| Art | Natural Forms: Year 8 students will use their pre-existing Observational Drawing Skills utilising Schematic Drawing. Students will learn about the work of historical & contemporary Artists; transcribing their work in order to use their creative style to influence their own visual outcomes. | Natural Forms: Year 8 students will develop on the skills learnt in Term 1 by developing a range of ideas that link to the work of three historical or, contemporary Artists. Students will demonstrate their knowledge and further their handling of materials to form an indepth Final Piece. | Lincolnshire Landmarks: Utilising former Observational Drawing Skills, students will study the work of John Speed, whilst learning about the history of Cartography. Responding to the project theme, students create a selection of County Map ideas which combine historical and modern map aesthetics. | Lincolnshire Landmarks: Students will refer to the work of contemporary Illustrators Rebecca Harrison & Bea Baranowska; Year 8 will develop their own illustrative language using both Harrison & Baranowska as a reference in order to create a meaningful County Map as a Final Piece. | Identity:
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| Computing | Computer Comms and Cyber Security - looking at how data is moved between devices on the internet as well vulnerabilities and how to protect against these.
| Problem Solving and Bebras Competition - looking at different problem solving techniques and how they can help when programming as well as in everyday situations.
Computer Science Entrepreneurship- A look at careers linked to computing as well as recent computer science entrepreneurs | Game Design using Arcade.Makecode - programming using a blocks editor producing a digital artefact.
| Programming 2 - data processing and selection using variables in Python.
| AI - A look at what is meant by artificial intelligence and machine learning. We look at how these model are built as well as how they can become biased.
| Data Representation 2 - How data is stored in a computer system with a focus on how images and text are represented as binary.
eSafety - A look at possible dangers and health concerns relating to the use of technology and how these can be avoided. |
| Design Technology | Project Phone Charger Stand (H&S & Design Cycle)
Pupils revisit health & safety and apply the design cycle to create a phone charger stand. They explore design briefs, specifications, materials, and sustainability. This builds on Year 7 workshop skills and introduces independent design thinking.
Careers Link:: Careers in product design, electronics, and sustainable manufacturing. | Project: Phone Charger Stand (Construction & Sustainability)
Pupils manufacture their charger stand, developing accuracy and independence in workshop skills. They explore construction techniques, surface finishes, sustainability, and product evaluation. This develops confidence in practical work while reinforcing responsibility and quality.
Careers Link: Careers in sustainable design, construction, and engineering. | Project Graphic Design Branding
Pupils explore colour theory, typography, layout, and composition to create branding materials. They design a logo and produce a sublimated mug with packaging. This project strengthens digital design, CAD/CAM awareness, and links to creative industries.
Careers Link: Careers in graphic design, branding, and media. | Project Personal Storage Project (Design & Materials)
Pupils begin designing a personal storage solution, applying knowledge from Year 7 woodwork and charger stand projects. They work with timbers, polymers, and metals, developing CAD/CAM awareness, construction techniques, and design iteration.
Careers Link: Careers in engineering, joinery, and manufacturing introduced. | Personal Storage Project (Electronics, Textiles & Programming Theory)
The storage project is extended to include electronic circuits (e.g. speakers), programming theory (inputs, processes, outputs), and textiles theory (linings, finishes, smart materials). This broadens pupils’ knowledge across all D&T material areas, building towards GCSE NEA-style working and encouraging independence, sustainability, and creative problem solving.
Careers Link: Careers in electronics, programming, textiles, and product engineering. | Project Food & Nutrition (Beyond Healthy Eating)
Pupils expand their knowledge of food origins, nutrition, and sustainability, making cultural and scientific links. They develop independence in food preparation and apply knowledge of global food awareness, food science, and health. This ensures KS3 coverage of food alongside design-based projects.
Careers Link: Careers in food, nutrition, hospitality, and science. |
| English | The Outside in Literature: Modern novel study - The Bone Sparrow
Careers: Working for Change (Unifrog) | Worlds & Lives: non-fiction writing about our world | includes media literacy & multi-modal analysis
The power of language - argument and rhetoric
Careers: Environmental / nature writing
| Narrative & Genre: short story unit
| includes creative writing
| Worlds & Lives: contemporary voices in poetry (selection of poems);
Literature in performance: performance poetry | The Outsider in Literature: Modern novel - I am Thunder | Literary Heritage: Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Careers | working in the theatre
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| French | Recap:
My neighbourhood: places in town, activities you can do, ask and give directions, inviting people out
Grammar: prepositions, adjectives | My style: clothes, fashion, shopping, and musical tastes
Grammar: reflexive verbs, present tense, possessive adjectives, comparatives, superlatives | Holidays and festivals
Sport and daily routine
Grammar: future, I would like, perfect tense, , depuis | Celebrity and entertainment
Food and parties
Grammar: direct object pronouns, infinitive structures,impersonal structures, future tense, conditional | Transport and holidays, home
Grammar: Imperfect tense, si clauses, using all tenses fluently together | Freetime activities: music, film TV, technology
Grammar: Direct object pronouns, review of tenses and adjectival agreement |
| Geography | Changing weather and climate:
Introduction to weather and climate, how we measure, record and present the weather, climate of the UK, climate graphs, extreme weather in the UK, the water cycle, managing flooding, urban heat island effect, school microclimate fieldwork task and write up.
