Year 9 – Autumn 1
SUBJECT
TOPICS
ART
Multicultural masks project - research of masks from other cultures, observations, design ideas
BIOLOGY
Diet and Digestion
CHEMISTRY
Chemical Reactions (Part 1)
DESIGN: Electronics*
Electronic Dice and Board Game Project
DESIGN: Food*
Food for Living: skills and methods (cake making, sauce making, pastry making)
DESIGN: Resistant Materials*
Mobile Phone Holder Project
DRAMA
Physical Theatre
ENGLISH
Horror Genre: Descriptive/Narrative writing; Speaking and Listening tasks involving role-play and debate;
Reading analysis of "Dracula" extract; Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar; Reading for pleasure
GEOGRAPHY
Where in the World?
HISTORY
The Industrial Revolution; The Slave Trade; Was Merthyr Tydfil really a ‘Vision of Hell’ in the early
Nineteenth Century? Did Dic Penderyn deserve to be hanged?
ICT
Python Programming
MATHS
(Sets 1&2): Pythagoras; Circles; Formulas
( Set 3): Formulas; Circles; Statistics; Accuracy
(Sets 4&5): Area; Number; Symmetry; Statistics
MUSIC
Film Music
PE
Fitness testing and training; outdoor lessons from Rugby, Football, Hockey and Netball; indoor lessons from
Badminton, Basketball, Volleyball, Gymnastics and Dance.
PHYSICS
Sound
PSE
Drugs
RE
Looking for God – Christianity and Hinduism
SPANISH
La ropa (Clothes – likes and dislikes; adjectives; shopping for clothes; object pronouns; listening skills)
WELSH
Shopping (Types of shops; Money; Asking prices; Tenses – present, past, imperfect, future)
Year 9 – Autumn 2
SUBJECT
TOPICS
ART
Multicultural masks project - make 3D mask
BIOLOGY
Respiration and Breathing
CHEMISTRY
Chemical Reactions (Part 1)
DESIGN: Electronics*
Electronic Dice and Board Game Project
DESIGN: Food*
Food for Living: skills and methods (cake making, sauce making, pastry making)
DESIGN: Resistant Materials*
Mobile Phone Holder Project
DRAMA
Physical Theatre
ENGLISH
Horror Genre: Descriptive/Narrative writing; Speaking and Listening tasks involving role-play and debate;
Reading analysis of "Dracula" extract; Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar; Reading for pleasure
GEOGRAPHY
Why are we living in an increasingly unequal world?
HISTORY
Was Merthyr Tydfil really a ‘Vision of Hell’ in the early Nineteenth Century? Who was Jack the Ripper?
ICT
Computer Hardware
MATHS
(Sets 1&2): Statistics; Volume; Number Revision
(Sets 4&5): Estimation; Decimals; Algebra
MUSIC
Film Music
PE
Fitness testing and training; outdoor lessons from Rugby, Football, Hockey and Netball; indoor lessons from
Badminton, Basketball, Volleyball, Gymnastics and Dance.
PHYSICS
Sound
PSE
Smoking
RE
Looking for God – Christianity and Hinduism
SPANISH
La Ropa (School uniforms; expressing opinions; clothes for different occasions; preterite tense of llevar)
WELSH
Shopping (Asking prices; Buying Goods; Pocket Money; Tenses – present, past, imperfect, future)
(Set 3): Volume; Number Revision; Algebra