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Year 9

	Term 1	Term 2	Term 3	Term 4	Term 5	Term 6
Mathematics	All number skills for appropriate level	All algebra skills for appropriate level	All shape, space and measure skills to the appropriate level	Calculations 1 and expressions	Angles and polygons and handling data 1	Fractions, decimals and Percentages and Formulae and functions
English	Different Cultures Poetry Primary focus: Paper 2 Literature encouraging students to engage with a collection of WW1 poetry and make connections across the anthology. End of term assessment: comparison of two poems from the anthology	Novel – 1984 Primary focus: Paper 1 Literature consolidating reading skills and extending analysis whilst studying a challenging novel. End of term assessment: Section A Reading PR summative Assessment	Gothic Literature Primary focus: Paper 1 Language deepening students’ understanding of the language paper. End of term assessment: analysis of an extract with links to the whole text.	Protest Writing Primary focus: Paper 2 Language exploring different representations of topical and challenging issues in our world. End or term assessment: creating a non-fiction response. PR summative Assessment	Shakespeare Study – King Lear or Twelfth Night Primary focus: Paper 1 Literature introducing challenging themes and developing an analytical appreciation of Shakespeare. End of term assessment: Analysis of an extract with links to the whole text.	Shakespeare Study – King Lear or Twelfth Night Primary focus: Paper 1 Literature introducing challenging themes and developing an analytical appreciation of Shakespeare. End of term assessment: Analysis of an extract with links to the whole text.
Science	• Cell Biology • Atomic structure & the periodic table • Bonding & structure 1 • Energy and its forms • Introduction to forces 1		• Plant biology 1 • Ecology 1 • Bonding & structure 2 • Chemical changes • Introduction to forces 2
Art	Josh Bryan Triangulations	Response to Josh Bryan through self-portraiture.	Luke Dixon research	Response to Luke Dixon.	Colour pencil-blending work in response to Jenny Saville.	Painting in response
Design & Technology (2 terms per project in Y8/9, 3 terms in Y7 with both on a carousel, so different TG's will be doing these in different terms)	Engineering – Mobile phone holder Textiles – Food inspired 3D textiles products Graphics – Food/sweets treats inspired branding/illustration project 3D Design – Test tube storage device Food – Meatballs/burgers, fresh pasta, white chocolate cheesecake
German	Die Medien Media	Die Zukunft Future	Coole Schule School	Meine Welt, Deine Welt Environment	Leute Heute People	Festivals
Spanish	Los medios de comunicación	El Instituto	La Salud	Ganarse la vida	El Mundo Hispano	Festivals: GCSE Topic
French	Ça t’intéresse? Media	L’avenir Future	En bonne santé? Healthy lifestyle	Il était une fois…	On y va! Holidays	Festivals
Geography	Living World	Living World	Living World	The challenge of recourse management	The challenge of recourse management	The challenge of recourse management
Physical Education	Invasion Games Unit 1. House Sport Education.	GCSE Taster Sessions. Health and Fitness.	OAA. Net-Wall Games Unit 2.	Invasion Games Unit 2. Aesthetic Activities.	House Athletics. Striking and Fielding Games.	Net-Wall Games Unit 2. Athletics.
Music	Jazz keyboard performance and Chasing Cars ensemble band performance		Composing and arranging music for film. Beatles ensemble band performances		End of KS3 ensemble band and keyboard performances
Ethics & Philosophy	Good and Evil (existence of God)	Crime and Punishment	Religion & Science	Drugs and alcohol	Peace and protest	Morality and cloning
History	World War One	Democracy and dictatorships	World War Two	Holocaust and Cold War	GCSE course content begins: medicine in Britain	Medicine in Britain
Drama	Witches	Script - Confusions	Practitioners	Devising from stimulus	Verbatim Theatre	Genre and devising work
Computing	Algorithm Design	Small Basic	Turtle	Visual Programming	Pseudocode Binary	Web Design Testing

