Key Stage 4 Curriculum
Year 10
Year 11
English
Entry Level Certificate
Students take five of the following:
 Reading for pleasure. discussion of three or four stories and four or five poems.
 Reading: Drama. Romeo and Juliet
 Writing: Drama. Romeo and Juliet
 Speaking and listening: Drama. Romeo and Juliet
 Reading: media. Television, advertising, film.
 Writing: media. Creating an advertisement script, a film review and a news story.
 Speaking and Listening: media perform and discuss advertisement scripts.
 Reading: work. Work experience. First day at work, health and safety.
 Writing: work. Diary entries, letters of thanks.
 Speaking and listening: work. Health and safety. Presenting to the class.
 Writing: storytelling. Stories for different ages; story about a personal experience.
 Speaking and listening: storytelling. Summarise and discuss stories for different age groups.
GCSE
Note: some of these assignments may be extended versions of the core units for ELC (above).
 Reading: Romeo and Juliet
 Reading: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.
 Original writing.
 Media: a film review
 Speaking and listening activities throughout the course.
Maths
Entry Level Certificate:
Data
Sorting, classifying
Block graphs
Collect information in tables and lists
Extract info from tables, lists, graphs and diagrams
Construct bar charts, pictograms
Answer questions from charts
Complete frequency table
Number
Count, read, write numbers
Order numbers (place value)
Use all number operations
Problem solving
Estimating, rounding
Odd and even numbers
Money
Recognise all coins and notes
Understand value of coins and notes
Give change
Total mixed coins
Convert from pence to pounds and vice versa
Solve problems
Know everyday costs
Decimal notation
Total notes and exchange for smaller value notes or coins
Investigations involving money
Shapes, measures, geometry and graphs
Recognise and name 2D and 3D shapes
Comparative sizes of shapes
Order shapes by size
Describe properties of 2D shapes
Describe properties of 3D shapes
Understand angle as measurement of turn
Draw lines of symmetry
Draw nets of cubes/ cuboids
Recognise nets
Tessellations
Recognise angles compared to right angles
Everyday language related to measuring
Comparatives
Positional vocabulary
Measure using non-standard units
Standard units length, capacity and mass
Measure using standard units
Estimate mass and length
Read co-ordinates
Label co-ordinates
Points of compass
Convert units of measurement
Read scales
Choose measuring instrument
Use all number operations
Number vocabulary
Problems
Rounding
Simple fractions
Number patterns
Place value
Decimal numbers
Negative numbers
Time related language
Read time on analogue clock
Read time on digital clock
Order events in time
Know units of time and equivalent
Find difference between times
Extract information from timetables
Solve problems
Use calendar
Convert times
Total times
24 hour clock
GCSE
Data
Probability
Mode and median
Mean and range
Frequency tables
Grouped frequency tables
Stem and leaf diagrams
Line graphs
Scatter graphs
Pie charts
Number
Problem solving
Estimating
Inverse operations
Step by step deduction
Place value
Rounding
Negative numbers
Order numbers
Science
Language of number operations including multiple, factor, square, prime
Index notation
Powers
Fractions including equivalent
Decimal notation
Order fractions and decimals
Percentage
Ratio and proportion
Use all number operations
Reciprocals
Brackets
Calculate fractions of quantities
Convert fractions to percentages
Use calculators efficiently
Shapes, measures, geometry and graphs
2D shapes
Angles and properties
Estimate angles
Area of rectangles, triangles and parallelograms
Angle sums – triangles, points
Congruence of shapes
Pythagoras’ theorem
Sine, cosine
Circle and related terms
3D shapes including construction
Nets
Transformations
Co-ordinates
Vectors
Standard measurements
Read scales
Area of shapes using formulae
Perimeters
Volume
Circumference and area of circles using formulae
Use all four number operations
Mental calculations
Use algebra
Notation and symbols
Numbers and algebra
Number patterns
Algebra in number patterns
Rounding
Powers of 10
Equivalent fractions
Decimals
Percentages
Negative numbers
Brackets
Solve linear equations
Algebraic expressions
Formulae
Simultaneous linear equations
Quadratic equations
Simultaneous linear and quadratic equations
Trial and improvement
Sequences
Graphs of linear equations
Co-ordinates in four quadrants
Autumn Term
Autumn Term
Entry Level Certificate:
Entry Level Certificate:
Dead or Alive – body organs and life processes; Gasping for breath – describes lungs and cell
muscle fatigue and breathing rate; organ respiration; health problems caused by asthma
donation and preservation.
and smoking.
