is produced

- Reactivity series: how different metals react with water, acid and oxygen Evaluation and Assessment Ongoing formative assessments and end of unit tests

2nd term Energy - Energy transfers - Sources of energy - Renewable energy: solar, wind, hydro- electric Heating and cooling - Heat and temperature - Heat flow - Thermal conduction and insulation - How heat energy is transferred in liquids and gases - Convection currents and their uses - Infrared radiation - Reducing heat loss - Sankey diagrams (transfer and

- Defining the differences between Igneous, Metamorphic and Sedimentary Rock. - Outlining the structure of the Earth - Investigating Plate Tectonic effects. Revision: - The students will complete a revision course in preparation for their end of year exam. Other Strands: Students are encouraged to ask questions about things that interest them in science, regardless of topic. There will be an ongoing strand involving discussion of “Current Events in Science” and the latest scientific news around the World. Practical Work Across a variety of topics students will be introduced to practical work in science with respect to: - Hazards and Safe Practice in the Laboratory - An introduction to scientific equipment - Identifying and controlling variables - Testing a hypothesis - Methods of writing up practical work and investigations

- Speed of sound and speed of light - Travelling faster than the speed of sound Evaluation and Assessment Ongoing formative assessments end of chapter summative assessments

distribution of energy) Sound and hearing - How vibrations cause sound - How we hear - Loudness of sound - How to reduce sound levels - Frequency and pitch - Audible range - How sound travels - Ultrasonic scanning and uses of ultrasound - How sound is produced by musical instruments and musical notes

3rd term Electricity – Circuits - Simple, series and parallel circuits - Use concepts of electric current and energy transfer to explain the working of circuits - Explain patterns in the measurements of current and voltage

- Modelling scientific ideas. Evaluation and Assessment The students will engage in continuous formative assessment throughout the year and will be tested summatively at the end of each topic. At the end of the school year they will sit a formal examination which will cover the year’s work.

- Build circuits in which current flow is usefully controlled Ecology, Interdependence - Biodiversity - Carbon cycle - Organisms can be identified and sizes of populations compared - How living things within a community influence each other and are affected by the environment - Sustainability Evaluation and Assessment - Renewable energy presentation and end of unit summative assessment

Social Studies 1st term HISTORY The Feudal System: - Identifying the structure - Discuss the significance and recognize the necessity/value of the system, categorise which players go into which rank

1st term HISTORY How religious were the Tudor monarchs? - What was young Henry VIII like? - Henry VIII, Rome and divorce

1st term - Defining warfare - Types and reasons /justification for war - Causes of WW1 - Medical advances stemming from war

1066: Who should be king? - Research and appreciate various suitors claims to the English throne - Formulate and defend their opinions on who should be the next king of England based on their research and class notes of each challenger. HISTORY The Battles of Hastings and Stamford Bridge: - Reenact the battle of Hastings - Understand key military techniques/tactics/structures of the armies involved - Explain the historic significance of the event in British History The Black Death: - Understand its impact on Medieval Europe - Explain how doctors attempted to cure the disease - Recognise the believed causes of the disease and how they compare to modern medicine. Castle Development: - Explain how castles developed over the medieval period - Identify and discuss features of different castles

- What did Protestants protest about? - Who’d want to marry Henry VIII? - Edward VI: The boy king - How bloody was “Bloody Mary”? - A nasty nursery rhyme - Elizabeth’s “middle way” - A world of discovery – Leonardo Da Vinci, Shakespeare, Christopher Columbus Could you get justice in Tudor England? - “In Terror of the Tramp” - What did the Scottish Boot, the Juda Cradle and the Spanish Donkey have in common? - Life in Tudor England – Who’s Who? What were the Tudors like? How did people have fun in Tudor England? England Abroad - How did Britain build an Empire? - How was England involved in the slave trade?

- Trench warfare - Shell shock and the case of Harry Farr - Development as a process of change (Ghana as a case Study) - How countries are at different stages of development - Characteristics of an LEDC - How do we measure development? - Why is there a gap in development between different countries? - Development goals - Why is Ghana and LEDC? -Suffragettes: Who were they and what did they want? - How did the role played by women during WW1 help their cause?

- Distinguish castles types from one another.

2nd term GEOGRAPHY 1. It’s Geography - Give the approximate age of the earth and examples of change brought about by natural and human processes - Describe their own place, and compare and contrast it with others - Name physical, human, and environmental geography as the 3 strands of geography; give examples of at least 2. 2. Making and Mapping Connections - Give examples of their own connections at local, national, and international levels. - Work out real distances given a line and scale; draw lines to different scales; convert distances on a map to actual distances using the map scale - Recognise, interpret, and draw a simple plan - Draw a sketch map from a mental map, a photo, and OS maps - Interpret contour lines and patterns, as well as spot heights, on an OS map

