Topic outline

  • Year 8 Curriculum

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      Term 1

      Term 2

      Term 3

      English

      Poetry: Power Anthology / Transactional and Imaginative Writing

      'The Merchant of Venice'

      Long Writing: Power Gone Wrong

      Prose: Choice of Novel and Imaginative Writing

      Maths

       

      Factors Multiples and Primes
      Probability

      Calculating with Mixed Numbers
      Working with Decimals

      Ratio Calculations

      Speed

      Calculating with Percentages

       

      Negative Numbers

      Expanding, Simplifying and Factorising

      Scale Factor and Enlargement

      Solving Equations

      Circles

       

      Area of Trapezia and Compound Shape

      Angles and Properties of Triangles and Quadrilaterals

      Volume and Nets of Prisms

      Averages and Frequency Tables

      Linear Sequences and Graphs

      Translation and Column Vectors

      Science

      Light and Sound

      Environmental Chemistry

      Influences on Life

      Electricity and Magnetism

      Atmospheric Chemistry

      Cycles of Life

      Geography

       

      Coastal landscapes and Megacities

      Atmospheric hazards and China

      Volcanic hazards and Population studies

      Climate Change and Resource management

      Local area fieldwork and Hot desert ecosystems     

      Energy mix and Earthquakes

      History

      The Tudors and the Reformation

      Early Modern England

      Mughal Empire

      Creation of the British Empire

      American Revolution

      Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade

      The Scramble for Africa

      The First World War

      RE

      Was Jesus the true Jewish Messiah?

      How can Jesus be understood through the Trinity and other Christian practices?

       

      An exploration of diversity within Islam.

      MFL

      Sport and my free time

       

      Holidays

      Going out and in town

      Computing

      Computer Systems

      Networks

      Developing for the web

      Representations

      App development

      Introduction to Python

      Music

      Controversy in Music

      Connections in Music

      Masterworks

      Drama

      Melodrama/Greek Theatre   

      Evacuees

      Blood Brothers

      Art

      Mixed Media & Zentangle Pattern 

      Realism & Watercolour painting 

      Independent Architecture Brief

      Design and Technology

      Designing for People

      Design Development

      Production and Industry

      Making 1

      Making 2

      Food, Cooking and Nutrition

      Physical Education

      Rotation of:

      Invasion Games

      Rugby

      Football

      Netball

      Net and Wall Games

      Badminton

      Accurate replication and exploring compositional ideas

      Gymnastics and Dance

      Fitness and problem solving

      Components of fitness

      Rotation of:

      Striking and Fielding

      Cricket and Rounders

      Performing at maximum levels

      Athletics