Curriculum Plan: Art Year 8

Enquiry Question(s)

Key Content Key Assessments Further Learning at Home

Term 1a

Is graffiti art or crime?

Students will explore urban art/graffiti/street art and consider its relevance to modern society – art or crime?

Research famous graffiti artist such as Robbo and Banksy

Create artist research pieces

Design and colour a personalized graffiti tag using a range of media (pencil, fineliner, crayon and paint)

1.Graffiti Tag experiment

Reading List

Wall and Piece – Banksy

Graffiti Wars – Banksy Vs Robbo

Term 1b

How can I refine my stitching and embroidery techniques?

Students will study Indian culture, looking specifically at pattern, shape, colour and texture.

Research Rangoli patterns

Learn key embroidery stitches such as Blanket stitch, chain stitch, running stitch, Back stitch, lazy daisy stitch and French Knot

Create a stitched Art piece exploring ‘Elephants on Parade’ using Rangoli patterns as inspiration

2. Stitched Elephant Reading List

A complete guide to creative embroidery – Beaney, J and Littlejohn, J.

Other Activities: Practice key embroidery stitches at home. Research and practice a wider range of stitches to enhance your class work.

Term 2a

What is Mexican Day of the Dead?

Students will explore Day of the Dead which is a Mexican holiday.

Research traditions of Mexican Day of the Dead

Design and draw a Mexican Day of the Dead inspired skull.

Explore shading and blending techniques using colouring pencil

Print an experimental skull using polyblock printing

3. Mexican Day of the Dead Skull

Reading List

Day of the Dead – Tony Johnston

Term 2b

How do we celebrate the Best of British? What is Pop Art?

Research Pop Art Artists such as Peter Blake, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns.

Learn how to use oil pastels to create a British flag

Produce a transfer printed GB flag experiment that has been inspired by Pop Art.

4.Oil Pastel GB flag Reading List

British newspapers Other Activities: Ask friends and family what they think is the best thing about Britain and what is iconic to our country.

Term

3a

How can I make my Art work 3D?

Students will study Kate Malone as an artist that explores sculpture/vessels.

Learn how to use Mod Roc to create a bowl inspired by Kate Malone

Learn how to paint 3D sculptures

Produce a 3D model of a piece of fruit using clay (inspired by Kate Malone)

5. 3D mod Roc bowl Other Activities:

Try using play dough at home to practice sculpting 3D objects

Try making Salt dough (recipes found the internet) and creating 3D fruit sculptures.

Term 3b

How can I make my drawings look realistic?

Students will work on a project that explores ‘Nature vs Manmade’

Research Karl Blosfeldt

Learn how to create tonal drawings that demonstrate blending and shading techniques

Learn the technique of zentangle

Create an experimental piece that combines realistic tonal drawing with intricate patterns of zentangle.

6. Karl Blosfeldt tonal tulip drawing

Other Activities: Try blending from dark to light smoothly to refine your technique

Curriculum Plan: Computer Science – Year 8

Enquiry Question(s)

Key Content Key Assessments

Further Learning at Home

Term 1a

What is HTML? How is HTML used in the creation of webpages?

HTML Basics

Introduction to tags

Images

Font / colours

Hyperlinks

Basic webpage creation

1. HTML Theory assessment

W3schools.com – HTML Tutorials http://www.learn-html.org/

Term 1b

What information can I have on a webpage? How can I layout my webpage?

CSS Layout

Multiple webpage creation

2. HTML Practical assessment

W3schools.com – HTML Tutorials http://www.learn-html.org/

Term 2a

What is an algorithm? What is a variable?

Introduction to algorithms using Scratch

Simple programming concepts

Decomposition

3. Scratch practical assessment

BBC Bitesize: Computer Science https://scratch.mit.edu/

Term 2b

What is the difference between a local and global variable? What is an IF….THEN…ELSE?

Block coding

Selection

Iteration

4. Scratch practical assessment

BBC Bitesize: Computer Science https://scratch.mit.edu/

Term 3a

How can I create a mobile app? What is app inventor?

App Inventor 2

Using app inventor

Adding objects

Object manipulation

Block coding

5. App inventor practical assessment

BBC Bitesize: Computer Science http://ai2.appinventor.mit.edu

Term 3b

How can I use my previous skills when learning to create mobile applications?

Variables

Selection

Iteration

Multiple screens

6. App inventor practical assessment

BBC Bitesize: Computer Science http://ai2.appinventor.mit.edu

Curriculum Plan: English – Year 8

Enquiry Question(s)

Key Content Key Assessments

Further Learning at Home

Term 1a

How does Dickens present the Victorian underworld in Oliver Twist?

