Design and
Technology
Year 7
Not Applicable
Year 8
Not Applicable
Year 9
Teaching Goals:
General introduction
to design and
technology, with
particular emphasis
on materials and
design. Students will
work individually and
in groups to produce
a stop motion film.
By the end of the
semester, students
will:
-be able to use and
operate a jigsaw,
stationary sander,
stationary drill, as
well as many other
wood-working tools;
- worked with several
different materials
such as wood, metal,
plastic, wire,
recycled materials,
etc.
- Problem solve basic
design issues that
arrise.
Organisation:
We will be working
on a couple different
assignments in the
class in an attempt to
give the students a
wide range of
knowledge and
experience with both
the materials and the
tools /machinery.
The project is divided
into three phases:
Design and
Production, Film
Making and
Editing, & Evaluation.
Students are required
to keep a design
portfolio to
document
thier design process
Materials:
Wood, Metal, Plastic,
Recycled materials,
Digital Camera,
Computer, USB
storage device,
camera tripod,
Windows Movie
Maker or iMovie.
Students are
required to turn in:
Design Portfolio and a
completed
stopmotion film
approx 2 minutes in
length.
English
1st Term
1st Term
1st term
Non Fiction Unit: Autobiography
Reading
- Class reading of "Boy" by Roald
Dahl, with a focus on the
development of close reading skills.
- Additional Non-Fiction resources,
such as the Students' English
Textbook and news updates
(available on the English Class Blog).
- Individual reading of textsrecorded on each student’s Reading
Log.
- Individual Vocabulary Lists for
“Boy”.
Non-Fiction: Travel
Writing
- Analysing a range of
travel writing texts,
looking closely at style
and language and its
effects.
Target setting for the
year using “Traffic
light signals.”
Writing
- Focus on: Vocabulary Building,
Sentence Types, Punctuation and
Paragraph Writing.
- Writing to Inform/ Explain/
Describe: Letter Writing to pen-pals
and Autobiographical
Essays and Project.
Speaking/Listening
- Presentation of the travel progress
of their Flatties as detailed on the
Flatties Abroad Website.
Writing:
Developing writing skills
through producing a
travel guide, travel
advertisement
and a descriptive piece
about a specific holiday
location.
Speaking and Listening:
Travel Presentation.
Prose: A close study of
Skellig
- Analyzing aspects of the
novel, including character
development, setting,
style, language and
themes.
Text analysisIdentifying
purpose, audience
and format of text as
well as Ingredients of
text.
Introduction to the
Short story:
- “Stench of
Kerosene” by
Amiritsar (Indian)
- “A Vendetta” by Guy
de
Maupassant (French)
etc.
Analysing language,
structure and
narrative approach
as well as layers of
meaning in short
stories together with
cultural context.
- Class discussions & group work
activities.
Evaluation and Assessment
- Formative Assessments on Oral
Communication, Writing and
Reading Comprehension. Summative Assessment on WritingAutobiography Project.
- Summative Assessment on
Reading- Reading Comprehension.
Fiction Unit: Short Stories
Reading
- Class reading of a selection of
narratives from "Ten Short Stories"
by Roald Dahl with a
focus on the development of critical
analysis skills.
- Additional Prose resources, such as
the Students' English Textbook.
- Individual reading of textsrecorded on each student’s Reading
Log.
- Individual Vocabulary Lists for “Ten
Short Stories”.
- Study and identification of the
literary devices used by an authorstudents will be given
a list of Literary Terms used when
discussing Prose texts.
Writing
- Analysing a selection of
William Blake poems and
identifying links to the
novel.
Writing:
- A detailed character
study of one of the main
characters.
- Developing empathic
skills through writing a
diary entry from the point
of view of one of the
central characters.
Speaking and Listening:
- Creative group
presentation of a William
Blake poem studied
in class
Evaluation and
Assessment On-going
summative and formative
assessment through set
assignments,
oral and written
feedback, evaluations
and peer assessment.
Poetry: An introduction
to the Ballad and
revision of poetic
devices.
Analysing literary
techniques in Travel
writing and writing
an essay to compare
two pieces of travel
writing.
Key Resources:
- www.teachit.co.uk
- “English
Frameworking Bk 3”
textbook.
- Photocopied
material from
teacher’s resources.
- Hand-out from
teacher’s resources
- English
Frameworking
textbook.
Evaluation and
Assessment
Formative and
summative
assessment in the
form of daily
exercises and longer
assignments at the
end of the unit.
Introduction to
Drama Unit:
- Continued focus on: Vocabulary
Building, Sentence Types,
Punctuation and Paragraph writing.
- Writing to Explore/ Imagine/
Entertain: Narrative Writing.
- Writing to Analyse/ Review/
Comment: Prose Comprehension.
Speaking/Listening
- Ted Talk by Nigerian Writer
Chimamanda Adichie
- Ted Talk by American Writer and
Illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka
- Class discussions & group work
activities.
- A detailed study of 3
ballads, looking at form,
style, language, imagery,
rhyme and rhythm.
Writing:
- Producing a play script
based on The
Highwayman
Speaking and Listening:
- Drama presentations
of The Highwayman
Group poetry reading and
interpretation of
The Lady of Shalott
Evaluation and Assessment
Book Reviews
- Formative Assessments on Oral
- Preparing a
Communication, Writing and
presentation on a
Reading Comprehension.
personal choice of fiction
- Summative Assessment on Writing- or non-fiction text read
Short Story Project.
during the term.
- Summative Assessment on
- Developing the ability to
Reading-Reading Comprehension.
review and organize
- Summative Assessment on Reading thoughts and ideas about
and Writing- Literary Terms Test.
a fiction or non- fiction
nd
text clearly and
2 Term
creatively.
Poetry Unit:
Reading
- Class reading of a selection of
poems and the epic poem,
"Beowulf" retold by Rosemary
Evaluation and
Assessment On-going
summative and formative
assessment through set
assignments,
- Analysing character
and dramatic features
of a play.
- Exploring different
interpretations of
scenes.
Exploring different
attitudes to language
and identifying
characteristics of
Standard English.
Identifying dramatic
irony and its impact
in plays.
Writing their own
scripts with a crisis
and a resolution.
Analysing character
and influence of
directorial
interpretation.
Analysing
Shakespeare’s use of
language and
audience response.
Evaluation and
Assessment:
Continuous Formative
and
Sutcliff, with a focus on the
development of critical analysis
skills.
