Year 7 Curriculum Information Booklet 2018 - 2019

Science
Science is taught to all students at Stretford Grammar School and the aim is to ensure that
all students develop a good understanding of basic scientific concepts, start to develop their
understanding of the practical applications and start to learn how to apply their knowledge
in practical applications. Lessons include a balance of written work, research and project
work. Practical work is used in a majority of lessons to introduce concepts or to help
students visualise scientific concepts. Practical work is completed in pairs or in larger
groups. Student progress is assessed via a combination of classwork, homework tasks,
short topic tests and longer termly tests.
KS3 Science is taught over two years and helps students to develop the knowledge and skills
to help them prepare for the GCSE course.
Topic 1 Introduction to Practical Work
Students will study the following:
How to use apparatus safely
How to assess Hazards and the
associated risks in order to plan to
avoid the risks
An introduction to practical concepts
such as validity and precision
Topic 2 Forces
Students will study the following:
What is a force and how to
represent it?
Developing practical skills
investigating springs and friction.
Why things float?
How to find the density of regular
and irregular shapes.
Topic 3 Particles
Students will study the following:
How particles are arranged in solids
liquids and gases
The properties of the 3 states of
matter
What happens in changes of state
How particles move