Curriculum Overview for Year 7
English
Art & Design
 Autumn
 Spring
 Summer
Reading:
Develop reading skills
Read a range of genres
Writing:
Imaginative writing
Reviews
Spoken English:
Give short speeches expressing
their own ideas
Reading:
Develop reading skills
Challenging texts
Writing:
Nonfiction – media writing
Play scripts - Shakespeare
Spoken English:
Performance
Class discussion
Reading:
Explore the work of
one author – Roald Dahl
Writing:
Author’s style
Biographical writing
Spoken English:
Interviews
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SPRING
Probability
Co-ordinates, shape and space
Number properties
Place Value
Calculations
End of Unit assessment
Measures
Handling Data
Fractions, Percentages and
decimals.
Ratio and proportion
End of Unit assessment.
Science
 SUMMER
 Calculations
 Revisiting work covered in
year 7
 End of year assessment.
Enquiring Minds
Term 1
Structured enquiry
Can we build a better future?
AUTUMN
SPRING
SUMMER
Cells &
Organisation
Reproduction
Genetics and
Evolution
Particulate nature
of matter
Electricity &
Magnetism
Atom, Element,
Compound &
Periodic Table
Space
Term 2
Support enquiry
What is our relationship to the environment?
Pure and
Inpure
substance
Energy
Term 3
Open enquiry
What is truth?
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Autumn
 Office presentation software
 E-Safety
Spring
 Computer Systems
 Sequencing
Summer
 Spreadsheet skills
 Game making
AUTUMN
Natural form
Drawing skills /still life/ texture/tone/line
SPRING
Indian art project
Printing skills/ pattern/ colour
SUMMER
Landscape
Textiles/ Composition/ perspective
Design & Technology
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Mathematics
 AUTUMN
 Measuring Time
 Money
 Number Properties
 Place Value
 Addition and Subtraction
Properties of shape
 End of Unit Assessment
 Handling Data
 Fractions, Percentages and
Decimals
 Calculations
 End of Unit Assessment
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Computing
Food -Autumn – Find out about different food groups
Spring – International Cooking
Summer – Healthy eating
Resistant Materials (Workshop) - Autumn
 Workshop Health and Safety
 Introducing the design cycle
 Spring -Student led project developing the
design cycle
 Summer -Into to CAD Cam design
student led project with CAD CAM
Audiology
SALT
 To begin to understand everyday sounds on the
audiogram
 To understand their own hearing levels
 To become independent with listening device/s
 For pupils to be able to integrate their understanding
of the THRASS chart (Teaching Handwriting Reading
And Spelling Skills) into all literacy
 To continue to integrate cued speech into their reading
strategy
 To apply strategies and knowledge of English through
cuing (and listening where appropriate) to live English
contexts
Physical
Autumn Term
Swimming
Tennis
Football
Tag rugby
Spring Term
Football
Climbing
badminton
Gymnastics
Education
Summer Term
Cricket
Rounders
Athletics
Golf
Geography
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Rivers/hydrology
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Population and Urbanisation
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Rocks, weathering and soils
BSL
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Autumn
In depth study of deaf identity
Spring
Development of candidates’ conversational skills in
British Sign Language (Level 1, Unit 101 & 102)
Summer
In depth study of BSL linguistics (informal and
formal Registers, changes in language in relation
to period of time and the influences of technology)
PSD
– Personal Action Planning
– Sex & Relationships Education
– Personal Finance (Bank Accounts)
– Emotional Wellbeing
– Healthy Lifestyles