- Study and identification of the
literary devices used by a poetstudents will be given a list of
Literary Terms used when discussing
Poetry.
Writing
- Writing to Explore/ Imagine/
Entertain: Students will learn how to
write a number of different types of
poetry, such as stanza, free verse,
acrostic, haikus, epic poems etc.
- Writing to Analyse/ Review/
Comment: Poetry Comprehension
Speaking/Listening
- Oral performance of Poetry
Drama Unit: Shakespeare
Reading
- Class reading of A Midsummer
Night's Dream” by William
Shakespeare, students will be
assigned roles.
Writing
- Writing to Explore/ Imagine/
Entertain: Script Editing
Speaking/Listening
- Performance of A Midsummer
Night's Dream
oral and written
feedback, evaluations
and peer assessment.
Key Resources:
- Various examples of
travel
writing texts from 19th
and 20th century writers,
including Michael Palin,
Bill Bryson, D.H Lawrence
and Dylan Thomas
- The Lonely Planet Guide
Going Solo, by Roald Dahl
- Skellig, by David Arnold
- Skellig film version DVD
- A selection of William
Blake
Poems from Songs of
Innocence and Experience
- The Highwayman by
Alfred
Noyes
- The Lady of Shalott by
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- Flannan Isle by Wilfred
Wilson Gibson
- Song versions of The
Highwayman and The
Lady of Shalott by
Loreena McKennitt
- Reading of the Lady of
Shalott-youtube.com
- Book review sheets
Summative
assessment through
set assignments
during and at the end
of each topic.
Key Resources:
- Directing a scene
from Will Russell’s
“Our Day Out”
- www.teachit.co.uk
- “Macbeth” DVD
- A scene from
Sheridan’s “The
Rivals”
- Two scenes from
Shaw’s
“Pygmalion”
- English
Frameworking text
book.
2nd term
The Novel Unit:
EITHER
- “To Kill a
Mockingbird” by
Harper Lee
- “Animal Farm” by
George Orwell
- "Of Mice and Men"
by John Steinbeck
DVD
Evaluation and Assessment
- Formative and Summative
Assessment on Writing- Poetry
Project.
- Formative and Summative
Assessment on Reading- Poetry
Analysis.
- Formative Assessment on Drama
writing and performance.
3rd Term
Fiction Unit: Novel
Reading
- Creative reading of "Wonder" by
R.J. Palacio.
Writing
- Writing to Argue/ Persuade/
Advise: Speech (Argumentative)
Writing.
- Examples of book
reviews
- An Introduction to
Elizabethan English and
its influence on modern
day English, looking
specifically at aspects of
grammar and vocabulary.
- A detailed study of the
life and times of
William Shakespeare in
the form of a research
project.
- Developing research
skills, writing effectively
for a specific purpose and
audience, acknowledging
sources and writing a
bibliography.
Drama:
Introduction to Drama
and identifying features
Speaking/Listening
- Rhetoric: Students will engage in a of a play.
- A detailed study of
debate based on themes raised in
Romeo and Juliet, looking
“Wonder”.
closely at the
development of the main
Evaluation and Assessment:
characters, dramatic
techniques used and their
- Summative and Formative
effects, the effect of
Assessment on
Reading/Writing/Speaking/Listening: language devices and
important themes in the
Class Debate
play.
On-line resources
analysing the
novel‘s language,
historical background
and structure.
The Culture and
History of the
Deep South/The
Depression period in
America and lives of
migrant labourers.
“To Kill a
Mockingbird”
The Language of the
Courtroom
“Animal Farm”
Political allegory
Evaluation and
Assessment:
Formative and
summative
assessment exercises
and feedback
Key Resources:
- www.teachit.co.uk
- Short Story “The
Welcome Table” By
Alice Walker
- DVD of chosen book
3rd term
- In the last term, the students will
sit an examination based on the
year’s work.
Speaking and Listening:
- Preparing and
performing a scene from
the play.
Evaluation and
Assessment:
On-going summative and
formative assessment
through set
assignments, oral and
written
feedback, evaluations.
Key Resources:
- Teachit.co.uk resources
- The Story of English,
Bernard Levin
- As you Like it, William
Shakespeare
- Teacher’s own
resources
- teachit.co.uk resources
- Teacher’s own
resources
- Romeo and Juliet by
William
Shakespeare
- Film versions of the play
1995 and
1968
- West Side Story film
version 1961
- The Animated Tales of
Poetry Unit:
- Reading and
analysing poems in
different forms.
- Close study of the
Sonnet and
Ballad form.
- Writing an essay
comparing two
poems
Preparation for
exams
Evaluation and
Assessment:
Formative/summative
assessment on the
topics covered and
the final
end of year exam
Key Resources:
- “English
Frameworking”
textbook
- Photocopied
handouts from
teacher’s resources.
Shakespeare, Romeo and
Juliet
bbc.co.uk-drama
- Bell Shakespeare
website
resources for Romeo and
Juliet
Prose: Roll of Thunder
Hear My Cry
- An introduction to the
social and historical
context of the novel.
- Analysing aspects of the
novel, including
character development,
setting, style,
language and themes.
Writing:
- Developing analytical
essay writing skills.
- An introduction to
persuasive language
techniques and rhetoric.
Speaking and Listening:
- Presenting a persuasive
speech on a chosen topic.
Evaluation and
Assessment
On-going summative and
formative assessment
through set
assignments, oral and
written
feedback, evaluations
and peer assessment.
Key Resources:
- Roll of Thunder Hear My
Cry by
Mildred D. Taylor
- March on Washington
Speech by
Martin Luther King Jr.
