Year 7 Curriculum Overview
English
Novel from another culture:
‘Trash’
Michaelmas
Lent
Trinity
Maths
* Prime numbers,
multiples and
factors, squares and
cube numbers
Science
Mandarin
Science Skills refresher (4-5 lessons)
CNL/MSL:
Narration
Photosynthesis & Ecosystems
有家真好
Non-Fiction: Arctic Adventure
同龄人的故事
Particle Model & Physical Reactions Description 动物世界
Video Diary/Blogging/ Dramatic * Order of operations
including an assessed research
Foreign language
Recount.
project
* Negative numbers
Level 1:
Greetings
* Fractions, decimals
Electricity & Electromagnets
Self introduction Nationality
and percentages
Foreign language
* Ratios
Level 2:
* Sequences
Travel Around the World
* Expressions and
Clothes and Fashion
formulae
Weather and Holidays
* Linear Equations
Foreign language Level 3:
Health and Wellness
* Coordinates
Parts of Body
* Statistics
Seeing Doctor
Food and Health
Angles Using a calculator Metric Breathing & Respiration including an CNL/MSL:
Shakespeare: ‘TheTempest’ and imperial units
assessed Science Investigation
Fable
Transformations
寓言故事
Poetry: Seven Stages of Life
Conduction, Convection & Radiation 小故事大智慧
Areas and perimeters Volume
(Poetry Analysis. Writing poetry Probability
Foreign language Level 1:
anthologies. Performance
Hobbies
poetry.)
Food and drink
Foreign language
Level 2:
More About Myself
Leisure
Daily Routine
Foreign language Level 3:
My Lifestyle
Shopping
CNL/MSL:
Classic Playscript- ‘The Invisible Junior maths challenge practice Acids, Alkalis & other Chemical
Further arithmetic Further
Reactions
Poem
Man’.
algebra Team challenges
童心是诗
寄情山水
Discursive writing- Boundaries of Constructions
Space including an assessed piece of Foreign language Level 1:
science.
extended writing
Daily routine
Schools and learning
Foreign language
Level 2:
My Learning
School Subjects
School Facilities
Foreign language Level 3:
My Community
-My Neighborhood
History
Britain and China
c2100BC-c1087AD
Celts Romans Anglo-Saxons
Vikings Normans
Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Tang
Britain and China
c1087- c1272
Stephen and Matilda: civil war
Henry II and Thomas Beckett
King John and Magna Carta
Henry III and Barons’ Revolt
Song Dynasty Ghengis Khan,
Kublai Khan
Britain and China
c1272– c1483
Geography
Volcanoes and Earthquakes
Case studies of Haiti and Japan
2011.
Local volcano study
Structure of a volcano
Volcano models
Location Knowledge – North
and South America
Weather and Climate study
How it rains
Tropical climate and hot desert
climates
Rainforests
How they benefit us. Why are
they threatened?
Hurricanes and tropical storms
and their impacts on rich and
poorer countries.
Population and Settlement
Migration
Edward I: Welsh and Scots Wars
Hundred Years War Richard II
Population structure –
and Peasant’s Revolt Wars of the Pyramids
Roses
Yuan Dynasty, Comparative
EXAMS
study of Black Death in China and
England
Year 7 Curriculum Overview
Computer Science
Michaelmas
Drama
Rotation One
Rotation One
Network Training
1)Email
2)Office 365
3)Firefly
Still life.
Observational studies.
Sparkleshark Performance Unit
Everyday objects
Printmaking, collage, card prints
Hardware, Software and Encryption and reduction cuts.
Critical study – Cubist still life
Tynker Programming
Michael Craig-Martin
Algorithms – Python Programming
Rotation Two
Lent
Art
Rotation One
Scratch Programming Games design Ceramics -
Romeo and Juliet & Stage Combat
App Inventor
Commedia & Masks
USB Stick Design & Make
(Computer Aided Design CAD/ Laser
Cutting/ 3D Printing)
Hour of Code
PE
Rugby
Cross-Country
Netball
Touch
T-Ball
Rotation Two
Practical skills to lead to
imaginativework – coiling, slabs,
pinch pots, hollowing out shapes.
Music
Reggae;
*Japanese Music
Designing & Making CAM Toys
(Design Cycle/
*African Drumming
Mechanisms/
Resistant Materials/ Workshop Safety) *Improvisation
*Ensemble performance practice
Rotation Two
Modelling and Simulation
Programming
Rotation Two
DT
Rotation One
Percussion ensembles; Jazz
improvisation
Football
Athletics
Basketball
Cricket
Swimming
Night music and Film music
Vocalisation techniques
Swimming
Racket Sports
Football
Athletics
Touch
Ceramic relief based on still life.
App Shed
Trinity
Year 7 Curriculum Overview
French
Introductions, school equipment
Where you live
At home
Michaelmas
Spanish
My world and myself Introducing
myself
Introductions, language basics,
school equipment
Saying where you live
Who are you, nationalities and
languages
Free time Talking about sports
At home
Festivals
Talking about mobiles and
computers
Free time activities
Time phrases
School
School subjects
Days and times Describing
teachers
School facilities School rules
Free time, weekend activities and
plans
Lent
In town, directions
Telling the time, school subjects
Food and leisure activities
PSHE
1) Digital Citizenship
2) Anti- bullying, assertiveness.
Describing your character Talking
about possessions Christmas
My family, pets
traditions in Germany
Family and pets Talking about pets
Talking about family members and In town
age Physical descriptions Birthdays
Pets
Weather, weekend activities
Trinity
German
2) Feelings, emotional Intelligence
School subjects, opinions and time
Festivals
Travel Describing what there is in a Daily routines
town
Asking for directions
Buying souvenirs Buying snacks
and drinks Holiday plans
What do you want to be in the
future?
1) Being yourself
2) Family Pressures