Curriculum Guide
Year 9
2015 – 2016
ACHIEVEMENT  SUCCESS  PROFESSIONALISM  INTEGRITY  RESPECT  ENDEAVOUR
KS4 Curriculum Guide 2015/16 – Year 9
Dear Parent / Carer
In this booklet you will find information regarding the courses your son / daughter is currently studying. This
includes the key content and skills being taught and the opportunities for assessment throughout the year.
We place great importance on working in partnership with parents and carers to support our students in
achieving their full potential. We therefore hope you find this booklet useful in helping you understand what the
students are working on and in encouraging them to plan their independent study at home effectively.
Yours faithfully
Mrs A Jones
Deputy Headteacher
ACHIEVEMENT  SUCCESS  PROFESSIONALISM  INTEGRITY  RESPECT  ENDEAVOUR
Year 9 – GCSE English (GCSE transition year)
Autumn
Autumn Term 1
GCSE English Literature
Animal Farm by George Orwell
This topic allows students to learn and develop
the skills needed for the Contemporary Fiction
section in the GCSE English Literature exam.
They will also develop comprehension skills
needed for the GCSE English Language exam.
Autumn Term 2
GCSE English Language
Reading and Writing skills
This topic allows students to learn and develop
the non-fiction reading and transactional writing
skills needed for the GCSE English Language
exam. They will also develop comprehension
skills needed for the exam.
Spring
Spring Term 1
GCSE English Language
Creative Writing
This topic allows students to learn and develop the
creative writing skills needed for the GCSE English
Language exam.
Spring Term 2
GCSE English Literature
Poetry
This topic allows students to explore the poetry
anthology they will use in the GCSE Literature
exams. Students will practise independent poetry
analysis, as well as learning the skills to compare
different poets’ work.
Summer
Summer Term 1
GCSE English Language and Literature
Revision
Students will have the opportunity to revise some of
the key skills and texts we have studied in
preparation for their formal exam week. Students will
also practise various revision techniques and
approaches.
Summer Term 2
GCSE English Literature
19th Century Novel
This topic allows students to learn and develop the
skills needed for the Pre-1914 section in the GCSE
English Literature exam. They will also develop
comprehension skills needed for the GCSE English
Language exam.
Assessment and Exams

Animal Farm Literature assessment – by Friday 23rd October

Non-Fiction Reading and Transactional Writing Language assessments – by Friday 11th December

Creative Writing Language assessment – by Friday 25th February

Exam Week (week commencing 18th May):
Literature exam – Animal Farm and Poetry
Language exam – Non-Fiction Reading and Transactional Writing