- teachit.co.uk resources
- Teacher’s own
resources
French
1st Term
1st Term
1st term
Module 1 C’est parti:
Unit 1: Meeting and greeting: Using
the pronouns je and tu
Unit 2: School objects and the
alphabet: Using un/ une - the
indefinite article
Unit 3: Counting up to 20: Using the
verb avoir to give your age
Unit 4: Saying when your birthday is:
Giving the date
Unit 5: Talking about the classroom:
Using le/la – the definite article
Unit 6: Saying what colour thing are:
Making adjectives agree with nouns
Module 1 Famille et
domicile:
Unit 1: Talking about
families. Using –er verbs
Unit 2: Talking about jobs
people do. Using
masculine and feminine
nouns
Unit 3: Talking about
where people live: Using
depuis
Unit 4: Describing the
weather: Using the
connectives quand and si
Unit 5: Describing a
typical day: Using –ir, -re
and irregular verbs
Module 1 Cela
t’intéresse:
Unit 1: Discussing
what’s on television
Unit 2: Talking about
films: The perfect
tense
Unit 3: Describing
your routine: The
perfect tense of
reflexive verbs
Unit 4: Talking about
what you read: using
aller + the infinitive
Unit 5: Describing
what you saw or
read: using present,
past and future
Module 2: Famille et copains
Unit 1: Talking about brothers and
sisters: More practice of the verb
avoir
Unit 2: Talking about your family:
using the possessive adjective
Unit 3: Talking about your pets:
Plurals
Module 2: Famille et copains
Unit 4: Describing yourself and
others: Understanding singular
adjective agreements
Unit 5: Talking about hair and eyes:
Understanding plural adjective
agreements.
Module 3: Chez moi
Unit 1: Talking about where people
live: Using je and tu forms of the
verb habiter
Unit 2: Describing your home: More
practice with habiter
Unit 3: Describing your bedroom:
Using simple prepositions
Unit 4: Talking about what you do in
the evening
Unit 5: Telling the time: Using the
pronouns ils and elles
Module 2: Temps libre
Unit 1: Talking about last
weekend The perfect
tense with avoir
Unit 2: Talking about
yesterday evening: The
perfect tense with
irregular
past participles
Unit 3: Talking about TV
programmes you have
watched: Giving opinions
using C’était
Unit 4: Talking about
where you went: The
perfect tense with être
Unit 5: Talking about
events in the past:
Extending and linking
sentences
Module 3: Les sorties
Unit 1: Making and
reacting to invitations:
Using the verb vouloir
Unit 2: Making excuses:
Using the verbs pouvoir
and devoir
2nd term
2nd Term
Module 4: On va en ville
Module 3 : Les sorties
Unit 3: Talking about
clothes: Adjectival
agreement
tenses
Module 2: L’avenir
Unit 1: Planning what
you will do: The
future tense with on
Unit 2: Talking about
the future: Using the
future tense
Unit 3: Talking about
future careers: Using
quand with the future
tense
Unit 4: Why
languages are
important:
Connectives in
complex sentences
Unit 5: Using
languages: a case
study Using some
more connectives
Module 3: Les sorties
Unit 1: Talking about
illnesses: Expressions
with avoir and être
Unit 2: Describing
injuries: More on the
perfect tense
Unit 3: Healthy living:
Using
negatives
Unit 1: Asking about places in a
town : Asking questions using Est-ce
qu’ il y a
Unit 2: Asking for directions:
Understanding the difference
between tu and vous
Unit 3: Where you are and where
you are going: Using the preposition
à
Unit 4: Expressing opinions: More
practice of à la, à l’, au, aux
Unit 5 : Ordering drinks and snacks :
practicing numbers
3rd Term
Module 5: Ma Journée
Unit 1: Talking about what you do in
the morning: Using reflexive verbs
Unit 2: Talking about your school
subjects: Using the pronoun nous
Unit 3: Giving opinions and reasons:
Using intensifiers and connectives
Unit 4: Talking about your timetable:
understanding and composing a
longer text
Unit 5: Talking about what you do
after school: using the verb faire.
Evaluation and Assessment
-On-going formative assessment
-Summative assessment at the end
of each module.
-Summative End of Year Exam
Unit 4: Shops and
shopping : Using
comparative adjectives
Unit 5: Understanding a
longer text including
mixed tenses: Using
comparatives and
superlatives
Module 4: Manger et
boire
Unit 1: Talking about
food: The definite article
after aimer and préférer
Unit 2: Talking about
French meals: The
partitive article – du/de
la/des
Unit 3: Preparing for a
party: Using il faut + the
infintive
Unit 4: Shopping for food
: using de with quantities
Unit 5: Eating at a
restaurant: Taking part in
short dialogues
La fête du théâtre à
Odense
3rd term
Module 5: Voyages et
vacances:
Unit 4: Understanding
and giving advice:
Using imperatives
2nd term
Module 3 : Les
sorties
Unit 5: Understanding
a complex text: Using
emphatic pronouns
Module 4: Il était une
fois…
Unit 1: Talking about
what you used to do:
The imperfect tense
with je
Unit 2: Talking about
sports you used to
do: More practice
with the
imperfect tense
Unit 3: A whoduunit!
Understanding a
narrative in the
imperfect
Unit 4: Who did it?
Using qui and que
Unit 5: A profile of
two sportspeople:
Understanding a
range of tenses
Trip to Normandie
3rd term
Unit 1: Talking about
countries and languages:
Using the prepositions à /
en
Unit 2: Talking about
holidays: Asking
questions using question
words
Unit 3: Describing a
holiday centre: Giving
opinions
Unit 4: Talking about a
past holiday: More
practice with the perfect
tense
Unit 5: Finding
information about a
holiday destination:
Taking part in
unscripted dialogues
Evaluation and
Assessment:
On-going formative
assessment
Summative assessment at
the end of each module.
Summative End of Year
Exam.
German
Module 5: On y va:
Unit 1: Learning
about a French
speaking country:
Using adjectives
Unit 2: Travel
arrangements: using
different tenses in
sentences
Unit 3: Arranging
hotel
accommodation:
Using the conditional
Unit 4: A visit to an
attraction:
Understanding
authentic texts
Unit 5: A visit to a
sporting event: Using
verbs with à / de
Evaluation and
Assessment
- On-going formative
assessment
- Summative
assessment at the
end of each module.
- Summative End of
Year Exam
1st Term
1st Term
1st term
1.You, your family and friends:
3B. Local area:
- The places in a town
1.You, your family
and friends:
- Describe your own and other
people’s
appearance and
personality
- Talk about family relationships and
helping at home
- Talk about what you’ve done
recently
Learning strategies:
- Work out language rules
- Work out meaning
- Build longer sentences
- Express opinions
- Adapt sentences and texts
2.Daily routine:
- Talk about daily routine
- Say what time you do things
- Mein Tag
- Talk about what you’ve done
Learning strategies:
- Identify word families
- Express more complex opinions
- Build answers from questions
- Develop reading skills
3. Festivals and celebrations:
- Talk about national holidays and
festivals
- Talk about organising a party
- Accept or decline an invitation
- Describe a recent party
- Say what you can do in a
place
- Ask for and give
directions
- Buy tickets and presents
- Understand tourist
information
4A.Fashion and
shopping:
- Talk about clothes and
giving opinion
- Talk about what you
wear
- Go shopping for clothes
- School uniforms?