Year 9 Enrichment

	Term 1	Term 2	Term 3	Term 4	Term 5	Term 6
Mathematics	KS3 maths club runs weekly	KS3 maths club runs weekly	UKMT intermediate maths challenge UKMT team maths challenge KS3 maths club runs weekly	KS3 maths club runs weekly	KS3 maths club runs weekly	KS3 maths club runs weekly
English
Science	STEM club	STEM club	STEM club	STEM Thorpe park trip	STEM club	STEM club
Art		Christmas Card Competition
Design & Technology	If students fail to complete practical outcomes in the designated curriculum time, DT staff offer after-school enrichment sessions in order that completed items can be taken home. In addition, Textiles offer workshops to interested/invited students targeted at either KS3, KS4, KS5 or combined and family groups including parents.
German www.linguascope.com www.memrise.com	Year 9 Why Learn Languages Video Competion (EDL) MFL Club	MFL Christmas Market MFL Club	MFL Club	MFL Club	MFL Club	MFL Club
Spanish www.linguascope.com www.memrise.com	Year 9 Why Learn Languages Video Competition (EDL) MFL Club	MFL Christmas Market MFL Club	MFL Club	MFL Club	MFL Club	MFL Club
French www.linguascope.com www.memrise.com	Year 9 Why Learn Languages Video Competion (EDL) MFL Club	MFL Christmas Market MFL Club	MFL Club Pause-Café High ability learners’ session (Grade 7-9) one complex structure a week with coffee/tea		MFL Club	MFL Club
Geography			Cross-curricular numeracy skills
Physical Education	PE and sports extra-curricular clubs timetable
Music	Senior choir (a choir for years 9-13) open to all students. Theatre and concert trips. Opportunities for those learning a musical instrument: Wind Band/Swing Band/Orchestra/Flute Ensemble/Clarinet Ensemble/Saxophone Ensemble/Brass Ensemble/Guitar Ensemble
Ethics & Philosophy
History	Battlefields trip usually running in Term 6. Project award badges for trench newspapers.			Humanities Holocaust Day
Drama	KS3 Drama Club	KS3 Drama Club	KS3 Drama Club	KS3 Drama Club	KS3 Drama Club	KS3 Drama Club
Computing

