Student's Learning Term 5

Group 1

English

Gareth

  • Final GCSE English Language Revision​

  • PAPER 1- Analysis and use of figurative English​

  • PAPER 2- Focus on Technique for Questions 4 and 5 ('AFOREST' etc)​

Tracey

  • Speaking and listening skills​

  • Sentence structure​

  • Text based work – completing Blood Brothers

Maths

Alison

  • Bar charts, line graphs and pie charts​

  • Mean, mode, median and range of a set of data​

Andy

  • Trigonometry ​

  • Constructions​

  • Revision

Science - GCSE

Lewis

  • Waves​

  • Magnetism​

Tricia 

  • Human Reproductive System​

  • Types of Reproduction​

  • DNA and Inheritance

Science - Entry Level

Lewis

  • Changes of state​

  • Pressure​

  • Forces and stretching​

Tricia

  • C3a Acids and Alkalis​

  • Making Salts​

  • Metals​

Business
  • Revision preparation for exam in May​

Child Development

R059:​

  • OCR-set assignment opportunity (working onappropriate task)​

Health and Social Care

R033:​

  • OCR-set assignment opportunity (working onappropriate task)​

Music

  • Multi-track recording​

  • Mixing desk layout​

  • Using equipment effectively and safely​

Sport
  • Unit 5 The mind and sports performance​

Art
  • Completing exam preparation folders​

  • Annotation of ideas development​

Cooking

Sweet and Savoury Summer Series​

  • Lasagne​

  • Peach and blueberry crumble​

  • Marinated chicken and home-madeflatbread​

  • Strawberry cheesecake​

  • Beefburgers​

PSHE
  • Digital deception – What's the harm and whatcan be done?​

Citizenship
  • Finance and the economy​

  • How can the local economy be supported? 

Life Skills
  • Climate change and natural disasters
PE
  • Rounders​

 