19th Century Literature assessment – by Friday 24th June
Year 9 Mathematics
Autumn
Geometry and
Measure 1
Angles
Properties of shapes
Pythagoras’
Theorem
Circles
Trigonometry
Congruence
Similarity
Number 1
Fractions, decimals,
percentages.
Indices
Standard Index
Form
Probability 1
Probability
(experimental and
theoretical)
Relative Frequency
Sampling
Algebra 1
Solving Equations
Expanding and
Factorising
Substituting
numbers into
formulae
Changing the
subject
Simultaneous
Equations
Spring
Geometry and Measure
2
Plans and Elevations
Nets
Transformations
Scale
Bearings
Compound Measures
Scale Factors
Circle Theorems
Number 2
Percentages
Ratio
Order of Operations
Proportion
Statistics 1
Surveys
Data collection
Two way tables
Pie charts
Stem and Leaf
Diagrams
Scatter Diagrams
Discrete and
Continuous data
Summer
Number 3
Rounding
Ratio
Estimating
Bounds
Algebra 3
Real life graphs
Distance/time Graphs
Quadratic Graphs
Algebra 2
Inequalities
Sequences
Coordinates
Linear Graphs
Trial and Improvement
Probability&Statistics
2
Averages
Patterns in data
Interpretting graphs
Scatter Graphs
Tree Diagrams
Geometry and
Measure 3
Loci
Construction
Area and Perimeter
Volume
Surface Area
Assessment and Exams
End of Term Test
and Teacher
Assessment.
End of Term Test
and Teacher
Assessment.
End of Term Test and
Teacher Assessment.
End of Term Test and
Teacher Assessment.
Full past exam paper
during exam week.
End of Year Test and
Teacher Assessment.
Autumn
Year 9 Science – AQA
Spring
B1 – Cells
 Animal and plant cells
 Microscopes
 Specialised cells
 Chromosomes
B2 – Principles of organisation
 Organisational hierarchy
 Digestive system
 Respiratory system
 Circulatory system
 Lifestyle
B3 – Communicable diseases
 Viral, bacterial, fungal and protest diseases
C1 – Atomic structure and the Periodic
Table
B4 - Bioenergetics
 Photosynthesis
 Respiration
B5 – Homeostasis and response
 Homeostasis
 Nervous system
 Human reaction times
B6 – Inheritance, variation and evolution
 Variation
 Classification
 DNA
 Genetic inheritance
C7 – Organic chemistry
Summer
P1 – Forces
P2 – Energy
C2 – Bonding, structure and properties of
matter
P3 – Waves
C3 – Quantitative chemistry
P4 – Electricity
C4 – Chemical changes
P5 – Magnets
C5 – Energy changes
P6 – Particle model of matter
C6 – The rate and extent of chemical
change
P7 – Atomic structure
P8 – Space
C8 – Chemical analysis
C9 – Chemistry and the atmosphere
C10 – Using resources
B7 – Ecology
 Adaptations
 Communities
 Levels of organisation
 Biodiversity
Assessment and Exams
Formal exam at the end of each half term
Ongoing teacher assessment
Formal exam at the end of each half term
Ongoing teacher assessment
Formal exam at the end of each half term
Ongoing teacher assessment
Autumn
Year 9 - Modern Foreign Languages
Winter
Spring
Summer
Leisure:
School:
Personal Relationships:
Students are to complete work
around family an pets, physical and
personality descriptions, personal
relationships, home life daily routine.
Students are to complete work on
school subjects, opinions of school
subjects, the structure of the school
day, descriptions of school, school
uniform, school rules and ideal
school.
Skills to include listening, speaking,
reading, writing, translation and
transcribing.
Skills to include listening, speaking,
reading, writing, translation and
transcribing
The world of work:
Students are to complete
work on jobs, work
experience, places of work
and future plans.
Skills to include listening,
speaking, reading, writing,
translation and transcribing.
Students are to complete
work on free time, hobbies
and pastimes, sport and
leisure pursuits, advantages
and disadvantages of leisure
plans, arranging plans for
free time, ideal leisure time if
time and money were
inconsequential.
Skills to include listening,
speaking, reading, writing,
translation and transcribing.
Assessment and Exams
Students are to complete practice listening and reading papers over the course of the year.
Speaking exams will follow the format of the new style of GCSE tasks, with students completing one type of task during each assessment
period.
Writing to be assessed using the format of the new GCSE style of questions.
Year 9 - Geography
Spring
Autumn
Summer
AQA examination board - Course 8035
Physical landscapes of the
UK:
Continued….
River landforms contd.
River Landscapes in the UK:
The water cycle and features
of the river drainage basin.
Changes on the long and
cross profile of river the
drainage basin from source
to mouth
River processes:
Erosion; Transportation;
& Deposition
River landforms resulting
from the above processes to
include waterfalls, oxbow
lakes, levees and estuaries.
Case study of a UK river
valley
Factors that affect the
risk of a flood
Hydrographs and factors
affecting river discharge
Causes and effects of
floods in rich and poor
countries
Challenges in the
Human
Environment:
Economic
development and
