SOUTHEND HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS
Year 9 Curriculum – 2016/17
A Summary to Parents
SUBJECT
English
Maths
Science
French
German
Spanish
Geography
History
Art & Design
Religious Studies
PE
AUTUMN
Literary text (e.g. To Kill a Mockingbird) –
practise of GCSE-style essays and a focus on
the skills of critical analysis (e.g. effective
use of details, exploration of theme).
Speaking and listening task (e.g. presentation
task called If I ruled the World or
participation in a group discussion).
Creative writing practice – students improve
their creative writing skills, developing the
different strategies that they can use to
engage readers and communicate effectively.
Upper & Lower Bounds, Probability,
Percentages, Ratio & Proportion, Algebraic
Products, Inequalities in two dimensions,
Algebraic Factors, Statistics
SPRING
SUMMER
Shakespeare (e.g. Macbeth, Henry V) students read, study and explore the play,
improving their understanding of
Shakespeare’s dramatic methods.
Students will practise GCSE-style exam
questions. Unseen poetry – students are
introduced to ways to respond to unseen
poetry texts and practise an exam-style
question. Students will be encouraged to
offer original interpretations.
Nineteenth-century novel (The Strange
Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde) – students
read and explore the text, practising a
GCSE essay question. Poetry from the
Power and Conflict section of the AQA
anthology.
Formulae & Sequences, Simultaneous
Equations, Transformations, Trigonometry
& Pythagoras, Area (of a trapezium & arcs
and sectors), Volume of a prism
Similar Figures, Quadratic Equations,
Loci & Construction, Graphs; Bounds,
Algebra and Standard Form or Formulae,
Standard Form and Area & Volume
(solving problems)
GCSE Cells; GCSE Atomic Structure;
GCSE Forces, Energy and Motion
Consolidation of learning. Increased
degree of difficulty in reading and
listening, writing and speaking tasks,
adverbs. Health & fitness & oral
examination.
Photosynthesis; Further chemical reactions;
Plants for food; Environmental Chemistry;
Forces, Pressure and Moments
Electricity and Energy
Review of previous work to reinforce
Developing Weather, Future Tense, Plans,
structures. Town, Family, Use of perfect,
Establishing meaning through context in
present and near future tenses together.
written French, negatives, school life, jobs.
Developing listening skills.
Extending written accounts. Reading and
Friends & family. Imperfect and simple
analysing longer factual / literature based
future tenses. Translations from English to
texts.
French.
Introductions, numbers, age, months, days,
Hometown, school, modal verbs,
where you live, characteristics, food,
subordinate clauses, developing translation
activities, holidays, family and friends,
skills (German-English and Englishintroduction to German basic grammar,
German), intense speaking practice with
developing listening and reading skills in
the Foreign Languages Assistant
German, intense speaking practice with the
Foreign Languages Assistant
Talking about yourself, Family Your Home
Travel and tourism, Asking the way, travel
and local area, Describing famous people,
problems. ICT work. Grammar. HalfHolidays, ICT work. Grammar. Half-termly
termly assessments. Role plays and
assessments. Role plays and translations.
translations.
Rivers and hydrology, regional geography – focus on Asia, Tourism,
Glaciation and cold environments. Coasts
Germany in the 1920s
The Nazi rise to power.
Art and Careers – Sculpture project. Discuss Skills – Built environment project.
and show examples of careers within the
Architectural project and the history of
arts. Poly-block print making – organic
Southend. Skill building – introduction to
forms. Mono-printing.
materials such as inks, oil pastels and
pastels.
The Life and Impact of Christ: students
Religion, Philosophy and Ethics in the
develop a philosophical and theological
Modern World (Christianity)- students
grounding in the impact of Jesus’ existence.
look at different arguments for the
existence of God, the nature of reality.
Islamic beliefs- core beliefs, nature of
Allah & Prophethood: students develop a
Experiencing God- Students consider the
philosophical and theological grounding in
value of the different arguments for
the core beliefs of Islam, looking at different
experiencing God: through scripture,
groups within Islam.
Christian figures and religious
experiences.
Free-time activities, Sport, Cinema,
perfect tense, future tense, intense
speaking practice with the Foreign
Languages Assistant, oral examination
Holiday accommodation, Health problems,
Shopping, ICT work. Grammar. Halftermly assessments. Role plays and
translations. Reading authentic texts.
Nazi Germany, 1933-39
Experimentation – mixed media topics.
Aerial Perspective in painting. Revising
previous projects and refining work. Vital
for those continuing with the course into
Year 10.
Islam- Books and angels- Students
consider the role and importance of angels
and Holy Books on the beliefs and actions
of Muslims.
Christianity-Life after death and the
problem of evil- students study Christian
beliefs in life after death; heaven, hell,
purgatory and judgement. The second
coming (Parousia). Students will consider
the challenges of suffering and evil and
apologetics.
PE/Games: Athletics, Cricket, Table
Tennis. GCSE P E: Athletics, Badminton.
PE/Games: Football, Hockey, Rugby. Crosscountry, Basketball, Badminton. GCSE PE:
Components of fitness, Construction of a
training session, Table Tennis.
Garden solar panel light sensor
Focussed practical task.
Data, Information, Knowledge.
Programming – Data types, select
statements, iteration and algorithms.
PE/Games: Football, Hockey, Rugby,
Circuit Training, Indoor Athletics. GCSE
P.E: Types of Training, Rugby.
Light sensor/Amplifier project
Pop Up Book
Representing numbers – denary, binary,
hexadecimals. System architecture.
Amplifier project
Pop Up Book
Representing image and sound. Binary
logic. Networks. GUI programming.
Music
Graded Theory
Set Work 1
Set Work 2
Performance and Sequencing
Set Work 3
Composition
PSHE
Citizenship
Subjects covered throughout the year include: Careers Education & Guidance, Relationship and Sex education.
Human Rights and Conflict in a Global Context.
Business Studies &
Economics
Introduction to Business Studies, e.g. Enterprise, Business Structure, International Dimension, Financial Accounts.
Introduction to Economics, e.g. Competitive Markets, Demand and Supply, Elasticity and Objectives of Government.
Drama
Introduction to Edexcel GCSE Drama
course. Strategies, Elements, Mediums of
Drama and Theatre practitioners.
Electronics
Graphics
Computer Science
Drama
Introduction to Edexcel GCSE Drama
course. Strategies, Elements, Mediums of
Drama and Theatre practitioners.