Babies – awareness of the human reproductive
system; role of midwives.
Acids and Alkalis – importance of
acidity/alkalinity and neutralisation.
Cooking and Cleaning – how food is cooked and
prepared; cleaning up afterwards.
The Digital Age – using simple circuits to show
how electricity is used to transfer and process
information.
Power On – how electricity is generated and
transmitted.
GCSE
How do human bodies respond to changes
inside them and to their environment?
What can we do to keep our bodies healthy?
How do we use/abuse medical and recreational
drugs?
What causes infectious diseases and how can
our bodies defend themselves against them?
Spring Term
Entry Level Certificate:
Extinction – organisms in their environment;
looking at fossil evidence.
Casualty – understanding of circulation and how
some factors increase the risk of developing
heart disease.
Colours and smells - investigates paints,
pigments and perfumes.
Heavy Metal? – the physical and chemical
properties of metals which make them suitable
for specific uses.
Feels the force – everyday applications of
magnets and magnetism.
G-Force – exploring forces in a variety of
contexts - tools, speed, gliders, aeroplanes,
bungee ropes etc
GCSE
How do rocks provide building materials?
How do rocks provide metals and how are
metals used?
How do we get fuels from crude oil?
Summer Term
Entry Level Certificate:
Building Bodies – describes digestion;
relationship between the food we eat and how
it affects our bodies.
Control Systems – describes the effect of
changes on the human body; importance of
control mechanisms.
Fibres Fabrics – describes a range of uses of
polymers with emphasis on clothing and health
care.
Clean Air? – explains the environmental and
health consequences of certain air pollutants.
Let there be light! – describes the basic
Creepy Crawlies – finding organisms using
sampling techniques: naming them and
matching them to their habitats.
Strong Stuff – able to describe various materials
and relate them to their uses to particular
properties.
Restless Earth – describes the restless nature of
the Earth’s crust, and how the damaging effects
of natural disasters can be reduced.
The Burning Question – develops an
understanding of energy sources in the context
of energy changes
Deep Impacts – explains our place in the Solar
System and what may happen in the future.
GCSE
What determines where particular species live
and how many of them are there?
Why are individuals of the same species
different from each other? What new methods
do we have for producing plants and animals
with the characteristics we prefer?
Why have some species of plants and animals
died out? How do new species of plants and
animals develop?
How do humans affect the environment?
Spring Term
Entry Level Certificate:
Fooling Your Senses – able to explain how we
sense our environment, in the context of fooling
our senses.
Green and Growing – able to explain some
simple plant biology and how we produce food.
How Fast? How Slow? – investigates the factors
which affect reaction rate in the context of
reactions which take place in the home and in
industry.
Sorting Out – develops awareness and
understanding of how and when we use
different separation techniques, at home and in
industry.
Sound Effects – able to describe how we sense
sound and how sound is made and travels.
Hot Stuff – explains heat transfer in the context
of materials as conductors and insulators,
compares materials for home insulation.
GCSE
How are polymers and ethanol made from oil?
How can plant oils be used?
What are the changes in the Earth and its
atmosphere?
Summer Term
Entry Level Certificate:
From Field to Plate – describes the ‘food chain’
from farm to home; compares intensive and
organic farming.
My Genes – explains basic genetics: the idea of
chromosomes and genes, sex determination,
genotype combinations and variation, genetic
diseases and cures, selective breeding and
cloning.
Rubbish – describes the ways of dealing with
rubbish from homes and school.