quality of life around
the world – measuring
development and
factors affecting it.
Reducing the global
development gap –
aid, technology etc.
Continued…..
Promoting
tourism to help
develop a nation.
Case study of a
country to
examine changes
in industry and
development –
the factors that
have led to this
and the impacts
of it.
Managing population
change in a country
Flood management in
the UK; hard and soft
engineering and a case
study of such a scheme
Cont’d:
Economic change and
futures in the UK
Physical landscapes
of the UK:
Coastal landscapes in
the UK:
Wave type and
characteristics.
Continued…..
Landforms created by
erosion and deposition
processes
The costs and benefits
of protecting the
coastline.
A case study of a UK
coastal management
scheme.
Coastal processes Erosion;
Transportation;
& Deposition.
Weathering and mass
movement.
Assessment and Exams
A combination of short and long answer practice exam questions set during lessons and as homework tasks at suitable points
throughout the year.
Practice papers to
include a whole year
review
Throughout the three years the key skills we focus on are: reading and writing skills, fieldwork skills, map work skills, listening skills, decision making
skills, presentation skills, revision skills, examination technique and AFL skills, interpretation skills, graphing skills, data collection and analysis skills,
thinking skills, independent working skills as well as collaborative working skills.
Year 9 - History
Spring
Autumn
Introduction to history
Developing research skills
Causation: Manchester
bombings
Conflict and tension –
1918-1939
Conflict and tension 19181939
Conflict and tension
1918- 1939
Peacemaking
Causation: Manchester
bombings
Causation: Religion in Tudor
Times
Causation: Control in Ireland
Causation: A brief history of
Ireland
Causation: Oliver Cromwell
Causation: Potato Famine
Causation: Home rule
League of Nations and
international peace
League of Nations and
international peace
(continued)
Origins and outbreak of
WW2
(continued)
Origins and outbreak of
WW2
Summer
Germany
1890-1945
Democracy
and
dictatorship
Germany
1890-1945
Democracy
and
dictatorship
Germany
and the
growth of
democracy
Germany
and the
depression
Experiences
of the
Germans
under the
Nazis
Assessment
Practice summative exam questions
Autumn
Year 9 - Art
Spring
Summer
Project 1 : ‘Cultural Study’
Students choose a culture to study.
Initially introduced to the work of artists
and craftspeople who are Australian,
African or Egyptian.
Using research methods students are to
find examples of imagery, icons,
lettering or pattern which clearly
illustrate the culture selected.
From the research students will produce
drawings and designs using a range of
media.
Based on the culture studied by each student
a series of personal responses will be made,
these will include
 A silk painting
 A relief piece - panel or frame
 A 3D model or construction
Completed work will be arranged in the form
of a resource board or altered book which
illustrates the culture.
Students will be taught skills and
processes using a variety of media
(including drawing, painting, print
making and 3-D).
Project 2: 'Man-made objects'
-Machines and Cogs
Students will be given images and real
examples of machine and engine parts;
from these drawings and other works will be
made using a range of black/white
(monochromatic) and colour
(polychromatic) media.
As a development from the studies 3d work
will be conducted. Modelling and
construction techniques will be taught and
students will create a model or sculpture
based on 'Machines and Cogs'.
Assessment and Exams
On-going progress is recorded based on sketchbook work and other supportive drawings, designs and models. As homeworks are set
and returned, these are assessed and recorded to inform progress to target. Students’ work is marked according to the exam-board
Assessment Objectives: ‘Developing Ideas’, ‘Using resources media and materials’, ‘ Recording Ideas and observations’ and ‘Making a
personal Response’.
Exam: In May an exam based on 'Man-made objects' will be set, this will be a drawing-based activity and will test students’ abilities to
observe and record from source materials provided.
Autumn
Unit 1 – Introduction to Small Business
 Spotting a Business Opportunity
(Autumn 1)
 Showing Enterprise (Autumn 2)
Year 9 – Business Studies
Spring
Summer
Unit 1 – Introduction to Small Business
Unit 1 – Introduction to Small Business
 Putting a Business Idea into Practice
 Understanding the Economic Context
(Spring 1)
(Summer 1)
+
 Making the start-up effective (Spring 2)
Unit 2 – Investigating Small Business
 Introductory Tasks
 Mock Controlled Assessment (Summer
2)
Assessment and Exams
Unit 1 Mock Exam 1(Dec)
Unit 1 Mock Exam 2 (Feb)
Unit 1 Mock Exam 3 (Apr)
Unit 1 Mock Exam 4 (Jun)
Unit 2 Mock Controlled Assessment (Internal
Deadline July 2016)
Autumn
AUTUMN TERM 1
Health, safety and hygiene

