Year 8 Revision List
Drama
All pupils will take part in a practical exam. This will be based on Fantastic Mr Fox (extracts have been distributed, preparation has started in class and it will be performed at the end of November)
English
Word Level:
Commonly used homophones
Plurals of words
Adjectives
Nouns: proper and common
Words and meanings
Sentence Level:
Punctuation – capital letters / full stops / question marks
Writing in full sentences
Text Level:
Literary Comprehension
Different genre
Understanding character
French
8EY, FR, SJ, GP
Greetings
Classroom objects
Places in town eg street house
Family
Questions
Rooms in a house/where you live
Nos 1-100
Days of the week
Classroom language/commands
Avoir
Masculine/ feminine
Un /une/des
Le/la /les
French
8RP
Greetings
Name
Age
Classroom objects
Questions
Nos 1-31
Days of the Week and Months of Year
Classroom language
Geography
What is Geography?
- The 3 strands of Geography and examples of each: physical, human and environmental
Where do we live?
- The geography of Northern Ireland: county names, location of towns
- The physical geography of Northern Ireland: rivers, mountains, loughs and seas
- The geography of Ireland: the provinces, seas around Ireland
- The geography of the British Isles: countries and capitals
- The geography of the world: continent names, countries in each continent, cities in each continent, ocean names
- Lines of latitude and longitude
Map skills:
- Compass points: 4 and 8 point compass
- Drawing and recognising plan views
- Using scale
- OS symbols (all symbols and what they mean)
- 4 figure grid references
- 6 figure grid references
- Measuring height using layer colouring, spot heights and contours
History
Booklets-
- Who Am I?
- What is History?
- Why did the Normans come to England?
Home Economics
Personal Hygiene– What you should do before preparing food
Accidents in the home– How accidents can happen and what is in a first aid kit
Basic equipment- names of each item and what each can be used for in the kitchen
Weighing & measuring– ways of measuring, the units for measuring and how to measure and weigh items
The cooker– the parts of the cooker and what they are used for
All spellings on the front of all of the above booklets.
Maths
8EY, 8FR, 8SJ, 8GP
Number – Prime, Square, Multiples, Factors, Division, Multiplication, Decimals
Symmetry – Line (Mirror) and Rotational
Metric units – length, mass, capacity
Angles – Measuring angles, angles on a straight line, angles around a point, angles in a triangle and angles in a quadrilateral, angles in parallel lines
Fractions – Shading a shape, ½ = 50%
Tally Charts/Bar Charts – Create both and ensure correct labelling on bar chart e.g. title and axis labels.
Pictogram – Be able to produce a pictogram, include key
Co-ordinates – identify plotted co-ordinates, plot a range of co-ordinates
Maths
8RP
Number Patterns:
- Odds & evens
- Number patterns – give the next 5 terms in a pattern and write down the rule of a number pattern.
- Factors, multiples, primes, writing a number as a product of its prime factors (factor trees)
- Function machines – input, output and finding the rule.
Arithmetic:
- Rounding numbers to the nearest 10 and 100
- General number work – addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, times tables and long multiplication.
- Powers
- BODMAS
Shape:
- Identify polygons
Religious Education
- Friendship
- Abraham
- Christmas Story
Pupils will need to revise all notes in their notebook/folder.
Science
Chemical Changes
Living Things WS 1 & 2
In addition to these topics there will also be questions for which pupils cannot revise e.g.
Drawing & interpreting line graphs
Bar charts
Tables
Fair testing
Comprehensions
Also pupils should ensure that they can spell and understand the meaning of the key words.
Technology
Flashing Lights project (parts and function).
Health and Safety in the workshop.
Metals – Types and uses.
Wood – Types and uses.
Plastics – Types and uses.