Assessment

Year 7

Subject

Topic List for Revision:

English

Reading: War Poetry analysis - See Core Knowledge for full list of things to know

Writing: Creative Writing

2 x 60 min assessment papers
1 and 2 Non-Calculator paper

3 x 40 min assessment papers
1 Biology
1 Chemistry
1 Physics
All topics covered this year

Energy - Physics
Forces - Physics
Cells- Biology
Reproduction- Biology
Particles- Chemistry
Chemical reactions- Chemistry

Geographical Skills & Development
Revision resources provided on SharePoint

• Nationalities
• When is your birthday
• Being able to say what you do in your free time / describe yourself and others. 
• Being able to talk and describe  family and friends and Pets/ using colours and other adjectives 
• Talk about the School subjects/ timetable/ and describing school, teachers and friends and what do you do after school. 
• Being able to describe where you live
• Revision resources on Share Point + Seneca links

Origins of Abrahamic Faith: Lessons 1-6
1 – Genesis
2 - Noah and the Flood
3 - Abraham: Covenant and Sacrifice
4 - Ibrahim in Arabia
5 - Moses and the Exodus
6 - Leviticus

Judaism: Lessons 1-3
1 - Jewish beliefs
2 - Moses and the Patriarchs
3 - Jewish scriptures

Programming in Scratch:
Topic 1 - Introduction to programming and sequencing
Topic 2- Sequence and variables
Topic 3 - Selection
Topic 4 - Operators
Topic 5 - Count-controlled iteration
Networks:
Topic 1: Computer networks and protocols
Topic 2: Networking hardware
Topic 3: Wired and wireless networks
Topic 4: The internet
Topic 5: Internet services
Topic: The World Wide Web
Using media – Gaining support for a cause:
Topic 1: Features of a word processor
Topic 2: Licensing appropriate images
Topic 3: The credibility of sources
Topic 4:  Research and plan your blog
Topic 5! Promoting your cause
Spreadsheet Software:
Topic 1: Identify columns, rows, cells, and cell references in spreadsheet software
Topic 2:Use basic formulas with cell references to perform calculations in a spreadsheet

Year 8

Subject

Topic List for Revision:

English

Reading: Dystopian short stories - See Core Knowledge for full list of things to know
Writing: Creative Writing

2 x 60 min assessment papers
1 Non-Calculator paper
1 Calculator paper

3 x 40 min assessment papers
1 Biology
1 Chemistry
1 Physics
All topics covered this year plus knowledge from any year 7 unit may be assessed

Year 8
Biology
Digestion and Ecology
Chemistry 
Periodic table and Materials of the Earth
Physics
Light and space 
Electricity and Magnetism

Year 7 topics
Energy - Physics
Forces - Physics
Cells- Biology
Reproduction- Biology
Particles- Chemistry
Chemical reactions- Chemistry

Break from Rome (The Reformation, Differences between Protestantism and Catholicism, Henry’s Break from Rome [love, power, money])

Religious change under the Tudors (Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, Elizabeth I)
Causes of the British Civil War (Power, Religion, Money & Restoration of the Monarchy, Oliver Cromwell)
Transatlantic Slave Trade and Reasons for the abolition of the Slave Trade

Coasts & Population
Revision resources provided on SharePoint

• Type of movies
• Being able to say what you do in your free time (also what you eat / describe yourself and others. 
• Talking about a healthy lifestyle 
• Being able to about a past (understanding the past tense) with regular and irregular verbs, and talk about holiday, transport, where did you stayed and a future holiday
• Free time activities and technologies using the near future
• School and future plans

Revision resources on Share Point + Seneca links 

Islam – Lessons 2-9
2 - Arabia before Muhammad
3 - Prophet Muhammad and the Qur’an
4 - The Hijrah and the Conquest of Mecca 
5 - Muhammad’s Final Sermon
6 - The Sunni Shia Split
7 - Islamic Caliphates
8 - The Five Pillars
9 - The Hajj

Layers of Computing Systems:
Topic 1 - The purpose of Computing Systems
Topic 2 - Computing system ( programs and the operating system)
Topic 3 - Hardware components (input and output)
Topic 4 - Inside a Computer (CPU)
Topic 5 - Logic gates
 Developing for the Web:
Topic 1: Website building blocks
Topic 2: HTML tags to construct a web page structure 
Topic 3: What is CSS 
Topic 4: Searching the web (how search engines works)
Topic 5: Use search technologies effectively
Topic 6: Creating  multiple web pages
 Representations – from clay to silicon
Topic 1:Representations of information using symbols
Topic 2: Coding schemes e.g. Morse code, Braille, etc
Topic 3: Binary digits
Topic 4: Numbers in binary
Topic 5: Large quantities (converting byte to kilo, mega, etc)
Mobile app development
Topic 1: Identify when a problem needs to be broken down
Topic 2: Implement and customise GUI
Topic 3: User input in an event-driven programming environment
Topic 4: Fix common coding errors
Topic 5: Decomposition to break down a large problem into more 
Topic 6: App development (Use a block-based programming)
Intro to Python programming
Topic 1: Write simple Python programs that display messages, assign values to variables