Personal hygiene – hand washing, general body hygiene, reporting
sickness, protective clothing.

Food safety – cleanliness, temperature control, cooking, monitoring
and storage. The main points of the Food Safety Act.

Common causes of food contamination.

Common types of food poisoning.

Health and Safety – common health and safety signs, fire
precautions, safe use of equipment. The main points of the Health
and Safety at Work Act.

Simple first aid procedures.

Risk Assessment – identification and control of hazards (HACCP).
Health and Safety Executive five-point plan. Fire Regulations.
The industry - food and drink

Types of establishments that provide food and drink.

Contract caterers.

The type of services available in different establishments to include
self-service, fast food, cafeteria, take-away,
AUTUMN TERM 2
Food preparation, cooking and presentation
•
The importance of colour, texture, flavour, shape, temperature and
time.
•
The customers' needs.
•
A wide range of culinary skills.
•
Appropriate methods of cooking.
•
Appropriate methods of presentation.
•
The following terms:
- accompaniments - flambé- al dente - garnish- au gratin – juliennebain-marie - marinade- brûlée - mise en place- bouquet garni –
purée- coulis - reduce- croûtons - roux- en croûte - sauté- entrée
•
the selection, storage, preparation and serving of:
- Meat, poultry, Fish, Eggs, Dairy products, Cereals, flour, rice,
pasta, Vegetables, Fruit, Convenience products, Sauces, Basic
dough products, Basic pastry products, Cakes, sponges and
scones
Y9 – Food and Nutrition
Spring
SPRING TERM 1
Nutrition and menu planning

Functions and sources of the main nutrients.

Current healthy eating guidelines.

Vegetarian choices, nut allergies, wheat intolerance,
lactose intolerance.

Types of menu - table d'hôte, à la carte and themed.
Specialist equipment
•
Small and large scale catering equipment
hand equipment
powered equipment.
•
Small and large scale food service equipment
hand equipment
powered equipment.
•
The safe use, care and cleaning of food preparation and
service equipment.
SPRINT TERM 2
Costing and portion control :

Costing raw materials for a range of food items using
standard recipes.

The appropriate methods of portion control and their
significance.
Environmental considerations

Conservation of energy and water, when preparing
food.

Reduce, re-use and recycle waste in the preparing
and serving of meals.

Why it is important for the industry to address these
areas e.g. sustainability.
Summer
SUMMER TERM 1
Job roles, employment opportunities and relevant
training
 Management – Manager, Assistant Manager.
 Chefs – Head, Second (Sous), Pastry, Larder, Sauce,
Vegetable, Assistant (Commis).
 Food and Drink Service – Restaurant Manager,
Waiting Staff.
Communication and record keeping
 The importance of sound communication.
 Types of communication used, e.g. verbal, written,
telephones, fax, ICT (e-mail, Internet).
 Which type of communication is appropriate to the
circumstance.
 The need for accurate, appropriate record keeping.
 Different methods of record keeping used in – stock
control, data logging and restaurant bookings.
SUMMER TERM 2


