Year 7 | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 | |
RE | Who is God? | Is Jesus Special? | What does it mean to belong? | Is there more to life than meets the eye? | Hinduism | What are the joys and challenges of living as people of God? | |
English | Boy – Tales of Childhood, Roald Dahl Exploring the importance of context to a novel. Focus on language techniques and structure. Developing pupil`s comprehension and inference skills. | Spy Fiction Exploring the elements of an engaging spy story. Creating realistic characters and planning/writing spy stories. Writing to entertain and describe. | Journey to Jo`burg, Beverley Naidoo Exploring the importance of context to a novel. Focus on inference, deduction and comprehension skills. | The World of Nature Exploring how people write about the world of nature. Looking at nature campaigns, protection of the environment and environmental pollution. Focusing on language skills – persuading, arguing, describing, and explaining. | Exploring Poetry An introduction to poetry – focus on analytical skills and poetry terminology. Selection of poems. Comparing and contrasting parts of poems. | Alter Egos – Suspense and Tension Exploring texts that are based around the concept of alter egos – split identities. Focusing on ace, tension, vivid imagery, narrative voice and viewpoints. | |
Maths | Number properties 1/ Geometry and measures/ Number properties 2/ Algebra 1 | Fractions, Decimals, Percentages/ Approximation/ Algebra 2 | Collecting & Interpreting Data/ Sequences and Graphs/ Ratio and proportion/ Scale and rates of change | Shape Properties/ Algebra 3/ Transformations | Using Fractions | Number sense/ Prime and Proof | |
Science | Forensics – simple chemical reactions, states of matter, Sc1 investigative skills, health and safety | Blackout – electricity, magnetism and electromagnetism/ Cook – states of matter, chemical reactions/Extinction | Blackout/ Cook/Extinction – biology, evolution, ecology, environmental science | Cook/ Blackout | Cook/ Extinction | Cook/ Extinction | |
Technology | Keyrings and clocks/ ties/ healthy snacks | Christmas Enterprise project | Keyrings and clocks/ ties/ healthy snacks | ||||
Art | Term project: building with Hundertwasser | Perspective architecture, printing. Introduction to art/textiles for extension | Aboriginal Art | 3D Project | Heroes and Villains. Cartoons and Illustration. Look at relative styles | ||
History | Medieval Realms | The Tudors | Stuarts | ||||
Geography | Weather and Climate | Italy | Flooding in the UK and LEDCs (flexible depending current world issues) | ||||
Music (Explore Arts Award) | Programme music | Programme music and Song writing | The 12 Bar Blues | The 12 Bar Blues | Remix | Found Sounds | |
French | The Present | The Present | My House and Chores | Sports and Leisure | |||
Computing | Graphics | E-Safety | HTML, Website Development | Researching, Finding, Using and Communicating Info | Programming/Coding | ||
PE | Football/ Netball Gymnastics/ Hockey/Badminton | Rugby/ Netball/ Basketball/ Dance/ Indoor Athletics | Athletics/ Cricket/ Rounders/ Ultimate Frisbee/ Tennis/Volleyball | ||||
SMSVC & RE | Prejudice and Stereotypes/ Media and Body Image | Bullying/ Social Media/ CSE/ Staying Safe Online | Money/Budgeting/Bills/Ba nks Living a Healthy Lifestyle/Dangers of Drugs | Charity/Reflection (Sponsored Walk) | Relationships/Family Issues | Thrive/Mental Health/Well-Being | |
The order of these units may vary in certain subjects depending on resources and weather. |