Evaluation and
Assessment
3 levels of assessment:
- can do well
- can do but not very well
- can’t do yet
4B. Going on a trip:
- Talk about holidays
- Talk about what you can
do on holidays and
what you are going to
do
- Talk about past holiday
experience
1A. You, your family and
friends
- Describe your own
and other people’s
appearance and
personality
- Talk about family
relationships and
helping at home
- Talk about what
you’ve done recently
Learning strategies:
- Work out language
rules
- Work out meaning
- Build longer
sentences
- Express opinions
- Adapt sentences
and texts
2.Daily routine:
- Talk about daily
routine
- Say what time you
do things
- Mein Tag
- Talk about what
you’ve done
Learning strategies:
- Identify word
families
- Express more
complex opinions
Learning strategies:
- Work out grammar patterns
- Adapt sentences and texts
- Evaluate and prepare for language
tasks
- Develop listening skills
Revision & extension:
- Appearance,
personality, helping ant
home
- What you´ve done
recently
4. The media:
- TV viewing habits
- Old and new media
- Favourite music, singers and bands
- Films and film reviews
- Reading habits
- Christmas
- Celebrating Christmas
- Christmas vocabulary
Learning strategies:
- Use what you already know to
build new
expressions
- Work out meaning and identify
“false friends”
- Explain your opinions
- Adapt a text
- Develop reading skills
5. Hobbies:
- Talk about your favourite hobby
and explain why you like it
- Say what hobbies you do in
different kinds of
weather
- Talk about what you’ll do next
weekend
Learning strategies:
Evaluation and
Assessment
Presentations:
a. My family life
b. My best
vacations
c. Letter writing
- Build answers from
questions
- Develop reading
skills
3. Festivals and
celebrations:
- Talk about national
holidays and festivals
- Talk about
organising a party
- Accept or decline an
invitation
- Describe a recent
party
Learning strategies:
- Work out grammar
patterns
Key Resources:
- Adapt sentences
- ZOOM Deutsch 1 p. 104- and texts
119 (Mein Zuhause)
- Evaluate and
www.languagesonline.org prepare for language
- songs
tasks
- ZOOM Deutsch 1 p. 120- - Develop listening
135 (Zu Besuch)
skills
- Games (Cooperative
learning structures in all
4. The media:
periods )
- TV viewing habits
- ZOOM Deutsch 1
- Old and new media
Zu Besuch p. 136-151
- Favourite music,
Die Ferien
singers and bands
Wir fahren nach Wien
- Films and film
Was hast du gemacht?
reviews
Im Prater
- Reading habits
- Use knowledge of language
patterns
- Build longer sentences using a
range of linking
words
- Identify grammar patterns
First letters to the exchange
students
2nd Term
Topic 6: Health and Fitness:
- Name the parts of the body
- Talk about illness and injuries
- Say what sports you do to keep fit
- Talk about healthy eating and give
advice on a
healthy lifestyle
Learning strategies:
- Identify language patterns
- Adapt language to build news
expressions
- Give more detailed responses
- Use previously learnt language
- Develop strategies for learning
noun plurals
Letters to the exchange
Students
7. Going on a trip
- Plan a trip and ask for tourist
information
- Ausflug nach Düsseldorf/Berlin
- ZOOM Deutsch 2 p. 4-19
Wie bist du?
Zu Hause
Warum bist du in Köln?
Familienleben
- Fotocopied material
- Games and internet
pages
2nd term
1A. Daily routine:
- What time you do things
- What you´ve done
recently
- Giving opinion
1B. Festivals &
celebrations:
- Talk about national
holiday & festivals
- Organizing a party
- Invitations: accept &
decline
Key Resources:
- Mein Tag p. 20-35
Mein Alltag
Was hast du gemacht?
Und gestern Abend…?
Es war super!
Letztes Wochenende
- Wir feiern! p. 36-51
Feiertage und Feste
Party machen
Nichts als Ausreden
Learning strategies:
- Use what you
already know to build
new
expressions
- Work out meaning
and identify “false
friends”
- Explain your
opinions
- Adapt a text
- Develop reading
skills
5. Hobbies:
- Talk about your
favourite hobby and
explain why you like it
- Say what hobbies
you do in different
kinds of
weather
- Talk about what
you’ll do next
weekend
Learning strategies:
- Use knowledge of
language patterns
- Build longer
sentences using a
range of linking
words
- Say what you can see and do in a
town, and
what you’re going to do
- Ask for and give directions
- Buy train tickets
- Say where clothes are in a room
- Describe a past trip
Learning strategies:
- Adapt a text
- Write creatively
Letters to the exchange
students
Trip to Berlin
Evaluation and Assessment
3 levels of assessment:
- can do well
- can do but not very well
- can’t do yet
3rd Term
Topic 8: Environment:
- Describe where you live and give
your opinion of
it
- Talk about way to travel
- Talk about ways to be
environmentally friendly
- Talk about environmental
problems and solutions
Topic 9: School and future pland:
- Part-time jobs, spending and saving
Die Party war spitze!
Alle Jahre wieder
3rd term
2A. The media:
- TV viewing habits
- Favourite music, singers
& bands
- Films, film reviews,
reading
- Evaluate and improve
your written work
Evaluation and
Assessment:
Presentation: My
favourite band
Final exam: reading,
writing and speaking.
Key Resources:
- Die Medien p. 52-67
Im Fernsehen
Neue Medien, alte
Medien
Techno ist toll!
Wie war der Film?
Ich bin eine Leseratte!
