Year 7 Content of the curriculum and key assessments

Year 7

Content of the

curriculum and

key assessments

Year 7 CORE COURSE SUBJECT: Art and Design

1

1

Content Assessment

Term 1 Project 1: Exploring Drawing

• Baseline Drawing Assessment

• Introduction to Artists work: Sarah Graham.

• Drawing and painting skills focus: Pencil tone,

Pencil crayon, Paint.

• Produce an outcome which shows the

influence of artist Sarah Grahams work with

student’s choice of materials (Pencil tone,

Pencil crayon, Paint)

TECC Feedback on

drawing and skills focus

tasks. Feedback on their

progress in the acquisition

of skills and how they can

improve.

Term 2 Project 1 Continued: Exploring Drawing

• Complete an outcome which shows the

influence of artist Sarah Grahams work with

student’s choice of materials (Pencil tone,

Pencil crayon, Paint)

TECC Feedback given on

completed outcome: Focus

on the quality of the

outcome and what

students need to do to

further develop their skill.

• Investigation into the theme of Gargoyles.

• Drawing of Gargoyles: focus on accuracy and

tonal skills.

• Clay focused practical task “Hedgehog”:

thumbpot, joining and mark-making

techniques.

• Glazing focused Practical task.

TECC feedback on clay

techniques.

Feedback given on the

quality of the focused

practical task outcome and

what students need to do

to further develop their

skill.


2

2

Term 3 • Students to design their own gargoyles, focus

on creative ideas and good control of media.

• Students to make a clay gargoyle outcome.

• Students to glaze their gargoyle.

• Students to evaluate their outocme

TECC feedback on

completed Gargoyle.

Students given feedback on

the quality of their

outcome and what they

could do to further

improve their work.

Year 7 Creative SUBJECT: Engineering

1

1

Content Assessment

Term 1 Project 1 – Key Ring

• The development of health and safety

knowledge through the production of

an aluminium keyring

• Measuring and marking out

• Working with hand and machine

tools

Project 2- Spinner

• Workshop health and safety rules,

regulations and knowledge

• Evaluating a design brief

• Mood board

• Research

• Specification

• Design Ideas

TECC feedback on completed of

the Spinner specification. Feedback

on how safely students have

worked throughout each process as

well as how their confidence,

resilience and independence

have developed.

Term 2 • Using hand and machines tools

including CAD

• CAD/CAM and using Techsoft Design

V3

• Assembling a product

• Final evaluation of finished product

Project 3 – Mobile Phone Holder

• Tools equipment and materials

research and evaluation

• How products impact on the

environment

TECC feedback of design ideas in

booklets, students assessed on the

quality of their creativity, drawing

and rendering skills.


2

2

• Specification

• Engineering sectors analysis

Term 3 • Design ideas

• Using hand and machine tools including

CAD


V3


• Quality control and assurance

• Scales of production

• Accurate measuring

TECC feedback of completed

mobile phone holder. Feedback on

the quality of the finished product

including their assembly skills, as

well as how they have

demonstrated creativity.

Year 7 SUBJECT: English

1

Content Assessment

Term 1

Pride,

Ambition,

Aspiration

Y7 skills: Inference, writing

imaginatively and creatively,

exploring themes.

What makes a Heritage

Citizen?

A Monster Calls – Patrick

Ness

Explore how writers create and

present…

Write a letter to your future self

Term 2

Our World –

past and

present

The Tempest – Shakespeare

A Broken World? – Exposing

students to relevant issues in

the world they live in

through images and writing.

How does the writer use language

to show character?

Image based creative writing.

Term 3

Global

Voices

Refugee Boy – Benjamin

Zephania

Poetry from Other Cultures

Narrative / Descriptive writing

Theme based response to a poem

Year 7 CORE COURSE SUBJECT: Geography

1

1

Content Assessment

Term 1 What can I do?

• What is tourism?

• What are the impacts of tourism?

• How significant are the impacts of tourism?

What skills do I need?

• What is geography?

• How do I use a map?

• How do I use longitude and latitude?

• How do I use contour lines?

• How do I measure distance on a map?

What is development?

• What does development look like?

• What does a country need to be able to develop?

• How can a country develop?

• What are the barriers to development?

• How can we measure development?

What can I do?



• Skills assessment


• How effective are development indicators?

Term 2 What is development?

• What does development look like on a map?

• How does development affect quality of life?

• How does employment link to development?

• What is globalisation?

• How has globalisation affected the UK’s ability to develop?

• Where does manufacturing take place?

• What are TNC’s?

How are cities changing?

• How does the DTM link to development?

• What are cities?

• Why do people migrate?

• What is an ageing population?


• TNC DME

• End of topic assessment


• Impacts of an aging population


2

2

Term 3 How are cities changing?

• What is Mumbai like?

