Year 8 Revision Topics
English
Will complete a Reading comprehension paper and a writing task. These papers are skill
based and therefore there is no set revision.
Spanish
There will be three exams:
 Reading/ Writing (45 min)
 Listening (30 min)
 Speaking (5 minutes)
Revise the following topics:
Unit 4: talking about your home, saying where it is, describing your house, rooms in your
house, your bedroom, talking about your daily routine and what you do after school.
Learn all Unit 4 vocabulary from your exercise book (particularly the vocabulary summary
pages).
Unit 5: talking about places in town and saying where you are going, directions and
distances.
Learn all Unit 5 vocabulary from your exercise book (particularly the vocabulary summary
pages).
For the speaking exam, prepare to answer the following questions orally:
1. ¿Dónde vives?
2. ¿Cómo es tu casa/ tu piso? ¿Te gusta tu casa? ¿Por qué?
3. ¿Cuántas habitaciones tiene?
4. ¿Qué hay en tu dormitorio?
5. ¿Qué deportes practicas?
6. ¿Describe tu rutina por la mañana?
7. ¿Qué vas a hacer este fin de semana?
French
There will be three exams:
 Reading/ Writing (1 hour)
 Listening (30 min)
 Speaking (5 minutes)
Revise the following topics:
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Unit 5: talking about what you do in the morning, talking about school subjects and giving
opinions, saying what you do after school
Learn all vocabulary from your exercise book and the vocabulary summaries from Expo 1.
Unit 6: talk about games and sports, musical instruments, saying what you like doing, saying
what you can do at the sports centre and saying what you are going to do on holiday.
Learn all vocabulary from your exercise book and the vocabulary summaries from Expo 1.
For the speaking exam, prepare to answer the following questions orally:
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Qu’est-ce que tu fais le matin?
Qu’est-ce que tu aimes étudier et pourquoi ?
Qu’est-ce que tu fais le soir après le collège ?
Qu’est-ce que tu fais comme sport ?
Tu joues d’un instrument ?
Qu’est-ce que tu aimes faire dans ton temps libre ?
Qu’est-ce que on peut faire au centre de loisirs ?
Qu’est-ce que tu vas faire en été ?
History
 Primary and Secondary Sources
 Who were the Tudor Kings & Queens?
 What was Henry VIII like?
 Who were his children and what happened to them?
 Who were his wives and what happened to them?
 What are the differences between Catholic & Protestant Churches?
 What sorts of symbols did Elizabeth I use in her portraits?
 Why did Henry VIII close the monasteries? Political, social & economic? Was he just
making up excuses to get what he wanted?
 Why did the Spanish Armada attack England?
 Why did the Spanish Armada lose?
Geography
The water cycle, Rivers and flooding:
 The water cycle / Label a diagram of a drainage basin
 The causes and effects of flooding in Boscastle and Bangladesh or Mozambique.
 How are waterfalls formed?
Tourism:
 The reasons for the growth in tourism
 The advantages and disadvantages of tourism
 Eco tourism – what is it and what are the advantages
Environmental concerns:
For one environmental concern of choice from the following list (global warming and climate
change/coral reefs/endangered species/oil spills/threats to the Antarctic) pupils must know the
causes/effect and responses. (Not 8A)
Ecosystems:
 What is the climate/ vegetation like in tropical rainforests?
 What are the local, national and global impacts of deforestation?
RE
Islam including;
 Beliefs about death and the afterlife
 Life of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
 5 pillars (prayer fasting zakah hajj and shahadah)
 Halal
Journey of life including;
 Baptism
 Sacraments
 Life of one role model
 Role model – life of one person who is a role model to you
Conflict in the UK including;
 Reformation
 Henry Viii,
 King Edward Vi,
 Mary Tudor,
 Elizabeth I
 Martyrs e.g. Edmund Campion
 Anti-Catholic laws
Mathematics
Pupils are asked to read detailed revision guidance sent via school email on Friday 27th
March. School account passwords should be updated before the end of the spring term as it
will not be possible to upgrade remotely once passwords have expired.
DT: Textiles
 The 3 Types of fabric
 Equipment names and safety rules
 Knowledge of how to apply colour to fabric
 Parts of a sewing machine and what they do
 Knowledge of basic hand embroidery and differences between hand sewing and
machine sewing
 Pinning and tacking
 Methods of research
 What is a specification
 Designing juggling balls
DT: Resistant Materials
 Tools and equipment names
 Descriptions for uses of tools and equipment
 Safety rules
 Conducting a product analysis
 Types of research
 Designing plaques/door signs
DT: Food Technology
 Safety: equipment and food stuffs
 Hygiene: personal and environmental
 Correct storage of food
 5 main nutrients + fibre
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Eight Government guidelines for a healthy diet
Knowledge of the function(s) of ingredients
Knowledge of ingredients and recipes from around the world e.g. pasta, rice
Basic methods e.g. roux sauce, creaming, short crust pastry.
Adapting and designing new recipes.
Sensory testing: rating charts, star diagrams
Technical language and terminology e.g. rubbing in, dicing, simmering
Science
Investigating Science; analysing and evaluating results.
Food & Digestion:
Energy in food, investigating energy in food, food groups, food tests, role of enzymes and
structure and function of digestive system.
Elements & Compounds:
Definitions, symbols, periodic table; uses of elements, metals and non-metals, making
compounds, compound formulae, mixtures and separating mixtures.
Light; structure of eye:
How we see, ray diagrams, reflection, refraction, dispersion and filters
Respiration; process of respiration:
Function of blood, the heart, structure and function of lungs and ventilation
Rocks:
Types of rock and their formation, weathering and erosion, transportation
Magnet & Electromagnets:
Magnetic fields, electromagnets, using electromagnets
Microbes:
Types of microbes, spread of disease; immune system, antibiotics and vaccinations
Heating & Cooling:
Particle Model, temperature and States of Matter, heat and temperature, conduction,
insulation, convection, radiation and changes of State
Sound:
How sound is caused, structure of the ear, loudness, amplitude, pitch and frequency of
sounds, sound levels, speed of sound and ultrasound