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Curriculum content | Assessed work | |
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Autumn | Artist Postcards • Developing skills in Watercolour, Artist research and 3D • Researching an artist of the students choice to study and replicate their art technique | 2 hour Still Life drawing in pencil Artist Postcard Class Project Work Homework task of creating a research project on an artist of students choice in a handmade postcard with a 3D bag design outcome 20% of overall year 8 marks |
Spring | The Art Movement Fauvism • Developing skills in Colour Mixing and Watercolour • Researching artists Henri Matisse and Andre Derain | 2 hour Matisse inspired Fauvist window design in watercolour Fauvism Class project work Homework task of researching a Fauvist artist of students choice in a PowerPoint 20% of overall year 8 marks |
Summer | Portraiture in Art • Developing skills in traditional Pencil Portraiture drawing and Digital Art drawing on IT programme Paint • Researching artists Chuck Close and Julian Opie | 2 hour Eye drawing in pencil Portraiture Class project work 20% of overall year 8 marks Year 8 Summer Exam 2 hour drawing of school tie in pencil 40% of overall year 8 marks |
The components of the final assessment level are as follows:
Curriculum content | Assessed work | |
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Autumn | • Warm Up Scheme of Work – Planning, delivering and Evaluating an advanced Dance Warm up that includes exercises that Mobilise the Joints, Raise the Pulse, Stretch the Muscles and Strengthening and short term and long term effects on the body. • 6 Basic Actions choreography – Learning more advanced principles of choreography, creating a trio based on the 6 actions | Unit 1 evidence • Warm up plan – written • Delivery test – practical • Evaluation – written Unit 2 evidence • A Dance choreography recorded |
Spring | • Commercial Street Dance Scheme of work Recapping and learning advanced skills in Hip Hop, Street, Locking, Breakdance and choreography in crews. The use of more advanced choreographic devices and group work. | Unit 3 and 4 • Skills are assessed in each style and compiled into a choreographed dance and performed in competition style – practical |
Summer | • Contact Improvisation Learning the basics of this style and working to choreograph a duet/trio and perform • Inter-house Dance Students work in house groups to create a dance for performance. Everyone takes on a role and contributes with their strengths accordingly. | Unit 5/6 • Performance skills – practical • Assessment point 6 will take into account the Assessments o Warm up scheme – 20% o 6 Basic Action – 20% o Breakdance scheme 20% o Inter-house assessment – 20% Written exam – 20% |
The components of the final assessment level are as follows:
Curriculum content | Assessed work | |
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Autumn • Key skills • Independent learning | Skill recap, Silent Movies and Slapstick Comedy • Looking at all of the basic drama skills including crosscutting, still images and thought tracking. • Learning about the different stage positions. • Researching Slapstick from the 1920’s. Responding to the elements of comedy in performance. | 20% classwork assessment (practical exploration) • 1 hour assessment looking at drama skills and their effectiveness in performance Page to stage H/W task. |
Spring • Script work Issue based | The Terrible Fate of Humpty Dumpty and Shakespeare • Developing basic skills and applying them to different situations whilst learning to explore a script. • Looking at a real life issue/theme and exploring this through the medium and elements of drama. • Researching the History of Theatre. Reinventing Shakespeare for modern day audiences. | 20% classwork assessment (scripted work) • 15 minutes scripted performance. • Discussion and group work. |
Summer • Creativity • Evaluation and Response | Devising and Urban Legends • Developing independence and confidence • Taking charge of own and others work • Learning to adapt audiences Learning how to use lighting and sound effects in performance | 20% classwork and 40% final performance • Final performance (10 minutes) • Lighting and sound effects workshop (design and practical elements) |
The components of the final assessment level are as follows:
Curriculum content | Assessed work | |
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Autumn | Design and make with levers/linkages | Animated advert project |
Spring | Mechanism, control, teamwork | Fairground project |
Summer | Design and make with bask electronics | Average level for the whole year and includes the Membrane switch project. |
The components of the final assessment level are as follows:
Average from the 3 projects and end of year exam.
