Senior School Welcome Booklet 2022

Each day, discovery
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Year 7 Year 8
Drama
Storytelling
Naturalism
Art
Autumn Term
Colour
Autumn Term
Environment
Greek theatre
Elizabethan theatre
Political Theatre
Devising Approaches to text
Core skills in observational drawing, colour
theory, research, experimentation, development
of ideas and using a sketchbook
Studying the forms and structures found in
nature and using the natural landscape as a
source for ideas
English
Creative writing
World War 1 poetry
Shakespeare
Dystopian fiction
Lent Term
Identity
Reflecting on their own identity through clay
inspired by potter Grayson Perry
Lent Term
Built World
Model making inspired by the annual
Serpentine Pavilion
Non-fiction writing and public speaking
Studying a novel
Shakespeare
The Gothic
Non-fiction writing and public speaking
Poetry from different cultures
Summer Term
Art from Art
Students learn about a diverse range of artists, in
terms of race, gender and artist practice
Summer Term
Architecture
Exploration of Printmaking inspired by
London Architecture
Geography
Map skills
Why do borders matter?
Is gender geographical?
Africa - a land of contrasts
Climate Change
Crime
Population
Global Issues
Biology
Cells
Microscopy
The Digestive System
Soil Science
Variation and Evolution
Reproduction
Movement
Understanding experiments
From Food to Cells
Blood and Circulation
History
Themes in Medieval history:
Conquest
Power and authority
Rebellion
Faith
Trade and Migration
Themes in Early Modern history:
Religious change
The Reformation and Renaissance in Europe
Religious change during the reigns of Henry VIII,
the mid-Tudor monarchs, and Elizabeth I.
Political change
Chemistry
The Periodic Table
Elements, Compounds and Mixtures
States of Matter
Atomic Structure
Reactions of Metals
Types of Reactions
Case studies include:
The Norman Conquest, Mansa Musa’s Mali,
Mongol China, the Crusades, and the Silk Roads.
Political change under the Tudors and early Stuarts
The causes and course of the English Civil War.
Diffusion
Solutions
Acids and Bases
Rates
Types of Structures
Food Chemistry
Mathematics
Number
Algebra
Shape
Number
Algebra
Shape
Computing Introduction to Office 365
Data Representation
Data
Data
Programming in Blocky/Bebras Challenge
Data Representation and Hardware
Introduction to Python
HTML and Networks
Introduction to Databases
Programming in C#
Hardware and Software
Networks
Databases/SQL
Music
Developing skills in listening and appraising,
composition and performance (singing,
keyboards, ukuleles and class band
opportunities) through topics including
Elements of Music, Music of the Baroque, Film
music, Folk music and Music Technology (using
Soundtrap software).
Developing skills in listening and appraising,
composition and performance (singing,
keyboards, ukuleles and class band
opportunities) through topics including Jazz &
Blues, Holst ‘The Planets’, Musical theatre, Music
for animation and Music Technology (using
Soundtrap software).
Design and Technology
Introduction to core design skills in product
design and architecture
Knowledge of resistant materials and electronics
Introduction to 2D CAD programme
Developing product design skills through project
work
Knowledge in resistant materials and textiles
Introduction to 3D CAD programme