In year 7 students have 30 lessons a week, these are allotted as follows:
Number of lessons per subject
Below is a general overview of the topics students are taught throughout the year in each subject.
For a more in depth outline of each subject please click on the link for the subject page.
If you would like to speak to us about any aspect of our curriculum, or to request a printed version of our learning journey for any subject, please get in touch.
Art
• Natural forms
• Colour theory
• Aboriginal art
• Artist research (Hundertwasser)
• Insects/ imaginary creatures
Computing
Intro to ICT
• Interactive powerpoint
• Digital citizen
• Micro:bit madness
• Music festival
• Dealing with dragons
• Hardware and software
Dance
• Introduction to dance
• Cartoon capers
• Graffiti
• Dance around the world
• Music videos
Design and technology
• Food skills
• Prototyping and design- smartwatch
• CAD/CAM Skills
• Design and make project- photo frame
• Drawing skills
Drama
• Introduction to drama
• Darkwood manor
• Theatre history
English
• Descriptive writing
• Welcome to Tuxfordia
• Frankenstein (drama)
• Speeches and rhetoric
• Novel study
• Myths and legends poetry
Geography
• Settle down
• Blame it on the weather man
• Our shrinking world
• Geography rocks
Global awareness
• Transition
• Study skills
• Dot breathe
• CEIAG
• Being human
• Money matters
History
• Global civilisations
• Vikings
• The wonders of the Islamic empire
• The Norman invasion
• Power through time
• Pocahontas and the ‘New World’
• Crime and punishment in the 18th century
Maths
• Place value
• Fractions, decimals and percentage equivalence
• Sequences
• Algebraic notation
• Equality and equivalence
• Solving problems with addition and subtraction
• Solving problems with multiplication and division
• Fractions
• Directed numbers
• Prime numbers
• Probability
• Number sense
• Construction
• Geometric reasoning
Modern foreign languages
Students will study one of the following
French
• Me, my family and friends
• School
• Home and local area
German
• Introducing self and others
• Health
• Free time
Spanish
• Introducing yourself, family and friends
• School
• Free time
Visit our modern foreign languages page for more information
Music
• Workshopping
• Practice and rehearsal
• Listening to music
• Instrument
• Composition
• Film music
• Music and ICT
• Electronic music
Philosophy and ethics
• What is philosophy and ethics?
• Introducing P4C
• What is God like?
• Are there perfect leaders?
• What beliefs and practices do people have?
Physical education
• Preparing for exercise
• Movement
• Developing technique
• Teamwork
• The benefits of physical activity
• Scoring systems
• Competition
• Officiating
• Tactics and strategies
• Methods of training
• Achieving a personal best
• Valuing physical activity
• Analyse a performance
• Fitness testing
• Leadership
• Making informed choices
Science
Biology
• Cell structure
• Specialised cells
• Feeding relationships
• Competition
• Abiotic and biotic factors
• Sexual and asexual reproduction
• Menstrual cycle
• Embryo development
Chemistry
• Particle model
• Mixtures
• Solutions
• Chemical and physical change
• pH scale
• Neutralisation
Physics
• Balanced and unbalanced forces
• Friction
• Density
• Weight
• Gravitational force
• Solar system
• Energy
• Wasted energy
• Heat and temperature
• Electric current
• Resistance