Oliver Twist

Context of Victorian London (for use later with Jekyll and Hyde)

Literature writing focus

How does Dickens present Fagin as a conniving career criminal?

Quizlet

Life of Charles Dickens

19th century London

Character vocabulary

Workhouse descriptive vocabulary

Term 1b

What can we learn about Victorian society through A Christmas Carol?

A Christmas Carol

Context of Victorian London (for use later with Jekyll and Hyde)

Reading/Writing Language Paper 1 focus

How does Dickens present his view about Victorian society in a Christmas Carol?

Quizlet

Character vocabulary

Key terminology

Term 2a

How do you write and perform a persuasive speech?

Persuasive speech writing

Reading and Writing Language Paper 2 focus

Famous historical speeches:

- William Wilberforce - Abraham Lincoln - Emmeline Pankhurst - Winston Churchill - Martin Luther King - Malala Yousafzai

Write and perform a speech (pass, merit, distinction)

Quizlet

AFORREST

Persuasive vocabulary

Dates of key speeches

Term 2b

How do we analyse and compare war poetry?

WWI War Poetry

Pope, Owen, Sassoon, Brooke

Unseen war poetry comparison

Quizlet

WWI context

Poetry terminology

Key themes

Evaluative vocabulary

Term 3a

How does Shakespeare explore the key themes of Macbeth?

Macbeth

Literature essay focus

Speaking and listening element with some dramatic performances

Explain how far you think Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as a powerful woman.

Quizlet

Elizabethan/Jacobean context

History of The Globe

Character vocabulary

Dramatic devices

Term 3b

How has Golding used language and structure to shape meaning?

Lord of The Flies

Reading and Writing Language Paper 1 focus

“The writer brings the fire to life for the reader. It is as if you are inside the jungle.” To what extent do you agree?

Quizlet

Life of William Golding

Britain in 1950s

Descriptive island vocabulary

Fire vocabulary

Curriculum Plan: Food Technology – Year 8 (part of rotation)

Enquiry Question(s)

Key Content Key Assessments Further Learning at Home

Term 1

1. Where does food come from?

Seasonality

Food sources

1. EA1 Exam Other activities

Investigate where your food comes from at home and write a report.

Term 2

1. How can you adapt a recipe?

Cooking skills

Modifying recipes

Evaluating dishes

2. Portfolio of modified and evaluated recipes

Other activities

Practice your cooking skills at home by following recipes and evaluating them.

Curriculum Plan: Geography – Year 8

Term Title Key content Key assessment

1a Introducing Europe - Human and physical geography of

Europe

- The EU

- Investigation of EU country

- Population distribution and change

- Population pyramids

- Poland case study

Written exam

1b Europe’s weather and

climate

- What is weather and climate

- Clouds and rainfall

- Europe’s climate

- Italy – physical and human

background

- North south divide in Italy

- Visiting Italy – Venice

- Aging population in Italy

Written exam

2a Extreme environments - Rainforest – human and physical

- Tribe case study

- Sahara human and physical

- The masai

- Polar human and physical

Written exam

2b Tectonics - Layers of the earth

- Plate boundaries – convergent,

divergent, conservative

- How earthquakes are formed

- Earthquake case study

- Volcanoes – shield and composite

- Volcano case studies

- Measuring and preparing for

earthquakes and volcanoes

Written exam

3a Rich world, poor world - Measuring wealth / development

- Dividing the world into rich and poor

- Why are countries poor?

- Problems for people living in the

tropics

- Why is sub-Saharan Africa poor?

- World trade

- Clean water

- Poverty gap

Written exam

3b South East Asia - Geography and climate of Asia

- Population in Asia

- Japan: people, geography and industry

- South Korea

- China: geography and history,

economic growth

- India, Pakistan and Bangladesh

- India’s growth

- Problems in Bangladesh

Written exam

Curriculum Plan: Graphics & Product Design – Year 8 (part of rotation)

Enquiry Question(s)

Key Content Key Assessments Further Learning at Home

Term 1

Why are CAD programmes more time efficient at producing graphic products?

Complete the ‘pimp my ride’ to learn key digital skills.

Complete the funny heads activity to develop digital design skills.

Research a range of greeting cards for different purposes (mood-board) and make judgements on the quality of examples based on given criteria. Start design.

Develop the greeting card design (to scale parameters) using learned skills.

