KS3
In Years 7-9, pupils will be working towards the Key Stage 3 objectives detailed on this page. There are a number of things that you can do to support your child at home. Details can be found within each subject area below.
ENGLISH
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Reading
- Read increasingly challenging material independently, including a wide range of fiction and non-fiction from a variety of genres, historical periods, forms and authors
- Explore english literature, pre-1914 and contemporary: including prose, poetry, drama, Shakespeare and seminal world literature
- Develop understanding of challenging texts through learning new vocabulary, using context and dictionaries
- Make inferences and referring to evidence in the text to help build understanding
- Use knowledge of purpose, audience and context to convey meaning within a text
- The study of work by a range of authors, including studying at least two authors in depth per year
Writing
- To write accurately, fluently, effectively and at length, for a range of purposes and audiences
- To explore writing essays, stories, scripts, poetry and other imaginative writing
- To develop notes and scripts for talks and presentations
- To learn to summarise and organise material and apply growing knowledge of vocabulary, grammar and text structure to each piece of writing
- To plan, draft, edit and proof-read each piece of writing
Grammar and vocabulary
- Analyse more challenging texts
- Study the effectiveness of the grammatical features of texts covered
- Pick up new vocabulary and grammatical tools from books and other texts read, using them within writing and speech
- Understand the differences between written and spoken English, including formal/informal styles and Standard
- English compared with other varieties
- Use Standard English confidently in written and spoken work
- Use linguistic and literary terminology to discuss reading, writing and spoken language
Spoken language
- Speak confidently and effectively
- Use Standard English within classroom discussions, speeches and presentations
- Express own ideas and opinions, keeping to the point
SUGGESTED READING BOOKS
Year 7
- Holes – Louis Sachar
- The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
- The Eagle of The Ninth – Rosemary Sutcliff
- Sword in the Stone – T. H. White
- The Amber Spyglass – Philip Pullman
- Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief – Rick Riordan
- Stone Cold – Robert Swindells
- Tug of War – Catherine Forde
- The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole – Sue Townsend
- Wolf – Gillian Cross
Year 8
- Brighton Rock – Graham Greene
- The Catcher in the Rye – J. D. Salinger
- Dracula – Bram Stoker
- I, Claudius – Robert Graves
- Empire of the Sun – J. G. Ballard
- Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
- Hatchet – Gary Paulsen
- Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret – Judy Blume
- A Monster Calls – Patrick Ness
- Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte
Year 9
- The Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck
- American Gods – Neil Gaiman
- A Separate Peace – John Knowles
- Rose Sees Red – Cecil Castellucci
- Every Day – David Levithan
- Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro
- Anita and Me – Meera Syal
- The Hound of the Baskervilles – Arthur Conan Doyle
- Frankenstein – Mary Shelley
- The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas
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MATHS
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Numbers and Algebra
- Rational numbers
- Ratio and proportion
- Calculating percentages
- Fractions: simplifying, addition, subtraction
- Equations
- Calculations using brackets and BODMAS
- Formulae
- Accuracy and rounding
- Squares and square roots
- Highest common factors
- Lowest common multiples
- Negative numbers
- Decimals
Geometry and Measure
- 2D and 3D shapes
- Geometrical problems using triangles and quadrilaterals
- Acute, obtuse and reflex angles
- Pythagoras’ theorem
- Reflections, rotations and transformations
- Coordinates
- Problems involving measuring
- Area, volume and perimeter
- Plans and diagrams
- Surface area of cubes and cuboids
Statistics
- Collecting data from surveys
- Creating and interpreting graphs, pie charts and diagrams
- Frequency tables
- Using ICT for presentation
- Estimating and comparing probability
- Finding the mode, median and mean
- Averages
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SCIENCE
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Energy, electricity and forces
- Light
- Sound
- Renewable energy
- Emerging technologies
- Electrical circuits
- How to measure current and voltage
- Force and its effect on objects
- Magnetic fields
- Electromagnets
- Gravity
- Friction
Chemical and material behaviour
- Properties and behaviour of matter
- Elements in the Periodic Table
- Atoms and compounds
- Chemical properties and patterns
- pH scale for acids, alkalis and bases
- Solids, liquids and gases
Organisms, behaviour and health
- Tissues, organs and body systems
- Plant and animal cells
- Life processes
- Human reproduction, including fertilisation and foetal development
- Adolescence
- Importance of healthy eating and exercise
- Effects of drugs such as tobacco and alcohol
- Digestion
- Respiration and breathing
- Effects of viruses and bacteria
- Variation in living things
- Human and animal behaviour
- Living things and their habitats
- Food chains
- Dissection
The environment, Earth and the universe
- Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock formation
- Weathering of rocks
- Motions of the sun, moon, stars and planets
- Causes of changes in the environment
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