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Curriculum Details - 2024/2025 (Current)
| Subject | Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 | Term 4 | Term 5 | Term 6 |
| Biology | Classification and the development of understanding of genetics and evolution: Variation, evolution, selective breeding, genetic engineering, speciation (Biology only), fossils and classification. | Adaptation, interdependence and competition, organisation of ecosystems: Communities, adaptation, carbon and water cycles, decomposition (Biology only). Required practicals 9 and 10. | Biodiversity and the effects of human interactions on ecosystems: Waste management, land use, global warming, deforestation, maintaining biodiversity. | Trophic levels and food production: Factors effecting food security, farming techniques, sustainable fishing, biotechnology (Biology only). Review of fundamental ideas, revision technique, advice and exam skills and exam question practice. | Review of fundamental ideas, including a complete summary of required practical activities. Revision technique advice and exam skills and exam question practice. | Independent preparation and completion of external exams: Biology and Trilogy. Transition work including a choice of tasks on statistical analysis, DNA, biochemistry, gaseous exchange and the biological significance of water. Booklet of key concepts that form the foundation of the study of Biology. |
| Business Studies | Marketing - identifying and satisfying customer needs, segmentation, market research, 'product' in the marketing mix including product differentiation, product lifecycle and product portfolio (Boston matrix), | Marketing - 'price' - methods and factors influencing price, 'Promotion' - methods and the factors influencing the selection, 'Place' - distribution channels. Ethical considerations and consumer law, E/M commerce, digital communication, globalisation and the competitive environment. | Finance - sources of finance, both internal and external, how interest rates affect businesses, both positively and negatively, cash flow and ethical considerations related to the financial operations within a business. | Finance - financial terms and calculations, exchange rates for businesses that import/export, average rate of return covering why businesses need to invest, the importance of breaking even and how this can be calculated. | Finance - financial statements including the income statement and balance sheet - the reasons for preparing them, the importance of them and components of each. Interpreting data from financial statements and making judgements on performance. | Develop your knowledge of ‘real world’ business issues, including reading appropriate newspapers/watching appropriate programmes on TV, including the News, ‘The Apprentice’, and ‘Dragons Den’. Use the websites provided in order to do some further reading around the subject. |
| Chemistry | Organic Chemistry 2 (Separate only): Reactions of alkenes, study of alcohols, carboxylic acids and esters.Addition and condensation polymerisation, including naturally occurring polymers such as DNA. | Electrolysis: molten and aqueous examples, half equations and redox. Including required practical - the electrolysis of aqueous solutions. Fuel cells and batteries (Separate only) | Chemical analysis: pure substances and formulations, chromatography, testing for gases. Separate only: Flame testing, testing for cations and anions, instrumental analysis. | Equilibria: Le Chatelier, the effect of changing concentration, pressure, temperature on eqm. Separate: eqm & the Haber process, fertilisers. Using resources: Potable water, water treatment, including req. practical. Metal extraction, LCAs. Separate: Corrosion, alloys, ceramics, polymers, composites | Review of fundamental ideas, including a complete summary of required practical activities. Revision technique advice and exam skills and exam question practice. | Independent preparation for and completion of external exams: Chemistry and Trilogy. Transition work including the research and summary of the development of atomic theory from first ideas to present day and booklet of key concepts that form the foundation of the study of Chemistry. |
| Computer Science | Programming 4 - Files and Formatting Software and classification of programming languages. system, application and utility software. We also have a close look at the functions of the operating system. | Networks 2 - The TCP/IP 4 Layer Model Environmental, ethical and legal issues relating to computing. | Revision - Y9 topics. | Revision - Y10 topics. | Revision - Targeted topic revision. | Programming Projects - working on developing the programming skills to produce tasks ready for larger programming writing at A Level. |
