YEAR  8                                                                               KEY STAGE 3      Curriculum Overview / Long Term Planning  2009/10

AUTUMN TERM

SPRING TERM

SUMMER TERM

Literacy

·       Getting to know your pupils

NFER reading tests * Blackwell Spelling testing.

Expectations for English Lessons. Reviewing your Reading Introducing a Peer.

·   Pre 1914 Short Story –  Sherlock Holmes and The Speckled Band

  (Incorporating Narrative reading & writing units)

   Pupils will write a detective story based on the work

   Conan Doyle

·   Multimedia Unit – Scenes from Die Another Day

·       Class Readers

        One of the following:

         Holes, The other side of truth

·               Poetry Unit incorporating and introduction of Shakespeare

Mathematics

·               Number-negative numbers

·               Handling data-coordinates

·               Line graphs

·               Shape, space and measure-angles

·               Symmetry

·               Quadrilaterals and polygons

·               Three dimensions

·               Number-decimals

·               Algebra-formulae and expressions

·               Solving equations

·               Number-computation

·               Powers and roots

·               Fractions

·               Percentages

·               Handling data-using tables and charts

·               Two variables

·               Number and algebra-multiples and factors

·               Patterns and sequences

·               Measures-length and mass

·               Time

·               Number-ratio and proportion

·               Shape, space and measure-perimeter and area

·               Circles

·               Volume and capacity

·               Handling data-averages

·               Probability

Science

·   Food and digestion

·   Elements, atoms and compounds

·   Forces and their effects

·   Heating and cooling

·   Magnets and electromagnets

·   Light

ICT

2 term rotation

Finding things out and presenting information for a specific audience

·         Public Information System

·         Internet research

·         Music sequencing

·         Control flowcharts

·         Information reliability, validity and bias

·         Presenting information

·         Web design

Developing ideas and making things happen

·         Spreadsheet modelling

·         Game making

Finding things out

·         Interrogating databases

·         Developing databases

Finding things out and presenting information

·         Multimedia productions

  YEAR  8                                                                               KEY STAGE 3      Curriculum Overview / Long Term Planning 2009/10

AUTUMN TERM

SPRING TERM

SUMMER TERM

ART

Termly rotation

·   Observational drawing – Surrealism and Metamorphosis             ‘Bridging Project’                                                          Ongoing repeated ‘Autumn’ term circuit group

·   Masks 3-D 

·    Imaginative Compositions                                                    

FRENCH

·   Body      

·   Illness                                  

·   Past Tense

·   Breakfast / lunch

·   Shopping for food         

·   Eating out

Upper Band                            Lower Band

·   Arranging a visit                 1 French        1 German

·   Transport                                                 Greetings

·   Paris                                                         Numbers

·   Past tense

All Bands                                     1French          1 German                   

·   What would you like to do?                                Family

·   Youth Hostel                                                       Pets

·   Activity holidays                                                  School 

                                                                             subjects

GEOGRAPHY

·   Freaky Foods

·     World of Sport 2012

·    Natural Hazards – Volcanoes and Earthquakes

HISTORY

·         The Roman Empire                                                                                                                The making of the UK 1500 - 1750

MUSIC

2 term rotation

·     The Blues

      -  primary chords, triads

      -  Syncopation

      -  improvising

      -  performing in time with awareness of other parts

·    Hooks and Riffs

-  groove form song

-  use of music technology

-  Baroque ground bass

-  20^th Century minimalism

·    Optional choice

·    Variations

      -  develop musical ideas

      -  mode, inversion, retrograde, ornamentation

·      Caribbean Music

      -  calypso – syncopation

      -  reggae – off-beat chords, bass riff

DRAMA

2 term rotation

·   Developing skills by working from scripts

·   Developing techniques of Spatial awareness

·   Role play to develop character awareness

·   Collaborative productions

·   Suggesting script changes and improvements

·   Emphasising characters by the use of space and time

·   Use of voice and gestures to enhance characters

·   Exploring situations and crises through drama

PE

·   Gymnastics, Dance, Fitness and Volleyball

·   Netball, Football, Rugby, Short Tennis and Lacrosse

·   Badminton and Young Leaders Award

·   Basketball, Lacrosse, Football and Table Tennis

·  Athletics

·  Rounders, Cricket and Tennis

PHSE/Cit.

·   Self development

·   Handling conflict in your life

·   Bullying and how to deal with it

·   Moral Dilemmas

·   Exploring diversity

·   Prejudice

·   Living in a multi cultural society

·   Becoming an informed citizen

·   Peer group pressure

·   Drug education

·   Sexual health education

·   Responsibility and relationships

·   Managing risk  -   fire

                             -  electricity

                             -  water

                             -  road

RE

·   What do some people say about God and the Universe?

·   How does being a Muslim affect everyday life?

·    What happens when I die?

·    How can war ever be justified?

Des & Tech

Food Tech.
Termly rotation

·                     Design and manufacture a clock face.                                                                       Design and make a siege machine.

·                     Bread – design new flavoured breads.                                                                      Cakes and Pastry

·                     Healthy Eating – Main Meals