Print and assemble the card inserting the sound generator. Evaluate the design.

1. KA1: Using the appropriate CAD commands create a series of images for your chosen movie which should contain both clipped graphics from other sources.

2. KA2: Complete the computer based assessment for 2D design and use of tools / menus. Image creation using the most appropriate tool and menu selection.

Reading List The projects will be supported with material specially written by Ebbsfleet Design and Technology staff which will be available in hard copy for them in school and also linked to the school website to assist study at home. Other activities

Read BBC Bite-size on this topic

Read support material on the VLE

www.technologystudent.com

www.dtonline.org

Term 2

What are the key components used in your project and what EXACTLY does each component do?

Students will extend their electronic skills by producing a ‘steady hand game’ using a range of different components including a ‘Thyristor’.

Students will know the function of the range of components on the knowledge organiser.

Students will use plastic forming techniques.

Enhanced soldering skills

evaluation skills

Fault-finding including the use of a multi-meter

3. Coursework grade based on the students manufacturing and evaluation of the product.

4. Exam 2

looking at testing students’ knowledge on safety, design skill and component knowledge.

Reading List www.technologystudent.

com

www.dtonline.org Other activities

Read BBC Bitesize on this topic

Read support material on the VLE

Curriculum Plan: History– Year 8 OVERALL THEME = How far did Britain progress in the 19th and 20th centuries?

Enquiry Question(s)

Key Content Key Assessments Further Learning at Home

Term 1a

How ‘great’ was the British Empire?

British Empire

Case study of India, including the Sepoy rebellion

Industrial Revolution

Jack the Ripper

1. EA Exam 1 (Written essay on how far the police were to blame for Jack the Ripper’s murders)

Reading List

Aaron Wilkes and James Ball – ‘Industry, Reform and Empire’ textbook p10-74, p120-124

Other activities

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/ history/uk_through_time/british_ empire_through_time/revision/2/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/ guides/zvmv4wx/revision

Term 1b

Why did Europeans enslave Africans?

Triangular trade

The Middle Passage

Slave life and resistance

William Wilberforce

Abolition of the slave trade

Modern slavery

2. Written assessment using GCSE-style questions on knowledge of slavery and source skills

Reading List

SHP Y8 textbook, p70-89

Aaron Wilkes and James Ball – ‘Industry, Reform and Empire’ textbook p126-134

Other activities

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/ guides/zy7fr82/revision

Term 2a

What was life like in WWI?

Long term, short term and trigger causes of WWI

Propaganda and conscription

Weapons

Life in the trenches

Going Over the Top

3. EA Exam 2 (Written assessment using GCSE-style questions on WWI)

Reading List

Aaron Wilkes and James Ball – ‘Technology, War and Identities’ textbook p14-38

Other activities

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/ guides/z4n4jxs/revision

Term 2b

How did women get the vote in England?

Working class men

Suffragists

Suffragettes

Emily Davison

4. Sources assessment on women gaining the vote in England

Reading List

Aaron Wilkes and James Ball –

‘Technology, War and Identities’

textbook p48-52

Other activities

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/ guides/zy2ycdm/revision

Term 3a

What led to WWII?

Treaty of Versailles

Hitler’s role in causing WWII

Appeasement

Enigma machine

End of WWII

5. EA Exam 3 (Combination of sources and knowledge questions on WWII)

Reading List

Aaron Wilkes and James Ball – ‘Technology, War and Identities’ textbook p72-90

Other activities

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education /guides/z9s9q6f/revision

Term 3b

What was the Holocaust?

Hitler’s policies for Jews in Germany

Persecution of Jews in 1930s

Development of Holocaust 1939-45

6. Sources assessment on the Holocaust

Reading List

Aaron Wilkes and James Ball – ‘Technology, War and Identities’ textbook p90

Other activities

BBC Bitesize - http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/ history/20th_century/holocaust/ revision/1/

National Archives website

Curriculum Plan: Mathematics Year 8

Enquiry Question(s)

Key Content Assessment Further Learning at Home

Term 1a

Is there a certain order in which an equation must be solved?

Number:

BIDMAS

Fractions

Percentage applications

Surds

Summary test on all content since Y7

BBC Bitesize website

www.mangahigh.co.uk

Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Mathematics: Foundation Practice, Reasoning and Problem-solving Book

Publisher: Pearson

ISBN: 9781447983590 Term 1b

How can equations be written in different ways?