Curriculum content | Assessed work | |
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Autumn - Language | Travel AO1: Identify and interpret explicit information and ideas. Select and synthesise evidence. A05: Communicates clearly, effectively and imaginatively Selects and adapts tone, style, register for different forms and purposes and audiences Organises information and ideas (point of view) | PPE assessment |
Autumn - Literature | Our Day Out (A01,A02A03,A04) How does Russell present ideas about social class in Our Day Out? Write about: What some of the ideas about social class are; How Russell presents some of these ideas by the way he writes. (45 minutes) | PPE assessment |
Spring - Language | Poverty A01, A05 (Describe) plus.. AO2: Explain, comment, analyse: Writers use of language and structure, How writer effects and influences reader Subject terminology | PPE assessment |
Spring - Literature | Pre 20th Century Prose and Poetry (A01,A02,A03,A04) | PPE assessment |
Summer - Language | War A01, A02, A05 (Narrative) plus… A03: Compare writers ideas and perspectives, how they are conveyed across two or more texts. A04: Evaluate texts critically. Support with textual references. Spoken Language Study (post PPE) | PPE assessment |
Summer - Literature | Boy In The Striped Pyjamas (A01,A02A03) | PPE assessment |
The components of the final assessment level are as follows
Curriculum content | Assessed work | |
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Autumn | - General nutrition - protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals - Cooking - to produce a basic range of nutritious dishes - The junk food debate | Extended writing – Junk food Practical task - Koftas |
Spring | - Cooking - to produce a more varied range of dishes - Introduction to cultural foods - Research task - British cooking | Mid-term assessment Case studies - diets |
Summer | Afternoon tea Foods around the world | End of year exam |
The components of the final assessment level are as follows:
Curriculum content | Assessed work | |
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Autumn | Locational Geography Asia’s physical and human geography its cities and mountain ranges/rivers. The key environmental regions of the world Weather and Climate What causes the weather? Measuring the weather Hurricanes The Formation of a hurricane The location of tropical revolving storms around the globe. Case study of Hurricane Katrina | Locational Geography Assessment (10% of the end of year grade). (10% of the end of year grade). |
Spring | Population Key terms including birth rate and death rate. World population growth China’s One Child Policy Sweden’s pro – natalist policy Rivers The water cycle The 3 courses of a river River landforms: Waterfalls Meanders Ox-bow lakes River flooding – causes, effects and responses. A recent case study of a flood. | End of season exam on work covered so far (10% of the end of year grade). |
Summer | End of year exam - 80% of the end of year grade. 2 end of topic tests make up the final 20% |
Curriculum content | Assessed work | |
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Autumn | • Tudor England – Henry VIII/Elizabeth I/ Mary Queen of Scots/Armada • Stuart England – Gunpowder Plot/Witches/ Civil War/ Restoration/Plague | • Henry VIII and the Church assessment – Change and continuity • Gunpowder Plot assessment - interpretations |
Spring | The New World • Native American culture/clash with British • Pocahontas • Revolutions – Industrial/ Agricultural/Transport | • Native American class assessment Mid term examination |
Summer | • Consequences of Empire building- Life in towns/factories/workhouses/ the colonies • The Transatlantic Slave Trade | • Class assessment - Sources End of Year examination |
The components of the final assessment level are as follows:
Curriculum content | Assessed work | |
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Autumn | Internet Safety Binary conversion & addition Databases | Binary conversion & addition test Database class assessment |
Spring | Algorithms & Flowol Computer Systems | Algorithms & Flowol class assessment Computer Systems test Mid Year Exam |
Summer | Revision Networks | Network class assessment End of Year Exam Python |
The components of the final assessment level are as follows:
Curriculum content | Assessed work | |
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Autumn | Careers - World of work – what jobs exist? Personal qualities and skills, the labour market, stereotyping. Citizenship - Media and society – The press, media and the growth of celebrity culture. | |
Spring | Citizenship - Having My Say – What is politics? How does voting work? What are the political parties? Health - Sex and relationships – Self-esteem, bodies, sex & language, managing attraction and feelings, contraception, staying safe. | Written assessment – should voting be made compulsory in the UK? (50% of the final end of year grade.) |
Summer | Citizenship -Right to an education – why is education important? Girls and education in poorer parts of the world, taking action. Health - Dealing with drugs, legal vs. illegal drugs, drugs and the law, smoking, alcohol, dealing with peer pressure. | Written assessment – writing a letter to your MEP. (50% of the final end of year grade.) The two end of citizenship assessments are both worth 50% of the final end of year grade. |
The components of the final assessment level are as follows:
100% end of class assessments throughout the year.
