CURRICULUM ON A PAGE YEAR 9: TERM 1
CONTENTS PAGE Welcome Message How to use this booklet Contact Details Heads of Department Division A Subjects: English Curriculum French Curriculum Korean Language Curriculum Korean Second Language Curriculum Latin Curriculum Latin Beginner Curriculum Mandarin Curriculum Mandarin Foreign Curriculum Spanish Curriculum History Curriculum
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Division B Subjects : Art & Design Curriculum Dance Curriculum Drama Curriculum Music Curriculum Physical Education Curriculum
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Division C Subjects: Computer Science Curriculum Mathematics Curriculum Biology Curriculum Chemistry Curriculum Physics Curriculum Geography Curriculum
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Personal Social Development Curriculum
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WELCOME FROM THE VICE PRINCIPAL Welcome to the start of the 2026-27 academic year. As you will see throughout this document, Year 9 students will enjoy a broad and challenging curriculum throughout Term 1, with a strong focus on building upon the foundations of Year 8. This is an exciting time for Year 9 as they continue their Key Stage 3 journey, as new passions and interests continue to be discovered, or existing ones consolidated even further. Our Year 9 curriculum is rich in its development of the knowledge and skills that students will require in an ever-evolving world, and is delivered through the expertise of our world-leading teachers. To add to the sense of new opportunities, Year 9 will also commence their IGCSE studies in Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Here's to a great year ahead!
Mr. Carl Lewis clewis@nlcsjeju.kr
MESSAGE FROM THE ASSISTANT VICE PRINCIPAL As our Year 9 students begin the 2026–27 academic year, they enter a pivotal stage in their Senior School journey, marked by greater academic challenge, independence, and personal growth. Building on the foundations of Years 7 and 8, students now engage in more specialist teaching and are encouraged to explore subjects in greater depth. Year 9 also marks the beginning of meaningful dialogue with teachers and specialist staff to support students in identifying their strengths, passions, and aspirations in preparation for IGCSE option choices. These conversations, along with targeted guidance, ensure each student feels confident and well-informed as they shape the next stage of their learning journey. Alongside a broad curriculum, they benefit from a rich co-curricular programme and growing leadership opportunities. We look forward to supporting Year 9 as they take greater ownership of their learning.
Mr Shilen Tanna stanna@nlcsjeju.kr
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Academic Leadership Team Contact Information ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Carl Lewis - Vice Principal (Academic) - clewis@nlcsjeju.kr Daniel Jewitt - Assistant Vice Principal (Division A) - djewitt@nlcsjeju.kr Shilen Tanna - Assistant Vice Principal (Division B) - stanna@nlcsjeju.kr Joshua Waterman-Wiggins - Assistant Vice Principal (Division C) jwaterman-wiggins@nlcsjeju.kr Laetitia Choi - Assistant Vice Principal (Division D) - lchoi@nlcsjeju.kr Jodie Ramskill-Torrance - Assistant Vice Principal (Head of Houses/PSD) jtorrance@nlcsjeju.kr Victoria Doamekpor - Director of Digital Innovation and Learning vdoamekpor@nlcsjeju.kr
HEADS OF DEPARTMENT Please use the directory below to contact the relevant Head of Department for any questions you may have about the curriculum. For questions about your childʼs progress, please contact their subject teacher in the first instance:
Division A Key Stage 3 Subjects: ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Mr Adam Lim- Head of English - alim@nlcsjeju.kr Ms Susan Gleeson - Head of AED - sgleeson@nlcsjeju.kr Mr Fabián Herrera - Head of European Languages & Korean Second Languagefherrera@nlcsjeju.kr Ms Hwayoung Choi - Head of Korean Language & History - hchoi@nlcsjeju.kr Ms Margaret Baird - Head of Latin - mbaird@nlcsjeju.kr Ms Jenny Liu - Head of Mandarin - jliu@nlcsjeju.kr Mr William Mason- Head of History & Global Politics - wmason@nlcsjeju.kr
Division B Key Stage 3 Subjects: ● ● ● ● ●
Ms Sharon Kennington - Head of Art & Design - skennington@nlcsjeju.kr Ms Vanessa Pereira - Head of Dance - vpereira@nlcsjeju.kr Mr Ian Peirson - Head of Drama - ipeirson@nlcsjeju.kr Mr Harry Thorrington - Head of Music - hthorrington@nlcsjeju.kr Ms Alisa Wynne - Head of Physical Education - awynne@nlcsjeju.kr
Division C Key Stage 3 Subjects: ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Mr Niall Scarlett - Head of Computer Science - nscarlett@nlcsjeju.kr Ms Kurtis Beer - Head of Mathematics - kbeer@nlcsjeju.kr Mr Mark Kim - Head of Key Stage 3 Science - markkim@nlcsjeju.kr Mr Hugh Kim - Head of Biology - hkim@nlcsjeju.kr Mr Derek Patenaude - Head of Chemistry - dpatenaude@nlcsjeju.kr Mr Michael Jacoby - Head of Physics - mjacoby@nlcsjeju.kr Mr Steven Knight - Head of Geography - sknight@nlcsjeju.kr
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Mr Thomas Carter-Stead - Head of Personal Social Development & Philosophy tstead@nlcsjeju.kr
ENGLISH CURRICULUM This term: The Power of Language - Short Stories Students will explore how language can be used to influence and persuade in written and spoken contexts by exploring and analysing a variety of multimodal texts and speeches and then composing a speech of their own to persuade their intended audience & students will study a range of short stories, learning about the conventions within that genre. We will also continue to learn how authors communicate their ideas effectively. Students will compose a scaffolded essay responding to how meaning is created in a text.
