Year 7 Parents’ Information Evening Year 7 Curriculum and

1. Year 7 Parents’ Information Evening Year 7 Curriculum and

3. Behaviour Screen CHILD NAME

5. Homework Screen

6. Homework Screen

11. Old versus new Old GCSE: • How does the writer show their views on Fair Trade products? The writer begins by stating that ‘it has made the biggest impact’ suggesting that their view is positive. They go onto to include statistics ‘5% higher profits’ and quotes from farmers ‘we have a sense of hope’ to give weight to their points…

12. New GCSE • Evaluate how successfully the writer presents their views on Fair Trade farming. Refer to language and structure to support your evaluation. ‘The writer opens with a superlative ‘biggest impact’ to firmlyestablish that this movement has been of utmost importance in improving the famer’s lives. They successfullysupport this with the inclusion of statistics ‘5% higher profits’ and the use of a quote ‘a sense of hope’ this emotive vocabulary effectivelycreates an impact in the reader as we see the impact of this movement not just financially but psychologically for the farmers. Throughout the text, the writer confidentlybuilds on this first impression by repeated referrals to the ‘hope’ given by the Fair Trade movement. The inclusion of three different perspectives in the form of anecdotes from farmers…

13. Mastery of the curriculum to raise attainment Departments now have the autonomy to create a challenging, engaging and purposeful curriculum (to our own requirements) and use formative assessment more specifically to each student.

14. Grades / Reporting Recall Understanding Knowledge Analysing Bloom’s Taxonomy

15. Year 7 subject offer

16. English – 8 lessons a fortnight • Journeys of Discovery • Point of view / writer’s craft and historical connections to the wider world. Novel and literary non-fiction. Reading and Writing. • Identity • Shakespeare and poetic forms. Historical links to wider world. Developing analysis of writer’s methods. Exploring language. • Outsiders • Introduction to different genres of writing. Developing narrative skills and exploring language. Writing own narrative.

17. Maths – 8 lessons a fortnight • Numerical methods - Whole numbers, decimals, fractions, percentages, money management and solving number problems. • Algebra – expressions, formulae and equations • Series – patterns and sequences • Graphs – Functions and graphs • Mensuration – Perimeter and Area • Probability • Data representation and calculations

18. Science – 6 lessons a fortnight • Introduction to Science – safety, equipment, experimental procedures • Biology – cells, reproduction and differences • Chemistry - particles, chemical reactions and elements & compounds • Physics – energy, electricity & magnetism and space

19. PE – 4 lessons a fortnight • Invasion games – football, rugby, basketball, netball • Striking and fielding – rounders, cricket • Racket sports – tennis • Athletics • Fitness • Gymnastics

20. PRCE – 2 lessons a fortnight • Religious belief – What was so radical about Jesus? • Religious practice – Does Religion help people to be good? • Religion and ethics – Should religious buildings be sold to feed the starving? • Health and wellbeing – Personal development, including relationships, safe and healthy lifestyles • Careers and citizenship

21. MFL – 3 lessons of each of French and Spanish • Personality and family – Likes, dislikes and describing others • Education – schools and school systems • Leisure – past times and hobbies • Where I live – local area and places of interest • Food

22. History – 3 lessons a fortnight • Britain before 1066 • The Norman Conquest • Medieval England • Henry VII and Henry VIII • Elizabethan England

23. Geography – 3 lessons a fortnight • Fantastic places and skills • Africa and rainforests • Population and migration • Rivers, weathering and erosion • Fieldwork – litter • Plastic oceans

24. Computing – 2 lessons a fortnight • Microbits – hardware, inputs and outputs covered • The web – data on the internet, search engines, packet switching • Level up – creating effective games, algorithms, coding

25. DT – 2 lessons a fortnight • Product design – keyring, packaging, clock, fridge magnet • Research – generate a range of ideas, colour theory, identifying potential customers, existing products, creation of mood boards • Design cycle - understanding of the brief • Materials –understanding plastic properties • Catering

26. Music – 2 lessons a fortnight • Elements – weather, compositions and graphic scores • Performance – linked to Christmas performance and the carol service • Descriptive music – Melody writing, ABC structure with 3 clear events • African rhythms – Polyrhythms, ostinatos, call & response • Musicals – We will rock you, Greased Lightning, Ensemble performance

27. Drama – 2 lessons a fortnight • Understanding freeze frame • Audience awareness • Voice projection • Body language • Facial expression • Teacher in role

28. Art – 2 lessons a fortnight • Letter illustration and drawing, drawing and mark-making, visual elements, observation of tree structure • Drawing structure and monoprint • Colour theory • Perspective • Expressive colour

29. Reporting / Progress Reviews Year 7 – Progress Review 1 (include KLO from September to 7/11/19) English