Gareth:

• AQA GCSE English Paper 2 - reading

Becca

• Functional Skills Exam Revision

Alison

• Time – reading time, duration & problem solving
• Measuring length, mass and capacity
• Perimeter and area of rectilinear shapes

Andy

• Indices & Standard Form
• Volume, Surface Area, Plans & Elevations
• Quadratic: Algebra & Graphs​

Lewis

• Forces and motion
• Waves and electromagnetism
• Magnetism

Tricia 

• The human nervous system
• Hormonal coordination
• Human reproduction

Science - Entry Level

Lewis

• Work and power
• Particles and density
• Energy and changes of state

Tricia

• The circulatory system
• Cell respiration

• Controlled assessment continued from Term 3

Child Development

RO59

• Ways to observe and record the development of a child

RO57

• How to meet the needs of an ill child
• How to ensure a child friendly safe environment

Health and Social Care

RO32

• Effects on service users’ health and wellbeing if person centred values are not applied

RO38

• Sources of support to meet individual needs and working on task 2b assignment

Music

• Mixing using Logic Pro

• Using effects to enhance a mix

• Mastering and bouncing mixes

• Unit 3 completion.  Short and long term effects of exercise on the musculoskeletal and cardiorespiratory systems

• Students will be continuing with their examination preparation
• Focus on annotation and artist research

• Pancake week
• Sweet and savoury bake-off: focaccia
• Brownies
• Chicken and chorizo bake/ chickpea and veggie sausages pasta bake
• Victoria sponge

Skills

Artificial intelligence

• Benefits of AI
• Deep fakes
• Modern risks

Careers

• Workplace behaviour, skills & attitudes
• Understanding pay and deductions

Body modification:

• Tattoos  and piercings
• Cosmetic procedures and sunbed

• The history of migration
• Diversity of the population in the UK
• Impact of migration in the UK

Artificial intelligence

• Benefits of AI
• Deep fakes
• Modern risks

• Cycling at Betteshanger

Gareth:

• Paper 1 Question 5 continued from Term 3
• The novel ‘Jurassic Park’ (this replaces ‘Animal Farm’)

Becca:

• Blood Brothers

Alison

• Function machines
• Simplifying and solving equations
• Forming and solving inequalities

Andy

• Area, Perimeter & Circumference
• Real Life Graphs
• Ratio & Proportion
• Polygons

• ​​Elements
• Structure of the atom
• Periodic table

Science - Entry Level

• C1a assessment
• C1a revision
• P1a forces

History

• GCSE History – The American West

Geography

• Ecosystems
• Tropical rainforests
• Hot deserts

Photography

• Forced perspective
• Composition looking at rule of thirds, leading lines, balance etc
• Looking at copyright laws

Child Development

RO57

• The signs and symptoms of pregnancy
• Antenatal care and preparation for birth

RO58

• Plan and preparing a feed / meal
• How to evaluate planning and preparation of a feed / meal

• Personal development on natural forms
• Developing ideas in multimedia
• Mind mapping and mood boards

Land Based Science

• Caring for and feeding animals
• Moving and accommodating animals

Music

• Mixing using Logic Pro
• Using effects to enhance a mix
• Mastering and bouncing mixes

• Pancake week
• Sweet and savoury bake-off: focaccia
• Brownies
• Chicken and chorizo bake/ chickpea and veggie sausages pasta bake
• Victoria sponge

Careers

• Post 16 options
• Career knowledge and skills

Living responsibly

• Binge drinking
• Tattoos and piercings
• Homelessness

• The history of migration
• Diversity of the population in the UK
• Impact of migration in the UK

• Cycling at Betteshanger

Functional Skills Entry Level 1:

• Reading and Comprehensions skills
• Speaking and Listening tasks
• Writing a short text meeting given criteria

• Comparing and ordering decimals
• Calculating with decimals
• Rounding decimals
• Recognising and finding percentages

• Unit Award Scheme AQA
• The science of fairy rings

Art

• Developing characters using textile media
• Designs based on pixel art

Music

• Rhythm and pulse
• Percussion ensemble
• Using Takadimi to write rhythms

Cooking

• Pancake week
• Sweet and savoury bake-off: focaccia
• Brownies
• Chicken and chorizo bake/ chickpea and veggie sausages pasta bake
• Victoria sponge

PSHE

Health

• Eating disorders
• Body Image

Citizenship

• Role and powers of the police
• Judges and magistrates
• Youth justice system

Artificial intelligence

• Benefits of AI
• Deep fakes
• Modern risks

• Cycling and OAA at Betteshanger

• To build confidence and understanding when reading an extended text

Writing short stories and responding to texts:

• To develop sentence syntax and punctuation in writing
• Creating effective descriptions of characters and settings

• Decimals
• Percentages
• Introduction to algebra

• Organisation in animals and plants
• The blood
• The heart
• Transport systems in plants

Humanities

• Geography – Climate change
• History – Cold War
• Philosophy, Ethics and Religion – Festivals and Community

Music

• Music production
• Loop based music
• Editing samples

Art

• Learning about form, shape and reflection
• Looking at the work of Escher
• Experimenting with rotation / surface pattern

Cooking

• Pancake week
• Sweet and savoury bake-off: focaccia
• Brownies
• Chicken and chorizo bake/ chickpea and veggie sausages pasta bake
• Victoria sponge​

PSHE

• Child criminal exploitation
• County lines
• The law and drugs

• Role and powers of the police
• Judges and magistrates
• Youth justice system

• First Aid – recovery position and CPR
• IT skills

PE

• Cycling and OAA at Betteshanger

Functional Skills Maths

• Measure
• Area, perimeter and volume of shapes
• Use scale factors

Biology

• Revisiting past topics
• Exam question practice
• Paper 1 mock

History AS Level

• Democracy and Nazism:  Germany 1918-1945

• We are including some Latin now too; building up to ‘EMACT’ Level 1 in Greek and Latin
• Greek: Translation of basic sentences
• Latin:  Basic words and declension at present tense

Politics

• The House of Lords
• Independence and neutrality of judges
• Sovereignty in the United Kingdom

Child Development

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RO57

• The signs and symptoms of pregnancy
• Antenatal care and preparation for birth

RO58

• Plan and preparing a feed / meal
• How to evaluate planning and preparation of a feed / meal

Photography

• Portrait studies work
• Still life photography
• Researching photographs in chosen genre

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Option 1:

• Loop based music production using ableton
• Live vs studio productions
• Using midi to input notes

Option 2:

• Guitar chords
• Strumming patterns
• Learning fluency

Art

• Students will be continuing with their examination preparation
• Focus on annotation and artist research

Independent living:

• Bills
• Budgeting
• Payslips

PSHE

Living responsibly

• Binge drinking
• Tattoos and piercings
• Homelessness

Cooking

• Pancake week
• Sweet and savoury bake-off: focaccia
• Brownies
• Chicken and chorizo bake/ chickpea and veggie sausages pasta bake
• Victoria sponge

Health and Social Care

RO32

• Effects on service users’ health and wellbeing if person centred values are not applied

RO38

• Sources of support to meet individual needs and working on task 2b assignment

• Cycling at Betteshanger