Curriculum Overview for Year 9
Curriculum Overview for Year 9
- Autumn Term
Comparing language over time and close reading of text
Writing: Skills developed through planning, drafting and writing an extended essay
Spoken Language: Developed through various drama activities / English
- Spring Term
Close examination of character, plot and setting.
Writing: Skills developed include analysis of language and meaning.
Spoken Language: Developed through activities linked to the play /
- Summer Term
Performance from a
text
This will signal the start of their GCSE Drama accreditation.
Work will be externally assessed by WJEC moderator / Art & Design
- Autumn Term
- Spring Term
- Summer Term
Autumn
- 2D animation
- Databases
- Mobile phone application
- Web Design
- Business Project combining ICT and computing skills
Design & Technology
- Food Technology / Catering (Food tech)
- Hygine food safety (Food tech
- Using different cooking equipment
- Healthy eating (Food tech
- Preparing and cooking fruit and vegetables
- Food foraging (Food tech
- Shopping (Food tech
- Forming and shaping (Design)
- Advance design using CAD Cam (Design)
- Student Project showing Design Cycle (Design)
•AUTUMN
•Weather, climate, climate change
•SPRING
•Glaciation
•SUMMER
•International development and economic activity
- Autumn
- Add, subtract, multiply & divide integers
- Inverse operations.
- Ordering numbers
- Use & convert between metric units.
- Angles
- Spring
- 2D and 3D shapes
- Extract & interpret information from a range of tables, graphs & charts
- Construct, on paper and using ICT, a range of graphs and charts
- Use average and range to make comparisons
- Summer
- Plot the graphs of simple linear functions – identify parallel & perpendicular lines
- Algebra
- Solve simple equations
- Brackets
- Substitute integers into simple formulae
Audiology
- To know own audiogram and to be able to explain what this means in terms of being able to access speech and/or environmental sounds.
- To be independent in maintaining own hearing devices (re-tubing earmoulds etc)
- Autumn
In depth study of deaf organisation - Spring
Development of candidates’ conversational skills in British Sign Language (Level 1, Unit 103 & Level 2, Unit 201) - Summer
In depth study of BSL linguistics (informal and formal Registers, changes in language in relation to period of time and the influences of technology)
Science
Autumn
Health
Earth and Atmosphere
Force and Motion
Spring
Shaping for life
Rocks
Balanced Force and Pressure in Fluids
Summer
Start KS4 pathway
Options are:
1)Entry Level Certificate
2)BTEC L2 in Applied Science
GCSE Science / Enquiring Minds
Term 1
Structured enquiry
Can we build a better future?
Term 2
Support enquiry
What is our relationship to the environment?
Term 3
Open enquiry
What is truth?
Physical Education
- Term 1 – Improve attacking and defensive principles through invasion games
- Term 2 – Improve gymnastic and individual skills
- Term 3 – Improve striking and fielding techniques through Tennis, rounders and cricket
- Also students will have the opportunity to participate in a range of sports and activities including golf, climbing and swimming
Making Informed Career Choices
– Applying for Jobs & Courses
– Sex & Relationships Education
– Emotional Wellbeing
– Diversity, Prejudice & Discrimination