Careers: Jobs in weather and climate industries | Natural Hazards:
The Great Storm, geological timescales, rock types, hurricanes, volcanoes and earthquakes; evidence, cause, effect and response.
| People in the UK - challenges and opportunities:
Measuring population, use of the census, UK ageing population, population pyramids, international migration, internal migration, ethnic and cultural diversity. Poverty and homelessness.
Careers: Energy Engineer (unifrog) | Global challenges and opportunities:
Global development and how we measure development, inequality, food and water inequality - famine and obesity, health inequality, comparing healthcare in a HIC and a LIC.
Human Fieldwork Trip: Lincoln study and write up | Global challenges and opportunities:
Urbanisation, Squatter settlements, life in Dharavi, economic opportunity - the geography of chocolate (fairtrade), social challenge - cholera, environmental challenge - plastic in the ocean, political challenge - the geography of conflict zones, sustainable tourism. | Africa is not a country:
What is Africa like, African populations, The Sahara, Hot Deserts, Savanna and Tropical Rainforest Biomes, The Horn of Africa, Nigeria a Newly Emerging Economy and Opportunities in Nigeria. |
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| History | The late Tudor period, looking at the controversy surrounding Mary I. A special and obvious focus on Elizabeth I, concentrating on her weaknesses in 1558 and how she overcame them, with special attention on the Armada (causation). | The Stuart period is investigated with coverage of the gun powder plot and the causes of the English Civil War. Students expected to understand how both Parliament and Charles I were responsible for causing the war. Key event is re-enacting the trial of Charles I and Henrietta Maria (inc a consideration of the core features of a fair trial). | Complete the study of the Stuart period by studying the Inter-regnum (and interpretations of Cromwell), the Restoration and the Glorious Revolution. Start the period 1750-1900; looking at agricultural changes and the replacement of the Domestic System with the Factory System. | Industrial revolution continued with focus on the development of industrial cities and the importance of transport changes (including worker rights). This leads into a review of the British Empire, where it was, its impact on India and its relationship with the Atlantic slave trade. | Focus on the First World War, looking at its causes, 1914 recruitment and the development of trench warfare on the Western Front; special interest on living conditions in the trenches and the reasons why the First Day of the Battle of the Somme failed (consequences and interpretations). | Final unit is on World War Two. The key events studied are the causes, blitzkrieg in Poland, the Battle of Britain and the invasion of Russia. A look at the Home Front is carried out, leading to a series of lessons on the Holocaust. The concluding section looks at changes in the post-war period. |
| Mathematics | Unit 10: Sequences & Graphs – Sequences, nth term, pattern sequences, coordinates & line segments. Unit 1: Factors & Powers – Prime factor decomposition, index rules, estimation. STEM Link powers of 10.
Unit 2 - working with powers - simplifying, substituting & solving
TERM ASSESSMENT | Unit 3: shape – plans & elevations, surface area, volume, circle area & circumference, cylinders, Pythagoras’ theorem.
Unit 4: Real Life Graphs – Direct proportion, distance-time, rates of change, misleading graphs. FINANCE link – finance graphs.
TERM ASSESSMENT
| Unit 5: Transformations – Reflection, translation, rotation, enlargement, Combining transformations, similar shapes area & volume.
Unit 6: Fractions, Decimals & Percentages – Recurring decimals, percentage change inc repeated.
TERM ASSESSMENT | Unit 7: Constructions & loci
TERM ASSESSMENT
| Unit 8: Probability – Comparing probabilities, mutual exclusivity, estimating & experimental probability, diagrams, probability trees.
TERM ASSESSMENT | Unit 9: Scale drawings – Maps & scales, bearings, scales & ratio, congruent & similar shapes, solving geometry problems.
Theme park project covering scale diagrams, finance, design, statistical diagrams.
END OF YEAR ASSESSMENT
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| Music | ABRSM Grade 2 standard theory and aural skills
Introducing new note values. Students will learn to recognise, understand, compose and perform more complex rhythms using the Djembe’s or other percussion in a wider variety of simple time signatures.
| ABRSM Grade 2 standard theory and aural skills
Extending pitch of the treble and bass clef up to 2 ledger lines. Students will add wider pitch to their rhythm knowledge to play melodies on the keyboards focusing on seasonal Classical pieces and Popular Songs (Secular music).
| ABRSM Grade 2 standard theory and aural skills
Further keys and harmony. Students will extend the number of major keys they play in and learn about relative minor keys. This will include the difference between major and minor triads.
| ABRSM Grade 2 standard theory and aural skills
Expanding the compositional device of structure to include binary, ternary and rondo. Within small ensemble work students will compose and record their own pieces using formal western traditional harmonies and structures.
