Year 8

Half Term One
Week
General Topic
1
Basic Number Work
2
Number Projects & Basic
Number Work (rich task)
Descriptors
apply the four operations, including formal written
methods, to integers, decimals and simple fractions
(proper and improper), and mixed numbers – all both
positive and negative
apply the four operations, including formal written
methods, to integers, decimals and simple fractions
(proper and improper), and mixed numbers – all both
positive and negative
3
Sequences
generate terms of a sequence from either a term-to-term
or a position-to-term rule
4
Sequences
generate terms of a sequence from either a term-to-term
or a position-to-term rule
deduce expressions to calculate the nth term of linear
sequences.
5
Straight Line Graphs (rich task)
6
Straight Line Graphs
plot graphs of equations that correspond to straight-line
graphs in the coordinate plane
plot graphs of equations that correspond to straight-line
graphs in the coordinate plane
identify and interpret gradients and intercepts of linear
functions graphically and algebraically
identify and interpret gradients and intercepts of linear
functions graphically and algebraically
7
Assessment Week
1
2
Half Term Two
identify, describe and construct congruent shapes
Transformations (rich task)
including on coordinate axes, by considering rotation,
reflection and translation
identify, describe and construct congruent shapes
Transformations
including on coordinate axes, by considering rotation,
reflection and translation
3
Enlargement and Similar Shapes
4
Operations on Fractions (rich
task)
5
6
Probability
7
Assessment Week
generate terms of a sequence from a term-to-term rule
generate terms of a sequence from a term-to-term rule
recognise and use sequences of
triangular, square and cube
numbers, simple arithmetic
progressions
recognise and use sequences of
triangular, square and cube
numbers, simple arithmetic
progressions
find approximate solutions to linear equations using a
graph
find approximate solutions to linear equations using a
graph
describe translations as 2D vectors
identify, describe and construct similar shapes, including
on coordinate axes, by considering enlargement
calculate exactly with fractions
apply the property that the probabilities of an exhaustive
set of outcomes sum to one; apply the property that the
probabilities of an exhaustive set of mutually exclusive
events sum to one
apply the property that the probabilities of an exhaustive
set of outcomes sum to one; apply the property that the
probabilities of an exhaustive set of mutually exclusive
events sum to one
Probability (rich task)
deduce expressions to calculate the nth term of linear
sequences.
enumerate sets and combinations of sets systematically,
using tables, grids and Venn diagrams
construct theoretical possibility spaces for combined
experiments with equally likely outcomes and use these to
calculate theoretical probabilities
enumerate sets and combinations of sets systematically,
using tables, grids and Venn diagrams
construct theoretical possibility spaces for combined
experiments with equally likely outcomes and use these to
calculate theoretical probabilities
Half Term Three
1
Angle Facts (rich task)
understand and use alternate and corresponding angles
on parallel lines
2
Angle Facts
understand and use alternate and corresponding angles
on parallel lines
3
Mysterious Function Machines:
solve linear equations in one unknown algebraically
Solving Equations (rich task)
4
Solving Equations
solve linear equations in one unknown algebraically
5
Solving Equations
solve linear equations in one unknown algebraically
6
Assessment Week
derive and use the sum of angles in a triangle (e.g. to
deduce and use the angle sum in any polygon, and to
derive properties of regular polygons)
derive and use the sum of angles in a triangle (e.g. to
deduce and use the angle sum in any polygon, and to
derive properties of regular polygons)
apply the properties of angles at a point, angles at a point
on a straight line, vertically opposite angles
solve linear equations with the unknown on both sides of
the equation
solve linear equations with the unknown on both sides of
the equation
solve linear equations with the unknown on both sides of
the equation
Half Term Four
1
express the division of a quantity into two parts as a
ratio; apply ratio to real contexts and problems (such as
Ratio and Proportion (rich task)
identify and work with fractions in ratio problems
those involving conversion, comparison, scaling, mixing,
concentrations)
2
Ratio and Proportion
express the division of a quantity into two parts as a
ratio; apply ratio to real contexts and problems (such as
identify and work with fractions in ratio problems