Year 9 Suggested Reading & Websites

	Term 1	Term 2	Term 3	Term 4	Term 5	Term 6
Mathematics	www.hegartymaths.com www.mymaths.co.uk	www.hegartymaths.com www.mymaths.co.uk www.desmos.com	www.hegartymaths.com www.mymaths.co.uk www.kerboodle.com	www.hegartymaths.com www.mymaths.co.uk www.kerboodle.com	www.hegartymaths.com www.mymaths.co.uk www.kerboodle.com	www.hegartymaths.com www.mymaths.co.uk www.kerboodle.com
English
Science	GCSE Bitesize GCSE pod Revision guides are normally on parent pay and delivered by the end of term 1	GCSE Bitesize GCSE pod focus learning	GCSE Bitesize GCSE pod focus learning	GCSE Bitesize GCSE pod focus learning	GCSE Bitesize GCSE pod focus learning	GCSE Bitesize GCSE pod focus learning
Art	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBwNVuoKPSU			https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA8udWIqhu4
Design & Technology	www.google.com www.pinterest.com
German www.linguascope.com www.memrise.com		Why learn languages video from The British Council. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz4M0pE5tro Goethe Institute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwpxS8ixHAY http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/mar/20/sport.comment2
Spanish www.linguascope.com www.memrise.com	http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/television/guiatv/ http://www.guia-tv.es/ http://www.tvguia.es/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UbFSKrxHDE music programme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-WgBHyqx18 sport programme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvZ45IL5OfI reality tv http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMVCjDL47hM competition http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZhWfBR9wdc documentary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM5uh7UePhQ comedy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfzhmG1S1Gk police series http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPu7Abb4UGE soaps http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lF7BFZE_WE news http://www.sparkenthusiasm.com/que_hiciste.html preterite tense Jen Lopez song http://www.sparkenthusiasm.com/teacher_treasure_hi_ho_lyrics.pdf preterite tense song http://www.elmulticine.com/criticas.php film critics http://www.sparkenthusiasm.com/black.html Jack Black film interview http://www.sparkenthusiasm.com/smith.html interview with Will Smith	http://www.sparkenthusiasm.com/cuerdas_inspirational_video.html http://www.sparkenthusiasm.com/azul.html preterite tense and puedo + infinitive http://www.sparkenthusiasm.com/letras_para_el_sitio_web2.pdf song lyrics for grammar	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra7JjReOM_M body parts song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct_VPIH0ObM body parts song http://spanishplayground.net/poems-about-body-parts-in-spanish/ http://www.pinterest.com/pin/573646071256295793/	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RuYfk51kXY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpvDa0-4sgY Beyoncé conditional tense http://noticias.univision.com/article/1904164/2014-03-31/gente-en-las-noticias/una-pareja-gana-la-loteria-tres-veces-en-un-mes Lottery win new article http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gr9LvMOyLs Future tense David Bisbal http://www.sparkenthusiasm.com/letras_para_el_sitio_web2.pdf Lyrics for David Bisbal future tense	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KATBgZ5oyIg reflexive verb rap http://noticias.univision.com/slideshow/57959/2013-08-12/america-latina/cuba/fidel-castro-vida-de-un-revolucionario Short biography of Fidel Castro http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/f/franco.htm Short biography of General Franco http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVLru1BdvxM advert for fair trade (could be used as a transcription or gap fill)
French www.linguascope.com www.memrise.com	http://www.tvzap.com/tv-guide/28 - students look at the French TV guide and identify types of programmes. Can also be used for spontaneous talk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sSchlzZA8Y watch French film tráiler and imagine you’ve been to cinema to watch it – describe visit. Alternative clip - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbzjLhsmVXc Example Tintin - http://fr.tintin.com/albums/show/id/5/page/0/0/le-lotus-bleu	French music festival - http://www.musilac.com/ - use for spontaneous talk (what I am going to see when etc)	http://www.lavieclaire.com/la-vie-bio/saveurs.html look at healthy lifestyle site http://www.cookissime.fr/contents/728 http://www.griffe-info.com/chat-va/ - lots of articles about healthy living http://www.griffe-info.com/chat-bouge/ - articles on sport	http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur10000000000000000000011078.html - Info on Patrice Evra (footballer)	http://www.normandie-tourisme.fr/organisez-votre-sejour-369-1.html http://www.arromanches360.com/en/#film http://www.tapisserie-bayeux.fr/index.php?id=391 http://1jour1actu.com/video/cest-quoi-le-debarquement/ - video about D day landings	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDxOyf-LLhw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq8f2Hg32ho
Geography	CGP GCSE AQA Revision guide & workbook GCSE Bitesize Educake	CGP GCSE AQA Revision guide & workbook GCSE Bitesize Educake	CGP GCSE AQA Revision guide & workbook GCSE Bitesize Educake	CGP GCSE AQA Revision guide & workbook GCSE Bitesize Educake	CGP GCSE AQA Revision guide & workbook GCSE Bitesize Educake
Physical Education					E-Safety	E-Safety Testing Binary
Music	Youtube.com bbc.co.uk Quizlet.co.uk Kahoot.co.uk	Youtube.com bbc.co.uk Quizlet.co.uk Kahoot.co.uk	Youtube.com bbc.co.uk Quizlet.co.uk Kahoot.co.uk	Youtube.com bbc.co.uk Quizlet.co.uk Kahoot.co.uk	Youtube.com bbc.co.uk Quizlet.co.uk Kahoot.co.uk	Youtube.com bbc.co.uk Quizlet.co.uk Kahoot.co.uk
Ethics & Philosophy		Death row analysis (website of convictions)
History	http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/ https://spartacus-educational.com/ Horrible histories book : The Frightful First World War Documentary films: They shall not grow old, The Somme 1916 TV series: Blackadder Goes Forth	http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/ https://spartacus-educational.com/	http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/ https://spartacus-educational.com/ Horrible histories book : The Blitzed Brits, The Woeful Second World War TV documentary series: The World at War	http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/ https://spartacus-educational.com/ Book: Schindler’s Ark	http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/ https://spartacus-educational.com/ GCSEPOD.com	http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/ https://spartacus-educational.com/ GCSEPOD.com
Drama	Research on the Salem Witch trials. The Crucible – Arthur Miller.	Youtube Confusions performances.	BBC Bitesize - GCSE Drama		Reading of 'Missing, Dan Nolan'	OCR GCSE Drama Component 1 criteria.
Computing