• What are the opportunities of life in Mumbai?

• What are the challenges of life in Mumbai?

• How can life be improved in Mumbai?

• Why are there inequalities in Mumbai?


• Effectiveness on challenge strategies

• End of topic assessment

Year 7 CORE COURSE SUBJECT: History

1

1

Content Assessment

Term 1 Norman Conquest+ Castles

How was Medieval England ruled?

Why did William win the Battle of

Hastings?

Sources assessment

Term 2

Medieval Life (Black death, peasants revolt,

war of roses etc)

Reformation + Renaissance

Sources assessment

Continuity and change reformation

and renaissance.

Term 3 Tudors - Elizabeth to James

Revision of year + end of year assessment.

How successful was Elizabeth I?

Complete skills and knowledge

summative assessment.

Year 7 CORE COURSE SUBJECT: ICT and Computing

1

1

Content Assessment

Term 1 Getting Started in ICT Introduction to the school network Acceptable use in ICT at Heritage High School Email and Netiquette E-Safety Websites Cyber bullying. Social networking. Viruses and illegal activity Digital Literacy Computer Basic Input and Output devices Operating Systems IT and Computing Career opportunities The Internet and World Wide Web The Internet and Communication methods

Throughout in practical lessons

Assessment 1 – Online Test


Term 2 Digital Literacy Productivity Programmes Using Microsoft Software Common Features and Commands Basic Formatting Creating Documents Performing Mathematical tasks and queries Using shortcuts Working with templates Printing


Term 3 Digital Literacy Security and Privacy Protecting yourself and your computer

Identifying threats

Computer updates

Ethics

Digital Lifestyle Creating and working with media Editing media types Digital TV and Streaming Digital Technology and Career Opportunities




2

2

Year 7 CORE COURSE Mathematics Foundation - Pi

1

1

Content Assessment

Term 1 Number Calculations

• Addition (mentally)

• Addition (written)

• Subtraction (mentally)

• Subtraction (written)

