Year 7 Curriculum
English
Boy in The Striped Pyjamas
Two Assessment tasks - formative + summative focusing on:
- Lang/Structure Analysis
- AQA Lang Paper 1 - extract on Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Media Analysis: Advertising
Two Assessment tasks – formative + summative focusing on:
- Persuasive Writing Assessment
Formative Assessment
'Advertisers should not be allowed to manipulate children into buying toys and sweets' Agree or Disagree? Discuss.
Choose either a child's/parent's or advertiser's perspective.
Summative Assessment
Plan and produce a piece of writing which will persuade people to buy your chocolate snack.
Use a range of persuasive techniques.
Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band
Two Assessment tasks - formative + summative focusing on:
- Essay writing - PEE
1. How does Dr Roylott attempt to intimidate Holmes?
2. How does Arthur Conan Doyle prepare us for a sinister event?
Poetry Through The Ages
Two assessment tasks - formative + summative focusing on:
- Comparison of two poems
{Reshma is working on this and is adding relevant assessments. Should be done by E.O.Y}
A Monster Calls
Two Assessment tasks focusing on:
- Lang Paper 1 AQA
The Tempest
End of year exam
Creative Writing
1. Write a description of the storm that Alonso's ship was in
2. Write your postcard home from the island. Write about at least one character and event from the play and use at least one quotation from the play.
Maths
Number 1
Place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Number 2
Positive and negative numbers (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division), square numbers, square roots, cube numbers and cube roots.
Number 3
Factors and highest common factors, multiples and lowest common multiples. Multiplying an dividing by the power of 10.
Number 4
Fractions (equivalent fractions, adding and subtraction, multiplying and dividing) BISMAS.
Geometry & Measures 2
Paralleled and perpendicular lines. Angles in triangles and quadrilateral construction.
Algebra
Understanding algebra notations variables, terms and expressions, collecting like terms, expanding brackets, simplifying, factorising and solving equations.
Number 5
Working with decimals, adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing decimals. Rounding to significant figures. Rounding to decimal places.
Probability
Probability scales, mutually exclusive events, experimental probability and calculating probabilities.
Interpretation of Data
Information from charts. Pie charts scatter graphs and correlation.
Percentages
Calculating percentages. Calculating the result of a percentage change (increase and decrease)
Circles
The circle and its parts, circumference of a circle, formula for the circumference of a circle and formula for the area of a circle.
Proportion
Direct proportion, graphs and direct proportions and comparing direct proportion and inverse proportion.
Sequences
Using flow diagrams to generate sequences, the nth term of a sequence, working out the nth term of a sequence and the Fibonacci sequence.
Congruence and Scaling
Congruent shapes, enlargement, shapes and ratio and scales.
Graphs
From linear equations, gradient of a straight line and graphs from simple quadratic equations.
Comparing Data
Grouped frequency tables, drawing frequency diagrams, comparing data and average.
Science
- Reversible and irreversible changes
- Acids & Alkalis
- Indicators & pH Scale
- Metal and non metal
- Burning, using Oxygen
- States of matter
- Changing states
- Mixture
- Separation techniques for mixture
- Cells, Tissue & Organs
- Using microscopes
- Animal & Plant Cell
- Special Cells
- Reproduction
- Sex Organs
- Fertilisation in humans
- Reproduction in flower
- Pollination
- Electricity
- Electric current
- Cells & Batteries
- Magnetic forces
- Electromagnets
- Different types of Forces
- Energy
- Fuels
- Renewable energy
Geography
What is Geography?
Understanding the reason behind the study of geography. Be able to identify Physical and Human Environment. Learning about different Landscapes and landforms.
What is the UK?
Learning about the countries which make up the UK, The north and south divide.
Volcanoes
Learning about Volcanoes and the Hazards.
Rivers and Floods
Rivers in the lowland and uplands, Learning about the water cycle, Learning about Floods and impact on flooding has caused.
Tourism
What Tourism is and why tourism is important to the country’s economy and how this can be managed.
Rich and Poor Counties
Understanding what makes a poor/rich country, Identify different ways to measure wealth and development.
ICT
File Management and Introduction to the School Network and Cyber Bullying
Be able to identify the school shared drive and saving work in the relevant folders. Effects of Cyber bullying and how to identify and steps to take if they have been a victim of cyber bullying.
Computer Viruses & Digital Footprint
Be able to identify what a virus is. Identify different ways to avoid getting a computer virus. Be able to identify what a digital footprint is and who might wish to access and make use of their digital footprint.
Data Handling (Super Heroes) (6 lessons)
Introduction to Ms Access in a fun way - project on super heroes, be able to understand how data was on paper and how we store data on computers.
Presentation
Powerpoint using MS powerpoint and to understand the purpose of presentations and be able to understand how to make presentations on Powerpoint.
Computational Thinking
Understanding of using algorithms to solve complex problems.
Flowcharts and Binary
How to convert algorithm into flowcharts/ Be able to convert simple denary numbers to binary and binary to denary.
Art & Design
Colour Theory
- Creating colour wheels
- Shading techniques
Portraits
- Investigating facial features
- Create a portrait in a choice of medium.
Henna Design Project
- Create an information book and produce a 3D Henna designed piece of work
Henna Project
- Complete 3d design
Surrealism
- Historical investigation into a chosen artist
- Design a piece of artwork inspired by a chosen Surrealist artist
Graffiti
- An investigation into the art form
- Written work on a chosen style
- Produce a final piece in a style of choice.
Islamic Studies
- Hajj
- Virtues of Hajj
- Rights of Hajj
- How to preform Hajj
- Hajj booklets
- Tawheed
- Articles
- What is Salaah
- Why we pray Salaah
- How to pray Salaah
- Translations of Salaah
Ramadan
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Arabic Lang
- Alphabet
- Short vowels
- Some vocaulary
- Sokon shadda
- Tanween
- More vocabulary
- Using this is...
- Numbers 1 to 100
- Colours
- Making sentences using هذا هذه
- Difference between masculine and feminine
- Meeting and greeting
- مرحبا
- More vocabulary
- Basic phrases when meeting someone the first time
- Practice conversation in pairs
- أدوات المدرسية
- Classroom objects
- More vocabulary
- Noun sentences
- Mention the verb sentences
- Expressing people’s age
- كم عمرك؟
- Revision of all numbers again
- Colours
Quranic Studies
- Basic Tajweed Terms
- Rules: Ghunnah
- Tafsir: Fatihah, Falaq, Naas
- Wording of Salaah
- Recitation: Fatihah to Lahab
- Rules: Izhaar, Ikhfaa
- Duas/Hifz
- Tafsir: Ikhlas-Kaafiroon
- Recitation: Nasr-Quraish, Thur
- Tafsir: Kauthar-Quraish
- Rules: Qalb
- Rules: Idghaam
- Recitation: Feel-Takaa
- Tafsir: Feel-Asr
- Aadiyaat
- Rules: Idghaam MS
- Recitation: QaariahZilzaal
- Duas/Hifz
- Tafsir: Takaathur
- Inshiraah
- Rules: Izhaar/Ikhfaa MS
- Recitation: Bayyinah
- Duas/Hifz
- Recitation: Qadr
- Duas/Hifz
- Tafsir: Zilzaal-Bayyinah
PSHE
- Getting to know you
- Family and friends
- Building self confidence
- Learning about emotions and self discipline
- Friends: Improving peer relationships
- Emotional and personal relationships
- Family