Curriculum content | Assessed work | |
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Autumn | Sequences and place value, integers and decimals, calculators Angles and 3D shapes Mean, Mode, Median & Range + statistical diagrams | A piece of assessed classroom learning Test (end of unit) |
Spring | Expressions, Expressions, Equations and Inequalities Fractions, Decimals, Percentages and Ratio Equations and Inequalities Fractions, Decimals, Percentages and Ratio | Test (end of unit) |
Summer | Measure, Constructions and 3D shape Probability Review of year | Test (end of unit) End of year test (summative of all work studied) |
The components of the final assessment level are as follows:
100% end of year exam
Curriculum content | Assessed work | |
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Autumn | Sport and Free Time | Listening assessment Reading assessment On-going speaking assessment Writing assessment |
Spring | Town | Listening assessment Reading assessment On-going speaking assessment Writing assessment |
Summer | Holidays | End-of-year listening exam = 25% End-of-year reading exam = 25% On-going speaking assessment for the year = 25% Writing assessment (unseen) = 25% |
The components of the final assessment level are as follows:
Curriculum content | Assessed work | |
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Autumn | Self, Family and Pets | Listening assessment Reading assessment On-going speaking assessment Writing assessment |
Spring | House | Listening assessment Reading assessment On-going speaking assessment Writing assessment |
Summer | Town | End-of-year listening exam = 25% End-of-year reading exam = 25% On-going speaking assessment for the year = 25% Writing assessment (unseen) = 25% |
The components of the final assessment level are as follows:
Curriculum content | Assessed work | |
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Autumn | Anti-War Songs Charity Song Composition Classical music – Fur Elise Pop Music including Christmas pop music | Charity Composition |
Spring | Understanding Chords Composition using chords The Blues Presentation Blues Composition/Performance | Blues Performance |
Summer | Musical Theatre Performance Musical Theatre Composition Understanding Structure and Form Composing using structure | The Blues End of Year Exam |
The components of the final assessment level are as follows:
Curriculum content | Assessed work | |
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Autumn | • Netball • Tag Rugby • Gymnastic / Badminton • Fitness | • Assessment through core task and performance in invasion games and individual skills • Assessment through core task and performance in invasion games and individual skills • A practical performance in a group and solo performance • 12 minute run initial assessment |
Spring | • Fitness • Trampoline • Table Tennis • Basketball/ Volleyball/ Badminton | • 12 minute run progress measured • School set 10 bounce routine and advanced twist assessment • Assessment through core task and performance in net games and individual skills • Assessment through core task and performance in invasion games, net games and individual skills |
Summer | • Rounder’s • Cricket • Tennis • Athletics | • Assessment through core task, striking, fielding games and individual skills • Assessment through core task, striking, fielding games and individual skills • Assessment through core task and performance in net games and individual games • Assessment through Athletic awards the Gold, Silver and Bronze awards |
Curriculum content | Assessed work | |
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Autumn | • Badminton • Rugby • Football • Fitness | • Assessment through core task and performance in net games and individual skills • Assessment through core task and performance in invasion games and individual skills • Assessment through core task and performance in invasion games and individual skills • 12 minute run initial assessment |
Spring | • Fitness • Trampoline • Table Tennis • Handball/ Basketball / Rugby / Football | • 12 minute run progress measured • School set 10 bounce routine and advanced twist assessment • Assessment through core task and performance in net games and individual skills • Assessment through core task and performance in invasion games and individual skills |
Summer | • Softball • Cricket • Tennis • Athletics | • Assessment through core task, striking , fielding games and individual skills • Assessment through core task, striking , fielding games and individual skills • Assessment through core task and performance in net games and individual games • Assessment through Athletic awards the Gold, Silver and Bronze awards |
The components of the final assessment level are as follows:
Average level of the top four attainment levels from the sports/activities covered.
Curriculum content | Assessed work | |
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Autumn | Judaism – History Torah Festivals Food Laws | Judaism test – knowledge/understanding and evaluation. Weighting is 10% |
Spring | Christianity – Jesus Miracles Parables Crucifixion and resurrection | Extended piece of writing on the crucifixion and resurrection and what it means to Christians. Weighting is 10% |
Summer | Islam – Allah Muhammad Qur’an The five Pillars of Islam | Exam on Five pillars – the importance of religious principles. Weighting is 80% |
The components of the final assessment level are as follows:
Curriculum content | Assessed work | |
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Autumn | Biology – Plants and food Chemistry – Earth and atmosphere Physics – Light and heat | Literacy task (extended writing Q) End of LP exam – multiple choice questions Practical Activity Group Investigation |
Spring | Biology - Living Chemistry – Periodic table Physics- Sound and magnets | Literacy task (extended writing Q) End of LP exam – multiple choice questions Practical Activity Group Investigation |
Summer | Biology – Environment and variation Chemistry – Reactions of metals and compounds Physics – Space, pressure and moments | Literacy task (extended writing Q) End of LP exam – multiple choice questions Practical Activity Group Investigation Final End of Year assessment is a combination of: • End of Year exam (75%) Class work - Extended writing Qs and end of LP exam Q’s (25%) |
The components of the final assessment level are as follows: