Newall GreenHigh SchoolSixth Form

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NEWALL GREEN HIGH SCHOOL: CURRICULUM

Subject: ScienceYear 10

Grammar and vocabularyLearning Block 1

KNOWLEDGE

SKILLS

ASSESSMENT

• Preventing and treating disease.• Respiration.• Chemistry calculations.

In Design and Technology students will be taught and delivered subject specific skills in the following 5 areas:• Design Brief and Analysis• Materials (Research)• Manufacturing types & Scales of Production (Research)• Sustainability (inc social/moral choices) (Research)• Design Movements (C Band restricted) (Research)• Specification (Justified) (Design)• Design Ideas (Design)• Card Modelling – Developments (Design)• Manufacturing Plans (Design)• QA/QC (Making)• Making (Making)• Evaluate against specification (Testing and Evaluation)

Assessing risks to health and lifestyle choices, working safely with practical equipment, use of ICT to extract information, maths in science.

Students are assessed regularly using extended writing tasks and practise exam questions. Each unit is assessed using an end of topic written exam.

Grammar and vocabularyLearning Block 2

KNOWLEDGE

SKILLS

ASSESSMENT

• Chemical changes.• Electrolysis.• Energy.

Maths in science, assessing risk, using hazardous chemicals.

Students are assessed regularly using extended writing tasks and practise exam questions. Each topic is assessed using an end of topic written exam.

Grammar and vocabularyLearning Block 3

KNOWLEDGE

SKILLS

ASSESSMENT

• Molecules and Matter.• Radioactivity.• Homeostasis.• Chemical analysis.

Maths in science, extracting information from tables, research using ICT, appreciation of the role of scientists in the past, handling hazardous chemicals, assessing risk.

Students are assessed regularly using extended writing tasks and practise exam questions. Each topic is assessed using an end of topic written exam.

KNOWLEDGE

Newall GreenHigh SchoolSixth Form

&

Centre

NEWALL GREEN HIGH SCHOOL: CURRICULUM

Subject: ScienceYear 10

Grammar and vocabularyLearning Block 4

KNOWLEDGE

SKILLS

ASSESSMENT

• Earth structure.• Earth resources.• Forces and Motion.

In Design and Technology students will be taught and delivered subject speci�c skills in the following 5 areas:• Design Brief and Analysis• Materials (Research)• Manufacturing types & Scales of Production (Research)• Sustainability (inc social/moral choices) (Research)• Design Movements (C Band restricted) (Research)• Speci�cation (Justi�ed) (Design)• Design Ideas (Design)• Card Modelling – Developments (Design)• Manufacturing Plans (Design)• QA/QC (Making)• Making (Making)• Evaluate against speci�cation (Testing and Evaluation)

Working safely in the lab, assessing risk, maths in science, research using ICT, presenting information in a range of formats, appreciation of the effects of human activity on the environment.

Students are assessed regularly using extended writing tasks and practise exam questions. Each topic is assessed using an end of topic written exam.