Algebra:

Equations

Expanding and factorising

Sequences

Test on number and algebra

Term 2a

Which is more useful – fractions, decimals, or percentages?

Fractions, Decimals, Percentages

Estimation

Proportion and Ratio

Summary test

Term 2b

How can you calculate the lengths of sides in triangles?

Geometry:

Constructions and Loci

Surface Area & Volume

Pythagoras

Trigonometry

Test on geometry and fraction

Term 3a

How are inequalities different from ‘normal’ equations?

Graphs

Transformation

Inequalities and Equations

Summary test

Term 3b

How can I represent the probabilities of different events?

Probability:

Experimental Probability

Venn Diagrams

Tree Diagrams Statistics:

Averages from frequency tables

Sampling

Histograms

Box Plots and Cumulative Frequency

Test on graphs, inequalities, probability and statistics

Curriculum Plan: PSHE– Year 8

Enquiry Question(s)

Key Content Key Assessments Further Learning at Home

Term 1a

How can I stay safe?

Transport safety

Cyber safety

Electricity safety

Drugs/drinking safety

Community safety

Healthy living

1. EA Exam 1 - PSHE Essay

Reading List Other activities http://www.bbc.co.uk/ education/topics/z9982hv/resources/1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/ education/topics/zddj6sg/ resources/1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/ education/topics/zrr4jxs/ resources/1

Term 1b

What is Judaism?

Origins

Moses / Passover

Ten Commandments

Shabbat

Jewish homes

2. 50 mark exam, short-answer questions on Judaism

Reading List Anne Frank’s Diary Other activities

Term 2a

What do I need to know about finance?

Income and expenditure

Credit and debit

Budgeting

Bank statements

Payslips

3. EA Exam 2 - 50 mark exam, 1-2 mark questions

Reading List Other activities http://www.bbc.co.uk/ education/topics/zbbrd2p/resources/1

Term 2b

What are the arguments for and against God?

Ways of understanding God

Cosmological argument

Evil and suffering

4. Essay on belief in God Reading List Sophie’s World Other activities

Term 3a

What is community cohesion and why does it matter?

Gender

Equal rights

Ethnicity and race

Multiculturalism

Terrorism

5. EA Exam 3 - PSHE Essay

Reading List Other activities http://www.bbc.co.uk/ education/topics/zk8wxnb/resources/1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/ education/topics/z8dj6sg/resources/1

Term 3b

How should we treat human beings?

Injustice

Racism

Moral Dilemma

Saviour sibling ethics

6. Essay on ethics Reading List Sophie’s World Other activities

Curriculum Plan: PE – Year 8 mixed sex classes

Enquiry Question(s)

Key Content Key Assessments Further Learning at Home

Term 1

What is the difference between a lay-up and a set shot? When would you have to use a turn in a game of football?

Basketball

Jump shot

Rebounding

Fast break

Lay – up

Football

Dribbling

Turns

Beating and outwitting a defender Shielding

Practical assessment Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Physical Education

BBC Sport

Term 1b

When would you use a bounce pass instead of a chest pass? Can you explain the two different types of serves?

Netball

Shoulder pass

Bounce pass

Shooting

Movement/space

Badminton

Service lines

Single rules Double rules

Practical assessment Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Physical Education

BBC Sport

Term 2a

What are the different passes called in hockey? What is the combination to perform swivel hips?

Hockey

The Push

The Hit

The Reverse stick Shooting

Trampolining

Seat landing

Full twist

Swivel hips

Practical assessment Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Physical Education

BBC Sport

Term 2b

What is interval training? What effects does long term exercise have on the body?

Pop lacrosse

Passing

Shooting

The scoring system

The rules

HRF

Speed training Stamina /

Endurance training

The effects of exercise on the body

Practical assessment Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Physical Education

BBC Sport

Term 3a

What is the two relay change overs called?

Athletics

Intermediate Sprint Start

Basic Hurdles

Basic Relay & Changeover

Field events

Track events

Practical assessment Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Physical Education

BBC Sport

Term 3b

How do you perform the correct serve? What is the difference between a cricket and a rounder’s bowl?

Tennis

Underarm serve

Volley

Punch serve

Striking and fielding (rounder’s and cricket)

Base/stump running

Bowling

Overarm throwing

Backstop/wicket keeper

Practical assessment Edexcel GCSE (9-1)

Physical Education

BBC Sport

Curriculum Plan: Science – Year 8

Enquiry Question(s)

Key Content Key Assessments*

Further Learning at Home

Term 1a

B4 – How do organisms function?

