Welcome to the Year 7 Curriculum
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Below you can find the curriculum content covered by our subjects, organised by term.
| Autumn | Spring | Summer | |
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| Art & Design | Formal elements / 3D shapes | Colour Wheel, Van Gogh, Simple Still Life Painting | Henri Rousseau, Clay Thumb Pot |
| Computing - Term 1 | Clear messaging in digital media | Using media - Gaining support for a cause | Programming - Essentials in Scratch (Part 2) |
| Computing - Term 2 | Networks - from semaphores to the internet | Programming - Essentials in Scratch (Part 1) | Modeling data using spreadsheets |
| Design & Technology | Benchmark - Novelty Glasses, Timber / Plastics, Organisation | Metal working, Candleholder | CAD, Extended Task, Electronics |
| English | Autobiography and Introduction to Poetry | Play: Frankenstein, Crime Fiction | Introduction to Shakespeare, Non-Fiction Travel Writing |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | Snacks. Health and safety, Celebrations, Equipment | Textiles: Cushion, Design and make task | Fruit and vegetables, Nutrition, Knife Skills, Cookies, Eat well guide |
| Geography | What skills do I need as a Geographer? Why are map skills important? | How does water shape the land? | What issues do rural and urban areas face? |
| History - Single Lesson | Village & Town: social change in the middle ages - A comparative study with China | The Crusades, The Black Death, The Peasants' Revolt | Society in the Tutor Period |
| History - Double Lesson | What is history? 1066 & the Norman Conquest, Castles through the middle ages | The role of religion in the middle ages, Pilgrimage to Lincoln Cathedral, The Medieval monarchy: a case study of King John & the Magna Carta | Religious change through the Tudor period, Was Guy Fawkes framed: interpretations of the Gunpowder Plot 1605 |
| Languages | Unit 1: Self, Unit 2: Family | Unit 3: School, Unit 4: Free time | Unit 4: Free Time, Unit 5: In a French Speaking Country |
| Maths | Algebraic thinking, Place Value and Proportion | Applications of numbers, Directed Number, Fractional thinking | Lines and angles, Reasoning with number |
| Music | African Drumming, Singing and Rhythm OR Electronic Music (exploring riffs and melody) - performance and composition using music technology | African Drumming, Singing and Rhythm OR Electronic Music (exploring riffs and melody) - performance and composition using music technology |
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| Physical Education | Netball, Rugby, Handball, Swimming, Badminton, fitness, dance, table tennis | basketball, football, gym | Athletics, tennis, cricket, rounders |
| Religion & Worldviews | What is Religion and Worldviews? | Is Hinduism monotheistic or polytheistic? | Judaism: The first of three Abrahamic faiths |
| Science | Biology (basic structures of plants and animals) and Working in the Lab. | Chemistry (Atoms, elements and compounds and chemical reactions) and Experimental Procedure 1. | Physics (energy, forces and waves) and Experimental Procedure 2 and 3. |