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Year 7
Curriculum Overview
2017-2018
INSPIRE, ACHIEVE, EMPOWER
Year 7
English
Term A brief overview of the topics/subject areas
covered within year 7 Half term
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Websites that will be used this year: https:/ukhosted4.renlearn.co.uk/1893434
Will this need a log in and password? YES
Half term 1
Half term 2
Half term 3
Half term 4
Half term 5
Half term 6
Detective/Crime fiction
Focus on Sherlock
Media
Fantasy Fiction: ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ by Lewis Carroll
Novel Study: ‘Wonder’ by R J Palacio
Introduction to Shakespeare
Novel Study: ‘The breadwinner’ by Deborah Ellis
Poetry Unit: Poetry from different cultures
Novel Study: ‘Goodnight Mister Tom’ by Michelle Magorian
Year 7
Maths
Term A brief overview of the topics/subject areas
covered within year 7 Half term
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Half term 1
Half term 2
Half term 3
Half term 4
Half term 5
Half term 6
Place Value
Four Operations
Factors, Multiples and Primes
Fractions and Percentages
Geometry and Measures
Probability
Algebra
Algebra
Statistics
Revision of Y7 topics
Websites that will be used this year: mymaths.co.uk
Will this need a log in and password? YES
Year 7
Science
Term A brief overview of the topics/subject areas
covered within year 7 Half term
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Half term 1
Half term 2
Half term 3
Half term 4
Half term 5
Half term 6
Websites that will be used this year: https://www.doddlelearn.co.uk
Will this need a log in and password? YES
Forensics— physical and chemical change viewed through the
eyes of a trainee CSI
Electricity
Magnetism and electromagnetism
Alien—working for SETI to investigate forces and space
Alien—conclusion
Animal and plant cells
Reproduction
Plants
Year 7
Geography
Term A brief overview of the topics/subject areas
covered within year 7 Half term
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Websites that will be used this year: https://www.doddlelearn.co.uk
Will this need a log in and password? YES
Half term 1
Half term 2
Half term 3
Half term 4
Half term 5
Half term 6
Map skills refresher. Ordnance survey maps, atlases and google
maps online.
Physical geography of Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Climate
zones and weather.
Deserts. Where are they? How do living things survive? Desertifica-
tion in the Middle East and Asia. Crisis of water supply. Masdar.
Settlement. Where do people live? Urbanisation issues in China.
Transport and
Flooding issues in urban areas. Causes, Actions and prevention.
Differences between advanced and less developed countries.
China, the new world superpower? How is the rapid growth of China
affecting the Asian region? What is life like in rural and urban China?
Year 7
History
Term A brief overview of the topics/subject areas
covered within year 7 Half term
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Websites that will be used this year: N/A
Will this need a log in and password? NO
Half term 1
Half term 2
Half term 3
Half term 4
Half term 5
Half term 6
Primary and Secondary sources
The Kings
The Norman Conquest
Medieval Life
The Crusades
The Muslim Realm
Murder in the Cathedral
Magna Carta
The Black Death
Guy Fawkes
The English Civil War
The English Civil War
The Jacobite Rebellion
British rebellion
Year 7
RE
Term A brief overview of the topics/subject areas
covered within year 7 Half term
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Websites that will be used this year: N/A
Will this need a log in and password? NO
Half term 1
Half term 2
Half term 3
Half term 4
Half term 5
Half term 6
What do we believe in?
To define beliefs and explore own personal beliefs. To link Christiani-
ty, Islam and Judaism as monotheistic religions. To summarise their
similarities and highlight these in our own beliefs.
Is there such a thing as the “Supernatural?”
To breakdown what we mean by the ‘supernatural’. To Link this to
belief in God through examining key elements of world religions. To
also analyse life without religion.
How might we choose to live our lives?
To establish viewpoints on how we personally choose to live our lives.
To research the big question of should we eat meat and to examine
religious attitudes towards this.
Year 7
French
Term A brief overview of the topics/subject areas
covered within year 7 Half term
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Websites that will be used this year: https://www.activeteachonline.com
Will this need a log in and password? YES
Half term 1
Half term 2
Half term 3
Half term 4
Half term 5
Half term 6
Discussing likes, dislikes, using adjectives to describe yourself and
others, using the present tense of regular verbs. End of module
assessment before half term.
Life at school: Timetables, telling the time, describing the school day,
giving opinions with reasons, talking about food.
End of module assessment before Christmas.
Hobbies - modern technology, sports and activities, using jouer and
faire, talking about what you like doing and describing others (ils and
elles).