• Multiplying

• Square numbers

• Dividing

• Multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1000

• Using all 4 operations

• Positive and negative numbers

Analysing and Displaying Data

• Tables

• Pictograms

• Bar charts

• Grouped data

• Mode

• Range

• Median

• Mean

• Averages mixture

Expressions, Functions and Formula

• Functions

• Function machines

• Simplifying expressions

• Writing expressions

• Substituting into a formulae

• Writing formulae

Decimals and Measure

• Estimates and scales

• Estimates and measuring

• Metric units

Paper 1- Non Calculator KS3

Mid Term assessment


2

2

• Decimal numbers

• Ordering decimals

• Adding and subtracting decimals

• Rounding

• Multiplying decimals

• Dividing decimals

• Calculating with money

Term 2 Angles and Lines

• Conventional terms and notations

• Compass points

• Angles

• Measuring and drawing

• Angles at a point on a straight line

• Angles at a point

• Answer mixed problems

Fractions, Decimals and Percentages

• Comparing fractions

• Equivalent fractions

• Improper fractions

• Fractions of an amount

• Adding and subtracting fractions

• Percentages

• Finding percentages

• Fractions, decimals & percentages

Multiplicative Reasoning

• HCF and LCM

• Arithmetic problems

• Calculator skills

• Understanding a ratio

• Sharing in to a ratio

• Understand proportion as a fraction and solve

problems

• Recipes

• Scale drawings

Paper 2- Calculator KS3 Mid

Term assessment


3

3

Term 3 Graphs

• Real-life graphs

• Co-ordinates

• Graphs of functions

• Scientific graphs

• Scatter graphs

Probability

• Language of probability

• Use numbers to describe probabilities

• Outcomes

• Probability calculations

• Experimental probability

• Experiments

• Comparing probabilities

• Create a probability game

Measuring and Shape

• 2D shapes

• Symmetry

• Using symmetry

• Rotational symmetry

• Regular polygons

• Perimeter of polygons

• More perimeter

• Area – by counting

• Area

End of Year Assessment

Paper 1 – Non Calculator

Paper 2 – Calculator

MAT wide assessment – Non

Calculator

Year 7 CORE COURSE Mathematics Foundation Plus - Theta

1

1

Content Assessment


• Mental Maths

• Add and subtract

• Multiplication

• Division

• Factors, multiples and primes

• Square and triangle numbers

• Time and money

• Negative numbers


• Averages

• Displaying data

• Grouping data

• Line graphs and harder bar charts


• Functions

• Simplifying expressions 1






• Decimals and rounding

• Length, mass and capacity

• Add and subtract decimals

• Perimeter

• Multiplying and dividing decimals

• Area

• More units


Mid Term assessment


2

2


• Use and understand conventional terms and

notations

• Triangles

• Measuring angles

• Drawing angles

• Drawing triangles

• Angles on a straight line

• Angles around a point

• Angles in a triangle


• Writing fractions






• Fractions and decimal equivalence

• Percentages



• Direct proportion

• Writing ratios

• Using ratios

• Ratio problems

• Scales and measures

• Proportion and fractions

• Proportions and percentages

Paper 2- Calculator KS3 Mid Term assessment

Term 3 Sequences

• Sequences

• Pattern sequences

• Extending sequences

• Using position to term rules

• Finding position-to-term rules

• Co-ordinates

• Mid-points

• Straight line graphs and in context





Calculator


3

3

Probability


• Calculating probability

• More probability calculations


• Expected outcomes


Perimeter, Area and Volume

• 2D shapes revision

• Area of triangles

• Area of parallelograms

• Area of trapeziums

• 3D shapes

• 2D representations of 3D shapes

• Surface area

• Volume

• Measures

• Problems in context

Year 7 CORE COURSE Mathematics Higher - Delta

1

1

Content Assessment


• Factors, primes and multiples

• Multiplying

• Dividing

• Using negative numbers

• Squares and square roots

• More powers and roots

• Calculations


• Bar charts

• Two-way tables

• Averages

• Comparing data

• Grouped data

• More graphs

• Pie charts

• Scatter graphs



• Writing algebraic expressions

• Substitution


• Powers

• Brackets

• Factorising


• Ordering

• Rounding


• Multiplying


• FDP


Mid Term assessment


2

2

• Percentages



notations

• Angles rules

• Parallel lines

• Triangles

• Proof

• Quadrilaterals

• Interior and exterior angles

• Sum of interior and exterior angles







• Add and subtract mixed numbers

• Fractions, decimals and percentages

• Fractions and decimals

• Multiplying fractions

• Dividing fractions

• Multiply and divide mixed numbers


• Metric and imperial units

• Writing ratios

• Sharing in to a given ratio

• Ratio problems

• Proportion

• Proportional reasoning

• Indirect proportion


Term assessment


3

3

Term 3 Sequences

• Sequences

• Using the nth term

• Generating the nth term


• More difficult sequences

• Coordinates and line segments

• Straight line graphs

Probability

• Calculating probabilities


• Mutually exclusive events

• Estimating probabilities

• Experimental probabilities

• Probability diagrams



• Area and perimeter of rectangles and squares

• Area of triangles and parallelograms


• Area of compound shapes

• Perimeter of compound shapes


• Properties of 3D shapes

• Surface area

• Volume

• Units of measurement





Calculator

Year 7 CORE COURSE SUBJECT: MUSIC

1

1

Content Assessment

Term 1 Singing skills

• How to warm up

• Maintaining a part within a

group

• Singing in time

• Singing in tune

• Singing with expression

Performing with confidence

Fluency

Accuracy

Vocal Technique

Confidence

Ensemble

Term 2 Keyboard skills

• Reading treble clef

notation

• Able to play melody ideas

using correct/ appropriate

fingering

• Able to perform chords

with left hand

• Perform in time

• Perform with confidence

• Perform with expression

Fluency

Accuracy

Instrumental Technique

Confidence

Ensemble

Term 3 Ukulele/Keyboard skills

• Forming chords at the

ukulele/keyboard

• Transitioning between

chords

• Reading from a ‘lead’ sheet

• Performing in time as both

an individual and as an

ensemble

• Reading from ukulele tab

notation

Fluency

Accuracy


Confidence

Ensemble

Year 7 CORE SUBJECT SUBJECT: Physical Education

1

1

Content Assessment

Term 1 A 3-week rotation of the following

activities

• Outdoor invasion games.

• Indoor invasion games.

• Table tennis.

• Sports Education

• Fitness

• Racket sports.

• Cross Country Running

Practical Assessment 1



activities




• Table tennis.

• Fitness

• Racket sports.




activities



• Athletics.

• Striking and fielding.

• Racket sports



Year 7 CORE COURSE SUBJECT: RE

1

1

Content Assessment

Term 1 Politics and the General election?

Assessments are completed

through a combination of in class

study and a summative end of

assessment unit.

Term 2 Democratic skills

Media




assessment unit.

Term 3 Crime

Identity




assessment unit.

Year 7 Creative SUBJECT: Resistant Materials

1

1

Content Assessment

Term 1 Project 1 – Pencil Holder

• Health and safety – smiley face

• Risk Assessments


• Working with hand and machine tools

• Working with wood

• Developing a production plan

• Evaluating a product

TECC feedback of completed

pencil holder. Feedback on how

safely students have worked

throughout each process as well as

how their confidence, resilience

and independence have

developed.

Term 2 Project 2 – Night Light

• Researching and responding to a

design brief

• Using a soldering iron

• Isometric drawing

• Working with woods and plastics

TECC feedback of research in

booklets, students assessed on the

quality of their user profile and

product research.

