KS3 Curriculum Overviews
English
English KS3 Curriculum Topics
| Autumn Term 1 |
Autumn Term 2 |
Spring Term 1 |
Spring Term 2 |
Summer Term 1 | Summer Term 2 | |
| Year 7 |
Story and Context |
Story and Context - focus on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight |
Characterisation and Setting | Characterisation and Setting - focus on The Graveyard Book | Genre and Theme | Genre and Theme - focus on The Giver |
| Year 8 |
Perspective and POV | Perspective and POV- focus on Journey's End | Rhetoric | Rhetoric - focus on Animal Farm | Connotation, Symbolism and Imagery | Connotation, Symbolism and Imagery - focus on Lord of the Flies |
| Year 9 |
Grammar and Meaning |
Grammar and Meaning - focus on The Adventure of the Speckled Band | Form and Structure | Form and Structure - focus on Heroes | Representation | Representation - focus on Othello |
Maths
Maths KS3 Curriculum Topics
| Autumn Term 1 | Autumn Term 2 | Spring Term 1 |
Spring Term 2 |
Summer Term 1 |
Summer Term 2 |
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| Year 7 |
Unit A: Averages & Range Topic 1: Sequences |
Topic 4: Problems with Multiplication & Division Topic 5: Order of Operations |
Topic 6: Factors & Multiples (Knowledge Organiser allocated for Term 2) Topic 7: Geometry |
Topic 8: Fractions/FDP (Knowledge Organiser allocated for Term 2) Topic 9: Introduction to Algebra Unit B: Units & Scales |
Topic 10: Fractions and Percentages of Amounts (Knowledge Organiser allocated for Term 3) Topic 11: Primes and Indices (Knowledge Organiser allocated for Term 3) |
Topic 12: Rounding Unit C: Comparing Ratio & Proportion Unit D: |
| Year 8 |
Topic 13: Algebraic Expressions Topic 14: Linear Equations |
Topic 15: Angles Topic 17: Percentages |
Topic 16: Area & Perimeter Topic 18: Ratio & Proportion |
Topic 19: Further Fractions Topic 20: 2d Geometry Unit E: |
Topic 22: Statistics Topic 21: UNIT F: |
Topic 23: Further Probability Unit G: Transformations |
| Year 9 |
Unit H : Index Laws Topic 24: Rearranging Formulae Topic 25: Percentage & Interest |
Topic 26: Probability Unit I : Pythagoras’ Theorem |
Topic 27: Linear Graphs Topic 28: Real Life Graphs Topic 29: Equations |
Topic 30: Standard Form Topic 31: Proportion Unit J: Averages From Tables |
Topic 32: Sequences Topic 33: Inequalities Topic 34: Quadratic Expressions |
Topic 35: Quadratic Graphs (& cubic, reciprocal and exponential) Unit K: Unit L: |
Science
Science KS3 Curriculum Topics
| Autumn Term 1 | Autumn Term 2 | Spring Term 1 |
Spring Term 2 |
Summer Term 1 | Summer Term 2 |
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| Year 7 |
Cells |
Forces |
Ecology |
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| Year 8 |
Energy |
Organ systems |
Principles of chemistry |
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| Year 9 |
Cells, |
Health, Energy |
Earth and the atmosphere, |
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French
French KS3 Curriculum Topics
| Autumn Term 1 | Autumn Term 2 |
Spring Term 1 |
Spring Term 2 |
Summer Term 1 | Summer Term 2 | |
| Year 7 |
Introducing myself Numbers and dates |
Family and personal description | School | Weather Sports Free time interests |
Likes and dislikes Local area Towns |
Spare time interests Food and eating out |
| Year 8 |
Holidays and transport The past tense |
Festivals and food | TV, technology and leisure interests | The world around us Local area Weather |
Daily routine Home |
Daily routines Home |
| Year 9 |
Family and friends | Going out and making arrangements French Culture |
Role models Films Sport |
Technology TV Evening Activities |
Daily Routines Shopping |
Festivals and celebrations |
History
History KS3 Curriculum Topics
| Autumn Term 1 | Autumn Term 2 |
Spring Term 1 |
Spring Term 2 |
Summer Term 1 | Summer Term 2 | |
| Year 7 |
Pre-1066
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1066 and the Norman invasion | The Middle Ages | The Middle Ages Who were the Tudors? |
- Henry VIII power - Reformation |