| Design Technology | Non-examined element; Writing of a specification. Generation of initial ideas. Review of initial ideas. 3.3.4.1 Generate imaginative ideas 3.3.5 Communication of design ideas 3.3.7 Selection of materials and components | Non-examined element; Development of design ideas into a chosen design. Review of chosen idea. 3.3.10 Specialist tools and equipment 3.3.11 Specialist techniques and processes 3.3.4.2 Explore and develop ideas 3.3.6 Prototype development 3.3.9 Material management HL Revision Mock | Section Completion of Section E Section F Evaluation of product Evaluation against specification Client feedback Submit coursework | Review coursework and ensure evidence is in place for all sections of the coursework. Revision for main exam | Revision for main exam assignments to be submitted onto teams leading up to the exam in June. | Revision for main exam assignments to be submitted onto teams leading up to the exam in June. |
| English | Language skills - revision and development Literary Heritage: Shakespeare play (Romeo and Juliet or Macbeth) | Language skills - revision and development Literary Heritage: Shakespeare play (Romeo and Juliet or Macbeth) | Poetry Anthology and Language skills | Poetry Anthology and Language skills | In Terms 3-5, students focus on deepening their knowledge and understanding of their literature texts and further securing their language skills. | Transition work for Literature broadens students' experience of great texts through a diverse and engaging summer reading list and a small literature project. Language work introduces new topics including a small project on idiolect. |
| French | Theme 1 - Me, my family and my friends, technology in everyday life and free-time Skills: role-play, photo card and general conversation for speaking exam | Theme 1 - Customs and festivals Theme 2 - Home and local area and social issues All skills revision for mocks | Theme 2 - Holidays and global issues Theme 3 - Life at school, future academic plans and work | Prepare for exam series with a range of revision sessions on each skill area. Focus on technique for speaking exam. | Revision and external exams | |
| Geography | 3.1.1.1 Natural hazards - types and factors affecting. 3.1.1.2 Tectonic hazards - plate tectonic theory, plate margins, earthquakes; cause, effect, response and management. | 3.3.2 Fieldwork - Human Fieldwork Trip to Lincoln. 3.1.1.3 Weather hazards - atmospheric circulation model, tropical storms; characteristics, cause, effect, response and management. Extreme weather; causes, impacts and management strategies. | 3.1.1.4 Climate change - evidence for climate change, cause; natural and human, effects and managing climate change. | 3.2.3.1 Resource management - food, water and energy. 3.2.3.4 Energy - areas of surplus and deficit, factors affecting energy availability, impacts of energy insecurity, strategies to increase energy supply, renewable energy supplies. 3.3.1 Issue evaluation | GCSE Pre-Release Material Revision | Pre-reading for A level Changing Places: Using 3 locations you visit over the summer, describe the sense of place and place perception in that area. |
| German | Theme 1 - Me, my family and my friends, technology in everyday life and free-time Skills: role-play, photo card and general conversation for speaking exam | Theme 1 - Customs and festivals Theme 2 - Home and local area and social issues Skills: Listening, reading, speaking and writing for the Mocks | Theme 2 - Holidays and global issues Theme 3 - Life at school, future academic plans and work Skills: answering in German and in English for the reading and listening exams | Prepare for exam series with a range of revision sessions on each skill area. Focus on technique for speaking exam. | Speaking exam - exam prep plus actual exam Reading and listening exam - exam prep and actual exam Writing exam - exam prep | |
| History | Medicine through Time, 1250 - present; Section A topics; medical treatment and developments during WWI. Then Section B topic, on causal theories, medical treatments and preventative measures during the medieval period 1250-1500. | Medicine Through Time, 1250 - present; Section B topics on casual theories, medical treatments and preventative measures in the Renaissance period (1500-1750) and the 18th and 19th centuries. Case studies on the Black Death & Plague and surgery. | Medicine Through Time 1250 - present; Section B topics on casual theories, medical treatments and preventative measures for the period 1900 to the present. Case Studies Fleming, Florey and Chain. | Finish off the period 1900 to the present, with special focus on how the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer has developed. Revision will then start based on programmes worked out specifically for the year group/classes. | Main revision period, with emphasis on exam style questions, expectations of each type and practising planning and answering. | Summer Work set for Russian Revolution Unit - students are given a list of key terms which they need to research meanings for. |
| Mathematics | Circle theorems - use for geometric proof and problem solving. Trigonometry – Sine & cosine rule, area of a triangle. Volume & SA – cones, spheres, pyramids & frustums. STEM link – convert between units of measure. TERM ASSESSMENT – CALCULATOR PAPER | Algebra – Review basics, factorising, algebraic fractions, change the subject. Bounds of accuracy; truncation, error intervals, calculations of bounds. ASSESSMENT – Mock examination – GCSE calculator paper | Revision topic identified from mock examinations. Vectors – notation, column, scalar multiples, combining, length, resultant, geometric proof. ASSESSMENT - January mock examination to complete series of 3 papers. | Revision topic Proportion – review direct & inverse Proof – Algebraic Graphs – transformations, area under, gradient of, trig functions. ASSESSMENT – regular GCSE papers. | Revision - topic targeted and approach to different questions. | Exams Over the summer, 7 tasks are set on TEAMS for those who have chosen to do A Level maths, depending on achieving the entry grade. |