- Identify grammar
patterns
First letters to the
exchange
students
2nd term
Topic 6: Health and
Fitness:
- Name the parts of
the body
- Talk about illness
and injuries
- Say what sports you
do to keep fit
- Talk about healthy
eating and give advice
on a
healthy lifestyle
Learning strategies:
- Identify language
patterns
- Adapt language to
build news
expressions
- Give more detailed
responses
- Use previously
learnt language
- Develop strategies
for learning noun
plurals
- Compare school life in Germany
and the UK
- School subjects and plans for next
year
- Jobs and future careers
- The school day
- School life in Switzerland
Learning strategies:
- Work out meaning
- Use strategies to sound more
authentic when
speaking German
Evaluation and Assessment
Final exam:
reading, writing and
speaking
Letters to the
exchange
Students
7. Going on a trip
- Plan a trip and ask
for tourist
information
- Ausflug nach
Düsseldorf/Berlin
- Say what you can
see and do in a town,
and
what you’re going to
do
- Ask for and give
directions
- Buy train tickets
- Say where clothes
are in a room
- Describe a past trip
Learning strategies:
- Adapt a text
- Write creatively
Letters to the
exchange
students
Trip to Berlin
Evaluation and
Assessment
3 levels of
assessment:
- can do well
- can do but not very
well
- can’t do yet
3rd term
Topic 8:
Environment:
- Describe where you
live and give your
opinion of it
- Talk about way to
travel
- Talk about ways to
be environmentally
friendly
- Talk about
environmental
problems and
solutions
Topic 9: School and
future plans:
- Part-time jobs,
spending and saving
- Compare school life
in Germany and the
UK
- School subjects and
plans for next year
- Jobs and future
careers
- The school day
- School life in
Switzerland
Learning strategies:
- Work out meaning
- Use strategies to
sound more authentic
when
speaking German
Evaluation and
Assessment
Final exam:
reading, writing and
speaking
Mathematics
1st Term
1st Term
1st term
- Fractions
- Equivalent fractions
- Comparing fractions
- Adding and subtracting fractions
- Fractions of amounts
- Percentages
- Percentage and proportion
- Working with percentages
- Solving problems involving
proportion
- Ratio and proportion
- Understanding decimals
- Order of operations
- Brackets and powers
- Adding
- Rounding
- Adding and subtracting integers
- Multiplying and dividing integers
- Multiplying
- Multiplying decimals
Algebra& Graphs:
- Linear Equations:
Solving and Real-Life
Application.
- Further linear
equations: Solve more
complex equations
involving x on both sides,
brackets and fractions.
- Simultaneous Equations:
Solving using graphs and
algebraic methods.
- Graphing and
manipulating the y = mx +
c straight line equation.
- Solving Inequalities.
- Graphing Inequalities as
regions on the Cartesian
Plane.
Algebra& Graphs:
- Algebraic
Manipulation
Techniques: Working
with directed
numbers, formulae,
indices and brackets
and simplifying.
- Linear Equations:
Solving, Graphing and
Real-Life Application.
- Simultaneous
Equations: Solving
and Real-Life
Application.
- Quadratic
Equations: Solving,
- Reading scales
- Measuring length
- Measuring mass and capacity
- Collecting like terms
- Using algebra
- Substitution
- Expanding brackets
- Formulae and functions
- Finding the general term
- Sequences from patterns
- Special sequences
- Graphs
- Plotting graphs
- Properties of graphs
2nd Term
- Solving equations
- More equation solving
- Solving complex equations
- Using equations
- Shapes and overlapping shapes
- Transformations and symmetry
- Constructing quadrilaterals
- Constructing nets
- Volume
3rd Term
- Multiples
- Tests for divisibility
- Factors
- Prime numbers
- Squares and square roots
- Pythagoras
- The circle and areas of circles
Pre-Trigonometry:
- Review Pythagoras’
Theorem, including RealLife Applications
Trigonometry:
- Correctly labelling
Hypotenuse, Opposite
and Adjacent sides in
right-angled triangles.
- Use Sine, Cosine and
Tangent Rules to find
unknown sides and
angles in right-angled
triangles.
- Use Angle of Elevation
and Depression to solve
Real-Life Problems with
Trigonometry.
- Become familiar with
Bearing Notation and its
application.
Indices:
- Deriving and applying
the 6 laws of indices to
simplify the combination
of numbers or
algebraic expressions.
- Expressing numbers in
Standard Index Form.
- Performing calculations
involving very large or
small numbers in
Plotting and
Interpreting Graphs.
Real-Life Application.
Sets & Functions:
- Use function
notation to describe
and map simple,
inverse and complex
functions
- Use language,
notation and Venn
diagrams to describe
sets
Probability:
- Calculating simple,
exclusive and
independent
probability.
- Using tree diagrams
to calculate the
probability of
independent and
dependent systems.
Evaluation and
Assessment
The students will
engage in
continuous
- Exam revision
Standard Index Form.
Evaluation and Assessment
The students will engage in
continuous formative assessment
throughout the year and will be
tested summatively at the end of
each topic. All this assessment will
be carried out using
national curriculum levels and
standardized tests. There will be a 2
hour exam at the end of the school
year.
2nd term
Ratio:
- Expressing relationships
in the form of a ratio,
express ratios in their
simplest form and the
form 1:n.
- Defining similarity with
respect to shapes and
perform
calculations involving
scale factors.
Transformational
Geometry:
- Describing, using
appropriate notation, the
four
Transformations
(Enlargement,
Translation, Rotation,
Reflection).
- Performing the four
Transformations
(Enlargement,
Translation, Rotation,
Reflection) within the
Cartesian Plane.
Algebra:
- Expanding brackets
(single and double),
formative assessment
throughout the year
and will be tested
summatively at the
end of each topic. At
the end of the school
year they will sit a
formal examination
which will cover the
year’s work.
2nd term
Trigonometry:
- Use of Sine, Cosine
and Tangent Ratios to
solve problems with
right-angled triangles.
- Use of Sine & Cosine
Rules to solve
problems with nonright-angled triangles.
- Represent the Sine
and Cosine functions
graphically.
Mensuration &
Geometry:
- Calculations
involving area and
perimeter of simple
and compound
polygons.
incorporating previous
work on laws of indices.
- Factorizing expressions,
including quadratics
- Solving quadratic
equations using
factorisation.
Angle Geometry:
- Becoming familiar with,
and applying, the angle
properties of intersecting
parallel lines, triangles
and other polygons,
straight lines and angles
around a point.
3rd term
Quadratics:
Graphing Quadratic
expressions as Parabolae
on the Cartesian Plane.
Investigating how
changing the Quadratic
Equation affects the
Parabola.
Area and Perimeter:
- Using formulae and
reasoning to calculate
Area and Perimeter in
Polygons and Circles.
Revision:
- The Circle: Area,
Circumference, Arc
Length, Sector Area
and Circle Theorems
(angle properties of
circles).
3rd term
Vectors:
- Add, subtract,
multiply by a scalar
and calculate the
magnitude of vectors.
Matrices:
- Display information
in the form of a
matrix, calculate sum
and product of
matrices, multiply
matrix by a scalar and
calculate the
determinant and
inverse of a matrix.
