In year 8 students have 30 lessons a week, these are allotted as follows:
Year 8
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 topic map, please get in touch.
Art
• Sweet treats observational drawing
• Pop art
• Day of the dead 2D and 3D
• Psychedelic art
Computing
• Band manager
• Game maker
• Hour of code
• Movies
• Micro:bits networking
• Modelling
Dance
• Dance in the media
• Strictly Come Dancing
• Musicals
Design and technology
• Food science
• Soldering skills
• Lego project
• Textiles skills
• Mixed material project
Drama
• War and conflict
• Blood brothers
• Style and genre
English
• Descriptive writing
• Of Mice and Men
• Settings and characterisation in Shakespeare
• Investigating the truth in texts
• Newspapers
Geography
• Be Cool
• Blues and twos
• Survival academy
• Shake, rattle and roll
Global awareness
• Democracy
• Peer education project
• Relationships
• CEIAG
• Study skills
• Environment
History
• Enlightenment revolutions
• The British Empire
• The abolition of slavery
• Civil rights in the USA
• Industrial cities
• Women’s rights in the 20th century
Maths
• Percentages
• Fractions
• Algebra
• Coordinates
• Inequalities
• Units, measures and conversions
• Area and perimeter
• Construction and scale
• Bearings
• Ratio
• Proportion
• Statistics
• 3D shapes
Media
• Film studies- analysis
• History
• Genre
• Film making
Modern foreign languages
Students will study one of the following
French
• Free time
• Health
• Future plans
German
• In the town
• Holidays
• School
• Home and local area
Spanish
• Home and region
• Holidays
• Food
Visit our modern foreign languages page for more information
Music
• Class band
• Musical theatre
• MIDI
• Games music
• Fusion music
• Jingles
• Small group performance
• Hip hop
• Jazz
• Song writing
Philosophy and ethics
• P4C
• Spirituality in the media
• How is Islam different?
• Diversity in the community
• I’m not racist, but…
• Differences in people
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
• Gas exchange
• Cell organisation
• Aerobic respiration
• Digestive system
• Variation
• Anaerobic respiration
• Natural selection
• Selective breeding
Chemistry
• Elements and compounds
• Simple or giant structures
• Thermal decomposition
• Oxidation
• Acid reactions
• Rock cycle
• Earth resources
Physics
• Speed
• Moments
• Magnetic force
• Current and magnetism
• Electric charge
• Potential difference
• Reflection
• Refraction