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Relevant TBD Writing Competition Membership in the English Society; Dead Poets Society; or Debate Society, The Pier Literary Magazine Joining the Language Ambassadors; Reading CCAs; Commonlit Online resources: Read Theory (online reading and comprehension practice); Vocabulary.com
● Rhetoric ● Logos ● Pathos ● Ethos ● Propaganda ● Visual Literacy ● Conventions ● Narrative Voice ● Analysis and Interpretation
● Identifying meaning in different contexts ● Analysing of rhetorical devices ● Utilizing language to persuade ● Critical Awareness ● Analysis of structural and literary features
● Speech composition and delivery; Analytical writing on multimodal texts ● Extract annotation task in which students present a short story with passage analysis
FRENCH CURRICULUM This term: Qui suis-je? / Le temps des loisirs Students will study the topics of family life and relationships, life at home, routines and leisure by continuing to practise the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing). New grammatical content will include the superlative, disjunctive pronouns and depuis plus the present tense. In addition, they will consolidate material that they have learnt previously : present tense (including reflexives and modals), perfect and immediate future tenses, adjectival agreement and the comparative.
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Education Perfect is a learning website which offers a range of different revision and recap activities and games ActiveLearn provides a range of online support materials, homework tasks which help students to target areas for development Blooket is an effective online learning review game which allows regular and quick recap to consolidate learning
● Family and friends ● Rooms and furniture ● Daily routine ● Helping at home ● Sport and leisure ● Using technology in free time
● Speaking: to be able to answer questions on these topics. ● Writing: from memory write a short paragraph. ● Listening and reading : understand details about the topics.
● Written task: to write a total of 80-100 words on the topics covered
KOREAN LANGUAGE This term: Literature and Communication / Reading and Writing as Problem-Solving Processes / Our Precious Korean Language / Perspectives and Interpretation Students will understand literature through aesthetic and communicative experiences and engage in literary activities. They will understand reading and writing as problem-solving processes and learn the phonetic system.
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Korean Sentence Structure - Learn Korean Sentence Structure - This website provides explanations and examples of Korean sentence structure from the National Institute of Korean Language National Library of Korea - An extensive electronic Library with a large range of books and journals
● Imitative Poetry ● Key Elements of a Novel ● Characters ● Motif ● Types of Essays ● Autobiography ● Language Homogeneity & Heterogeneity ● Phonetics
● Critical and Creative Thinking Skills ● Structured Writing Techniques ● Problem-Solving Using Information and Resources ● Understanding the Role of Phonetics
● Creating stories by changing the narrator ● Written exam on the phonetic system of the Korean language
KOREAN 2ND LANGUAGE This term: Personalised provision In our Korean Second Language classes, each student receives tailored teaching materials suited to their unique level. The teacher offers personalised termly overviews, highlighting the specific topics to be covered. Students engage with a diverse range of learning resources,including 'Korean language textbooks for overseas Koreans', fostering comprehensive language learning.