Term 3 Project 2 – Night Light (continued)

• Using hand and machines tools

including CAD


V3



TECC feedback of completed night

light. Feedback on the quality of the

finished product including their

soldering as well as how they have


Year 7 Creative Textiles/Food

1

1

Content Assessment

Term 1 Textiles

Flamingo project

• Health and Safety – working in

a workshop.

• Introduction to sewing

machine.

• What is textiles?

• Tonal shading and rendering.

• Research mood board

• Designing

• Photoshop skills – producing a

repeat pattern.

TECC feedback of completed pencil

holder. Feedback on how safely students

have worked throughout each process as

well as how their confidence, resilience

and independence have developed.

TECC assessment;

Personal response drawing – quality of

response and application of skills.

Photoshop repeat pattern – independence

and resilience when following instructions

as well creativity when applying filters to

create different effects.

Term 2 Textiles

• Dye sublimation printing.

• Practical skills – produce a

pom pom flamingo.

• Practical skills 1 – Applique

• Practical skills – Hand

embroidery

• Evaluation.

Pom pom flamingo – development of skills

to create a finished product to a high

standard.


2

2

Term 3 Food and Nutrition

• Fruit Fusion – health and

hygiene in the kitchen and knife

skills

• Pasta Salad – Using the hob

• Victoria Scones – Weighing and

measuring

• French Bread Pizza –

Assembling a product

• Jam Tarts – Standard

components

• Chicken Nuggets – Working

with high risk foods

TECC feedback given after key practical

activities

Students self reflect after key practical

activities

End of unit test

Year 7 SUBJECT: Science

1

1

Content Assessment

Term 1 Introduction to Science

Laboratory safety and introduction to

skills

Biology

Cells - The building blocks of life

Chemistry

Mixing, dissolving and separating

Physics

Forces and their effects

This is assessed throughout the year in each end of unit

assessment

End of unit assessment (Cells – the building blocks of life)

End of unit assessment (Mixing, dissolving and separating)

End of unit assessment (Forces and their effects)

Term 2 Biology

Eating, drinking and breathing

Chemistry

Elements, compounds and reactions

Physics

Energy transfers and sound

End of unit assessment (Eating, drinking and breathing, also

containing questions from prior knowledge of term 1 biology

unit)

End of unit assessment (Elements, compounds and reactions, also

containing questions from prior knowledge of term 1 chemistry

unit)

End of unit assessment (Energy transfers and sound, also

containing questions from prior knowledge of term 1 physics

unit)

Term 3 Biology

Getting the energy your body needs

Chemistry

Explaining physical changes

End of unit assessment (Getting the energy your body needs,

also containing questions from prior knowledge of term 1and 2

biology units)

End of unit assessment (Explaining physical changes, also

containing questions from prior knowledge of term 1 and 2

chemistry units)

End of year exam – This will assess all units taught in year 7 science.


2

2

Year 7 CORE COURSE SUBJECT: Spanish

1

1

Content Assessment

Term 1 Introducing myself

• HOLA

• EN LA MOCHILA

• CUANTOS ANOS TIENES

• FELIZ CUMPLEANOS

• COMO SE ESCRIBE

• LANGUAGES WEEK

• REVISION

• ASSESSMENT WEEK

Describing myself

• DIRT LESSON FROM ASSESSMENT

• COUNTRIES

• NATIONALITIES

• HAIR AND EYES

• COLOURS

• SIZE

• PERSONALITY

• BASIC OPINIONS + ASSESSMENT

Baseline written test

L/S/R/G assessment

LCWC, grammatical structures, key words, adj’s,

Term 2 My family

• DIRT +TIENES HERMANOS

• FAMILY MEMBERS

• DESCRIBING FAMILY MEMBERS

• PETS

My life at school

• DIRT +SCHOOL SUBJECTS

• OPINIONS OF SUBJECTS

• TIME

• ROOMS IN A SCHOOL BUILDING

• COMPARATIVE

• SCHOOL UNIFORM

• TIMETABLE

L/S/R/G assessment



2

2

Term 3 My house and home

• DIRT + DONDE VIVES

• TYPES OF HOUSES+ OPINIONS OF HOUSES

• MI DORMITORIO

• HOUSEHOLD CHORES

• TIME PHRASES RELATED TO CHORES

Food and drink

• BREAKFAST

• GENERAL FOOD ITEMS + TRADITIONAL SPANISH FOODS

• QUANTITIES

• PRETERITE TENSE

• HEALTHY EATING

L/S/R/G assessment



1

Content Assessment

Term 1 Project 1: Exploring Drawing

• Baseline Drawing Assessment

• Introduction to Artists work: Sarah Graham.

• Drawing and painting skills focus: Pencil tone, Pencil

crayon, Paint.

