Year 8 Curriculum Map
The curriculum is the same as year 7 except students In year 8 specialise in two languages with a choice from French, Latin or Spanish. They also have an extra science lesson per fortnight and no longer have a GLR lesson.
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English |
Maths |
Science |
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English is taught for 6 lessons a fortnight |
Maths is taught for 6 lessons a fortnight |
Science is taught for 6 lessons a fortnight |
PE is taught for 4 lessons a fortnight |
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Curriculum Map Of Topic Areas Studied In Year 8 |
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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English |
Modern literary text from Animal Farm or A Question of Courage or Of Mice and Men or Pygmalion |
The language of food |
Poetry focus on women |
A Christmas Carol featuring Victorian extracts |
Shakespeare Unit The Tempest or Merchant of Venice or Much Ado About Nothing |
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Maths |
HCF and LCM, parallel lines and transformations, venn diagrams and sample space, percentages, congruency, straight line graphs, rearranging formulae, |
Standard form, pie charts, scatter diagrams, expressions with brackets, ratio to solve problems, surface area and volumes of prisms, fractions and decimals |
Direct and inverse proportions, circles, graphs, pythagoras’ theorem |
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Biology |
Variation and inheritance |
Health and lifestyle |
New technology |
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Chemistry |
Acids and alkalis |
Periodic table |
Periodic table |
Reactions of elements |
Reaction of elements |
Atmosphere and climate |
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Physics Taught in rotation to allow enough equipment for practical experiments |
Magnetism, electricity, energy, pressure and moments |
Magnetism, electricity, energy, pressure and moments |
Magnetism, electricity, energy, pressure and moments |
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Core PE |
Over the course fof the year all students will study athletics (track and field), badminton, dance, fitness, gymnastics, football, hockey, netball, rounders and rugby |
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French |
Introductory French recap |
We love Paris |
My identity |
At my place at your place! |
What Talent? |
Discovery Studio |
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Spanish |
Mis vacaciones |
Todo sobre mi vida |
A comer! |
Que Hacemos? |
Operacion verano |
Cultural topic |
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Latin |
Cena / Gladiatores |
Thermae / rhetor candidati / Vesuvius in Britannia |
Candidati / Vesuvius |
In Britannia |
Apud Salvium |
Rex Cogidubnus / in aula |
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Geography |
Rivers |
Rivers |
Population change and migration |
Population change and migration |
Cold environment |
Climate change |
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History |
Elizabeth to James Charles I and causes of the civil war |
Civil war Cromwell – hero or villain Restoration |
Industrial revolution |
Empire |
Slave trade and abolition movement |
Civil war to civil rights |
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Christian beliefs |
Sciece and religion (Christianity) |
Introduction to applied ethics |
Religion and the environment project |
Skills and revision building |
Free will and determination |
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Art |
Identity |
Culture |
Under the sea |
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Creative Arts |
Food and Nutrition |
Textiles Fabric roll-ups |
Graphics Artist alphabet |
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Computing |
Introduction to python |
Computational thinking |
Navigating maze |
How computers communicate |
Algorithms |
Python revisited |
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Drama |
Forum theatre |
Giraffe Boy |
The Importance of Being earnest |
The Comedy of Manners |
The Comedy of Manners |
Physical Theatre |
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Music |
Students work on a combination of areas that include African drumming, salsa, pop music and musical theatre |