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Culture study in class according to the key dates in Korea Education Perfect Writing competition Internal speaking competition TOPIK test for suitable students
Topic specific according to the studentʼs level and content
● Speaking ● Reading ● Listening ● Writing
● Grammar exercises ● Vocabulary tests ● Conversation tasks
LATIN CURRICULUM This term: Suburani - Roman Britain and the Great Fire of Rome Based on Suburani Chapters 9-12. During Term 1 Year 9 students will explore stories based on Roman Britain and the Great Fire of Rome. Within this context students will consolidate work covered previously, in particular noun, verb and adjective endings. They will learn additional vocabulary, translate stories and learn about the Romans. New grammar will include: genitive and vocative cases, imperatives and prohibitions.
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Read History books about the Ancient Greeks and Romans Read or watch documentaries about Roman Britain or any other topic of interest about the Greeks and Romans Challenge themselves to begin to learn Ancient Greek Reverse translations from English into accurate Latin Participation in an Education Perfect competition and the ARLT reading Competition.
● Genitive ● Vocative ● Imperative ● Prohibition ● Derivative ● Conjugation ● Declension
● Translation from Latin to English ● Vocabulary ● Reading aloud for comprehension ● Recognising the roots of English ● Exploring impact of the Roman world (e.g. art/ literature)
● Mainly through informal assessment in lessons ● Assessed homework tasks ● Vocabulary, grammar and translation tests
LATIN BEGINNERS This term: Suburani - Rome and the Subura. This course is based on Suburani Book 1, Chapters 1-5. They will learn vocabulary, translate Latin stories to learn about Rome in AD 64 and chariot racing. Through translations they will be introduced to the nominative and accusative noun case endings, neuter noun endings, present tense verb endings, and present infinitive and possum, volō, and nōlō.
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Read History books about the Ancient Greeks and Romans Read or watch documentaries about Pompeii or any other topic of interest about the Greeks and Romans Notice connections between English and Latin words. Consolidation of all Latin vocabulary from the CIE IGCSE Latin vocabulary list
● Present tense ● Nominative ● Accusative ● Derivatives ● Infinitives ● Principal parts ● Irregular Verbs ● Neuter
● Accurate translating from Latin to English ● Vocabulary learning ● Reading aloud for understanding ● Recognising the Latin roots of English words
● Mainly through informal assessment in lessons ● Assessed homework tasks ● Vocabulary, grammar and translation tests
MANDARIN CURRICULUM This term: Stories That Bite: Exploring Satirical Fiction Explore contemporary short stories in both Chinese (e.g. 《孔乙己》 by 鲁迅) and translation (e.g. 《变色龙》 by 契诃夫). They will apply analytical techniques to examine societal issues in the texts. Through intertextual comparisons across times and settings, students will investigate how satire connects different contexts and how its effects are achieved. They will also write their own short stories using satire as a key narrative technique.
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Literature Circles: Group discussions on assigned readings, focusing on themes, satirical techniques. Satirical Rewrite: Students imitate the style of the studied text to write a short satirical piece about a contemporary issue, practicing stylistic imitation and creative writing. Showcase of Outstanding Work: Students will revise their creative or exam writing pieces and submit them to the Mandarin Societyʼs WeChat public account for publication.
● 人物塑造 ● 叙述技巧 ● 讽刺 ● 反语 ● 夸张 ● 对比 ● 双关 ● 比较分析 ● 社会问题主题 ● 风格
● Deliver a short in-class presentation ● Present a book report ● Write a short story of no fewer than 800 Chinese characters with satire as its central purpose
● worksheet ● oral presentation ● short essay ● End of term exams in writing
MANDARIN FOREIGN LANGUAGE CURRICULUM This term: Shopping and Bargaining This unit focuses on vocabulary and phrases for shopping and bargaining. Students will learn to describe different types of shops, ask for prices, and practice bargaining in a market setting. The unit will include cultural aspects of shopping in China and common bargaining techniques. students will have acquired a solid foundation in Mandarin Chinese, including essential vocabulary and grammatical structures, and an appreciation for Chinese culture.
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Bargaining Role-Play: in a simulated market setting Price Comparison: Compare prices in different shops Shopping Dialogue: Create and present a dialogue Price List: Write a list of items and their prices, including discount calculations. Cultural Essay: Write an essay on the cultural aspects of shopping and bargaining in China.
