The Year 9 curriculum for 2021-22 will be as follows, delivered across a two week timetable in three 100 minute lessons per day:
| English | Maths | Science | PE | MFL | Humanities | Computing | Technology | Art | Performing
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The Year 9 curriculum is slightly different from our normal Year 9 curriculum as we have made the decision to once again suspend the pre-options process. This is to ensure that all students experience the full breadth and depth of the national curriculum at Key Stage 3, including closing any gaps in essential knowledge and skills caused by periods of school closures in Year 7 and 8. More detail about what students will learn in each subject can be found below.
The Year 9 curriculum is designed to ensure that all students gain the necessary knowledge, experiences and skills to become curious, reflective and resilient learners who are ready to reach their potential in a complex, rapidly changing world. Through our curriculum we take pride in all that we do, respect the thoughts, beliefs and personal qualities of others and seek to be the best we can be both personally and academically.
What will all students learn in Year 9?
| English
Unit 1: Novel (Of Mice and Men, Animal Farm or Lord of the Flies) Unit 2: Justice and Morality (sources about the death penalty including pre-20th century non-fiction) Unit 3: Poetry (women in poetry, feminist critical theory) Unit 4: Shakespeare (Much Ado about Nothing, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet or Richard II) Unit 5: Play (An Inspector Calls) Unit 5: Play (An Inspector Calls) |
Maths
Half-term 1: All sets: Number Half-term 2: All sets: Algebra Half-term 3: Sets 1&2: Interpreting and representing data; Fractions, ratio and percentages. Sets 3&4 Graphs, tables and charts; Fractions and percentages Half-term 4: Sets 1&2: Angles and trigonometry. Sets 3&4: Equations, inequalities and sequences Half-term 5: Sets 1&2: Graphs; Area and Volume. Sets 3&4: Angles; Averages and ratios Half-term 6: Sets 1&2: Transformations and Constructions. Sets 3&4: Perimeter, Area and Volume |
Science
Unit 1: Energy stores and how to calculate energy efficiency Unit 2: What are renewable and non-renewable sources of energy? Unit 3: Animal, plant and bacterial organisms and their structures Unit 4: How do chemicals join together in a reaction? Unit 5: How do the heart and lungs work together? Unit 6: How does the digestive system work to break down our food? Unit 7: How can you calculate the density of materials and investigate their molecular structure? Unit 8: How do we work out the amount of a chemical in a reaction? |
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| Modern Foreign Languages
In 2021-22 Year 9 students will have two periods of French and one period of Spanish to reflect the fact that their French lessons in Year 7 and 8 were disrupted more than their Spanish lessons. In future years, they will be able to choose which language they spend more time on. Students will study the following topics in both languages:
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History
In all units, students will learn how to make chronological and thematic links, assess change and continuity, evaluate significance, and analyse and evaluate primary and secondary evidence, including different interpretations Unit 1: Native Americans Unit 2: The Great War and Remembrance Unit 3: Nazi Germany and the Holocaust Unit 4: The Home Front in WW2 Unit 5: Empire, migration and Britain today |
Geography
In all units, students will learn how to make chronological and thematic links, assess change and continuity, evaluate significance, and analyse and evaluate primary and secondary evidence, including different interpretations Unit 1: Native Americans Unit 2: The Great War and Remembrance Unit 3: Nazi Germany and the Holocaust Unit 4: The Home Front in WW2 Unit 5: Empire, migration and Britain today
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| Religious Studies
Across these units, students will learn the key beliefs and practices of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Hinduism as well as considering their responses to philosophical and ethical dilemmas. Unit 1: How should criminals be treated? Unit 2: Is death the end? Unit 3: What has religion got to do with medical ethics? Unit 4: Can religion make the world equal? |
Art
Topic 1: Surrealism (artist research, analysis and responses in various media and techniques, study pages with mixed media, trials) Topic 2: Drypoint etching (creating etching plates based on student voice themes, etching, printing, development with mixed media, collage) Topic 3: Papier Mache (Creating 3D British bird models from traditional papier mache techniques and wire modelling) Topic 4: Watercolour techniques. Topic 5: Introduction to GCSE. Mini project that looks at the creative design process of a typical GCSE project. |
PE
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| Technology
Fashion and Textiles
Food and Nutrition
3D Design
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Computing Unit 1: Business activity and Cybersecurit Unit 2: Algorithms and data representation Unit 3: Marketing and web development Unit 4: Network security and threats Unit 5: Human resources and cloud computing Unit 6: Python Unit 4: Multicultural foods (recipes and techniques from Italy, Spain, India and China) Unit 5: Meeting the nutritional needs of a teenager (mock GCSE practical) Unit 6: Food provenance (sausage rolls, cereal bars, traybakes and slices, meatloaf, bakewell tart and pasta bake) |
Performing Arts: Music
Over the course of the year, students will develop their skills in musical theory, performance and composition. The units will cover hip hop, reggae, bhangra and a personalised learning project at the end of the year in performance or composition.
Performing Arts: Drama
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