| Year 8 | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
RE | Why do promises matter? – Covenants | Judaism | Can one person change the world? | Why do we celebrate? | Sanctity of Life | |
English | Exploring World War One Poetry Poetry and prose (both pre and post 1914) centred on war and conflict. Study of Wilfred Owen poems. Comparing and contrasting WW1 poems. | Travel writing (Non-fiction) Exploring various travel writing texts. Focus on style, purpose, audience, language and form. Wiring to persuade, entertain, describe and complain. | The Boy in Striped Pyjamas, John Boyne Exploring the importance of context to a novel. Making comparisons to texts from ‘Myths and Legends’; i.e. Fable with morals. | Exploring Horror/Gothic stories Short extracts from various gothic novels and poems (Dracula, Raven, The Woman in Black, etc.) and short stories, e.g. The Monkey`s Paw. | W. Shakespeare – Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest Focusing on Elizabethan Theatre, biography of W. Shakespeare and Shakespearean English. Getting an overview of plots, characters, settings and themes of the studied plays. | Novel Study Focus on plots, settings, characters, descriptions, themes, language techniques and structure |
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 | Angles in Parallel lines and Polygons/Symmetry and Reflection | Area/Data Handling Cycle/Averages |
Science | Search for the Philosopher’s Stone – chemical reactions/A&E – cells, the human body and reproduction | Alien – forces and adaptation | Alien/A&E | Search for the Philosopher’s Stone/A&E | Search for the Philosopher’s Stone/A&E/Energy Matters – renewable energy resources, Sc1 investigations | Energy Matters |
Technology | Electronics and robots/ sauce based foods/ bags – termly rotation on each. All pupils will be doing the Christmas cake competition during Autumn 2. | |||||
Art | Bronze/Silver Arts Award | Bronze/Silver Arts Award | Memories/Dreams | Memories/Dreams | Own self directed study on an artist of choice. | |
History | Slavery – Black people of the Americas | The Industrial Revolution – The Victorians | World War One | |||
Geography | Weathering and Erosion | Kenya | Brazil | |||
Music (Bronze/Silver Arts Award) | Theory and notation programme | 4Chord Songs/ Songwriting | Pop band project | Pop band project | Pachelbel’s canon Theme and variations | Remix |
French | In town | Future Town | My Environment | Holidays | Film study | |
Computing | Understanding Computers | Sensors | Networks | Networks/ Computer Crime & cyber security | Computer Crime & cyber security | Introduction to Python |
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/ Hate Crime/ Self Harm | Bullying/ Social Media/ CSE/ Staving safe online/ Sexting | Money/Budgeting/Bills/B anks/Gambling Relationships/Domestic Violence/Family Issues | Charity/Reflection (Sponsored Walk) | Citizenship The Law and Police Processes | Thrive/Mental Health/Well-Being |
| The order of these units may vary in certain subjects depending on resources and weather. | ||||||