Mock task 1 controlled assessment course work.
Including – research, reasons for choice, planning,
developing and making dishes, and evaluation.
Practical lessons will focus on food preparation, cooking
and presentation.
Practical lessons will focus on food preparation, cooking and
presentation.
Practical lessons will focus on food preparation, cooking and
presentation.
Assessment and Exams
On-going end of module assessment.
GCSE Mock Exam
GCSE Mock controlled assessment
Autumn
Computer Systems & Computational Thinking
 Computer Systems
 Hardware
 Software
 Representation of Data
 Assessment/ Programming Practical
*(5/5/16) Spring Campaign
Y9 – Computer Science
Spring
Computer Systems & Computational
Thinking
 Databases
 Communications & Networking
 Programming
 Algorithms
Assessment and Exams
 Assessment/ Programming
practical
*(10/2/16)Winter Campaign
*(5/5/16) Spring Campaign
Summer
Computer Systems & Computational
Thinking
 Programming
 Coding
 Practical use of Programming
Languages
 Mock Exam – Previous A451
(90 Mins) W/C 17/5/16
*(6/6/16)Summer Campaign
Year 9 Dance Foundation Year BTEC First Award 2015/16 - (changing pathways to GCSE dance in year 10 if cohort appropriate)
Autumn
Spring
Summer
BTEC Unit 4)
Dance Skills
 Urban dance
New UDO Syllabus- resources
and Specification
1. Actions -(eg travel, turn,
elevation, gesture,
stillness)
2. Flexibility
3. Mobility
4. Strength
5. Stamina
(BTEC Unit 4)
Dance Skills
 Jazz Dance
1. Technical skills, including:
Dynamics
(eg.fast/slow,sudden/sustained,
2. Rhythm
3. Timing
Tameside Urban dance
Extreme performance
preparation
(BTEC Unit 4)
Dance Skills
 Contemporary Dance
Dance production
preparation
(BTEC Unit 4)
Dance Skills
 Jazz Dance
 Urban dance
 Contemporary Dance
Introduction to
Contemporary dance
Performance skills
 Mental rehearsal
 Rehearsal discipline
 Planning of rehearsal
 Response to feedback
 Capacity to improve
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Posture
Alignment
Balance
Coordination
Control
Leadership development
Year 6 Fame day preparation
Dance Production March
2016
Open Evening
Theory
Dance performance
Handbook
Safe working practices,
including:
• safe execution
• appropriate dancewear
• effective warming up
• cooling down
Theory
Dance Terminology and
subject specific language.
 nutrition
 hydration
Evaluating your performance
Dancers log Book
Theory
Choreographic devices,
including:
• motif and development
• repetition
• contrast
• transitions
Theory
highlights
• climax
• manipulation of
number
• unison and canon
Choreography skills
Choreography skills
Choreographic devices,
including:
• motif and
development
• repetition
• contrast
• transitions
• highlights
• climax
• manipulation of
number
• unison and canon
Secondary Dance
Festival preparation
Denton CC
TheorySelection of spatial and
relationship design,
including:
• Pathways
• Changes in level
• Size of movement
• Air patterns
• Directions
• Contact (group)
• Formations (group)
Structuring devices and
form, including:
• binary
• ternary
• rondo
• narrative
• episodic
Whole School production
Theory
Aural setting, including:
• establishing mood
atmosphere
• creating contrast/variety
• demonstrating
sensitivity
 musicality
Assessment
Open evening PerformanceFame Day-year 6
Leadership
Dance extreme competition
TBC
Internal self and peer
assessment
Dance Production 2016
Performing Dance
Evaluation
Assessment Mock
Year 9 exam weekwritten paper and GCSE
transition preparation
Secondary Dance
Festival preparation
Denton CC TBC
Whole school production
Autumn
FOUNDATION YEAR - An introduction to
acting skills and dramatic techniques
YEAR 9 - Drama GCSE EDEXCEL
Spring
Summer
Devised Unit
Practitioners
Exploration of a stimuli set by the exam board.
Melodrama
Performance unit exploring the genre of
Melodrama.
Exploring dramatic styles and
techniques. Character development.
Response to stimuli.
Theatre in Education
Pupils create a performance suitable for a
primary invited audience from a topic chosen
by their audience.
Exploring dramatic styles and techniques.
Character development.
Response to stimuli. Script writing.
Pupils learn about the theatrical practitioners to
explore their techniques in their work.
They learn about the practical and theoretical
work and how this has influenced theatre.
Pupils devise their own performance from a
choice of stimuli. They create their own
performance and are assessed on the
performance and the quality of rehearsal process
and portfolio assignment.
Text Exploration.
Practice script exploration. Using the dramatic
strategies and medium and elements of drama.
Pupils study the whole play text but they only are
assessed on the selection of two extracts.
Pupils have a formal written exam in May
testing their knowledge of the live
performance.
Assessment and Exams
Theory
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Practical
1.
2.
3.
4.
Contribution of ideas to explore the theme/text. (Practical and written)
Experimentation of different forms and techniques (Practical)
Development of a character/role (Practical and Written)
Response to the work of others (Verbal / Written)
Communication of ideas (Practical)
Evaluation of the process and the synoptic performance (Written).
Evaluating the live theatre performance analysing the performance concepts and their effects. (Written).
Voice and movement. (Practical)
Role and characterisation. (Practical)
Communication. (Practical)
Content style and form (Practical)
Autumn
Unit 1 : Understanding Personal Development
and Relationships
 Introduction to the unit
 Outcome 1: Understand the range of
different life stages
 Outcome 2: Understand the 4 aspects
of human growth & development
 Outcome 3: Infancy
 Outcome 4: Childhood
 Outcome 5: Adolescence
 Outcome 6: Early adulthood
 Outcome 7: Middle adulthood
 Outcome 8: Later adulthood
YEAR 9 – Health and Social Care
Spring
Unit 1 : Understanding Personal Development
and Relationships
 Outcome 9: Understand the range of different
factors which affect human growth and
development
 Outcome 10: Physical factors that affect
growth and development
 Outcome 11: Introduction to how relationships
affect personal growth and development
 Outcome 12: Introduction to life events which
affect personal growth and development
Summer
Unit 1 : Understanding Personal Development
and Relationships
 Outcome 13: Relationship changes
 Outcome 14: Physical changes
 Outcome 15: Changes in the
circumstances
 Outcome 16: Managing change
Assessment and Exams
This unit is assessed by an external exam at the end of Year 11.
Year 9 Core ICT
Autumn Term
Presentation
 Formatting
 Master slide
 Transitions/effects
 Organisational charts
Spring Term
Word Processing
 Formatting
 Mail Merge
 Tables
 Watermark
Summer Term
Spreadsheets
 Think Click
 Formatting
 Formulas, functions
 Charts
Assessment

