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What valuable knowledge can I expect my child to gain?

Department Vision Statement

Exam Groups

Why: We aim to maintain a high level of achievement in Science at KS4 and 5. 


How: Using the KS4 and 5 exam specifications as frameworks, we aim to develop more advanced knowledge and therefore skills around practicals, home learning, independent learning and performance in assessments.  We aim to evaluate the effectiveness of each system using tracking data and QA.


What: 

  1. Practicals: KS4 Required Practicals (RPs)  --> KS5 Practical Endorsement (CPAC)

  2. Home learning:  KS4 GCSE PPQs --> KS5 A-level PPQs

  3. Tests: KS4 topic tests and practice exams --> KS5 topic tests and practice exams

  4. Independent learning: KS4 revision reward days --> KS5 self-study

  5. Intervention and support: KS4 CtG and tracking data informs wave 1 teacher intervention in the classroom, students who are selected for 'Bump up Your Grade' and students who require extra support from JWA e.g. mentor time. --> KS5 RAP, drop ins and support after school.  Support on Frog: learner pathways, FrogPlay quizzes, revision support, textbook pages, RP sites, question practice.


Y7

Subject

Autumn Term

Spring Term

Summer Term

Biology

7B1 Cells

7B2 Variation & Reproduction

7B3 Adaptation

Home Learning:

7B1 Quiz

7B2 Quiz

7B3 Quiz

Chemistry

7C1 Particles

7C2 Acids & Alkalis

7C3 Chemical Reactions

Home Learning:

7C1 Quiz

7C2 Quiz

7C3 Quiz

Physics

7P1 Energy

7P2 Electricity

7P3 Forces & Space

Home Learning:

7P1 Quiz

7P2 Quiz

7P3 Quiz

Y8

Biology

8B1 Food & Digestion

8B2 Fit & Healthy

8B3 Microbes & Disease

Home Learning:

8B1 Quiz

8B2 Quiz

8B3 Quiz

Chemistry

8C1 Atoms & Elements

8C2 Compounds & Mixtures

8C3 Rate

Home Learning:

8C1 Quiz

8C2 Quiz

8C3 Quiz

Physics

8P1 Heat Transfer

8P2 Waves & Light

8P3 Magnetism & Sound

Home Learning:

8P1 Quiz

8P2 Quiz

8P3 Quiz

Y9

Biology

9B1 Inheritance

9B2 Respiration

9B3 Plants

Home Learning:

9B1 Quiz

9B2 HL Booklet

9B3 HL Booklet

Chemistry

9C1 Reactivity of Metals

9C2 Chemical Reactions

9C3 Resources & Pollution

Home Learning:

9C1 HL Booklet

9C2 HL Booklet

9C3 HL Quiz

Physics

9P1 Electricity

9P2 Hooke’s Law

9P3 Motion

Home Learning:

9P1 HL Booklet

9P2 HL Booklet

9P3 HL Quiz

Y10

Biology

B1 Cell Biology

B4.2 Respiration

B2 Organisation

B3 Infection & Response

B4.1 Photosynthesis

B7 Ecology

 

Home Learning:

~3 HL booklets per subject rotation

~3 HL booklets per subject rotation

~3 HL booklets per subject rotation

Chemistry

C1 Atomic Structure

C5 Energy Changes

C2 Structure & Bonding

C3 Quantitative Chemistry

C4 Reactions of Acids

C4 Chemical Changes

C7 Organic Chemistry

C9 Chemistry of the Atmosphere

Home Learning:

~3 HL booklets per subject rotation

~3 HL booklets per subject rotation

~3 HL booklets per subject rotation

Physics

P1 Energy

P3 Particle Model

P2 Electricity

P4 Atomic Structure

 

P5 Forces

Home Learning:

~3 HL booklets per subject rotation

~3 HL booklets per subject rotation

~3 HL booklets per subject rotation

Y11

Biology

B4.1 Photosynthesis

B7 Ecology

B5 Homeostasis & Response

B6 Inheritance & Evolution

Revision & Exams

Home Learning:

~3 HL booklets per subject rotation

~3 HL booklets per subject rotation

~3 HL booklets per subject rotation

Chemistry

C4 Chemical Changes

C7 Organic Chemistry

C9 Chemistry of the Atmosphere

C6 Rate of Reaction

C8 Chemical Analysis

C10 Using Resources

Revision & Exams

Home Learning:

~3 HL booklets per subject rotation

~3 HL booklets per subject rotation

~3 HL booklets per subject rotation

Physics

P5 Forces

P6 Waves

P7 Magnetism

Revision & Exams

Home Learning:

~3 HL booklets per subject rotation

~3 HL booklets per subject rotation

~3 HL booklets per subject rotation

Y12

Biology

1.     Lifestyle, Health & Risk

2.     Genes & Health

3.     Voice of the Genome

4.     Biodiversity

Statistical Tests, Revision & Starting Y13 Content

Home Learning:

~ 4 HL booklets per topic

~ 4 HL booklets per topic

~ 4 HL booklets per topic

Chemistry

Atomic Structure, Amount of Substance, Bonding & Organic Chemistry

Energetics, Rate, Equilibrium, Redox, Group 2 and 7

Halogenoalkanes, Alkenes, Alcohols, Transition Metals

Home Learning:

14 HL booklets across the year

14 HL booklets across the year

14 HL booklets across the year

Physics

Particles, Radiation &

Electricity

Mechanics, Materials, Waves & Optics

Further Mechanics & Thermal Physics

Home Learning:

~ 4 HL booklets per topic

~ 4 HL booklets per topic

~ 4 HL booklets per topic

Y13

Biology

5.     On the Wild Side

6.     Immunity, Infection & Forensics

7.     Run for your Life

8.     Grey Matter

Revision & Exams

Home Learning:

4 HL booklets per topic

~ 4 HL booklets per topic

~ 4 HL booklets per topic

Chemistry

Transition Metals, Carbonyls, Benzene, Polymers, Biochemistry &Thermodynamics

Organic Synthesis, NMR, Rate, Acids & Bases, Kp and Electrode Potentials

Revision & Exams

Home Learning:

16 HL Booklets across the year

16 HL Booklets across the year

16 HL Booklets across the year

Physics

Further Mechanics & Thermal Physics

Fields, Nuclear Physics & Turning Points

Revision & Exams

Home Learning:

~ 4 HL booklets per topic

~ 4 HL booklets per topic

~ 4 HL booklets per topic

 

Overview & Timetable
Essential Knowledge Year 9
Team

Meet the Team

Mrs R Beatson

Curriculum Area Leader: Science

Mr G Unwin

Second in Department

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