● 商店 - Shop/Store ● 市场 - Market ● 多少钱 - How much? ● 便宜 - Cheap ● 贵 - Expensive ● 打折 - Discount ● 商品 - Goods ● 买 - Buy ● 卖 - Sell ● 找钱 - Give change
● Listening ● Speaking ● Reading ● Writing
● Oral presentation tasks ● End of term exams in listening, reading, and writing
SPANISH CURRICULUM This term: ¡Desconéctate! Local, national, international and global areas of interest. Students study holidays and free time. They learn to say what they do in summer and talk about the weather, discuss and justify their holiday preferences, describe a past holiday and where they stayed, book accommodation and deal with problems, and give a full account of a holiday that went wrong. The grammar builds from the present tense through the preterite and imperfect, finishing with all three tenses used together. Students practise all four skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) throughout.
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Knowing about Hispanic cities and famous landmarks through authentic materials Creating a tourist brochure from a Hispanic city of their choice
● Free time and summer activities ● Holiday preferences and opinion verbs ● Describing past holidays in detail ● Talking about accommodation and complaints
● Regular and irregular verbs ● Opinion verbs ● Preterite and imperfect tenses ● Using the polite format in formal situations ● Understanding and using three tenses
● Vocabulary tests ● Brochure about a Hispanic city ● Grammar tasks ● Speaking tests ● End of module test (listening, reading, and writing)
HISTORY CURRICULUM This Term: The First World War "The war to end all wars": this unit explores the causes and effects of one of the most bloody conflicts in history. Starting in Sarajevo, we will journey through the muddy trenches of France and Belgium, and the hot and dusty arabian deserts examining the lasting social, economic and political impacts of the 'Great War'. Unlike other First World War units, this unit stretches students beyond the traditional narrative, exploring themes of masculinity and nationalism.
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Read: ʻPrivate Peacefulʼ by Michael Morpurgo Read: ʻAdventures in Time: The First World Warʼ by Dominic Sandbrook Read: ʻTHe War poems of Wilfred Owenʼ Watch: ʻWar Horseʼ Play: ʻBattlefield 1ʼ
● Allies ● Central Powers ● Trench Warfare ● No Man's Land ● Armistice ● A Front ● Mustard gas ● Zeppelin ● Propaganda ● Ottoman Empire
● Understanding Propaganda ● Oracy ● Inferencing & Evaluating Empathy ● Comparison ● PEEL Paragraph Writing
● Recruitment ● oster ● PEEL Paragraph ● War Poem ● Source Task ● Empathy ● Newspaper Task
ART & DESIGN CURRICULUM
This Term: Investigating Art in Business Students will develop their investigation and research skills through exploring a range of wallpaper artists. They will learn the process of planning a pattern through a line of inquiry, and how to apply this in enterprise using real world examples. Students will be introduced to a range of techniques and realise their designs by situating them in real life. Upon completion, students will present their outcomes alongside their written reflection as part of an Arts Week Installation.
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Students have the opportunity to participate in a number of Art Co-Curricular Activities and Bryants. Opportunities for developing metacognition. Developing visual literacy and critical thinking skills through the analysis of media and process. The Art Story Website is an excellent resource which provides information related to artists and artistic movements. TED-Ed Lecture: ʻWho Decides What Art Means?ʼ
● Research ● Art Movement ● Concept ● Enterprise ● Intention ● Inspiration ● Design Planning
● Research skills ● Digital Art/ Photoshop ● Design Practice ● Conceptualisation ● Presentation ● Realisation
● Formative in- class teacher observations ● Summative submission via students Digital Sketchbook ● Production of an Design Response
DANCE CURRICULUM This Term: Safe Dance practice Students will learn about safe dance practice and how to warmup and cool down effectively. It helps them develop both physical skills and a deeper appreciation for how dance can be athletic, as well as how to prevent injuries. Students will also learn about Contemporary technique.
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Participation in Dance extracurricular opportunities such as Contemporary Technique, the Boys Dance Company and the Hip Hop activity Involvement in the Senior School Musical and associated CCA Engagement with Dance Society Participation in the Term 3 Arts Festival events and activities
● Warming up ● Cooling down ● Nutrition ● Hydration ● Movement ● Memory ● Commitment ● Concentration ● Confidence
● Collaboration ● Artistic Interpretation ● Performance Presence ● Technical Proficiency ● Critical Thinking ● Adaptability
● Research tasks ● Written tasks ● review and reflection. ● Ongoing practical assessment and summative performance assessment
DRAMA CURRICULUM This Term: Political Theatre During this unit students will identify and research local, national and global issues through the medium of drama. By exploring and applying the Epic Theatre techniques of playwright and theatre practitioner Bertolt Brecht, students will create a clear set of performance intentions in order to communicate their message to a target audience. Throughout the unit students will work collaboratively and be expected to support the intentions of their group through the use of the Drama Ensemble Skills.
