Curriculum notes

Curriculum notes

Year 7 CE - Autumn Term 2008

ENGLISH
• This term will continue to prepare pupils for 12+ examinations. There will be regular practice of comprehension and writing.
• Pupils will now receive a mark (out of 25) for all extended writing tasks in line with Common Entrance.  The ‘Assessment Descriptors’ can be found in both your child’s exercise book and the ‘English Revision Book’. These pieces will be self-assessed by the pupil and then formally assessed by the teacher.
Comprehension
• Retrieve, deduce, infer and interpret
• Comment on writers’ use of language, purpose and viewpoint
• Effective use of quotation
• Personal responses
• Awareness of mark scheme
• Sift, plan, structure and writer extended answers
Poetry
• Critical appreciation and comprehension
• How to ‘annotate’ a poem
• Ability to comment on the effect of particular techniques
• Revision of poetic techniques
Writing
• Writing to persuade: repetition for emphasis; informal or conversational style; selection of information; combining text and images; use of adjectives; use of neologisms (form will be a speech, letter, campaign leaflet or advert)
• Writing to argue: conflicting points of view; facts and opinions; emotive language; statements; commands; rhetorical questions; irony; exaggeration; connectives (form will be an article, letter or formal debate speech)
• Writing fiction (revision of key features: character, setting, description, effective openings etc.)
• Personal writing: focus on ‘autobiography’ and features of this type of writing
Grammar and Punctuation
• Revision of nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, conjunctions,  pronouns, prepositions, articles and phrasal verbs
• Revision of paragraphing
• Revision of basic punctuation
• Pupils will sit a grammar test in Week 8

MATHEMATICS
• Fractions and percentage
• Algebra
• Angles and polygons
• Fractions
• Approximations
• Circles
• Ratio and Proportion

SCIENCE
• Separating techniques
• Mixtures
• Atomic structure
• Periodic table
• Chemical reactions
• Conservation of mass
• Decomposition
• Animal and plant cells
• Microscopes
• Cell Adaptations
• Human reproduction
• Genes and variation

FRENCH
• Saying where you went, using the perfect tense of ‘Aller’
• Extension and consolidation of the perfect tense
• Food and drink – what you eat and drink, your preferences
• Expressing quantities and “some”
• Preparing for, arranging and shopping for parties
• Healthy eating
• Talking about what you have eaten

GERMAN
• Weather
• Summer holidays
• Past tense (introduction)
• Planning leisure activities
• 12 hour clock
• Weekend activities
• Winter holidays

SPANISH
• Parts of the body / saying you are ill / something hurts
• Meal times
• Daily routine
• Revision of food
• Clothes
• Shopping / sizes / cost
• Describing your bedroom
• Daily routine

HISTORY
Medieval Realms
• Understanding the Medieval Period
• Claimants to the throne in 1066
• Events leading to the Battle of Hastings
• Battle of Hastings
• Preparation for re-enactment
• William’s problems
• Solutions
• Keeping control of England
• The medieval village, life in a medieval monastery

GEOGRAPHY
• Coasts
• O.S. map work
• Locational knowledge

LATIN
• Adjectives
• Imperfect tense
• Perfect tense
• Numerals
• Second, third, fourth conjugations
• Aspects of early Roman history
• Translation practice

RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Christianity
• The Early Church
• Beliefs
• Denominations
• Baptism
• Confirmation
• Advent and Christmas

ICT
• CLAIT Word Processing Module
• Mail Merge skills linking spreadsheets and MS Word

DRAMA
• Analysing duologues from William Russell’s ‘Blood Brothers’ with reference to the social standing of the characters
• Preparing for the Year 7 production

MUSIC
• Singing – learning songs for Year 7 production
• Learning to perform melodies from the SFX Keyboard Course
• Composition and keyboard work based on the 12-bar blues
• Develop an understanding of the different musical genres

ART
SLD
• Learning about the proportions and structure of the human body
• Studying the work of Leonardo da Vinci
• Analyse and record findings through drawing and 3D
• Make an expressive sculpture of a seated figure
JFH
• Researching the Impressionist movement
• Looking at the way artists used optical mixing of colour in their work
• Use a variety of media, including oil pastels to create a still life based on observations of real flowers
JLM
• Observational studies of water and to produce an expressive response to the theme of water
• Studying the work of Monet, Hockney and Hokusai
• A variety of media will be used

DESIGN TECHNOLOGY
• Design and make board game
• The design aspect will take into consideration the format and method employed in the playing while the making aspect will challenge the mathematical skills of all involved
• Project has a large content of ICT within it throughout

PSHE
• Welcome back and target setting
• Puberty
• Young carers
• Charity – Wildlife Aid

CITIZENSHIP
• School Council
• Conflict
• Remembrance
• Discussion and role play