Fuels – explain that most of our energy
requirements are met from the substances from
properties of light.
Watch this space – the earth in the solar system
in the context of space exploration.
GCSE
How is heat (thermal energy) transferred and
what factors affect the rate at which heat is
transferred?
What is meant by the efficient use of energy?
Why are electrical devices so useful?
How should we generate the electricity we need
ICT
Art
PE
Food Technology
Autumn Term
Identify computer components and their basic
functions. Identify computer peripherals such as
cameras and printers. Show knowledge in a test.
Operating systems, application software and
system utilities: why they are needed, what they
do. Show knowledge in a test.
Spring Term
Basic programming using Square. Writing and
testing a programme.
Describe examples of developments in
computing, with technical terms.
Describe the social, legal and ethical impacts of
development. Make a presentation to the class.
Summer Term
Topic 1: Art: Portraits, based upon the work of a
well-known artist.
Autumn Term
Football
Hockey
Table tennis
Netball
Spring Term
Fitness
Tag rugby
Handball
Tennis
Summer Term
Athletics
Softball
Frisbee
Autumn Term
Outline of assessment structure and learner
records.
Cooking eggs.
Omelettes, porridge, bacon sandwich,
cheese on toast.
Flapjacks.
Sandwiches, packed lunches.
Types of bread.
Spring Term
Bread making.
Soups.
Sauces.
Summer Term
Vegetables: potatoes. Spicy wedges, potato
daupinois.
crude oil.
Nuclear Power – able to explain some of the
issues raised by the use of uranium to generate
electricity.
Full Spectrum – describes the electromagnetic
spectrum and the uses of the different parts.
GCSE
What are the uses and hazards of the waves that
form the electromagnetic spectrum?
What are the uses and dangers of emissions
from radioactive substances?
What do we know about the origins of the
universe and how it continues to change?
Autumn Term
Developing Web Products.
Learn about the project brief.
Design a webpage.
Produce and prepare materials for a web page.
Produce the web page.
Spring Term
Developing Multimedia Products
How to complete a project proposal, and outline
ideas for a project.
Produce a presentation, a video, and animation
and a web page.
Summer Term
Topic 2: The stuff of life. Still life, developing
empathy for ordinary objects, skills of colour,
tone, shape, marks, composition.
Autumn Term
Fitness
Football
Basketball
Table tennis
Spring Term
Boccia
Cricket
Fitness
Handball
Table tennis
Summer Term
Netwall tennis
Softball
Cricket
Autumn Term
Rice and risotto.
Kinds of fish, fish cakes, fish pie.
Labelling and nutritional values
Pastas and sauces
Spring Term
Chicken pasta bake.
Thai green curry.
Chicken fajitas.
Summer Term
Baking – Crumble healthy options (wholemeal &
Oats) Brownies - different baking methods
Bolognaise sauce.
Beef casserole.
PCHSE
ASDAN
Fruit salad – sourcing, seasonal costs
Assessment
AQA Entry Level Award
Choose 7 of the following units:
Action Planning: identifying strengths and weaknesses, setting targets, careers action planning
Drugs Education: Legal and Illegal drugs, the law and consequences, Keeping Safe, The effects on
Health, problems associated with alcohol and tobacco, safe use of medicines.
Sex and Relationships: types of Relationships, Keeping safe (STI’s and Contraception) Peer Pressure,
Public and Private places, HIV, Body Image.
Personal Finance services available, bank statements, buying on credit, budgeting, plan and
participate in a fund-raising activity, savings, state benefits.
Emotional Wellbeing: how to manage emotional experiences.
Know about bullying, How to be a good friend, Mental or physical illnesses, Peer pressure, Causes of
stress, Understanding the meaning of prejudice, Equal opportunities.
Healthy Lifestyles Know what is needed for a healthy body: Healthy diet, protection from the sun ,
Healthcare services, The importance of exercise, Local opportunities for physical well-being, Eating
disorders, The link between poor health choices and skin cancer and heart disease, Basic First Aid.