- Samurai Bill – the first Englishman in Japan - Blackbeard – the original pirate of the Carribean Queen Elizabeth I - Young Elizabeth – what was she like? - What did QE look like? - There’s something about Mary - Match of the day: England v. Spain (the Spanish Armada) Exit the Tudors – Enter the Stuarts - The scruffy Stuart! - Remember, remember the 5th of November - Were the Gunpowder plotters framed? - Which witch is which? - Why do Americans speak English? Main Learning Objectives - Describe life in Britain in 1485 - Recognise and explain the relationship between politics and religion

- Pankhurst and Davison: a look at their lives - Close up on China - China’s physical geography - History of China: - Overview - Qin Shi Huangdi - The Great Wall of China - Terracotta Warriors - The Spanish Flu: - Origins, symptoms and extent of - What lessons about pandemics to be learned for future generations? - 20th Century China - Mao - Pu Yi: The Last Emperor - Population problems and the Single-Child Policy Key Resources: - DVDs - Youtube Clips

3. Settlements - Describe how humans began to settle - Give 5 factors that would influence the initial choice of settlement site - Describe the pattern of land use developed, and draw a simple model of it - Give good and bad points about a settlement - Explain the growing demand for houses; explain what a greenfield and brownfield site are, and suggest pros and cons for each site - Explain what sustainable development means, and how a development such as a housing estate could be made sustainable 4. Sustainability (Not in textbook) - Create hypotheses about the current situation of how sustainable consumers are in Denmark - Collect data on consumer spending habits

3rd term GEOGRAPHY 4. Shopping - Give examples of convenience and comparison goods

- List problems each Tudor faced in their time of rule - Interpret and analyse primary resources - Graph and chart key data representing important information about British society - Understand why some were dissatisfied with the Catholic church - Explain the origin of Protestantism, and how it differs from Catholicism - Define new historical vocabulary HISTORY England at War - Why did the English Civil War start? - Match of the day: Roundheads v. Cavaliers - Prince Rupert – mad Cavalier or sad Cavalier? - What was new about the New Model Army? - Why was Charles I executed? - Charlie for the chop!

3rd term GEOGRAPHY

- TV Documentary recordings - Warfare: The Changing Face of Armed Conflict (Oxford University Press) - Technology, War and Identities (Oxford University Press) - Geog.3 (Oxford University Press) - Warfare: The Changing Face of Armed Conflict (Oxford University Press) - Teachers own materials Evaluation and Assessment There will be continuous assessment. Some of the assessment will be based on essay type responses on the completion of the topic. There will end of section and unit tests much of which is a combination of types of question

- Explain how some places are too small to support a shop; and that the bigger the settlement, the bigger the range of shops you’ll find there - Describe Bluewater shopping centre and give at least two reasons to explain its location - Give examples of what groups benefit, and suffer, from the development of out-of-town shopping centres and internet shopping 5. Sport - Give 4 examples of sports that depend on the natural environment, and 4 that use built venues in towns and cities - Give examples of ways in which football links people and places around the world. - Give 3 factors to consider when choosing a location for a football stadium, and at least 2 ways that area will be affected by a stadium - Describe ways in which the 2012 Olympic Park will help regenerate a run-down area of London - Give at least 4 ways in which the Olympic Park will be an example of sustainable development

Evaluation and Assessment: Tests/Quizzes, Homework, Class Participation, Independent Research Projects.

that require different levels of response from the student.

2nd term - USA: - Its physical geography - Short history - USA: Nation of immigrants - Britain in the Americas - American dream - Native Americans - Role of the Superpower - Britain in India Key Resources: - Rise and Fall of the British Empire (Oxford University Press) - Geog.3 (Oxford University Press) - DVDs - Youtube Clips - TV Documentary recordings

9. Our Restless Planet - Name and describe the 3 layers that make up the Earth - Explain what a plate is and why it moves; name 5 plates; draw a simple labelled cross-section of a moving plate - Explain why earthquake and volcano sites occur along plate edges; describe the 3 ways in which plates move relative to each other; explain what causes earthquakes - Give 3 examples of long and short-term responses to earthquake and volcano Disasters Evaluation and Assessment Test/Quizzes, Essays (PEE Method writing), Battle Reenactments, Castle Design Project, Independent Research Projects, Graphing/Data Collection, Final Exam.

- Teachers own materials Evaluation and Assessment There will be continuous assessment. Some of the assessment will be based on essay type responses on the completion of the topic. There will end of section and unit tests much of which is a combination of types of question that require different levels of response from the student.

3rd term - Globalisation: - Global fashion - Our Shrinking World - Walter’s global jeans - Nike: Global brand - Why Go global? - Global actions and local effects

- Land down under - Globilisation: a good thing or a bad thing? - The legacy of the British Empire: a good thing or a bad thing? - Coffee: the story so far Key Resources: - Geog.3 (Oxford University Press) - DVDs - Youtube Clips - TV Documentary recordings - Teachers own materials - Rise and Fall of the British Empire (Oxford University Press) Evaluation and Assessment There will be continuous assessment. Some of the assessment will be based on essay type

responses on the completion of the topic. There will end of section and unit tests much of which is a combination of types of question that require different levels of response from the student. There will be a formal end of year examination on all the work we have covered throughout the course of the year.