| Physical Education | Key practical areas in focus for final assessment TOPIC 6: Cardio-respiratory system. Students develop an understanding of structure and function of the cardiovascular system and respiratory system with application to sports performance. | Key practical areas in focus for final assessment TOPIC 6: Cardio-respiratory system completed TOPIC 6 test TOPIC 7: Ethical issues. Students develop understanding of issues affecting sport such as sportsmanship, hooliganism and PEDs | TOPIC 7 test on ethical issues TOPIC 8: Biomechanics and movement analysis. Students to develop understanding of how muscles work to produce movement, lever systems and planes and axes of movement, along with application to sporting action. | Revision and final practical moderation. | Examination preparation | |
| Physical Education (non exam) | Team Games, Health and Fitness. Demonstrate elements of attack and defence, be able to referee small sided games accurately and be able to plan personal programmes of exercise and develop their analysis skills. | Team Games, Boxercise and Table Tennis. Aim to get the ball to land in the target area so that the opponent cannot return it, be able to score accurately and officiate tennis games, develop self-confidence and resilience. | Team Games. Develop techniques and refine strategic play to outwit opponents, be able to demonstrate the essential elements of attack and defence, accurately officiate games, lead coaching sessions, suggest improvements and implement practices based upon those suggestions. | Badminton, Dance, Health and Fitness, Football. Develop resilience, confidence and team work through a range of challenging tasks. Plan own programmes of work and improve these based on analysis made. | Summer option activities before exams. Rounders, cricket, badminton. The focus is on stress-relief, and the use of physical activity as a means to overcome mental anxiety. | |
| Physics | density of materials, required practical 5, changes of state, internal energy and energy transfers, changes of state and specific latent heat, particle motion in gases, pressure in gases (physics only) | Structure of an atom, mass number, atomic number and isotopes, development of the model of the atom, radioactive decay and nuclear radiation, nuclear equations, half-life, hazards and uses of radiation (physics only), nuclear fission and fusion (physics only) | Poles of a magnet, magnetic fields, the motor effect, electromagnetism, Fleming's left hand rule, electric motors, loudspeakers (physics only), induced potential (physics only), transformers and the national grid (physics only) | Our solar system, the life cycle of a star, orbital motion, natural and artificial satellites, red shift (all physics only) Trilogy group begins revisiting ideas from year 9 and 10 to target problem areas and build familiarity with exam questions. | Review of fundamental ideas, including a complete summary of required practical activities. Revision technique advice and exam skills and exam question practice. | Independent preparation and completion of external exams: Physics and Trilogy. Transition work including a choice of research tasks on cosmology, cold temperatures, quantum mechanics, medical physics or other physics topic. Booklet of key concepts that form the foundation of the study of Physics. |
| PSHE | Health and well-being. Building for the future - Self-efficacy, stress management, and future opportunities. (careers) | Living in the wider world. (careers) Next steps - Application processes, and skills for further education, employment and career progression. | Relationships. Communication in relationships - Personal values, assertive communication (including in relation to contraception and sexual health), relationship challenges and abuse. | Health and well-being. Independence - Responsible health choices, and safety in independent contexts. | Relationships. Families - Different families and parental responsibilities, pregnancy, marriage and forced marriage and changing relationships. | N/A |
| Spanish | Theme 1 - Me, my family and my friends, technology in everyday life and free-time Skills: role-play, photo card and general conversation for speaking exam | Theme 1 - Customs and festivals Theme 2 - Home and local area and social issues Revision of all skills for the mocks | Theme 2 - Holidays and global issues Theme 3 - Life at school, future academic plans and work Skills: answering in Spanish and in English for the reading and listening exams | Prepare for exam series with a range of revision sessions on each skill area. Focus on technique for speaking exam. | Speaking exam Reading and listening: revision and exam preparation Writing exam: revision and exam preparation |