Relationships, Behaviour and Practices in the Workplace Know about different roles in the
workplace, Equal Opportunities, Trades Unions, workplace Health & Safety requirements. Carry out
basic Risk Assessments, know about the rights and responsibilities of employer and employee.
Diversity, Prejudice and Discrimination
Personal Safety: Dangers that are found in a garden, home and work environment, evacuation
plans, transport safety and individuals responsibilities.
Social networking sites, dangers to individuals when using modern communication technology.
Organisations that promote safety.
Autumn Term
Autumn Term
Module 3: Sports and Leisure
Module 8: World of Work
Sports and leisure activities.
Prepare for two week work experience.
How physical activity supports healthy life
Health and safety in the work place.
styles.
Develop interview skills.
Improve own learning and performance.
To find out about the work placement.
The importance of leisure activities in
Interview for work experience placement.
developing social/communication skills.
Complete two week work placement.
Participate in a sports or leisure activity. (Some
Complete work experience diary.
will participate in dance lessons
Report on work placement .
provided by the Royal academy of Dance).
Develop research skills using ICT and local
Module 1: Information Handling
library.
Presentation to a group on a topic of interest.
Develop communication skills by contributing to Use ICT to research topic of interest.
group discussions.
To develop ICT skills and use power point to
Carry out a survey in the school community and
create a slide show.
present the findings.
Answer any questions about presentation.
Take part in a group discussion
Module 2: The community
Contribute without prompts to discussion.
Know about community/volunteer work.
Present main findings raised in discussion.
Take part in a community art project for the
Obtain information using the telephone
school; work with others to complete
Find out information by interviewing someone.
community project.
Module 2: The community
Community/volunteer work
Community art project for the school.
Spring Term
Spring Term
Continue to work on the school community art
Continue to work on the school community art
project.
project.
To continue to participate in a sports or leisure
activity.
Module 5: The Environment
To understand what the environment is.
To carry out a traffic survey. Understand and
know how traffic can be damaging to the
environment and people’s health.
Module 11: Expressive arts (Appreciation)
Use the internet to locate a local art gallery or
exhibition.
Plan the journey using public transport.
Visit to an art gallery or exhibition.
Use a digital camera to record visit.
Use the internet to research the life and work
of someone famous
Take part in a group discussion to suggest ways
to reduce damage caused by traffic.
Compare and contrast rural/urban
environments.
The country code and why it is important.
Trip to a local beauty spot or park.
Take photographs using a digital camera.
Use ICT and library to research British Wildlife.
Produce an illustrated study of chosen person.
Complete one of the following:
- Write lyrics for a song, poem or short story
- Work out a dance routine
- Take photographs and print them
- Produce a short piece of film
- Produce a drawing or painting
- Make an item using textiles
Module 7: Health & Survival
Understand healthy eating.
Monitor own diet for 2 days.
Know how to improve own diet for healthier
lifestyle.
Understand the importance of personal hygiene
Identify personal hygiene products and their
uses.
Either:
- Take part in a performance, dance, act
sing, drama
Or:
- Present an example of own creative work,
painting, drawing, film, textile work or
graphic design
To continue to work on the school community
art project.
Module 7: Health & Survival (Survival)
Summer Term
To continue to work on the school community
art project.
To continue to participate in a sports or leisure
activity.
Module 7: Health & Survival (Survival)
Basic first aid: cuts, grazes and nose bleeds,
minor burns and scalds, broken bones and
fainting.
The recovery position.
Accidents can happen In the home and how
they can be avoided.
Health and safety in the Kitchen, bathroom and
garden.
Basic road safety as a pedestrian and as a cyclist.
Create a road safety poster.
Camp craft skills in preparation for expedition.
Use a trangia to cook outside.
How to use a sleeping bag.
How to pack a rucksack
Basic navigation skills; six figure co-ordinates to
read a map.
How to use a compass and find north.
The eight points of a compass.
Know about basic first aid: cuts, grazes and nose
bleeds, minor burns and scalds, broken bones
and fainting.