Mid Tudor Crisis Elizabethan England - Religion - Mary, Queen of Scots - War with Spain |
| Year 8 |
Tudor to Stuart England
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Stuart England and the Civil War - causes and events of the Civil Wars - The interregnum, Cromwell's Britain |
Industrial Britain | Industrial Britain |
Slavery and the roots to the British Empire Impact of the empire around the world |
French and American revolutions and the American Civil War
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| Year 9 |
British Society in 1900 | The First World War | The Second World War | The Cold War | 20th Century Study: Women 1900 to today Teenagers 1900 to today |
Creation of the welfare state Immigration, Race riots and protest |
Geography
Geography KS3 Curriculum Topics
| Autumn Term 1 |
Autumn Term 2 |
Spring Term 1 |
Spring Term 2 |
Summer Term 1 | Summer Term 2 | |
| Year 7 |
Map Skills | Geography of the UK | Geography of the UK and weather | Weather | Asia | Resources |
| Year 8 |
Coasts and Rivers | Coasts and Rivers | Population Change | Tectonics | Ecosystems and the Economy | Russia |
| Year 9 |
Glaciation | Super Powers | Super Powers | Africa | Fieldwork | Living in a poor country and Global Themes |
Art
Art KS3 Curriculum Topics
| Autumn Term 1 |
Autumn Term 2 |
Spring Term 1 |
Spring Term 2 |
Summer Term 1 | Summer Term 2 | |
| Year 7 |
Learning to See: Using the pencil to create different tones. |
Pencil tones and tonal gradation | Mark making and texture Using pencil |
Mark making and Impressionism through paint | Impressionism and Van Gogh - through Paint | Installation through Mixed Media. |
| Year 8 |
Colour Wheel colour relationships and tonal blending through Colour pencil |
Observational drawing through colour pencil | Typography through printmaking | Typography and the art of lettering through collage. | Typography though painting. | Colour culture through looking at arange of artists and mixed media. |
| Year 9 |
Illustrative art - looking at artist Lucy McLaughlan and automatic drawing using fine liner |
Illustrative art through printmaking | Observational drawing through pencil and biro | Observational drawing through pencil and biro | Pattern within art - looking at Mandallas and artist, Dan Hillier |
Pattern within art - looking at Mandallas and artist, Dan Hillier |
Drama
Drama KS3 Curriculum Topics
| Autumn Term 1 |
Autumn Term 2 |
Spring Term 1 |
Spring Term 2 |
Summer Term 1 | Summer Term 2 | |
| Year 7 |
Introduction to Drame | Greek Theatre | Theatre in Education | Physical Theatre | Stanislavski | Design |
| Year 8 |
Commedia Dell Arte | Pantomime | Brecht | Devising / Cluedo | Complicite | Live Theatre |
| Year 9 |
Duologues | Artaud | Genre | Devising | Theatre Creation | Analysing Live Theatre |
Tech Rotations
DT, Food & ICT KS3 Curriculum Topics
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DT, Food and ICT are studied on a rotation during Years 7, 8 and 9 |
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| DT |
Night light: Woodwork Planning and Making: Electronics |
Clock: Use of plastics and the vacuum former; |
Educational Toy: Use of wood and metals; |
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| Food Tech |
Health & Safety Eatwell Guide Carbohydrates The Science of Cooking Sensory Testing and practicals to go with each area |
Health & Safety Eatwell Guide Part 2 Protein Dairy, Fats & Oils Adapting Recipes and practicals to go with each area |
Health & Safety Food Choice British Cuisine International Cuisine Consumer Awareness and practicals to go with each area |
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| ICT |
E-Safety, Email & Internet Software, spreadsheets Hardware, Cryptology and Flowol Networks and systems Scratch Programming Text-based programming |
HTML Web Authoring Python Animation and Video Editing Higher Level Spreadsheets Flat File Databases |
Photo Editing Data Representation and Coding Relational Databases Python - Searching and Sorting Integrated Project |
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Music
