Oak Wood Secondary School
Our KS3 Curriculum
Why a rolling programme?
Model used in many special schools, including those rated outstanding by Ofsted
New curriculum means we have to make changes so an appropriate time
Opportunities to work together and share expertise
Resources can be planned for; visitors, visits, WOW days
Environment can be better used to engage pupils
KS3 a cohesive unit
The Key Stage 3 curriculum will comprise:
Daily Literacy lessons, focus on reading, phonics and grammar
Discrete Numeracy lessons four times each week
Opportunities to teach functional literacy and numeracy skills across the curriculum
RE
PSHE and Citizenship
Science
Computing
P.E.
Geography, History, Art, Music and Technology will be taught through termly thematic units.
2014/2015 curriculum
Autumn Term World War II (History focus)
Spring Term Romeo and Juliet (Literacy focus)
Summer Term Africa (Geography focus)
Pupils working below P4
For many of our pupils learning to communicate is central to the curriculum.
Pupils working between P1 and P4 should follow a core curriculum comprising;
Cognitive development
Communicative development
Physical, motor and sensory development
Emotional and social development
Curriculum content is the vehicle by which these skills and processes are taught.
We need to start where the child is.
“Routes for Learning” supports curriculum provision for these pupils.
Key Stage 3 Curriculum Overview
2014/2015 Autumn Term
World War II (History focus)
Visits and Visitors*
WOW Days*
Coventry and Coventry Cathedral
Museum of Cannock Chase
Shugborough
Blitz School
Sir Teachalot
VE Day Celebration
Evacuee Experience, Churnet Valley Railway
Stand Alone
Anti Bullying Week
Switch It Off Fortnight
Christmas Lunch
Literacy Texts*
Opportunities for
writing
Opportunities for
functional literacy
Opportunities for
functional numeracy
Thematic
Goodnight Mr Tom
Priory Woods interactive text
The Diary of Anne Frank
Carrie’s War
My Secret War Diary Flossie Albright
A Picture Book of Anne Frank
Diaries, letters, instructions, recounts, narrative
Using information texts
Note taking, summarising, comparing, evaluating
Measuring, money, problem solving, data handling
Geography
History
Art
Music
Technology
Non thematic
Children in Need
Christmas Church Experience
R.E.
Citizenship
P.S.H.E.
English
Numeracy
Science
Computing
P.E.
Britain in Europe
European countries
Why was there a war?
The Home Front – local impact
The Blitz
Propaganda Posters / Portraits
Henry Moore – The Blitz
Wartime music
Wartime recipes
Designing and making shelters
What it means to be a Jew
Rosh Hashanah – September
Yom Kippur – October
Hanukkah - December
Good to be Me
Similarities and Differences
Phonics, Spellings, Reading
Number ( including money)
Shape and Space
Materials
Using computers safely
– internet safety
Communication
- Communicate in Print
- Textease
- Word
Computers, I Pads, cameras to support work
across curriculum.
Games/Outdoor activities/Swimming
2014/2015 Spring Term
Oak Wood Secondary School
Key Stage 3 Curriculum Overview
Romeo and Juliet (Literacy focus)
Visits and Visitors*
WOW Days*
Stratford upon Avon
Masked Ball
Warwick
Stand Alone
Sports Relief/Comic Relief
MFL Week
Swimming Gala
Literacy Texts*
Opportunities for
writing
Opportunities for
functional literacy
Opportunities for
functional numeracy
Thematic
Non thematic
Romeo and Juliet –
Usborne Young Readers
Keith Parks
Play scripts, biographies, invitations, descriptions
Using information texts
Note taking, summarising, comparing, evaluating
Measuring, money, problem solving, data handling
Geography
Warwickshire
History
Life in Shakespeare’s time
Shakespearian theatre
Art
Abstract Art/ Pop Art – response to text
Music
Compare musical responses
Tchaikovsky
Baz Luhrmann
West Side Story
Technology
Puppets and theatres
Planning a party
Making masks
R.E.
What it means to
What it means to be a Buddhist.
be a Jew.
Nirvana Day – February
Passover - April
Magha Purj Day - March
Citizenship
Growing Up
P.S.H.E.
Sex and Drugs
English
Phonics, Spellings, Reading
Number
Number (including money)
Time
Science
Forces
Computing
Data Handling
- Communicate by Choice
- Information Workshop
- Counter
- Number Box
- Flexitree
Graphics
- Splosh
- Fresco
- Paint
Computers, I Pads, cameras to support work across
curriculum.
P.E.
Games/Swimming/Dance
Oak Wood Secondary School
Key Stage 3 Curriculum Overview
2014/2015 Summer Term
Africa (Geography focus)
Visits and Visitors*
WOW Days*
Twycross Zoo
Drumming Workshop
Thinktank
Conkers
Stand Alone
Sports’ Day
Year 9 Residential
Induction
Green Week
Drayton Manor
Performance Assembly
Charity Event Africa
Literacy Texts*
Opportunities for
Writing
Opportunities for
functional literacy
Opportunities for
functional
numeracy
Thematic
Giraffes Can’t Dance
Handa’s Surprise
Anansi stories
The Butterfly Lion
Kofi and the Magic Shaker
Tumpa Tumpa
Narrative, poetry, non-chronological reports
Using information texts ,
Note taking, summarising, comparing, evaluating
Measuring, money, problem solving, data handling, pattern
Geography
History
Art
Music
Technology
Non thematic
R.E.
Citizenship
P.S.H.E.
English
Numeracy
Science
Computing
P.E.
What sort of a place is Africa?
Climate, animals, people
Slavery
Tingatinga paintings
Kente fabric patterns
Drumming
African music
Where does food come from?
Water conservation
What does it mean to be a Buddhist
Buddha Day - May
My Community
Racism and Equality
Phonics, Spellings, Reading
Number ( including money)
Measures
Plants – classification
conditions for life
PowerPoint
Control Programs
-Logo
-Roamer
Computers, I Pads, cameras to support work across
curriculum.
Athletics/Swimming/Dance
* Possibilities - activities and texts to be selected according to needs of students