| ABRSM Grade 2 standard theory and aural skills
Extending vocabulary for elements of music and performance techniques. Students will work on their own performance pieces on their chosen instrument to give a rounded performance that is emotive.
| Utilising all their ks3 learning, students will work on large ensemble skills as a whole class to perform a different piece of music each lesson from a variety of popular genres. |
| Personal Development & Careers | HEALTH & WELLBEING
Drugs and Alcohol
Alcohol and drug misuse and pressures relating to drug use, supported by the Stay Safe Day ( hate crime, protected characteristics road safety, fire safety, alcohol and drug awareness, vaping, healthy relationships, domestic abuse, coercive behaviour) | LIVING IN THE WIDER WORLD
Careers - growth throughout life, explore possibilities, job applications, CV, challenges and rewards of work, create opportunities, lifestyle, balance life and work, what does success look like, careers and the climate.
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Discrimination
Discrimination in all its forms, including: racism, religious discrimination, disability, discrimination, sexism, homophobia, biphobia and transphobia | LIVING IN THE WILDER WORLD
Digital Literacy
Online safety, digital literacy, media reliability, and gambling hooks
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Identity and Relationships
Gender identity, sexual orientation, consent, sexting/dealing with coercive behaviour, and an introduction to contraception | HEALTH & WELLBEING
Emotional Wellbeing
Attitudes towards mental health how to challenge myths and stigma about daily wellbeing. How to manage emotions. How to develop digital resilience. Unhealthy coping strategies (e.g. self harm and eating disorders) vs healthy coping strategies. |
| Physical Education (non exam) | Football, Netball and Badminton
Further develop techniques and refine strategic play to outwit opponents including net games. Pupils will be able to demonstrate the essential elements of attack and defence, retain possession and create scoring opportunities. | Football, dance, hockey, rugby, basketball.
Further develop techniques and refine strategic play to outwit opponents including net games. Pupils will be able to demonstrate the essential elements of attack and defence. Further develop skills in choreography to produce performances. | Table tennis, fitness, volleyball
Further develop techniques and refine strategic play to outwit opponents in net games. Understanding of the benefits of physical activity, the structure of training programmes and variety in types of exercise. | Dodgeball, rugby, handball
Further develop techniques and refine strategic play to outwit opponents including net games. Pupils will be able to demonstrate the essential elements of attack and defence, retain possession and create scoring opportunities. | Athletics. Replicating and developing techniques in running, throwing and jumping events, implementing strategies to improve personal best, demonstrate essential elements of an event, aim to achieve personal best in at least two events. | Cricket and Rounders. Replicating and developing techniques, implementing and refining strategic play to outwit opponents in batting, bowling and fielding. |
| Religious Studies | What is Islam?
Beginnings and Belief;
Muhammad;
Rise to influence;
The split;
The Qu’ran;
Belief about God;
Prophets;
Life after death; | Christianity
Diversity within Christianity
What is the Bible?
Is Britain a Christian country?
Should women lead the Church?
Slavery and the Crusades
Prayer
Advent and Christmas | Islam in the modern world
The Five Pillars;
Prayer and the Mosque;
Ramadan and Eid -ul-Fitr;
What happens on Hajj?
What should women wear?
What is Jihad?
Islam in Britain
| Religion, crime and punishment.
Understanding Crime: Causes and Consequences
Religious Teachings on Right and Wrong
Punishment and Justice: Aims and Approaches
Forgiveness, Redemption and Reform
Modern Issues: Law, Morality and Society | What do religions say about the use of money and other resources?
Wealth, Poverty and Moral Responsibility
Religious Teachings on Money and Material Possessions
Charity, Generosity and Stewardship
Environmental Responsibility and Use of Natural Resources
Modern Challenges: Consumerism, Fair Trade and Ethical Living | Religion, peace and conflict. (Violence, War, Nuclear Weapons, Just War Theory, Pacifism)
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| Science | Biology 1 - Food and Digestion: Balanced diet, food nutrients, food tests, digestive system, model gut, malnutrition, energy in food. Chemistry 1 - Chemical reactions: Hazards, reactions, acids and alkalis, neutralisation, variables in science, rates of reaction, catalysts. | Physics 1 - Magnets and Electromagnets: Magnets, magnets in circuits, charge, current, voltage, magnetic fields, making electromagnets, static electricity. | Biology 2 - Respiration: Lund structure and function, breathing, asthma, lung diseases, aerobic and anaerobic respiration, fermentation. Chemistry 2 - The Periodic Table: Metals and non-metals, alkali metals, halogens, noble gases, reactivity, extracting metals. | Physics 2 - Heat and Energy: Kinetic theory, heat and temperature, conduction, convection, radiation, cooling, applications of energy transfer. | 8B3 - Inheritance and Selection: Interdependence, inheritance, modern food production, adaptation, Darwin, Mendel, DNA. Chemistry 3 - The Reactions of Metals: Displacement, naming and making salts (Acids and alkalis, bases, carbonates, metals)
| Physics 3 - The Earth in Space: Solar system, planets, days seasons years and moon phases, the life of stars, images from space, telescopes.
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