Revision:
- The students will
complete a revision
guide in preparation
for their end of year
exam.
- The students will
complete a revision
course in preparation for
their end of year exam.
Evaluation and
Assessment:
The students will engage
in continuous formative
assessment throughout
the year and will be
tested summatively at
the end of each topic. At
the end of the school
year they will sit a formal
examination which will
cover the year’s work.
Science
1st term
1st term
1st term
Scientific Method:
- How scientific ideas have
developed to explain phenomena
and observations.
- How to carry out scientific
investigations.
Respiration and
breathing
- Respiration in cells
- Role of blood
- Gas exchange
- Circulation and blood
vessels
- Fitness
Plants &
photosynthesis
- Effects of light on
growing plants
- Light needed to
make starch
- Evidence that plants
make starch
- Green parts of cells
are called
chloroplasts
- Know that carbon
dioxide can enter
and oxygen escape
through stoma
Particles and Elements:
- Describing how particles are
arranged in solids, liquids and gases
- The effect of temperature and
pressure on the behaviour of
particles
- An introduction to types of
particles.
Digestion
- Process of digestion
- Alimentary canal
- Using nutrients
- Psychology of eating
Microbes and immunity
Elements and Compounds:
- Identifying the difference between
atoms and molecules.
- Identifying the difference between
elements and compounds.
- Becoming familiar with the main
features of the Periodic Table.
- Investigating the properties of
Metals and Non-Metals.
-Researching the 1st 20, and other
notable, elements.
- Investigating mixtures.
Electricity and Magnetism:
- Using electricity
- Current and voltage
- Magnetism and Electromagnetism
What makes an Organism:
- Defining the seven Life Processes
(MRS GREN)
- Describing structure and function
of general, and specialised, Plant
and Animal Cells.
- Investigating the hierarchy of
systems in organisms in terms of
cells, tissues, organs and organ
systems.
- Describing the structure and
function of the Digestive System in
more detail.
- Describing how the skeletomuscular system moves the body.
- Operating a microscope.
- The search for extra-terrestrial life.
- Bacteria and viruses
- Body defenses
- Prevention of infection
- Vaccination and
boosting immunity
- Cigarettes, cannabis and
alcohol
- Repairing your body
Evaluation and
Assessment
Ongoing formative
assessments end
of chapter summative
assessments
People and environment
- Environments and
adaptations
- Competition and
adaptation to
change
- Food webs,
photosynthesis and
biomass
- Pyramids of number and
biomass
- How we get our food
- Effects on the
environment
- Sustainability
Periodic Table
- Elements and
compounds
- Explain how to
measure rates of
photosynthesis
Rocks and
weathering
- Different rock types
- Texture
- Processes of
weathering, erosion,
transportation and
sedimentation
Rock cycle
- Major rock forming
processes
- How rock forming
process are linked by
the rock cycle
- Use the concept of
rock texture as
one of the key
characteristics of
igneous, sedimentary
and
metamorphic rocks
- Relate processes
observed in other
contexts, e.g.
crystallisation, to
processes involved in
the rock cycle
- Consider processes
operating on
different timescales
Reproduction:
- Describing the structure and
function of the Male and Female
Reproductive System, and the
process of fertilisation.
- Studying foetal development to
birth and gestation periods.
- Listing changes that occur during
puberty.
- Being familiar with the purpose
and timing of the Menstrual Cycle.
Space:
- Research how ideas about the
Universe have changed through
history
- How the Universe is organised,
with particular attention to the Solar
System
- Axial tilt and the seasons
- Artificial Satellites.
2nd term
Chemical Reactions:
- Identifying and explaining
indicators that Chemical Reactions
have occurred.
- Being aware of methods of, and
carrying out reversible changes.
- Investigating Burning and
Respiration reactions.
- Writing word and basic symbol
equations for reactions.
- Metals and non-metal
properties
and usage
- Nobel gases and their
properties
and usage
- Properties of halogens,
their
compounds and usage
- Elements in your body
- Using carbon, hydrogen,
nitrogen
and oxygen
- Silicon and its
compounds
- Semi-metals
- Theories for organising
elements
Using elements
- Gas particles
- Gases in the
atmosphere
- How the atmosphere
changes
- Number of atoms in
molecules
- Polymer properties,
uses and
structure
- Reason for solid
properties
Evaluation and
Assessment Ongoing
Transportation in
plants
- Movement through
roots stems and
leaves
- Nutrients in the
form of mineral ions
are taking in by roots
Reproduction –
plants & animals
- Extend their earlier
ideas bout
human reproduction
and consider
how offspring are
protected and
nurtured
- Relate what they
know of the way
their bodies change
during
adolescence to
knowledge about
human reproduction,
growth and
the menstrual cycle
Inheritance &
Variation
- Our features are
influenced by the
genes we inherit
Acids and Alkalis:
- Being aware of the hazards
involved in working with Acids and
Alkalis.
- Interpreting the pH scale, and
measuring pH.
- Carrying out and studying
neutralisation reactions.
- Investigating the reactions of Acids
with Carbonates and Metals.
- Naming Salts produced in Acid
reactions.
- Researching how acid reactions are
used in industry and everyday life.
Energy:
- Defining different types of Energy
and how it is measured.
- Being aware of the Laws of Energy
Conservation.
- Investigating types of Potential
Energy.
- Drawing and Interpreting Energy
Transfer Diagrams.
- Describing how living things
balance Energy Input and Output.
- Researching Renewable and NonRenewable Energy Sources.
Variation:
- Investigating types of variation in
humans
- Being aware of how genetic
information is inherited
formative assessments
end of
chapter summative
assessments
2nd term
Forces
- Turning forces
- Levers as machines
- Time periods, using
pendulums
- Centripetal force
- Acceleration due to
gravity
- Terminal velocity
- Pressure
- Effect of acceleration
and
deceleration on apparent
weight
Science Fair
Investigating Scientific
Questions:
Scientific Method
- Planning
- Working in a group
- Practical investigations
- Reporting
- Recording results,
graphing and
analyzing and concluding
- Communicating their
- Science fair event
- Environmental
factors in variation
- How genes control
development
- Mendel’s
experiments on
plants
- Consider evidence
for the influence
of genes
- Instinct and learned
behaviour
- Using genes in drug
development
Evaluation and
Assessment:
Ongoing formative
assessment
Material properties
to benefit the future
- Particles and
properties
- Compare material
properties
- Reducing CO2
emissions, technology
and fuel option for
transportation of the
future
- Risks and solutions
for the future
Patterns of reactivity
- Describing examples of continuous
and discontinuous variation
- Showing how the environment can
cause variation
- Using appropriate statistical
techniques to display data
Classification and Evolution:
- An introduction to taxonomy and
how Living Things are grouped
- Investigating the Vertebrate Group
in more detail
- How Evolutionary Theory
developed
- Selective Breeding.
