Year 9 Curriculum
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Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Prose: 'Animal Farm'
Long Writing: Toxic Masculinity
Play: Romeo and Juliet
Conflict Poetry Anthology and Imaginative Writing
Foundation:
· Place Value and intro to standard form
· Rounding and estimation
· Decimals and negative numbers
· Forming expressions
· Basic angles and parallel lines
Foundation:
· Bearings/maps and scales
· Basic indices
· Expand & factorise single brackets
· Tables & charts
· Scatter graphs
· FDP - equivalence
Foundation
· Compound measures (speed)
· Percentages of an amount/expressing/comparing
· Substitution via linear and quadratic graph tables
· Solving linear equations
· Angles in triangles and quadrilaterals
Foundation:
· Interior and exterior angles in polygons
· Pie-charts
· Averages
· Operations with fractions
· Probability
Foundation:
· Rearranging
· Introduction to Pythagoras' theorem
· Solving and representing inequalities
· BIDMAS and units of measure
· Simultaneous equations
· Constructions & loci
Foundation:
· Area and perimeter of 2D shapes incl. circles
· Expanding and factorising double brackets
· Transformations
Higher
· Place Value
· Rounding
· Negative Numbers
· Expressions
· Basic Angles and Parallel lines
· FDP of Amounts
· Bearings and Scales
Higher
· Indices, Expand & Factorise single brackets
· Pie Charts
· Averages of discrete data
· Estimation
· Operations with Fractions
Higher
· FDP equivalence
· Recurring decimals
· Substitution
· Solving linear Equations
· Angles in polygons
· Averages from tables
· Cumulative frequency and box plots
Higher
· Simplify algebraic fractions
· Proof
· Standard form with and without calculator
· Compound measures
· Probability basics
Higher
· Rearranging incl. forming from ratios
· Pythagoras & SOH CAH TOA
· Area of 2D shapes inc part circles
· Expanding Double/Triple Brackets
· Equating coefficients
Higher
· Factorising and solving quadratics when a=1, Linear graphs (y=mx+c)
· Linear simultaneous equations and graphs
· Quadratic graphs and formula
· Transformations
Forces and Motion
Forces
Energy
Matter and Separating Mixtures
Overarching Concepts (Part 1)
Overarching Concepts (Part 2 and 3)
Chemical Changes
Ecosystems and Material cycles
Key concepts Exchange and transport in Animals
Plant structures and their functions
Urban change in Birmingham
The World Ocean
Geography of East Africa
Glacial environments in a warming world
Population & migration
UK in the wider world – trade and allegiances
Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade Women’s suffrage
Hitler and the Holocaust
The Second World War
The End of the British Empire
Protest in Britain
Religious persecution and suffering and Buddhist teachings concerning overcoming suffering.
A history of human rights and peace initiatives.
The science and religion debate.
My Family and I
Holidays
School
Introduction to Python
Python Sequences
Media Animations
Data Science
Representations
Cyber security
Creative History
Biomimicry
2D and 3D design and making
Invasion Games –Football
Net and Wall Games – Volleyball
Invasion Games – Basketball
Fitness and problem solving
Striking and Fielding - Cricket
Athletics