| 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 | 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. | ||||||