• Produce an outcome which shows the influence of

artist Sarah Grahams work with student’s choice of

materials (Pencil tone, Pencil crayon, Paint)

TECC Feedback on drawing

and skills focus tasks. Feedback

on their progress in the

acquisition of skills and how

they can improve.

Term 2 Project 1 Continued: Exploring Drawing

• Complete an outcome which shows the influence of

artist Sarah Grahams work with student’s choice of

materials (Pencil tone, Pencil crayon, Paint)

TECC Feedback given on

completed outcome: Focus on

the quality of the outcome and

what students need to do to

further develop their skill.

• Investigation into the theme of Gargoyles.

• Drawing of Gargoyles: focus on accuracy and tonal

skills.

• Clay focused practical task “Hedgehog”: thumbpot,

joining and mark-making techniques.

• Glazing focused Practical task.

TECC feedback on clay

techniques.

Feedback given on the quality of

the focused practical task

outcome and what students

need to do to further develop

their skill.

Term 3 • Students to design their own gargoyles, focus on

creative ideas and good control of media.

• Students to make a clay gargoyle outcome.

• Students to glaze their gargoyle.

• Students to evaluate their outocme

TECC feedback on completed

Gargoyle.

Students given feedback on the

quality of their outcome and

what they could do to further

improve their work.


2

Year 7 CORE COURSE SUBJECT: Drama

1

Content Assessment

Term 1 Introduction to Drama Baseline assessment

preparation

Mime

• Silent Movie

• Facial expressions/Body language/Gestures

• Exaggeration/Reactions

Assessment 1:

(Baseline Assessment)

Assessment 2

(French Café – Silent Movie)

Term 2 Darkwood Manor

• Storytelling using drama skills

• Tension/Suspense

• Physical Theatre

Physical Comedy

• Slapstick/Farce

• Exploration of the style of acting by Mischief

Theatre studying extracts from ‘Peter Pan

Goes Wrong’

• Exaggeration/Reactions

• Breaking the fourth wall using a range of

drama techniques

Assessment 3:

(Darkwood Manor)

Assessment 4:

(Physical Comedy)

Term 3 Our Day Out

• Using stage directions

• Blocking/movement

• Memorising and interpreting lines

Bugsy Malone

• Fast paced comedy

• American accents

• Characterisations

Assessment 5

(Our Day Out)

Assessment 6

(Bugsy Malone)


1

Content Assessment

Term 1 Project 1 – Key Ring

• The development of health and safety

knowledge through the production of an

aluminium keyring



Project 2- Spinner

• Workshop health and safety rules,

regulations and knowledge

• Evaluating a design brief

• Mood board

• Research

• Specification

• Design Ideas

TECC feedback on completed of the

Spinner specification. Feedback on how

safely students have worked throughout

each process as well as how their

confidence, resilience and

independence have developed.

Term 2 • Using hand and machines tools including

CAD

• CAD/CAM and using Techsoft Design V3



Project 3 – Mobile Phone Holder

• Tools equipment and materials research and

evaluation

• How products impact on the environment

• Specification

• Engineering sectors analysis

TECC feedback of design ideas in

booklets, students assessed on the quality

of their creativity, drawing and

rendering skills.


2

Term 3 • Design ideas

• Using hand and machine tools including CAD



• Quality control and assurance

• Scales of production

• Accurate measuring

TECC feedback of completed mobile

phone holder. Feedback on the quality of

the finished product including their

assembly skills, as well as how they have


Year 7 SUBJECT: English

Content Assessment

Term 1

Pride,

Ambition,

Aspiration

Y7 skills: Inference, writing

imaginatively and creatively,

exploring themes.

What makes a Heritage Citizen?

A Monster Calls – Patrick Ness

Explore how writers create and

present…

Write a letter to your future self

Term 2

Our World –

past and

present

The Tempest – Shakespeare

A Broken World? – Exposing

students to relevant issues in the

world they live in through images

and writing.

How does the writer use language to

show character?

Image based creative writing.

