Keeping You In Touch: Year 9 Newsletter

Subject What we are studying in Autumn 1

Assessment Information Recommendations and Resources

English ‘Othello’ First week back after half term: write an essay exploring a character or theme from an extract and the play as a whole

Research Othello Syndrome; read abridged versions of Shakespeare’s tragedies

Maths Foundation: using factors and multiples and powers; data tables

Higher: calculating with powers and roots; equations and formulae; line and scatter graphs

w/c 15/10/18 Topic Assessment on the units covered in lessons

vle.MathsWatch.co.uk -– teachers will advise which topics to revise in advance of assessments and will issue revision sheets to support revision

Science Cells and organisation; atoms, bonding and moles

Two written assessments (approximately one every three weeks) on content, and skills assessments during class practicals

KS4 Science AQA revision guide (CGP recommended);BBC Bitesize revision website;www.senecalearning.com

Geography Glaciation Final week assessment: GCSE question on the physical processes of glaciation

BBC Bitesize; National Geographic

History The First World War GCSE question: What role did propaganda play in army recruitment?

BBC Bitesize

RE GCSE Islamic beliefs and teachings

Written test final week of the half term

Students will receive a piece of homework a week in RE

French Key language topics: Family and Friends, Clothes, Hobbies, Pets, Future Plans

17/09/18: speaking assessment using the past tense: What I did at the weekendFinal week of half term: written assessment under the title: Last Weekend

Develop understanding of -er verbs; refer to vocabulary lists issued in lessons to further develop vocabulary

DT Steady hand game End of unit assesssment of project booklet and assessment of final product

www.technologystudent.co.uk

Food Cool school meals; nutritional needs of teenagers

End of unit assessment of practical work

Watch current cookery programmes on television

Art Pop Art and Food Assessment of final Pop Art influenced drawing

Research Wayne Thiebaud and Andy Warhol

Dance Professional Work: Fancy Footwork

End of half term assessment of small group performance of street dance

Regular rehearsal and exercise

Drama Script as a stimulus: ‘DNA’

Group performance of a key extract from the play ‘DNA’

Read ‘DNA’ as a full text.

Music Keyboard skills: End of unit assessment of Refer to Youtube:

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Focus: ‘Thinking Out Loud’

recording of live performance on electronic keyboard

keyboard tutorials

PE Netball, Badminton, Football, Table Tennis, Swimming, Trampolining

Practical assessment of each unit in lessons

Regular exercise and extra-curricular clubs