Year 11 Curriculum Plan Subject
Autumn Term
English Language
AQA Paper 1 reading revision: Students will read and revise their analytical and evaluative responses to a range of literature extracts in preparation for the exam. Shakespeare’s Macbeth: Students will be consolidating their knowledge and understanding of the play whilst focusing on strengthening their analytical skills in preparation for their GCSE examination.
English Literature
Mathematics Foundation
Mathematics Higher
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Unit 1 More Complex Number: Students will learn to find the reciprocal of any number and calculate fluently with numbers written using index or standard form. Unit 2 Similarity and Congruence: Students will learn to recognise the difference between similarity and congruence and apply the basic congruence criteria for triangles to complete short proofs. Students will learn to work fluently with similar shapes and scale factors. Unit 1 Further graph Work: Students will learn how to find parallel and perpendicular lines. Students will learn the trapezium rule for calculating the area under a curve and how to find the gradient of a curve at a given point. Unit 2 Algebraic Fractions and Further Manipulation: Students will learn to work fluently with algebraic fractions including using the four operations. Students will learn to expand the product of two or more binomials. Unit 3 Sine and Cosine Rules: Students will learn and apply the sine, cosine and area rule for non-right-angled triangles. Students will know and use the graphs for the trigonometric functions. Variation and Evolution: Students will study the evolution of organisms and the evidence which supports this theory. Finally, students will learn how we classify organisms and how classification systems have changed over time as our understanding of cells/inheritance/DNA has developed. This module brings students full circle to the Cell Biology module with a revisit of cell types.
Chemical Change: Students will study how to deduce an order of reactivity in metals when reacting with water and acid. Further prediction can be made when metals are” in competition” with themselves. Students will look at where these metals originated from and how they can be extracted from their ore by methods such as reduction by carbon and hydrogen and electrolysis. Waves: Students will study the language and terms used to describe transverse and longitudinal waves with examples of each and how the properties can be described and explained using the correct vocabulary.
Creative/ narrative writing revision: Students will develop their narrative writing in preparation for the English Language exam by experimenting with a variety of narrative structures and devices. A Christmas carol revision: Revising the key themes and characters of the novella in preparation for the exam. Unseen Poetry Revision: Students will analyse and compare the themes, language and structure of a collection of previously unstudied poems from different centuries. Unit 3 Vectors: Students will learn how to draw and calculate with column vectors. Unit 4 Probability: Students will learn to draw and interpret probability trees. Unit 5 Further Algebra: Students will learn to set up and solve simultaneous equations. Students will continue their learning of linear graphs to find the equation of a straight-line graph. Students will learn how to complete simple algebraic proofs. Unit 4 Similarity and Congruence: Students will learn the difference between similarity and congruence and be able to set up formal geometric proofs. Unit 5 Circle Theorems: Students will learn to recognise, apply and prove the standard circle theorems. Unit 6 Vectors: Students will learn how to draw, calculate and construct proofs of both column and geometric vectors.
Bioenergetics revisited (Combined Science): In this unit students will revisit the more challenging topics of photosynthesis, respiration and metabolism. In doing so, Students will revise human and plant organ systems. Homeostasis and Response continued (Triple Science): Students will continue to study the nervous and endocrine systems. Topics include the brain structure and function and the structures of the eye and how the eye focuses. Students will also learn how body temperature is controlled through the thermoregulatory centre and how the kidneys maintain water balance. Finally, students will learn about plant hormones. Chemical Change (continued): Students will also study reactions between an acid and a base, an acid and an alkali and the method used to produce the metal salts. Pupils will look at the pH scale and neutralisation. Energy Changes: Students will look at how energy changes take place in a chemical reaction due to the breaking and formation of bonds. They will observe changes in temperature and learn how the heating and cooling effects of a reaction are used in everyday applications. Magnetism and Electromagnetism: Students will look at the use of permanent magnets and induced magnets. How magnetics fields behave and their similarities