Term 3

Global

Voices

Refugee Boy – Benjamin Zephania

Poetry from Other Cultures

Narrative / Descriptive writing

Theme based response to a poem

Year 7 CORE COURSE SUBJECT: French

1

Content Assessment

Term 1 Welcome to French

• Phonics

• Alphabet

• Question words

• Greetings

• Intro Conversation

• Numbers

• Age and birthday

• Classroom instructions

• Classroom objects

• Adjective agreement

Describing myself

• Live

• Nationality

• Size

• Eyes

• Hair

• Personality

• Opinions

• Photo-card

• Reading for pleasure

• 10. Listening for pleasure

Baseline written

test

L/S/R/G

assessment

LCWC,

grammatical

structures, key

words, adj’s,

Term 2 Describing others

• Siblings

• Family members

• être

• avoir

• Comparing people

• Pets

• Complex opinions

• Listening skills

• Reading skills

• Mardi Gras

School

• French schools

L/S/R/G

assessment

LCWC,

grammatical

structures, key

words, adj’s,

Year 7 CORE COURSE SUBJECT: French

2

• Subjects

• Time

• Timetable

• –er verbs

• Daily routine

• Uniform

• Places

• Hogwarts

• Pâcques

Term 3 Food and drink

• French Foods

• Breakfast foods

• Snacks

• Fruit and veg

• Vocab challenge

• Café menu

• Menu du jour

• Au restaurant

• Healthy eating

• 10. Ideal meal

Cultural project

• Matisse

• Mood board

• Matisse –style piece

• Les choristes

L/S/R/G

assessment

LCWC,

grammatical

structures, key

words, adj’s,


1

Content Assessment

Term 1 What can I do?

• What is tourism?

• What are the impacts of tourism?



• What is geography?

• How do I use a map?

• How do I use longitude and latitude?

• How do I use contour lines?

• How do I measure distance on a map?


• What does development look like?

• What does a country need to be able to

develop?

• How can a country develop?

• What are the barriers to development?

• How can we measure development?

What can I do?

• How significant are the

impacts of tourism?


• Skills assessment


• How effective are

development

indicators?

Term 2 What is development?

• What does development look like on a map?

• How does development affect quality of life?

• How does employment link to development?

• What is globalisation?

• How has globalisation affected the UK’s ability

to develop?

• Where does manufacturing take place?

• What are TNC’s?


• How does the DTM link to development?

• What are cities?

• Why do people migrate?

• What is an ageing population?


• TNC DME

• End of topic

assessment


• Impacts of an aging

population


2

Term 3 How are cities changing?

• What is Mumbai like?

• What are the opportunities of life in Mumbai?

• What are the challenges of life in Mumbai?

• How can life be improved in Mumbai?

• Why are there inequalities in Mumbai?


• Effectiveness on

challenge strategies

• End of topic

assessment

Year 7 CORE COURSE SUBJECT: History

1

1

Content Assessment

Term 1 Norman Conquest+ Castles

How was Medieval England ruled?

Why did William win the Battle of

Hastings?

Sources assessment

Term 2

Medieval Life (Black death, peasants revolt, war of

roses etc)

Reformation + Renaissance

Sources assessment

Continuity and change reformation and

renaissance.

Term 3 Tudors - Elizabeth to James

Revision of year + end of year assessment.

How successful was Elizabeth I?

Complete skills and knowledge summative

assessment.


1

Content Assessment

Term 1 Getting Started in ICT

Introduction to the school network

Acceptable use in ICT at Heritage High School

Email and Netiquette

E-Safety Websites

Cyber bullying.

Social networking.

Viruses and illegal activity

Digital Literacy

Computer Basic

Input and Output devices

Operating Systems

IT and Computing Career opportunities

The Internet and World Wide Web

The Internet and Communication methods

Throughout in practical lessons



Term 2 Digital Literacy

Productivity Programmes

Using Microsoft Software

Common Features and Commands

Basic Formatting

Creating Documents

Performing Mathematical tasks and queries

Using shortcuts

Working with templates

Printing


Term 3 Digital Literacy

Security and Privacy

Protecting yourself and your computer

Identifying threats

Computer updates

Ethics

Digital Lifestyle

Creating and working with media




2

Editing media types

Digital TV and Streaming

Digital Technology and Career Opportunities


1

Content Assessment


• Addition (mentally)

• Addition (written)

• Subtraction (mentally)

• Subtraction (written)

