KS3 Curriculum Overview

Year 7

Autumn Half Term 1

Autumn Half Term 2

Spring Half Term 1

Spring Half Term 2

Summer Half Term 1

Summer Half Term 2

Art

The Ark: Animals and the descriptive language of line and tone 

Heroes: narrative and the language of line and tone 

Expressive colour: food and human emotion and the language of expressive colour 

Sea life: the language of relief and form 

Computer Science

How computers work and network

Under the hood of a computer

Think like a computer scientist

Drawing and manipulating shapes

Creating an animation

The foundations of computing

How the web works

Web creation

D.T/F.T

Skills box (Natural and engineered wood, joints)

Wooden car (Natural wood, using equipment)

Hygiene and safety & Heat transference

Cross contamination & Healthy eating and nutrition

Drama

Skills and storytelling (Drama skills 1)

Darkwood Manor (Practitioner 1 Stanislavski

Commedia to Panto (Style and genre 1)

The Tempest (Theatre knowledge 1)

Spy-school (Characterisation 1-mime and movement)

Roald Dahl (Script 1)

English

Telling Tales, Beowulf, Myths, Bible dstories

History of the English Language

Sir Gawain & the Green Knight

Relationships

Much Ado About Nothing, Heartstopper, Romantic poetry

Geography

What is Geography?

Mapping the UK/Europe/World

Map skills

UK

Population

Middle East

Coasts

Weather

History

Early migrants

The Norman Conquest

The Medieval World

The Peasants’ Revolt

The Wars of the Roses

Maths

Analysing and displaying data

Number skills

Expressions, functions and formulae

Decimals and measure

Fractions and percentages

Ratio and proportion

Lines and angles

Sequences and graphs

Music

What is Music?

5 Note Mac

C Major C composition

Music from other cultures

P.E

Acquire and develop fundamental skills to improve performance through games, fitness, athletics and aesthetic activities

 PSHE

Transition to a new year

Well-being

Careers

Relationships

Health

Living in the wider world

R.E

Core beliefs

Religious and Spiritual experiences

Inspirational people

Science

Working scientifically

Forces

Energy

Particle model

Atoms, Elements and Molecules 

Mixtures and separation

Organ systems, Organs, tissues, cells

Reproduction

Plants and reproduction

Acids and alkalis

Electricity

Ecosystems

Spanish

Me presento - Introducing myself

Me presento - Introducing myself (continued)

Mi burbuja – Personal descriptions

Te presento a mi familia

My family

Los ojos y el pelo – Eyes and hair

Mi carácter – My personality

Year 8

Autumn Half Term 1

Autumn Half Term 2

Spring Half Term 1

Spring Half Term 2

Summer Half Term 1

Summer Half Term 2

Art

Nature’s structures – nature’s line and tine

Anime/gaming character: colour, and figure/ground relationships  

Surreal Landscape: painting and perspective  

Architecture: domestic facades and forms: form and space, texture, weight and balance  

Computer Science

Operating systems

CMD: the Command Line

Binary

Instruction set design

Programming using Selection statements and Boolean expressions 

Connecting to the internet

Sorting algorithms

D&T

Clock project (polymer plastic and mechanisms)

Paper engineering project

Food hygiene and safety, Hydration and energy

Carbohydrates, fats and protein

Drama

Skills- Spontaneous improvisation etc.

(Drama skills 2)

Around the World in 80 Days

(Script 2)

Advertising and Persuasion, TIE

Shakespeare unit – Macbeth

Comedy

(Characterisation 2-voice & physicality)

Practitioner 

Stanislavski and Brecht

English

Struggle for Survival

The Bone Sparrow

Visionaries

Animal Farm

Voices

Noughts and Crosses play

French

Autour de moi - My environment 

Autour de moi - My environment 

(continued)

Boire et Manger – Drinking and Eating 

En ville / Mon quartier – My town / My local area 

Ça, c’est mon truc – That's my thing (Free-time/lifestyle) 

Les vacances - Holidays 

Geography

Extreme environments

Climate change

Antarctica/ Oceans

China / Superpowers TBC

Middle East

Urbanisation

Rivers

Ecosystems

History

The Tudors

The Stuart Age

The Industrial Revolution

Slavery and Abolition

The British Empire in India

The Suffrage Movement

Maths

Number

Area and volume

Expressions and equations

Decimals and ratio

Lines and angles

Calculating with fractions

Straight line graphs

Percentage, decimals and fractions

Music

Blues

Ground bass

Composing rondo

Music from other cultures: Suffolk Morris

African drumming

P.E

Select and apply appropriate skills and techniques to enhance performance in more challenging contexts – games, fitness, athletics and aesthetic activities

PSHE

Transition to a new year

Well-being

Careers

Relationships

Health

Living in the wider world

R.E

Community cohesion

Good and evil

Death and the afterlife

Science

Unicellular organisation

Food and nutrition

Combustion

Respiration and breathing

Energy transfers

The Periodic table

Metals and their uses

Earth and space

Light

Sound

Rocks

Spanish

Mi tiempo libre – Free time 

Mi tiempo libre 2 – Free time 2 

Donde vivo yo – Where I live 

Mi casa – My house 

Mi insti - School 

Mi insti 2 - School 

Year 9

Autumn Half Term 1

Autumn Half Term 2

Spring Half Term 1

Spring Half Term 2

Summer Half Term 1

Art

Advertising language, Pop Art poster for a domestic product

Identity: street art – tags, portraiture and stencilling and the language of line, tone, shape and contrast

Art as social comment: Shepard Fairey and other political artists

Computer Science

Computational thinking/Problem solving

Problem solving, data and computers

Binary conversions and strings

Computer systems

Functions of a computer and operating systems

Mood boards

Design documentation and planning

Legislation and product development

D&T

Electronic Dice Project – Circuits & soldering 

Mechanical Toy – CAMs & followers and levers 

Microorganisms & Macronutrients

Pastry & Effect of heat on Protein 

Drama

Practitioner 

Stan and Brecht

Blood Brothers

(Characterisation 3

Voice, physicality & interpretation)

Devising

(Drama skills 3)

Oedipus

(Script 3)

Live theatre evaluation

(Alice)

(Theatre knowledge 3)

English

Protest and Freedom

Small Island

Tragedy through Time

Romeo and Juliet

War and Conflict

Geography

Hazards

Development

Globalisation

Africa

Resources

History

World War I 

The Inter-War Years

World War II 

The Holocaust 

Post-War Britain 

Maths Foundation

Number

Algebra

Graphs, tables and charts

Fractions and percentages

Equations, inequalities and sequences

Maths Higher

Number

Algebra

Data

Fractions, ratio and percentages

Angles and trigonometry

Music

Song writing 1

Song writing 2

Film 1

Film 2

Option project

P.E

Develop and apply tactical awareness and advanced skills to be an effective performer in games, fitness, athletics and aesthetic activities

PSHE

Transition to a new year

Well-being

Careers

Relationships

Health

R.E

Science vs religion

Medical and environmental ethics

Crime and punishment

Science

Genetics and evolution

Biochemistry

Forces and motion

Cell structure and transport of substances

Atomic structure and the periodic table

Energy and resources

Spanish

En mi ciudad – In my town

En mi ciudad – In my town (continued)

En mi insti – School

(+ benefits of learning languages/careers and languages)

La comida - Food

La vida sana – Healthy living