Mock Exam
Autumn Term
Unit 2 – Digital Tools (60%)
 Controlled Assessment – Animal Shelter
Activity 1
 Investigation and Research
 Logo
 Web Banner
 Review

Mock exam

Year 9 ICT - Option
Spring Term
Unit 2 – Digital Tools (60%)
Activity 2
 Modelling
 Digital Poster
 Review
Mock Exam
Summer Term
Unit 2 – Digital Tools (60%)
Activity 3
 Video Advert
 Web Design
 Review
Assessment
 Internal Moderation -Activity 1
*(19/11/15) Autumn Campaign
 Internal Moderation –Activity 2
*(10/2/16)Winter Campaign
*(5/5/16) Spring Campaign

Mock Exam – Unit 1 (90 Mins) W/C
16/5/16
Internal Moderation – Activity 3
*(6/6/16)Summer Campaign
Year 9 Music – BTEC First award (New generation)
Autumn Term 1
Autumn Term 1
Autumn Term 1
Autumn Term 1
Autumn Term 1
Autumn Term 1
Unit 1 –
Organisations in the
Music Industry.
Selection of main
study instruments
Examination Prep for
The Music Industry
Test.
Benchmark for
composition.
Students who attend
Sibelius club on
Friday Nights will
prepare for GCSE
Start Performance
Log
Unit 1 –
Organisations in the
Music Industry.
Selection of main
study instruments
Examination Prep for
The Music Industry
Test.
Benchmark for
composition.
Students who attend
Sibelius club on
Friday Nights will
prepare for GCSE
Start Performance
Log
Unit 1 –
Organisations in the
Music Industry.
Selection of main
study instruments
Examination Prep for
The Music Industry
Test.
Benchmark for
composition.
Students who attend
Sibelius club on
Friday Nights will
prepare for GCSE
Start Performance
Log
Unit 1 –
Organisations in the
Music Industry.
Selection of main
study instruments
Examination Prep for
The Music Industry
Test.
Benchmark for
composition.
Students who attend
Sibelius club on
Friday Nights will
prepare for GCSE
Start Performance
Log
Unit 1 –
Organisations in the
Music Industry.
Selection of main
study instruments
Examination Prep for
The Music Industry
Test.
Benchmark for
composition.
Students who attend
Sibelius club on
Friday Nights will
prepare for GCSE
Start Performance
Log
Unit 1 –
Organisations in the
Music Industry.
Selection of main
study instruments
Examination Prep for
The Music Industry
Test.
Benchmark for
composition.
Students who attend
Sibelius club on
Friday Nights will
prepare for GCSE
Start Performance
Log
Assessment
The individual learner will provide evidence of their knowledge in the chosen medium to support them.
The Music Industry Booklet will be a key document to help the preparation of the BTEC exam and continual short tests will ensure the
students are learning their facts about the Music Industry to the high standard required for this 25% Examination.
Year 9 PE – Edexcel GCSE
Spring
Autumn
Healthy active
lifestyles
Exercise and fitness
as part of a healthy
active lifestyle
Health Related
Fitness
To understand the
Physical, mental and
social benefits of
exercise. To be able to
categorise reasons and
explain why they are
important.
To understand the
definitions of health,
fitness and exercise.
To be able to describe
the difference between
health and fitness
Analysis of
performance
coursework
How to observe and
analyse a performance.
Assessing the strengths
and weaknesses of a
performance.
AOP to be simplified into
a small analysis project
based on orienteering
that can be completed to
the highest standard in
the shortest timeframe
To understand and
describe the
components of health
related fitness
To practically explore
the tests for health
related exercise
Skill Related Fitness
Summer
Personal health and
well-being
To understand the 7
components of a
balanced diet.
To describe the effects
of dehydration. Water
before, during after
exercise.
Your healthy body effects weight,
safety and drugs on
