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Year 8 Curriculum and Knowledge Organisers

This page is currently under construction. 

The table below summarises what students will learn at each stage in the school year.

You can click on the headings for each subject to be redirected to the year specific area of that subjects SharePoint site. 

Clicking on the names of individual units of work will redirect you to the relevant knowledge organiser.

  English Maths Science
Half term 1 Poverty and Prejudice

Due to the nature of the way maths is taught, the knowledge organisers are collated in one document which, once opened, will direct you towards the relevant knowledge organisers for each half term.

Y8 knowledge organisers

Health and Lifestyle

Electricity and Magnetism

Half term 2

Periodic Table

Biological processes

Separation Techniques

Half term 3 Voices

Separation Techniques (cont)

Energy

Half term 4

Ecosystems and Adaptations

Metals and Acids

Half term 5 Tragedy

Inheritance

Motion and Pressure

Half term 6

The Earth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Art Computer Science Drama DT and Food French
Half term 1 Keith Haring Cybersecurity

C1: Issue Based Drama

Costume Design

DT and Food are taught on a rotation.  Therefore, whilst students will cover the same content, the time at which this is done will differ.  The knowledge organisers below will be useful throughout key stage 3.

KS3 DT Knowledge Organisers

KS3 Food Knowledge Organisers

A specific knowledge organiser will be published to students via Satchel One for end of year written assessments.

Holidays
Half term 2 Binary

C2: Puppetry

Costume Design

Festivals and Food
Half term 3 Fonts / Lettering Physical Computing and Microbits C3: Stage Combat (Shakespeare) Free Time and Technology
Half term 4

Landscape / perspective

Developing for the Web

C4: Commedia Dell'arte

Costume Design

Town and Routine
Half term 5 Still Life Careers in Computer Science

C5: Performing Arts - Musicals and Exploration of Art Forms

Costume Design

Sports and Health
Half term 6 Intro to Python

C6: Play Review - Extended Writing

Costume Design

 

  Geography History Music Personal Development RE
Half term 1

Tectonics

Fight for Power:

Knowledge organiser 1

Knowledge organiser 2

Knowledge organiser for all unit below

Understanding Hip Hop

Drugs and Alcohol Dharmic Faiths: Hinduism
Half term 2 Hip Hop Composition Mental Health Dharmic Faiths: Buddhism
Half term 3 Population Votes for Women and the Industrial Revolution Indian Raga Social Action

Dharmic Faiths:

Buddhism

Sikhism

Half term 4 Edwardians and Slavery Ukulele Ensemble Careers
Half term 5 The Beatles (1960s) Online Safety Dharmic Faiths: Sikhism
Rivers
Half term 6 First World War Tuned and Untuned Percussion Finance Ethical Dilemmas