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Participation through a range of extra curricular activities such as the Senior School Musical, Senior Drama Production, LAMDA examinations, and the Theatre Tech group. Joining the Drama Society, "Unmasked", which meets weekly and works to a performance during the Enrichment Week.
● Epic Theatre ● Narration ● Multi-role ● Breaking the fourth wall ● Direct address ● Placards ● Gestus ● V-effekt ● Spass ● Projection
● Understanding the importance of clear performance intentions ● Impact on the audience ● Identifying specific drama techniques for an intended purpose
● Ongoing formative assessment in lessons ● Formal performance as a summative assessment ● Research tasks ● Self-reflection assessment
MUSIC CURRICULUM This Term: Music in Society For Year 9 Term 1, "Music and Ceremony" explores music's profound roles in cultures and societies. We delve into Music and Ceremony (rituals/traditions) and Music and the Afterlife (beliefs/ commemoration). A Podcast Project fosters research and presentation skill sets. We study Anthems (identity/power) and complete a Composition Task. Students will grasp music's cultural, spiritual, and expressive significance.
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Involvement in student societies (Sonitas) Advanced preparation for iGCSE Lunchtime clubs
● Music and society ● Composition
● Awareness of the impact of music in societies ● Ability to compose with fluency
● Formative (mini) and one summative composition ● Performances
P.E. CURRICULUM This Term: Sports and Other Physical Activities Students begin Year 9 Physical Education with a fitness-focused unit designed to prepare them for the Year 9 PE Challenge, a multidisciplinary event that promotes resilience, personal growth, and continuous improvement. Through a variety of training activities, students develop their fitness and self-management skills. Following this, students undertake a team-focused sporting unit, developing communication, collaboration, and tactical understanding in competitive team environments.
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Sport and Active CCAʼs Sport and Active Bryant's Representation of NLCS in sporting fixtures against other schools (KISAC) Participation in the PE Society
● Movement ● Fitness ● Endurance ● Speed ● Goal setting ● Resilience ● Sportsmanship ● Strategy ● Technique ● Teamwork
● Understand and apply a range of training methods to promote improvement. ● Perform a range of technical skills with correct form and accuracy
● Weekly teacher observation in lessons ● Fitness improvement ● Ongoing reflection throughout the Training for a Challenge unit
COMPUTER SCIENCE This Term: Python Programming File Handling and Algorithms This unit moves students into two of the most important areas of computer science: file input/output, which allows programs to permanently store and retrieve data. After briefly revisiting lists and functions, students will learn to read from and write to text files, and then study algorithms such as bubble sort and binary search.
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AI model development in Bryant, CCA. Creating your own AI or develop your own model to a problem using AI.
● File handling ● Read / Write ● Algorithm ● Bubble sort ● Binary search ● Linear search ● Efficiency ● Iteration
● Write Python programs that store and retrieve data using files. ● Implementing and comparing sorting and searching algorithms.
● Summative / Formative Assessment: ● Homework and class work will be assessed.
MATHS CURRICULUM This Term: Indices, Inequalities and Proportion During the first term of KS3 Mathematics Year 9 students will be focusing on extending the idea of index laws, introducing surds and standard form. They will also look to build on their understanding of proportion, using direct and inverse proportion within both algebraic and graphical problems. Pupils will then look to extend their knowledge of algebra by exploring linear inequalities. Here, their knowledge of solving equations and plotting graphs will be pushed deeper by introducing inequalities. This will also involve both algebraic and graphical methods.
Scholarship Opportunities Throughout KS3 students will be developing their reasoning, contextual understanding and problem solving skills, cornerstones of becoming successful mathematics scholars. To facilitate this there will be numerous mathematical competitions organised through UKMT and FOBISIA enhancing pupils' problem solving skills; mathematical balloon debates will also provide great opportunities for developing research and contextualising skills; and journaling opportunities through extra curricular sessions will provide a basis to develop reasoning and mathematical communication skills.
● Standard Form ● Radical ● Surds ● Direct Proportion ● Inverse Proportion
● Numeric/Algebraic /Geometric Reasoning ● Problem Solving ● Generalising and Synthesising ● Mathematical Communication
● Check Ups for each unit ● Summative Assessment
BIOLOGY CURRICULUM This Term: Characteristics of Living Organisms What makes a living thing living? is it possible to compare plant cells with fungi or bacterial cells? What is the difference in active transport and passive diffusion? Why is potato used so often in this type of practical? As the introduction to IGCSE Biology, students will explore the characteristics of what is respiring and what is not, how to classify and create a good observational drawing. When exploring the movement of molecules in solutions and tissues, students will make graphs and analysing their data.