participation
To be able to define
the terms overfat,
overweight, obese,
underweight and
anorexia.To body
mass index and affect
weight has on
performance.
Effects of weight,
safety and drugs on
participation
To understand the
different body
somatotypes + affect
on sport
To describe ways of
measuring fat and
muscle in the body.
To understand the
components of skill
related fitness
To explore the testing
for skill related fitness
and evaluate results.
Assessment and Exams
Homework assignments and class tests, past papers, Mock exam
Autumn
Working with Timber
Students initially develop their skills in measuring,
marking out, cutting and finishing timber based
materials.
Skills are further developed as students focus on
methods of joining.
Projects include:
 Soma Cube puzzle.
 Trinket box.
 Traditional Clock
Year 9 – Resistant Materials
Spring
Working with Plastics
Students learn how to shape plastics using a
range of manufacturing techniques.
Understanding of industrial practice and
scales of production lead on to Computer
Aided Design and Manufacturing techniques.
Projects include:
 CAD/CAM stationery storage.
 Vacuum Formed Photo frame.
Working with Metals
Isometric Drawing/Communication skills
Students are taught how to effectively communicate
their design ideas, using isometric drawing,
orthographic drawing and sketching.
Students learn how to shape and join metals
by gaining hands on experience of a variety of
processes.
Projects include:
 Pewter cast bag tag.
 Aluminium mirror frame.
Assessment and Exams
On-going end of project tests.
Assessment of all practical outcomes.
GCSE Mock Exam.
Summer
Design challenge
To improve design and manufacturing skills a
design challenge is set. Students are
involved in the research, design, production
planning and manufacture of a product.
Practical outcomes:
Practical outcome dependant on the direction
the student takes.
Introduction to the GCSE coursework –
Storage project.
Research Section
 Task Analysis
 Consumer Profile
 Anthropometric Data.
 Product Analysis
 Design criteria
Year 9 – RE – Short Course
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Introduction to GCSE
Christianity
Christianity
Christianity
Christianity
Christianity
What are beliefs?
Key beliefs – The
Nature of God
Key beliefs – Creation
including the Word and
Spirit
Key beliefs – The after
Life, Resurrection, Life
after Death,
Judgement, Heaven
and Hell
Key beliefs – Jesus
Christ and Salvation –
The incarnation and
crucifixion,
resurrection and
ascension
Key beliefs – Sin and
Salvation, The role of
Christ in salvation,
Atonement
Assessment
Exam practice questions
Exam practice
questions
Exam practice
questions
Exam practice
questions
Exam practice
questions
Exam practice
questions
Year 9 Sociology
Autumn
Introduction to central
terms and concepts
 What is sociology?
 Norms and values
 What is
socialisation?
 Intro to research
Spring
The Family
Education
Different family types
Sociological views of
education – feminist,
functionalist and
Marxist.
Sociological
explanations of the
family – feminist,
functionalist and
Marxist.
Changing trends in
the family
Subcultures and
education
Types of education
The impact of the
national curriculum and
testing
Marketisation of
schools
League tables
Policy developments in
education since 1997
Changes in the
education system
Assessment and Exams
No external examinations in Year 9
Summer
Education
Crime and Deviance
Explanations of trends
in achievement in
education
Introduction to crime
and deviance
Material deprivation
and the effects of
parental attitudes on
education.
 What is crime?
 What is deviance?
 What are formal
and informal rules?
 What are social
order and control?