Topic 2:Semantics of assignment statements and simple arithmetic expressions in assignment

Year 9

Subject

Topic List for Revision:

English

3 x 40 min assessment papers
1 Biology
1 Chemistry
1 Physics
All topics covered this year plus knowledge from any KS3 unit may be assessed
Year 9
Biology
•    Plants and photosynthesis
•    Biological processes and systems
Chemistry
•    Energetics
•    Reactivity
Physics
•    Forces
•    Matter
•    Sound waves

Year 8
Biology
Digestion and Ecology
Chemistry 
Periodic table and Materials of the Earth
Physics
Light and space 
Electricity and Magnetism

Year 7 topics
Energy - Physics
Forces - Physics
Cells- Biology
Reproduction- Biology
Particles- Chemistry
Chemical reactions- Chemistry

Causes of the First World War (Great Powers, Alliances, Militarism, Nationalism, Imperialism, Assassination)

Suffrage Movement (Popular protests, Suffragettes, Suffragists, Impact of WWI)

Shifting World Orders (Communism, Why did Russia become a communist state?, Stalin, Hitler)

Family and relationship (description age/physical description)
Being able to talk about favourite festivities/ special meals 
Sports and free time activities 
Talk about shopping (what to buy/how much does it cost?
To be able to talk about children's right (to have the right to have a nationality, to go to school, to have access to education, to have access to clean water....) 
Describing families / your ideal partner 
Weekend plans 
What is in your city/ comparing different cities
Environment issues/ solutions/ human rights 
Future plans / How can we help others/ 
Revision resources on Share Point + Seneca links

Atheism – Lessons 1-5

1 – The Enlightenment

2 – Evolution and Religion

3 – Without God, is anything permitted?

4 – Friedrich Nietzsche

5 – Militant Atheism

Ethics – Lessons 1-5

1 - What is the right thing to do?

2 – Thomas Aquinas’ Natural Moral Law

3 - Criticisms of Natural Moral Law

4 – Joseph Fletcher's Situation Ethics

Layers of Computing Systems
Topic 1 - The purpose of Computing Systems
Topic 2 - Computing system ( programs and the operating system)
Topic 3 - Hardware components (input and output)
Topic 4 - Inside a Computer (CPU)
Topic 5 - Logic gates
Data Science
Topic 1:  Delving into data science (What is Data Science)
Topic 2: Global data (where data are used)
Topic 3: Statistical state of mind (investigative cycle on a data
Topic 4: Data for action (Identify the data needed to answer a question)
Topic 5: Clean it up (Apply data cleansing techniques to a data set
Topic 6: Make a change (Visualise a data set)
Representations – going audiovisual
Topic 1: Binary mosaic
Topic 2 A splash of colour (how colour can be represented)
Topic 3: Collage basic image editing
Topic 4: Good vibrations (sound is a wave)
Topic 5: Sonic playground (Calculate representation size for a given digital sound)
Cyber Security
Topic 1:  You and your data
Topic 2: Social engineering
Topic 3: Rise of the bots (common malware threats
Topic 4: There’s no place like 127.0.0.1) Compare security threats against probability)
Topic 5: Under Attack (effective methods to prevent cyberattacks)
Applying programming skills with physical computing
Topic 1: Write and execute their first Python programs on the micro:bit
Topic 2: Write programs that use the micro:bit’s built-in input and output devices

Year 10

Subject

Topic List for Revision:

English

Literature Paper 1: Macbeth and A Christmas Carol- See Core Knowledge
Language Paper 1: Language analysis, structural analysis, and writing your own story.