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Writing for Lucidity STEM magazine. Listen to podcasts, read news articles as released by Nature or New Scientist (to name a few). Participating in the Biology Challenge competition. Participating as a member, thereby be part of the range of extracurricular activities held by the Biology Society, Veteniary Society, Medical Society, Dentistry Society, ESS
● Mrs Gren ● Binomial nomenclature ● Eukaryotes ● Prokaryotes ● Microscopes and drawings ● Diffusion ● Osmosis ● Active Transport ● Osmoregulation
● Investigative Practical Skills ● Analytical and Evaluative Skills ● Critical Review ● Critical Thinking Skills ● Retrieval/ Recall ● Written and Visual Skills
● Practical Investigations (assessment of Research Design skill) ● Concept checks ● Summative Assessment of each and all topics
CHEMISTRY CURRICULUM
This Term: Particles, Sub-Atomic Particles and Bonding The introduction to IGCSE Chemistry offers a recap of KS3 science concerning particles and their motion and interactions with each other We will then look at the different ways in which atoms coalesce and form more complex substances with the various types of bonding models used in Chemistry. There will be an inquiry project to consolidate their skills in the processes of science about the nature of particle movement and diffusion.
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Keen Chemists are encouraged to participate in the Key Stage 3 CREST CCA and/or Youtube Chemistry Activities Chemistry competition Chemistry Society new inductees Year 9 and up start in Term 1
● Scientific method ● Variables ● isotopes ● Intermolecular forces ● Ionic/covalent/me tallic bonding ● Protons/electrons/ neutrons
● Laboratory testing skills ● Analysis of information and data ● Comparative skills (including contrast) ● Evaluative writing skills
● Formative: in-class monitoring (content/lab skills), ● Vocabulary/ concept mini-assessments ● Summative: Report on Diffusion
PHYSICS CURRICULUM This Term: Motion and Forces Measurement techniques; calculating using scalars and vectors; calculations and experiments involving speed, distance, acceleration and time; distance-time graphs and and velocity-time graphs; terminal velocity; mass and weight; density calculations and experimental techniques; Newton's Laws of Motion; resultant forces; Hooke's Law.
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Writing full experimental write-ups with research and background Physics Society, Astrotech Society and Engineering Society activities Physics-related writing for Lucidity
● Vector ● Scalar ● Speed ● Velocity ● Acceleration ● Terminal velocity ● Resultant force
● Conducting practical work with care to reduce error ● Drawing accurate graphs ● Setting calculations out clearly ● Drawing and interpreting vector diagrams
● Formative: regular experimental write-ups, regular small class tests; all written work. ● Summative: One full lab report.
GEOGRAPHY CURRICULUM This Term: Tectonics & Settlements Students begin the year studying tectonic activity. They will assess seismic & volcanic hazards, impacts on people and landscapes, and examine ways these phenomena are measured and monitored. The second unit focuses on settlements and land use, where students will analyse patterns of human habitation and how land is used for varying purposes. Throughout the term, there is a strong emphasis on developing skills as well as conceptual understanding.
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Tectonics: Compare how preparedness affects earthquake impacts in different countries. Map tectonic boundaries and link them to past seismic events. Settlements and Land Use: Survey local land use along an urban–rural transect. Analyse how settlement patterns relate to access to key services.
● Plate boundaries ● Earthquakes ● Volcanoes ● Seismic waves ● Richter scale ● Mercalli scale ● Tectonic plates ● Hazard
management ● Preparedness ● Risk
● Critical Thinking ● Research Skills ● Data Analysis ● Communication ● Fieldwork Techniques ● Problem-Solving
● Hazard management assessment ● Urban v rural investigation case study ● PEEL and PEECAL paragraph tasks
P.S.D CURRICULUM This Term: Relationships Students complete Relationships and Sex Education topics related to: attraction, sexuality, and gender identity.
● Attraction ● Crush ● Sexuality ● Identity
● Development of character strengths: ○ Honesty ○ Curiosity ○ Love ○ Appreciation of beauty and excellence
● There are no assessments for PSD ● Lessons will include a range of activities to support student discussion and exploration