those involving conversion, comparison, scaling, mixing,
concentrations)
3
Ratio and Proportion - if you
finish, try a levelled
investigation
express the division of a quantity into two parts as a
ratio; apply ratio to real contexts and problems (such as
identify and work with fractions in ratio problems
those involving conversion, comparison, scaling, mixing,
concentrations)
4
Assessment Week
Half Term Five
express a multiplicative relationship between two
quantities as a ratio or a fraction
solve problems involving
direct and inverse
understand and use proportion as relate ratios to fractions and
use ratio notation, including reduction to
proportion, including
equality of ratios
to linear functions
simplest form
graphical and algebraic
representations
divide a given quantity into two parts in a
given part:part or part:whole ratio
express a multiplicative relationship between two
quantities as a ratio or a fraction
solve problems involving
direct and inverse
understand and use proportion as relate ratios to fractions and
use ratio notation, including reduction to
proportion, including
equality of ratios
to linear functions
simplest form
graphical and algebraic
representations
divide a given quantity into two parts in a
given part:part or part:whole ratio
express a multiplicative relationship between two
quantities as a ratio or a fraction
solve problems involving
direct and inverse
understand and use proportion as relate ratios to fractions and
use ratio notation, including reduction to
proportion, including
equality of ratios
to linear functions
simplest form
graphical and algebraic
representations
divide a given quantity into two parts in a
given part:part or part:whole ratio
1
Area (rich task)
calculate area, perimeters of 2D shapes
2
Surface Area and Volume (rich
task)
3
Surface Area and Volume
4
Formula Week
5
Topic Log
Expect Staff to be Used for Year 11 Intervention
6
Topic Log
Expect Staff to be Used for Year 11 Intervention
7
Assessment Week
Expect Staff to be Used for Year 11 Intervention
8
In Class Consolidation and
Intervention
Expect Staff to be Used for Year 11 Intervention
know and apply formulae to calculate volume of right
prisms
know and apply formulae to calculate volume of right
prisms
use conventional notation for priority of operations,
including brackets, powers, roots and reciprocals
calculate areas of composite shapes
know and apply formulae to calculate area of triangles,
parallelograms, trapezia
know and apply formulae to calculate volume of cuboids
know and apply formulae to calculate volume of cuboids
substitute numerical values into scientific formulae
rearrange formulae to change the subject
Half Term Six
1
interpret and construct tables, charts and diagrams,
including frequency tables, bar charts, pie charts and
Averages - Assessed Rich Task pictograms for categorical data, vertical line charts for
ungrouped discrete numerical data and know their
appropriate use
interpret, analyse and compare the distributions of data
sets from univariate empirical distributions through
appropriate measures of central tendency (median, mean,
mode and modal class) and spread (range)
2
interpret and construct tables, charts and diagrams,
including frequency tables, bar charts, pie charts and
pictograms for categorical data, vertical line charts for
ungrouped discrete numerical data and know their
appropriate use
interpret, analyse and compare the distributions of data
sets from univariate empirical distributions through
appropriate measures of central tendency (median, mean,
mode and modal class) and spread (range)
Averages Project
interpret, analyse and compare the distributions of data
interpret, analyse and compare the distributions of data
sets from univariate empirical distributions through
sets from univariate empirical distributions through
appropriate measures of central tendency (median, mean,
appropriate graphical representation involving discrete,
mode and modal class) and spread (range, including
continuous and grouped data
consideration of outliers)
3
Averages from Charts
4
Circles (rich task)
calculate area and circumference of circles
calculate exactly with multiples of π
5
Circles
calculate area and circumference of circles
calculate exactly with multiples of π
6
Circles
calculate area and circumference of circles
calculate exactly with multiples of π
7
Design a Zoo
RED Pupils to be taken out
for Intervention
apply statistics to describe a population
know the formulae: circumference of a circle = 2πr = πd,
area of a circle = πr²
know and apply formulae to calculate volume of right
prisms (including cylinders)
know and apply formulae to calculate volume of right
prisms (including cylinders)