Subject Topics to be Key Learning covered · Main project of the course. Using film music develop listening skills the vocab needed to understand how music is made. 4 key elements

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Subject Topics to be covered

Key Learning

Unit 3 – Customized shoe

Students will Research a number of contemporary graphic artists and designers. Experiment with colour and pattern in response to your inspirational research. Create a range of design ideas, developing the ideas into a detailed patterned final outcome.

Pre-exposure homework

Students can: 1. Using the internet research the ‘Converse’ brand or unusual patterned

trainer designs. 2. Research ‘Street art’ and ‘Graffiti’ style images and text, exploring the work

of a range of inspiring artists or one specific artist they find exciting.

Imaginative Writing

Following on from the unit in which students explore 19th century fiction, students focus on developing their own writing skills in this unit. Students explore different ways to structure narratives, how to vary sentence structures and lengths for effect as well as using adventurous vocabulary and punctuation to shape their writing. The purpose of this imaginative writing is to engage the reader. Additionally, students focus on the technical aspects of language and practise how to spell, punctuate and use grammar accurately.


1. Try writing your own short stories modelled on the work you looked at last term.

2. Collect an anthology of imaginative writing that you particularly like (from a range of modern and more classic texts).

Jamie’s Home Cooking Skills: Rise to the Challenge

To continue to develop students skills to prepare delicious and nutritious home cooked food. The end of term practical assessment will involve the skill of making shortcrust pastry, designing a snack food suitable for a packed lunch. Students will continue to develop their ability to plan and prepare main meals by focussing on desserts, creating dishes using the ‘creaming method’.


Compare similar types of chilled desserts (e.g. Strawberry cheesecake/ trifle/ mousse) in 3 supermarkets. Focus on price and packaging.

Feuds and Families

Students will continue to study this topic discussing their future plans in terms of family and relationships. They will make progress with grammar, writing and speaking in particular


1. Students should use www.languagesonline.org.uk to research how to do the future tense

2. Students should look up and learn 10 verbs in a dictionary to talk about what they are going to do in the future eg. to marry, to travel, to work etc.

Development

Why are some countries rich and other countries poor? Why is the continent of Africa so poor? What is fair-trade and how can it help development?


1. Find out about a developing country – what is the size of the population, the birth rate etc. – produce a fact-file for that country

2. What is Fair trade – make a list of all the fair trade products you can buy.

School, subject likes and dislikes, telling the time and consolidation of opinion phrases and justifications.

Students will explore the topic of school and will discuss their subject preferences. Students will also look at the cultural differences between the German and English school systems. In addition students will be introduced to more sophisticated opinion phrases as well as learning how to tell the time in German.


1. Do some online research about the German school system and make a list of similarities and differences to the English system.

2. Go online to klar.co.uk (username: ponthigh, password: pontlangs) and click on school, Schulfächer, Schuluniform and Schulregeln. Make a list of new vocabulary in German and in English.

Causes of WWII Holocaust

Key learning focuses on causes of World War Two, building on the work completed on the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party. The significance of the Holocaust and if it should be regarded as unique will also be explored. Extended writing and source analysis skills are developed via GCSE style practice questions. Students will consider different sources, learning to recognise and develop and understanding of key skills like historical interpretation.


1. Undertake independent research on the causes of World War Two. Can you prioritise and rank them in some sort of order?

2. Exact definitions of the word Holocaust vary, but a common theme is that of destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire. Reflect on this definition- how accurate do you think it is?


Building a PC

Understand the component parts of a personal computer Understand how to build a pc Plan and budget the costs involved in building and upgrading a pc


1. Go to www.gcflearnfree.org/computerbasics 2. Work through the lessons 5-7 to find out about the parts of a computer

Higher maths

Key learning: For full details please look in the specification at http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/mathematics/gcse/mathematics-8300 and search for the code below.

Real Life Graphs A14, R14

Ratio and Proportion

N11, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8

Pre-exposure Homework

Have a look on the topics on listed above on MyMaths and see what you can teach yourself in advance of doing it in lessons.

Foundation maths

Ratio and Proportion

N11, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8

Probability P1, P4, P7


Have a look on the topics on listed above on MyMaths and see what you can teach yourself in advance of doing it in lessons.

Composition and listening skills

Main project of the course. Using film music develop listening skills the vocab needed to understand how music is made. 4 key elements covered Bass, Chords, Tune, instruments. Students then using a picture stimulus create their own pieces starting with a tune, then adding chords and a bass. Pieces are recorded then assessed.


Research pictures for stimulus to use in composition

Girls Making Informed decisions about a fit and healthy lifestyle Boys – Football and fitness units

Students will have their first opportunity to decide for themselves which activities pathway best suits them. They may choose either a games pathway and look to apply decisions so that they can outwit their opponents or a dance pathway so that they extend the range of their communication of ideas and emotion. Developing leadership and coaching skills Football unit 2. Encouraging making and applying decisions, looking at tactics/formation and positional play and how to make informed choices about a healthy lifestyle. Opportunities to lead a session focussing upon skill coaching.

Religion and Prejudice (GCSE RE AQA B)

• Reasons why people discriminate • Religious Responses to Prejudice and Discrimination • Religion and Prejudice in the news today.


1. Find out about specific individuals who have worked to promote equality with a religious focus

KS3 Science Revision & end of key stage test B2: Keeping Healthy New GCSE (9-1)

• Which areas of KS3 Science have I understood and which

areas require further revision?

• What are the causes of disease? • How do organisms protect themselves against pathogens? • How can we prevent the spread of infections? • How can we identify the cause of an infection? • How can lifestyle, genes and the environment affect my

health?


C1: Air & Water New GCSE (9-1)

• How can we treat disease?

• How has the Earth’s atmosphere changed over time, and why?

• Why are there temperatures changes in chemical reactions?

• What is the evidence for climate change, why is it occurring?

• How can scientists help improve the supply of potable water?


B2 Ask at home and create a list of vaccinations you have already had. Search for ‘From Jenner to Wakefield’ on Youtube; whilst watching the lecture make a list of reasons for and against vaccination. C1 Browse the website www.airquality.co.uk. Read the pages on air pollution and then using the air pollution forecast compare the index score in the North East to the predicted value for the midlands (Birmingham) and south east (London). Are you surprised by the results?

Where they live, including detailed descriptions of houses. Descriptions of daily routine.

Students will be encouraged to use various prepositions and reflexive verbs in the present tense. They should now be used to adding detail to their work using connectives and should aim to include subordinate clauses such as ‘donde’ (where) and ‘que’( which) to add more sophistication to their independent work


1. Go onto www.espanol-extra.co.uk . a. Username- ponthigh Password- callerton b. Choose year 7-11 grammar, then prepositions. Make a note of the

prepositions in your jotter and work through the activities/games. 2. Spend 10 minutes every other day revising the topic specific vocabulary

which you have covered in class so far

Manufacturing a coat hook from steel.

• Research: Joining metal together and metals. • Measuring, marking, cutting and shaping accurately. • Identification of tools and processes used.

Pre-exposure Homework

Rivets are used to join metal to metal and the coat hook is riveted. Find 3 pictures of products that are riveted together and suggest why this technique has been chosen.

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Subject Topics to be Key Learning covered · Main project of the course. Using film music develop listening skills the vocab needed to understand how music is made. 4 key elements