• Multiplying

• Square numbers

• Dividing

• Multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1000

• Using all 4 operations

• Positive and negative numbers


• Tables

• Pictograms

• Bar charts

• Grouped data

• Mode

• Range

• Median

• Mean

• Averages mixture


• Functions

• Function machines






• Estimates and scales

• Estimates and measuring

• Metric units


Mid Term assessment


2

• Decimal numbers

• Ordering decimals

• Adding and subtracting decimals

• Rounding

• Multiplying decimals


• Calculating with money


• Conventional terms and notations

• Compass points

• Angles

• Measuring and drawing

• Angles at a point on a straight line

• Angles at a point

• Answer mixed problems







• Percentages


• Fractions, decimals & percentages


• HCF and LCM

• Arithmetic problems

• Calculator skills

• Understanding a ratio

• Sharing in to a ratio

• Understand proportion as a fraction and solve

problems

• Recipes

• Scale drawings


Term assessment


3

Term 3 Graphs

• Real-life graphs

• Co-ordinates

• Graphs of functions

• Scientific graphs

• Scatter graphs

Probability


• Use numbers to describe probabilities

• Outcomes

• Probability calculations


• Experiments



Measuring and Shape

• 2D shapes

• Symmetry

• Using symmetry

• Rotational symmetry

• Regular polygons

• Perimeter of polygons

• More perimeter

• Area – by counting

• Area





Calculator


1

Content Assessment


• Mental Maths


• Multiplication

• Division

• Factors, multiples and primes

• Square and triangle numbers

• Time and money

• Negative numbers


• Averages

• Displaying data

• Grouping data

• Line graphs and harder bar charts


• Functions







• Decimals and rounding

• Length, mass and capacity

• Add and subtract decimals

• Perimeter

• Multiplying and dividing decimals

• Area

• More units


Mid Term assessment


2



notations

• Triangles

• Measuring angles

• Drawing angles

• Drawing triangles

• Angles on a straight line

• Angles around a point

• Angles in a triangle


• Writing fractions






• Fractions and decimal equivalence

• Percentages



• Direct proportion

• Writing ratios

• Using ratios

• Ratio problems

• Scales and measures

• Proportion and fractions

• Proportions and percentages

Paper 2- Calculator KS3 Mid Term assessment

Term 3 Sequences

• Sequences


• Extending sequences

• Using position to term rules

• Finding position-to-term rules

• Co-ordinates

• Mid-points

• Straight line graphs and in context





Calculator


3

Probability


• Calculating probability

• More probability calculations


• Expected outcomes



• 2D shapes revision

• Area of triangles

• Area of parallelograms


• 3D shapes


• Surface area

• Volume

• Measures

• Problems in context


1

Content Assessment


• Factors, primes and multiples

• Multiplying

• Dividing

• Using negative numbers

• Squares and square roots

• More powers and roots

• Calculations


• Bar charts

• Two-way tables

• Averages

• Comparing data

• Grouped data

• More graphs

• Pie charts

• Scatter graphs



• Writing algebraic expressions

• Substitution


• Powers

• Brackets

• Factorising


• Ordering

• Rounding


• Multiplying


• FDP


Mid Term assessment


2

• Percentages



notations

• Angles rules

• Parallel lines

• Triangles

• Proof

• Quadrilaterals

• Interior and exterior angles

• Sum of interior and exterior angles







• Add and subtract mixed numbers

• Fractions, decimals and percentages

• Fractions and decimals

• Multiplying fractions

• Dividing fractions

• Multiply and divide mixed numbers


• Metric and imperial units

• Writing ratios

• Sharing in to a given ratio

• Ratio problems

• Proportion

• Proportional reasoning

• Indirect proportion


Term assessment


3

Term 3 Sequences

• Sequences

• Using the nth term

• Generating the nth term


• More difficult sequences

• Coordinates and line segments

• Straight line graphs

Probability

• Calculating probabilities


• Mutually exclusive events

• Estimating probabilities

• Experimental probabilities

• Probability diagrams



• Area and perimeter of rectangles and squares

• Area of triangles and parallelograms


• Area of compound shapes

• Perimeter of compound shapes


• Properties of 3D shapes

• Surface area

• Volume

• Units of measurement





Calculator

Year 7 CORE COURSE SUBJECT: MUSIC

1

Content Assessment

Term 1 Singing skills

• How to warm up

• Maintaining a part within a

group

• Singing in time

• Singing in tune

• Singing with expression

Performing with confidence

Fluency

Accuracy

Vocal Technique

Confidence

Ensemble

Term 2 Keyboard skills

• Reading treble clef

notation

• Able to play melody ideas

using correct/ appropriate

fingering

• Able to perform chords

with left hand

• Perform in time

• Perform with confidence

• Perform with expression

Fluency

Accuracy


Confidence

Ensemble

Term 3 Ukulele/Keyboard skills

• Forming chords at the

ukulele/keyboard

• Transitioning between

chords

• Reading from a ‘lead’ sheet

• Performing in time as both

an individual and as an

ensemble

• Reading from ukulele tab

notation

Fluency

Accuracy


Confidence

Ensemble

Year 7 CORE SUBJECT SUBJECT: Physical Education

1

Content Assessment

Term 1 A 3-week rotation of the

following activities



• Table tennis.


• Fitness

• Racket sports.

• Cross Country Running








• Table tennis.

• Fitness

• Racket sports.







• Athletics.

• Striking and fielding.

• Racket sports



Year 7 CORE COURSE SUBJECT: RE

1

Content Assessment

Term 1 Politics and the General election?

Assessments are completed through a

combination of in class study and a

summative end of assessment unit.

Term 2 Democratic skills

Media




Term 3 Crime

Identity




Year 7 Creative SUBJECT: Resistant Materials

1

Content Assessment

Term 1 Project 1 – Pencil Holder

• Health and safety – smiley face

• Risk Assessments



• Working with wood

• Developing a production plan

• Evaluating a product

TECC feedback of completed pencil

holder. Feedback on how safely students

have worked throughout each process as

well as how their confidence,

resilience and independence have

developed.