Foundation:
U755, U325, U870, U505, U556, U221, U373
U789, U741, U933, U889, U638, U669, U315, U377, U477, U848, U862
U760, U757, U836, U137
U786, U174, U915, U484, U116, U617, U426, U350, U543
U914, U462, U896, U902, U388, U248, U468, U151, U256, U403, U914, U462, U966, U910, U527
U989, U667, U601, U178, U963
U228
U980, U593, U238
U803, U408, U510, U280, U166, U683, U580, U476, U748, U104, U558, U729, U296, U369
U981, U363, U557, U508, U172, U653, U506, U200, U909, U291, U260, U456, U526, U569, U854, U877, U717, U322, U162, U590, U193, U199, U277, U128
U330, U534, U290, U264, U161
U687,  U577, U753, U176
U332, U988
U851, U385
U257, U525, U107

Higher:
U556, U221, U373
U789, U741, U933, U889, U638, U238, U669, U315, U377, U477, U848, U862, U898
U760, U757, U836, U137
U786, U174, U915, U484, U116, U617, U426, U350, U543
 U914, U462, U896, U902, U388, U248, U468, U151, U256, U403, U910, U527
U989, U667, U601, U178, U963
U228
U980, U593, U238

U803, U408, U510, U280, U166, U683, U580, U476, U748, U104, U558, U729, U296, U369
U981, U363, U557, U508, U172, U653, U506, U200, U909, U291, U260, U456, U526, U569, U854, U877, U717, U322, U162, U590, U193, U199, U277, U128
U642, U182, U837, U879, U507
U330, U534, U290, U264, U161
U332, U988
U687,  U577, U176, U753, U921, U676, U865
U595
U551, U578, U630, U110, U350, U334
U640, U364, U238, U407, U138, U721, U357
U633, U872, U338, U499, U707, U281
U605, U283, U545, U627

KS4 Science:

Biology:

B1 Cells

1. Microscopes
2. Plant cells – required practical
3. Animal cells- required practical
4. Specialised cells
5. Diffusion and internal surfaces
6. Osmosis – required practical
7. Active transport
8. Genes, DNA and cell cycle
9. Stem cells
10. Culturing microorganisms – TRIPLE SCIENCE ONLY

Oak Academy Revision Video Links:

1. Higher
   1. Cell biology review part 1: https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=1949
   2. Cell biology review part 2: https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=1950
   3. Case study and exam skills: https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=1740
2. Foundation
   1.  Cell biology review part 1: https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=6253
   2. Cell biology review part 2: https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=6256
   3. Case study and exam skills: https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=6259
3. Triple
   1.  Cell biology review part 1: https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=7867
   2. Cell biology review part 2: https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=7870
   3. Case study and exam skills: https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=7873

B2 Organisation:

1. Digestion and Nutrition
2. Food tests
3. Investigating Enzyme Action – required practical
4. The lungs and blood components
5. The heart and blood vessels
6. Heart disease and lifestyle
7. Cancer and other diseases
8. Plant tissues and transport
9. Transpiration and translocation

Oak Academy Revision Video Links:

1. Foundation
   1. Organisation review part 1: https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=6384
   2. Organisation review part 2: https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=6389
   3. exam skills: https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=6401
2. Higher
   1.  Organisation review part 1: https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=3352
   2. Organisation review part 2: https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=1748
   3. exam skills: https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=1958
3. Triple
   1.  Organisation review part 1: https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=7998
   2. Organisation review part 2: https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=8003
   3. Exam skills: https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=8015

C1 Atomic structure and the periodic table:

1. Elements, compounds and mixtures
2. Separation of mixtures
3. Separation by chromatography
4. Separation by distillation
5. Aotmic structure and the development of the atomic model
6. Electron configuration and isotopes
7. Periodic table development
8. Why do elements react
9. Group 1 and group 7 elements
10. Group 7 displacement
11. Transition elements – TRIPLE SCIENCE ONLY

C2 Bonding & Structure:

1. Ionic Bonding
2. Covalent Bonding
3. Polymers and allotropes of carbon
4. Metallic bonding and alloys
5. States of matter
6. Nanoparticles – TRIPLE SCIENCE ONLY

Oak Academy Revision Video Links:

1. Foundation
   1. Bonding and structure review part 1: https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=5808
   2. Bonding and structure review part 2: https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=5829 
2. Higher
   1.  Organisation review part 1: https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=484 
   2. Organisation review part 2: https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=494 
3. Triple
   1.  Organisation review part 1: https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=7412 
   2. Organisation review part 2: https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=7436

P1 Energy:

1. Energy transfers and efficiency
2. Kinetic energy and gravitational stores
3. Specific heat capacity
4. Reducing energy transfers
5. Thermal insulation – TRIPLE SCIENCE ONLY
6. Energy resources

Oak Academy Revision Video Links:

4. Foundation

1. Energy review: https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=6933

2. Higher
   1.  Energy review: https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=2685
3. Triple
   1.  Energy review: https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=8547

P3 Particle model of matter:

1. Particle model and Internal energy
2. Calculating density of solids and liquids required practical
3. Specific latent heat and gas pressure
4. Pressure and Volume – TRIPLE SCIENCE ONLY

Oak Academy Revision Video Links:

4. Foundation
   1. particle model of matter review: https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=6835
5. Higher
   1.  Particle model of matter review: https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=1869 
6. Triple
   1.  Particle model of matter review: https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=8449

Conflict and Tension

Part one: Peacemaking

• The armistice: aims of the peacemakers; Wilson and the Fourteen Points; Clemenceau and Lloyd George; the extent to which they achieved their aims.
• The Versailles Settlement: Diktat; territorial changes; military restrictions; war guilt and reparations.
• Impact of the treaty and wider settlement: reactions of the Allies; German objections; strengths and weaknesses of the settlement, including the problems faced by new states.

Part two: The League of Nations and international peace

• The League of Nations: its formation and covenant; organisation; membership and how it changed; the powers of the League; the work of the League's agencies; the contribution of the League to peace in the 1920s, including the successes and failures of the League, such as the Aaland Islands, Upper Silesia, Vilna, Corfu and Bulgaria.
• Diplomacy outside the League: Locarno treaties and the Kellogg-Briand Pact.
• The collapse of the League: the effects of the Depression; the Manchurian and Abyssinian crises and their consequences; the failure of the League to avert war in 1939.

Part three: The origins and outbreak of the Second World War

• The development of tension: Hitler's aims and Allied reactions; the Dollfuss Affair; the Saar; German rearmament, including conscription; the Stresa Front; Anglo-German Naval Agreement.
• Escalation of tension: remilitarisation of the Rhineland; Mussolini, the Axis and the Anti-Comintern Pact; Anschluss; reasons for and against the policy of appeasement; the Sudeten Crisis and Munich; the ending of appeasement.
• The outbreak of war: the occupation of Czechoslovakia; the role of the USSR and the Nazi-Soviet Pact; the invasion of Poland and outbreak of war, September 1939

America
Part one: American people and the 'Boom'

• The ‘Boom’: benefits, advertising and the consumer society; hire purchase; mass production, including Ford and the motor industry; inequalities of wealth; Republican government policies; stock market boom.
• Social and cultural developments: entertainment, including cinema and jazz; the position of women in society, including flappers.
• Divided society: organised crime, prohibition and their impact on society; the causes of racial tension, the experiences of immigrants and the impact of immigration; the Ku Klux Klan; the Red Scare and the significance of the Sacco and Vanzetti case.

Part two: Bust – Americans' experiences of the Depression and New Deal

• American society during the Depression: unemployment; farmers; businessmen; Hoover’s responses and unpopularity; Roosevelt's election as president.
• The effectiveness of the New Deal on different groups in society: successes and limitations including opposition towards the New Deal from Supreme Court, Republicans and Radical politicians; Roosevelt's contribution as president; popular culture.
• The impact of the Second World War: America’s economic recovery; Lend Lease; exports; social developments, including experiences of African-Americans and women.

Part three: Post-war America

• Post-war American society and economy: consumerism and the causes of prosperity; the American Dream; McCarthyism; popular culture, including Rock and Roll and television.
• Racial tension and developments in the Civil Rights campaigns in the 1950s and 1960s: Segregation laws; Martin Luther King and peaceful protests; Malcolm X and the Black Power Movement; Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968.
• America and the ‘Great Society': the social policies of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson relating to poverty, education and health; the development and impact of feminist movements in the 1960s and early 1970s, including the fight for equal pay; the National Organisation for Women, Roe v Wade (1973), the Supreme Court ruling on equal rights (1972) and opposition to Equal Rights Amendment.

How are your family/friends
Free time activities / sports 
Describing your city/describing places in town
Describing school subjects/ teachers/ school buildings 
School rules/ type of schools/ talking about uniform
Talking about holidays /past and futures
Being able to talk describe a picture
Being able to tackle 40 words and 90 words for foundation 
Being able to tackle a 90 word and 150 words for Higher 
For Speaking Theme 1-2 only in the General conversation. 

Physical Components of Fitness 
Muscular Strength 
Aerobic Endurance 
Muscular Endurance 
Speed 
Body Composition 
Flexibility 

Skill Related Component of Fitness 
Agility 
Balance 
Coordination 
Power 
Reaction Time 

Muscular System
COF's & Fitness Testing
Functions of the Cardiovascular system
Aerobic & Anaerobic 
Classification of bones & joints
Health, Exercise & Performance
Principles of Training
Methods of Training
LTE & STE of Exercise
PED's