B4: Photosynthesis

B4: Gas exchange

B4: Aerobic respiration

B4: Anaerobic respiration

B4: Asthma and smoking

B4: Circulatory system

1. EA Exam 1

Reading List

Student book 44-61

Student book 159-187 Other activities

BBC Bitesize activities

C4 – What are acids and alkalis?

C4: acids and alkalis

C4: Neutralisation

C4: pH scale and indicators C4: Acids and metals

Term 1b

P4 – What is energy?

P4: Energy

P4: Conservation of energy

P4: Fuels

P4: Heat transfers

P4: Energy changes

2. Test on C4 and B4, including

practical skill questions

Reading List

Student book 320-337 Other activities BBC Bitesize activities

Term 2a

B5 – How do organisms reproduce?

B5: Reproduction

B5: Flowers and pollination

B5: Fruits

B5: Male and female sex organs

B5: Pregnancy

B5: Menstrual cycle

3. EA Exam 2

Reading List

Student book 68-75

Student book 172-205 Other activities

BBC Bitesize activities

C5 – How do we use chemistry in every day life?

C5: Resources

C5: Waste

C5: Sustainable development

C5: Polymers and ceramics

C5: Composite materials

C5: Hydrocarbons and fuels

C5: Medicine and cooking

Term 2b

P5 – How do we see light and hear sound?

P5: Waves

P5: Refraction and reflection

P5: Colour

P5: Sound

P5: Using sound and ultrasound

4. Test on P4, B5 and C5,

including practical skill questions

Reading List

Student book 284-313 Other activities

BBC Bitesize activities

Term 3a

B6 – What affects how animals survive?

B6: Ecosystems

B6: Food chains and webs

B6: Insects and crop pollination

B6: Populations

B6: Pollution

B6: Climate Change

5. EA EXAM 3

Reading List

Student book 95-115

Student book 214-221 Other activities

BBC Bitesize activities

C6 – What do we get from the Earth?

C6: Rocks

C6: Earth as a resource

C6: Recycling

C6: The carbon cycle

C6: The atmosphere

C6: Climate change

Term 3b

P6 – Where are we in the Universe?

P6: the Sun and stars

P6: Galaxies and the Universe

P6: The Solar System

P6: Gravity and orbits

P6: Days and seasons

P6: The moon

P6: Exploring space

6. Test on P5, B6, C6 and P6,

including practical skill questions

Reading List

Student book 337-348 Other activities

BBC Bitesize activities

Recommended Further Activities: Revise with these great resources:

Read science news at www.popsci.com Download the free app ‘Flipboard’ (available on Android, Windows and iOS) and subscribe to the science news feed

Curriculum Plan: Spanish - Year 8

Enquiry Question(s)

Key Content Key Assessments Further Learning at Home

Term 1a

How do I talk about Holidays?

Preterit tense

Say what you did on holiday

The verb ‘ir’

EA Exam 1 – Reading and Listening: Holidays

Reading List

Viva 2 p8-26 Other activities

Listen to Spanish music

Spanish Film Nights

Knowledge Organiser Revision

Term 1b

How do I talk about my life?

Free Time Activities

Music

Opinions

Television Programmes

Past Tense

Key Assessment 2 – Speaking Role Play: My Life

Reading List

Viva 2 p.30 - 48 Other activities

Listen to Spanish music

Spanish Film Nights

Knowledge Organiser Revision

Term 2a

How do I talk about food?

Food types

Meal times

Opinions

Organising a party

EA Exam 2 – Reading and Listening: Food and Past Events

Reading List

Viva 2 p.52-72 Other activities

Listen to Spanish music

Spanish Film Nights

Knowledge Organiser Revision

Term 2b

How do I talk about Free Time activities?

Arranging to go out

Describing a sporting event

Talking about where to go in town

Key Assessment 4 – Speaking: Photo Description Free Time

Reading List

Viva 2 p.74 - 96 Other activities

Listen to Spanish music

Spanish Film Nights

Knowledge Organiser Revision

Term 3a

How do I talk about my area?

Directions

Description of town

Holiday Destinations

Illness & Injuries

EA Exam 3 – Reading and Listening: My Town

Reading List

Viva 2 p.98-118 Other activities

Listen to Spanish music

Spanish Film Nights

Knowledge Organiser Revision

Term 3b

Revision Revision of all topics in three tenses

Key Assessment 6: Translation Assessment

Other activities

Listen to Spanish music

Spanish Film Nights

Knowledge Organiser Revision