3rd term
Forces:
- Measuring Forces in Newtons.
- Identifying common Forces and
their effects.
- Investigating how balanced and
unbalanced Forces affect stationary
and moving objects.
- Identifying ways to usefully
decrease or increase Friction
- Identifying, and investigating
Forces which counteract Gravity
- Calculating Moments
- Calculating Speed
Introduction to Geology (SUBJECT
TO TIME, Cross-curricular with
Social Studies):
Evaluation and
Assessment
Ongoing formative
assessments end of
chapter summative
assessments
Science fair final written
project
display and report
- Reactivity series:
how different metals
react with water, acid
and oxygen
3rd term
2nd term
Light
- How light travels
- How we see light
- Reflection in a plane
mirror
- Reflection from smooth
and
rough surfaces
- Refraction of light, total
internal
reflection
- Dispersions of light
- How we see colour
- Using light
Energy
- Energy transfers
- Sources of energy
- Renewable energy:
solar, wind, hydroelectric
Sound
- How vibrations cause
sound
- How we hear
- Loudness of sound
- Frequency and pitch
- How sound travels
- How sound is produced
Evaluation and
Assessment
Ongoing formative
assessments
and end of unit tests
Heating and cooling
- Heat and
temperature
- Heat flow
- Thermal conduction
and insulation
- How heat energy is
transferred in liquids
and gases
- Convection currents
and their uses
- Infrared radiation
- Reducing heat loss
- Sankey diagrams
(transfer and
- Defining the differences between
Igneous, Metamorphic and
Sedimentary Rock.
- Outlining the structure of the Earth
- Investigating Plate Tectonic effects.
Revision:
- The students will complete a
revision course in preparation for
their end of year exam.
Other Strands:
Students are encouraged to ask
questions about things that interest
them in science,
regardless of topic. There will be an
ongoing strand involving discussion
of “Current Events in Science” and
the latest scientific news around the
World.
Practical Work
Across a variety of topics students
will be introduced to practical work
in science with respect
to:
- Hazards and Safe Practice in the
Laboratory
- An introduction to scientific
equipment
- Identifying and controlling
variables
- Testing a hypothesis
- Methods of writing up practical
work and investigations
- Speed of sound and
speed of
light
- Travelling faster than
the speed
of sound
Evaluation and
Assessment
Ongoing formative
assessments end of
chapter summative
assessments
distribution of
energy)
Sound and hearing
- How vibrations
cause sound
- How we hear
- Loudness of sound
- How to reduce
sound levels
- Frequency and pitch
- Audible range
- How sound travels
- Ultrasonic scanning
and uses of
ultrasound
- How sound is
produced by musical
instruments and
musical notes
3rd term
Electricity – Circuits
- Simple, series and
parallel circuits
- Use concepts of
electric current and
energy transfer to
explain the working
of circuits
- Explain patterns in
the
measurements of
current and voltage
- Modelling scientific ideas.
- Build circuits in
which current flow is
usefully controlled
Evaluation and Assessment
The students will engage in
continuous formative assessment
throughout the year and will be
tested summatively at the end of
each topic. At the end of the school
year they will sit a formal
examination which will cover the
year’s work.
Ecology,
Interdependence
- Biodiversity
- Carbon cycle
- Organisms can be
identified and sizes of
populations
compared
- How living things
within a community
influence each other
and are affected by
the environment
- Sustainability
Evaluation and
Assessment
- Renewable energy
presentation
and end of unit
summative
assessment
Social Studies
1st term
1st term
1st term
HISTORY
The Feudal System:
- Identifying the structure
- Discuss the significance and
recognize the necessity/value of the
system, categorise which players go
into which rank
HISTORY
How religious were the
Tudor monarchs?
- What was young Henry
VIII like?
- Henry VIII, Rome and
divorce
- Defining warfare
- Types and reasons
/justification for war
- Causes of WW1
- Medical advances
stemming from war
1066: Who should be king?
- Research and appreciate various
suitors claims to the English throne
- Formulate and defend their
opinions on who should be the next
king of England based on their
research and class notes of each
challenger.
HISTORY
The Battles of Hastings and
Stamford Bridge:
- Reenact the battle of Hastings
- Understand key military
techniques/tactics/structures of the
armies involved
- Explain the historic significance of
the event in British History
The Black Death:
- Understand its impact on Medieval
Europe
- Explain how doctors attempted to
cure the disease
- Recognise the believed causes of
the disease and how they compare
to modern medicine.
Castle Development:
- Explain how castles developed over
the medieval period
- Identify and discuss features of
different castles
- What did Protestants
protest about?
- Who’d want to marry
Henry VIII?
- Edward VI: The boy king
- How bloody was
“Bloody Mary”?
- A nasty nursery rhyme
- Elizabeth’s “middle
way”
- A world of discovery –
Leonardo Da Vinci,
Shakespeare,
Christopher Columbus
Could you get justice in
Tudor England?
- “In Terror of the Tramp”
- What did the Scottish
Boot, the Juda Cradle and
the Spanish Donkey have
in common?
- Life in Tudor England –
Who’s Who? What were
the Tudors like? How did
people have fun in Tudor
England?
England Abroad
- How did Britain build an
Empire?
- How was England
involved in the slave
trade?
- Trench warfare
- Shell shock and the
case of Harry Farr
- Development as a
process of change
(Ghana as
a case Study)
- How countries are at
different stages of
development
- Characteristics of an
LEDC
- How do we measure
development?
- Why is there a gap
in development
between different
countries?
- Development goals
- Why is Ghana and
LEDC?
-Suffragettes: Who
were they and what
did they want?
- How did the role
played by women
during WW1 help
their cause?
- Distinguish castles types from one
another.
2nd term
- Samurai Bill – the first
Englishman in Japan
- Blackbeard – the
original pirate of the
Carribean
GEOGRAPHY
1. It’s Geography
- Give the approximate age of the
earth and examples of change
brought about
by natural and human processes
- Describe their own place, and
compare and contrast it with others
- Name physical, human, and
environmental geography as the 3
strands of geography; give examples
of at least 2.