Starts with EOM assessment (Module 3) My Space - describing a town,
asking for and giving directions, talking about where you go, making
arrangement to go out.
Saying what there is to do End of Module Assessment (Module 4)
Holidays: Talking about where you do, using reflexive verbs to de-
scribe getting ready to go out, buying snack and drinks.
Holidays continued: Talking about holiday plans for the future, Saying
what you would like to do. End of Module Assessment Cultural
awareness: poetry, paintings and animal.
Year 7
Healthy Lifestyle
Term A brief overview of the topics/subject areas
covered within year 8 Half term
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Websites that will be used this year: N/A
Will this need a log in and password? NO
Half term 1
Half term 2
Half term 3
Half term 4
Half term 5
Half term 6
Fitness and Body Systems
Health Fitness and Wellbeing
Applied Anatomy and Physiology
Importance of exercise
Respiratory and Smoking
Drugs and the effect of health and performance
Mental Health
Year 7
PE
Term A brief overview of the topics/subject areas
covered within year 7 Half term
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Websites that will be used this year: N/A
Will this need a log in and password? NO
Half term 1
Half term 2
Half term 3
Half term 4
Half term 5
Half term 6
Boys—rugby
Girls—netball and football
Boys—x/c and basketball
Girls—x/c and acro-gym
Boys—football and gymnastics
Girls—basketball and hockey
Boys—cricket and volleyball
Girls—rugby and volleyball
Boys—athletics
Girls—athletics
Boys—tennis and striking/fielding
Girls—tennis and rounders
Year 7 Design and Technology
Cooking and Nutrition
(Pupils will complete three rotations in the year)
Subjects Termly Rotation A brief overview of the topics/subject areas
covered within year 7
Cooking
and
Nutrition
Product
Design
Textiles
One Term Develop knowledge of nutrients and nutritional value of food
Develop practical skills
Health and Hygiene
One Term Rendering Skills
Complex mechanical joints
Biomimicry
Strengthening Structures
Design and Make
One Term The Design Cycle
Design Briefs and Specifications
Machine skills
Production types
Websites that will be used this year: N/A
Will this need a log in and password? NO
Year 7
Art
Term A brief overview of the topics/subject areas
covered within year 7 Half term
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Half term 1
Half term 2
Half term 3
Half term 4
Half term 5
Half term 6
Websites that will be used this year: links pending topics. Websites linked to
shoes homework tasks
Will this need a log in and password? NO
Comic narrative
Colour and lino cutting/printing
Shoes
Correlated and corrugated
Cubism -objects and viewpoints
Correlated and corrugated
Year 7
Computing
Term A brief overview of the topics/subject areas
covered within year 7 Half term
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Half term 1
Half term 2
Half term 3
Half term 4
Half term 5
Half term 6
Websites that will be used this year: A large range of sites can be used for re-
vision activities or extending knowledge beyond the lesson, to facilitate this a
Google Classroom with useful computing links will be shared with all pupils.
Will this need a log in and password? Access to Google Classroom is via their
school email address
Personal Logo Design
Reliability of Sources
Online Safety
Environment Research Project
Making Web Pages with HTML Inside A Computer—Component Revision
Scratch—Game Making
Binary and Images
Internet Protocol
Micro:Bits Programming Algorithms Data Encryption
Dream Home Design with SketchUp Subroutines in Control Systems
Using Google Forms
Databases
Year 7
Music
Term A brief overview of the topics/subject areas
covered within year 7 Half term
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Websites that will be used this year: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/
music/world_music/gamelan_music1.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/music/world_music/music_india1.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/music/popular_music/blues2.shtml
Will this need a log in and password? NO
Half term 1
Half term 2
Half term 3
Half term 4
Half term 5
Half term 6
GAMELAN MUSIC— Continuing a trip around World music. To devel-
op an understanding of texture and creating music to a brief.
SONGS AND STRUCTURE—A look at another DR T SMITH keyword.
A look at how songs are formed, both with structure and texture and
a chance to create their own song.
INDIAN MUSIC—A look at more World music. Different cultures and styles of playing. The use of scales and improvisation. Pupils will then create their own piece.
MUSIC FOR PICTURES—A look at how music is used to recreate pic-tures and to influence a picture in the listeners mind. They will take their own pictures and create music and manipulate music on the computers.
MUSIC FOR PICTURES—A look at how music is used to recreate pic-tures and to influence a picture in the listeners mind. They will take their own pictures and create music and manipulate music on the computers.
BLUES MUSIC—A look at the origins of Blues music and key features of the 12-bar Blues. Pupils will then create their own piece using key elements of the Blues.