To know how to place someone in the recover
position.
To know where accidents can happen In the
home and how they can be avoided.
To identify health and safety in the Kitchen,
bathroom and garden.
To contribute to discussion
To understand basic road safety as a pedestrian.
To understand basic road safety as a cyclist
To create a road safety poster.
Summer Term
To continue to work on the school community
art project.
To work with others
Module 7: Health & Survival (Survival)
Develop camp craft skills.
Use a trangia to cook outside.
How to use a sleeping bag.
How to pack a rucksack.
Basic navigation skills: understanding six figure
co-ordinates to read a map.
How to use a compass and find north. The eight
points of a compass.
Basic health and safety when on expedition.
Attend the assessed expedition
Duke of Edinburgh
Basic health and safety when on expedition.
Autumn Term
Physical Recreation
To choose a sport activity to be completed in school or by attending an approved sports facility out
of school.
To take part in a sport activity for 3 months
Skills section
To take part in the Step into Dance offer each week throughout the year
Or
To develop an agreed new skill from offer available in school.
(Dance, ICT, Art, Craft, cooking etc )
Spring Term
Physical Recreation (cont.)
Skills section (cont.)
Volunteer Section
To take part in school community art project.
To work with other year 10 students to update the artwork in the dining room.
Summer Term
Physical Recreation (cont.)
Skills section (cont.)
Volunteer Section (cont.)
Expedition Section
Develop camp craft skills.
Use a trangia to cook outside.
How to use a sleeping bag.
How to pack a rucksack.
Basic navigation skills: understanding six figure co-ordinates to read a map.
How to use a compass and find north. The eight points of a compass.
Basic health and safety when on expedition.
Attend the assessed expedition
Performing Arts
Part C: Arts Heroes and Heroines
Young people use simple research methods to find out about an artist or arts practitioner they
admire.
Part B: Explore the Arts as an Audience Member
In this part, young people go to at least one arts event.
Part A: Explore the Arts as a Participant
In this part, young people show how they are developing their interest, knowledge and skills in a
creative arts activity.
Students choose an arts area they are most interested in (e.g. singing, dancing, acting, art etc.) and
decide on an activity related to this arts area
Part D: Arts Apprenticeship
Young people either:
Option 1: Assist a professional arts leader at an arts workshop by leading a short task within the
workshop.
OR
Option 2: Share their arts skill by leading a short workshop activity or demonstration of their skill to
others.
Arts Award Folders
Ensure that all sections (A, B, C and D) are completed and evidence has been collated in Arts Award
folder to a “pass” standard.
Social and
Communication
Skills
Students follow “Discovering Me” which leads to Garratt Park’s own Certificated course in Social
and Emotional Well-being.
Module 1 Getting started
Module 2 Seeing others, seeing ourselves
Module 3 My talents, My habits, My fears, Listening and sharing, Five years from now 30
Module 4 Getting connected : Communication: body language, Reading faces, Mask making.
Module 5 Identifying our feelings and behaviours: Mask presentation. We all behave because of
how we feel, Naming feelings, My week: choosing behaviour.
Module 6 We can all win: Our defences, Common feelings, Underneath, we all want the same thing.
Module 7 Managing emotions: The story so far . . . Kaleidoscope of emotions, Towards love or
towards fear?, Anger is a cover emotion, Managing emotions, Response-ability.
Module 8 Understanding others: Coded messages, How is another person feeling?, Listening game:
going to market, Interrupting , Number sequence game, Are you with us?
Module 9 There’s got to be a better way: Resolving problems, Making it work: my own story,
Visualisation: we belong , Revisiting goals .
Module 10 Learning from mistakes: Cherokee chief story, Examples from the real world, Good days,
bad days, Learning from mistakes: Sasha’s story, Learning from mistakes: Tom’s story, Failure is the
key to success.
Module 11 Choosing new directions. The Iceberg model: what is it? We all act because of how we
feel; the whole story; getting personal; the power to choose; choosing a better way.