Music KS3 Curriculum Topics
| Autumn Term 1 |
Autumn Term 2 |
Spring Term 1 |
Spring Term 2 |
Summer Term 1 | Summer Term 2 | |
| Year 7 |
The Elements of Music | Rhythm and Drumming | Performance Skills | Performance Skills | Instruments of the Orchestra | Instruments of the Orchestra |
| Year 8 |
Musical Futures - Just Play | Music Technology | The Blues | The Blues | Film Music | Film Music |
| Year 9 |
Songwriting | Songwriting | World Music - Salsa and Reggae | World Music - Salsa and Reggae | Music Technology | Independent Project |
RE
RE KS3 Curriculum Topics
| Autumn Term 1 | Autumn Term 2 | Spring Term 1 |
Spring Term 2 |
Summer Term 1 | Summer Term 2 |
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| Year 7 |
Introduction to world religions and rule systems |
Religion and rites of passage |
Holy books and festivals |
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| Year 8 |
Prejudice and discrimination |
Religion, War and Peace |
Creation and the environment |
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| Year 9 |
Religion, crime and punishment |
Philosophy of religion - Does God exist? |
Ethics and religion |
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PE
PE KS3 Curriculum Topics
| Autumn Term 1 |
Autumn Term 2 |
Spring Term 1 |
Spring Term 2 |
Summer Term 1 |
Summer Term 2 |
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| Year 7 | PE - Boys | Tennis, Athletics Warm up and Cool downs |
Football, OAA, Uni-Hoc Skeletal muscles |
Rugby, Handball Function of the skeleton and types of bones |
Netball, Basketball Name and locations of bones |
Cricket, Badminton Types of joints and joint movements |
Athletics, Softball, Tennis Structure and function of a joint |
| PE - Girls | Tennis, Athletics Warm up and Cool downs |
Netball, OAA, Uni-Hoc Skeletal muscles |
Table tennis, rounders, badminton, cricket Methods of training |
Football, Basketball Name and locations of bones |
Badminton, Rounders Types of joints and joint movements |
Athletics,Lacrosse Structure and function of a joint |
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| Year 8 | PE - Boys | Tennis, Athletics, Softball Immediate effects of exercise - Muscular and skeletal system |
Football, OAA Immediate effects of exercise - CV and Respiratory system |
Rugby, badminton, fitness Different heart rates and exercise intensities |
Netball, Basketball, Table tennis Fitness components and practical application |
Cricket, Fitness, Softball, Fitness Tests |
Athletics, tennis, softball, Methods of training |
| PE - Girls | Rounders, Athletics, Softball Immediate effects of exercise - Muscular and skeletal system |
Netball, OAA Immediate effects of exercise - CV and Respiratory system |
Gym/cheerleading, basketball, fitness, badminton Different heart rates and exercise intensities |
Football, fitness, Table tennis, Basketball Fitness components and practical application |
Tennis, Athletics, Softball, Cricket Fitness Tests |
Athletics, badminton, rounders, tennis Methods of training |
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| Year 9 | PE - Boys | Tennis, Athletics, Rounders, Softball, Immediate effects of exercise - Muscular and skeletal system |
Football, OAA, Immediate effects of exercise - CV and Respiratory system |
Rugby, Netball, Table Tennis Different heart rates and exercise intensities |
Badminton, Fitness, Basketball Fitness components and practical application |
Cricket, basketball, athletics, tennis Fitness Tests |
Softball, table tennis, basketball, badminton Methods of training |
| PE - Girls | Athletics, Rounders, Softball, Immediate effects of exercise - Muscular and skeletal system |
Netball, OAA, Immediate effects of exercise - CV and Respiratory system |
Badminton, Football, Rugby, Table Tennis Different heart rates and exercise intensities |
Fitness, Basketball Fitness components and practical application |
Tennis, Athletics Fitness Tests |
Table tennis, rounders, badminton, cricket Methods of training |
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