Queen Elizabeth I
- Young Elizabeth – what
was she like?
- What did QE look like?
- There’s something
about Mary
- Match of the day:
England v. Spain (the
Spanish Armada)
Exit the Tudors – Enter
the Stuarts
- The scruffy Stuart!
2. Making and Mapping Connections - Remember, remember
the 5th
- Give examples of their own
of November
connections at local, national, and
Were the Gunpowder
international
plotters
framed?
levels.
- Work out real distances given a line - Which witch is which?
- Why do Americans
and scale; draw lines to different
speak English?
scales;
convert distances on a map to actual
distances using the map scale
- Recognise, interpret, and draw a
simple plan
- Draw a sketch map from a mental
map, a photo, and OS maps
- Interpret contour lines and
patterns, as well as spot heights, on
an OS map
Main Learning Objectives
- Describe life in Britain in
1485
- Recognise and explain
the relationship between
politics and religion
- Pankhurst and
Davison: a look at
their lives
- Close up on China
- China’s physical
geography
- History of China:
- Overview
- Qin Shi Huangdi
- The Great Wall of
China
- Terracotta Warriors
- The Spanish Flu:
- Origins, symptoms
and extent of
- What lessons about
pandemics to be
learned for future
generations?
- 20th Century China
- Mao
- Pu Yi: The Last
Emperor
- Population problems
and the Single-Child
Policy
Key Resources:
- DVDs
- Youtube Clips
- List problems each
3. Settlements
Tudor faced in their time
- Describe how humans began to
of rule
settle
- Interpret and analyse
- Give 5 factors that would influence primary resources
the initial choice of settlement site
- Graph and chart key
- Describe the pattern of land use
data representing
developed, and draw a simple model important information
of it
about British society
- Give good and bad points about a
- Understand why some
settlement
were dissatisfied with the
- Explain the growing demand for
Catholic church
houses; explain what a greenfield
- Explain the origin of
and
Protestantism, and how it
brownfield site are, and suggest pros differs from Catholicism
and cons for each site
- Define new historical
- Explain what sustainable
vocabulary
development means, and how a
development such
HISTORY
as a housing estate could be made
England at War
sustainable
- Why did the English Civil
War start?
4. Sustainability (Not in textbook)
- Match of the day:
- Create hypotheses about the
Roundheads v. Cavaliers
current situation of how sustainable - Prince Rupert – mad
consumers
Cavalier or sad Cavalier?
are in Denmark
- What was new about
- Collect data on consumer spending the New Model Army?
habits
- Why was Charles I
rd
executed?
3 term
- Charlie for the chop!
GEOGRAPHY
4. Shopping
- Give examples of convenience and
comparison goods
3rd term
GEOGRAPHY
- TV Documentary
recordings
- Warfare: The
Changing Face of
Armed Conflict
(Oxford University
Press)
- Technology, War
and Identities (Oxford
University Press)
- Geog.3 (Oxford
University Press)
- Warfare: The
Changing Face of
Armed Conflict
(Oxford University
Press)
- Teachers own
materials
Evaluation and
Assessment
There will be
continuous
assessment. Some of
the assessment will
be based on essay
type
responses on the
completion of the
topic. There will end
of section and unit
tests much of which is
a combination of
types of question
- Explain how some places are too
small to support a shop; and that
the bigger
the settlement, the bigger the range
of shops you’ll find there
- Describe Bluewater shopping
centre and give at least two reasons
to explain
its location
- Give examples of what groups
benefit, and suffer, from the
development of
out-of-town shopping centres and
internet shopping
5. Sport
- Give 4 examples of sports that
depend on the natural environment,
and 4 that
use built venues in towns and cities
- Give examples of ways in which
football links people and places
around the world.
- Give 3 factors to consider when
choosing a location for a football
stadium,
and at least 2 ways that area will be
affected by a stadium
- Describe ways in which the 2012
Olympic Park will help regenerate a
run-down area of London
- Give at least 4 ways in which the
Olympic Park will be an example of
sustainable development
Evaluation and
Assessment:
Tests/Quizzes,
Homework, Class
Participation,
Independent Research
Projects.
that require different
levels of response
from the student.
2nd term
- USA:
- Its physical
geography
- Short history
- USA: Nation of
immigrants
- Britain in the
Americas
- American dream
- Native Americans
- Role of the
Superpower
- Britain in India
Key Resources:
- Rise and Fall of the
British Empire
(Oxford University
Press)
- Geog.3 (Oxford
University Press)
- DVDs
- Youtube Clips
- TV Documentary
recordings
9. Our Restless Planet
- Name and describe the 3 layers
that make up the Earth
- Explain what a plate is and why it
moves; name 5 plates; draw a
simple labelled cross-section of a
moving plate
- Explain why earthquake and
volcano sites occur along plate
edges; describe
the 3 ways in which plates move
relative to each other; explain what
causes
earthquakes
- Give 3 examples of long and shortterm responses to earthquake and
volcano
Disasters
Evaluation and Assessment
Test/Quizzes, Essays (PEE Method
writing), Battle Reenactments,
Castle
Design Project, Independent
Research Projects, Graphing/Data
Collection,
Final Exam.
- Teachers own
materials
Evaluation and
Assessment
There will be
continuous
assessment. Some of
the assessment will
be based on essay
type responses on the
completion of the
topic. There will end
of section and unit
tests much of
which is a
combination of types
of question that
require different
levels of response
from the
student.
3rd term
- Globalisation:
- Global fashion
- Our Shrinking World
- Walter’s global
jeans
- Nike: Global brand
- Why Go global?
- Global actions and
local effects
- Land down under
- Globilisation: a good
thing or a bad thing?
- The legacy of the
British Empire: a good
thing or a bad thing?
- Coffee: the story so
far
Key Resources:
- Geog.3 (Oxford
University Press)
- DVDs
- Youtube Clips
- TV Documentary
recordings
- Teachers own
materials
- Rise and Fall of the
British Empire
(Oxford University
Press)
Evaluation and
Assessment
There will be
continuous
assessment. Some of
the assessment will
be based on essay
type
responses on the
completion of the
topic. There will end
of section and unit
tests much of
which is a
combination of types
of question that
require different
levels of response
from the student.
There will be a formal
end of year
examination on all
the work we have
covered
throughout the
course of the year.