Year 7 enter the world of the science laboratory and our focus is on gaining the necessary skills required for practical work. The lessons are enquiry led and pupils are encouraged to hypothesise and plan experiments to solve a range of problems. As they move onto year 8 they embark on the Trilogy course, which comprises distinct units in the three separate sciences. Finally in year 9 we start the AQA GCSE Sciences curriculum.
Topics covered in Year 7
| Autumn Term | Spring Term | Summer Term |
- Working scientifically
- Structure of plant and animal cells
- Particles and their behaviour
- Magnetism
| - Reproduction
- Elements, compounds and mixtures
- Motion
- Light
| - Organ Systems
- Chemical and Physical Changes
- Astronomy
- Acids and Alkalis
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Topics covered in Year 8
| Autumn Term | Spring Term | Summer Term |
- Health: Nutrients, Digestive system, Food tests, Unhealthy Diets
- Patterns and Atoms: Metals and the Reactivity Series, Looking and Atomic Structure and Elements
- Forces and motion, Hooke’s Law
| - Microbes: bacteria, viruses, yeast, immune system
- Environmental Chemistry and Rates of Reactions: evolution of atmosphere, composition of atmosphere, combustion, climate change, acid rain
- Pressure, Energy, Sound
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Topics covered in Year 9
| Autumn Term | Spring Term | Summer Term |
- Biology: Classification
- Chemistry: Atomic structure
- Physics: Forces and Motion
| - Biology: Transportation in cells
- Chemistry: Elements, compounds and mixtures
- Physics: Waves
| - Biology: Breathing and respiration
- Chemistry: The Periodic table
- Physics: Electricity, Energy resources
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