Term 2 Project 2 – Night Light

• Researching and responding to a design brief

• Using a soldering iron

• Isometric drawing

• Working with woods and plastics

TECC feedback of research in booklets,

students assessed on the quality of their

user profile and product research.

Term 3 Project 2 – Night Light (continued)

• Using hand and machines tools including

CAD




TECC feedback of completed night light.

Feedback on the quality of the finished

product including their soldering as well

as how they have demonstrated

creativity.


1

Content Assessment

Term 1 Introduction to Science

Laboratory safety and

introduction to skills

Biology

Cells - The building blocks of life

Chemistry

Mixing, dissolving and separating

Physics

Forces and their effects

This is assessed throughout the year in each end of unit

assessment

End of unit assessment (Cells – the building blocks of life)

End of unit assessment (Mixing, dissolving and separating)

End of unit assessment (Forces and their effects)

Term 2 Biology

Eating, drinking and breathing

Chemistry

Elements, compounds and

reactions

Physics

Energy transfers and sound

End of unit assessment (Eating, drinking and breathing, also

containing questions from prior knowledge of term 1

biology unit)

End of unit assessment (Elements, compounds and

reactions, also containing questions from prior knowledge

of term 1 chemistry unit)

End of unit assessment (Energy transfers and sound, also

containing questions from prior knowledge of term 1

physics unit)

Term 3 Biology

Getting the energy your body

needs

Chemistry

Explaining physical changes

End of unit assessment (Getting the energy your body

needs, also containing questions from prior knowledge of

term 1and 2 biology units)

End of unit assessment (Explaining physical changes, also

containing questions from prior knowledge of term 1 and 2

chemistry units)

End of year exam – This will assess all units taught in year 7 science.


1

Content Assessment

Term 1 Introducing myself

• HOLA

• EN LA MOCHILA

• CUANTOS ANOS TIENES

• FELIZ CUMPLEANOS

• COMO SE ESCRIBE

• LANGUAGES WEEK

• REVISION

• ASSESSMENT WEEK

Describing myself

• DIRT LESSON FROM ASSESSMENT

• COUNTRIES

• NATIONALITIES

• HAIR AND EYES

• COLOURS

• SIZE

• PERSONALITY

• BASIC OPINIONS + ASSESSMENT

Baseline written

test

L/S/R/G

assessment

LCWC,

grammatical

structures, key

words, adj’s,

Term 2 My family

• DIRT +TIENES HERMANOS

• FAMILY MEMBERS

• DESCRIBING FAMILY MEMBERS

• PETS

My life at school

• DIRT +SCHOOL SUBJECTS

• OPINIONS OF SUBJECTS

• TIME

• ROOMS IN A SCHOOL BUILDING

• COMPARATIVE

• SCHOOL UNIFORM

• TIMETABLE

L/S/R/G

assessment

LCWC,

grammatical

structures, key

words, adj’s,


2

Term 3 My house and home

• DIRT + DONDE VIVES

• TYPES OF HOUSES+ OPINIONS OF HOUSES

• MI DORMITORIO

• HOUSEHOLD CHORES

• TIME PHRASES RELATED TO CHORES

Food and drink

• BREAKFAST

• GENERAL FOOD ITEMS + TRADITIONAL SPANISH FOODS

• QUANTITIES

• PRETERITE TENSE

• HEALTHY EATING

L/S/R/G

assessment

LCWC,

grammatical

structures, key

words, adj’s,


1

Content Assessment

Term 1 Textiles

Flamingo project

• Health and Safety – working in a

workshop.

• Introduction to sewing machine.

• What is textiles?

• Tonal shading and rendering.

• Research mood board

• Designing

• Photoshop skills – producing a

repeat pattern.

TECC feedback of completed pencil holder.

Feedback on how safely students have worked

throughout each process as well as how their

confidence, resilience and independence

have developed.

TECC assessment;

Personal response drawing – quality of response

and application of skills.

Photoshop repeat pattern – independence and

resilience when following instructions as well

creativity when applying filters to create different

effects.

Term 2 Textiles

• Dye sublimation printing.

• Practical skills – produce a pom

pom flamingo.

• Practical skills 1 – Applique

• Practical skills – Hand embroidery

• Evaluation.

Pom pom flamingo – development of skills to

create a finished product to a high standard.

Term 3 Food and Nutrition

• Fruit Fusion – health and hygiene in

the kitchen and knife skills

• Pasta Salad – Using the hob

• Victoria Scones – Weighing and

measuring

• French Bread Pizza – Assembling a

product

TECC feedback given after key practical

activities

Students self reflect after key practical activities

End of unit test


2

• Jam Tarts – Standard components

• Chicken Nuggets – Working with

high risk foods

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