Group 2

English

Gareth

  • AQA Exam Skills Language Paper 1 Reading Paper​

  • Intro to samples of Paper 1: Section A- Reading​

  • Support Reading:  'A Kestrel for a Knave'​

Becca

  • Macbeth​

Tracey

  • Spelling, punctuation and grammar​

  • Varying sentence structure – creating effectiveclauses

Maths

Alison

  • Lines and angles​

  • Triangles and polygon ​

  • Area of shapes including circles​

Andy

  • Equations​

  • Probability​

  • Transformations​

Science - GCSE
  • ​Atomic Structure ​
  • Bonding​

  • Quantitative chemistry​

Science - Entry Level

  • Complete Forces​

  • Health And Disease​

History

  • The American West c.1835-c.1895 ​

  • Development of the Plains (c.1862–c.1876)​

  • The rise of the Cattle Industry (cowboys,cattle drives, and ranching).​

  • The shift in government policy toward Reservations​

Geography

  • Hot deserts​

  • Cold environments​

  • Landscapes​

Photography

  • Unit 2 level 1 photography, digital manipulation​

  • Levitation, joiners, surreal and masking photography​

Child Development

  • R057 Antenatal care and preparation forbirth​

  • R058 Food sources to meet nutritionalneeds of children 0 – 3 years​

Art
  • Developing ideas into 3D​

  • Artist research and annotation​

  • Print making​

Land Based Science

  • Caring for and feeding animals​

  • Moving and accommodating animals​

Music

  • Multi-track recording​

  • Mixing desk layout​

  • Using equipment effectively and safely​

Cooking

Sweet and Savoury Summer Series​

  • Lasagne​

  • Peach and blueberry crumble​

  • Marinated chicken and home-madeflatbread​

  • Strawberry cheesecake​

  • Beefburgers​

Skills
  • The importance of sleep​

PSHE
  • Digital deception – What's the harm and what can be done?​

Citizenship
  • Finance and the economy​

  • How can the local economy be supported ​

PE
  • Rounders

Group 3

English
  • Functional Skills Entry Level 1​

  • Text based work – A Good Day for Climbing Trees

Maths
  • Perimeter and area of shapes​

  • Volume​

  • Telling the time and reading timetables​

Science

Unit Award Scheme ​

  • Working through practical skills​

  • Identifying practical equipment​

Art

  • Developing characters using textile media​

  • Designs based on pixel art​

Music

  • Using Takadimi to read and perform rhythms​

  • Reading music​

  • Singing and vocal exercises​

Cooking

Sweet and Savoury Summer Series​

  • Lasagne​

  • Peach and blueberry crumble​

  • Marinated chicken and home-madeflatbread​

  • Strawberry cheesecake​

  • Beefburgers​

PSHE

Climate change​

  • Causes and impact​

  • Natural disasters​

Citizenship

Money and wellbeing:​

  • Impact of money on emotional wellbeing​

  • Critical consumer​

Skills
  • Careers: Post 16 Options - education, training and employment​

PE
  • Rounders​

 

Group 4

English
  • Whodunnit?
Maths
  • Introduction to algebra​

  • Time and timetables​

  • Converting between units of measure​

Science
  • Atomic Structure and The Periodic Table​

  • Separation Techniques​

Humanities

Geography – Rivers​

History – Cold War Part 2​

Philosophy, Ethics and Religion – Is there an afterlife?  Explore and explore different faith's view ofdeath​

Music

  • Introduction to Soundtrap​

  • Using loops and effects​

  • Programming drums​

Art

  • Developing designs based on Day of theDead​

  • Surface pattern/fabric painting​

  • Print making​

Cooking

Sweet and Savoury Summer Series​

  • Lasagne​

  • Peach and blueberry crumble​

  • Marinated chicken and home-madeflatbread​

  • Strawberry cheesecake​

  • Beefburgers​

PSHE

Climate change​

  • Causes and impact​

  • Natural disasters​

Citizenship

Money and wellbeing:​

  • Impact of money on emotional wellbeing​

  • Critical consumer​

Skills
  • Artificial intelligence​

PE

  • Rounders

Sixth Form

GCSE Maths
  • Revising GCSE curriculum​

  • Working through past papers gainingexperience of exam techniques and strategies​

Functional Skills Maths

  • Mean, mode, median and range of a set ofdata​

  • Probability and tree diagrams​

  • Revision and preparation for exams in June​

Biology

  • Paper 1 & 2 recap​

  • Exam practice​

  • Exam techniques

History AS Level

  • Weimar Germany​

  • The Stresemann Era​

  • The Wall Street Crash​

  • The end of the Weimar Era​

Classical Greek and Latin
  • Build up to CSCP Certificate of Achievement(Cambridge School Classics Project)​

  • Focus on sentence structure; noun and verbending changes.​

  • Continued build-up of basic Latin vocabularyand Roman culture.​

Politics

  • Revision & Review.​

  • AS Level Exams.​

  • Introduction to Political Ideology​

Child Development

 ​

R058/59:​

  • OCR-set assignment opportunity (working onappropriate task)​

 

Photography

  • Completing Unit 2 and working on unit 10

  • Presenting our work  for display.​

  • Still life photography​

Music
  • Using and editing samples ​

  • Drum patterns​

  • Adding effects​

Art

  • Completing exam preparation and folder ideas​

  • Annotation of ideas development​

Life Skills
  • Climate change and natural disasters​

PSHE

  • Digital deception-What's the harm and what can be done?​

Cooking

Sweet and Savoury Summer Series​

  • Lasagne​

  • Peach and blueberry crumble​

  • Marinated chicken and home-madeflatbread​

  • Strawberry cheesecake​

  • Beefburgers​

Health and Social Care

R033:​

  • OCR-set assignment opportunity (working onappropriate task)​

PE
  • Rounders​

 

House Points

Blue Oak

946

Green Oak

1504

Red Oak

1643