Year 7 Term 3

Art and Design	Pupils will be encouraged to think inventively and imaginatively whilst building up an understanding of the Visual Language used by Artists and Designers within a Design and Expressive Context. (Colour, Tone, Form, Shape, Line , Pattern, Texture, Scale, Composition) Folder Design/lettering /layout/ colour mixing CISD Calendar Design in collaboration with ICT (ceramics, printmaking, paint and mixed media techniques) Recycling project (design brief/fashion/jewellery/body adornment) History of Art /periods ,movements, styles
English	Themes	Relationships & Community
	Essential Questions	What are the elements that build a strong friendship? What impact does family have during different stages of our lives? What can we learn from different generations? How is conflict an inevitable part of relationships? How are people transformed through their relationships with others? What is community and what are the individual’s responsibilities to the community as well as the community’s responsibilities to the individual?
	Novels	The Egypt Game Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
	Plays	40 Short Plays
	Short Stories	"The Sandcastle" by Alma Luz Villanueva "The Fun They Had" Isaac Asimov
	Poetry	Homework! Oh, Homework by Jack Prelutsky Casey at the Bat! "The Walrus and the Carpenter" "Where the Sidewalk Ends" Shel Silverstein
	Grammar	Nelson Thornes Framework English
French	In unit 5 students understand the gist and main points of simple spoken or printed texts about food or drink, with prompts or visual support, and they take part in simple dialogues, using rehearsed language to order snacks in a café. They produce new language from memory, understand increasingly complex spoken and written texts containing some unfamiliar language, and show mastery of a few familiar verbs in the present tense using first, second and third person forms. They are introduced to the near future using aller + infinitive. They learn and start to apply strategies to improve their spoken and written work. In unit 6 students learn and use a range of new language in the context of weather, climate, house and home in France and French-speaking countries. They develop their writing by responding to prompts and by drawing on existing knowledge of language from the rest of the course. Quality of writing is enhanced by strategies for checking. Students learn to become increasingly independent in their organization of vocabulary and in their ability to understand the spoken and written word. The unit provides opportunities to use a wider range of verbs and to give the same piece of information in different ways. A strong focus on pronunciation is maintained via work on making liaisons and using correct intonation.
Geography	Unit 6. World sport: 1. What do we know about Premiership teams? 2. How do I get to the match? 3. Where is the stadium located? 4. What jobs are there in football? Unit 24. Passport to the world: 1. How can we find out about places? - Secret city 2. How can we find out about places? - Places linked to events 3. How can we find out about places? - The world in my life 4. How can we find out about places? - Ten-fact quiz 5. How can we find out about places? - Sphere of influence 6. How can we find out about places? - Using newspapers 7. How can we find out about places? - What's in an ad? 8. How can we find out about places? - The geography of the arts 9. How can we find out about places? - What's in the news? 10. How can we find out about places? - Holiday choices 11. How can we find out about places? - World disasters
History	Unit 6. What were the achievements of the Islamic states 600-1600? 1. What is Islam? 2. How did the world of the Middle East change during the life of the Prophet Muhammad 3. A new Islamic city: how did the Abbasid caliphs organise their new capital at Baghdad? 4. How did Arab Muslims contribute to the world of mathematics and science during the Middle Ages? 5. What can we learn from the architecture of Islamic civilisations? 6. How successful were the crusader attacks on the Islamic world? 7. Why do people disagree about Salah al-Din? 8. How powerful were the rulers of the Ottoman empire? 9. What were the achievements of the Islamic states 600-1600? Unit 22: The role of the individual for good or ill? 1. Why are certain people 'famous'? 2. Who is the person? 3. What motivated the individual? 4. What was the impact of the individual's life at the time? 5. How has the individual's impact been portrayed through time? 6. Was the individual's impact for good or ill?
ICT – Information and Communications Technology	Do you dream in colour Point of entry – changing the colour of our world, what colour are you? Learn key terms: Colour wheel, hue, saturation and manipulation of colour within Publishing software. Create optical illusions to see how colours affect each other Create an album cover with repeating patterns as a trial use of colour schemes that match the mood of the album Create swatch charts from a range of samples (materials, labels, adverts, etc) Show trial and improvement with colour schemes: e.g. look at how a pastel or a neon colour scheme may be used appropriately Design your own football strip/flag, t-shirt, (to carried out in the build up to the 2010 World Cup) Consider how accurate hardware and software is in representing true colour (printers, scanners, cameras) Make something that shows design and awareness of colour, football pendant, cushion cover, etc
Mathematics	1. Shape and Space a. Transformations		Reflection Enlargement Translation Rotation Symmetry Transformations
	2. Algebra a. Sequences and Functions b. Expressions and Formulae c. Functions and graphs d. Linear Equations		Introducing sequences sequences and rules sequences in diagrams function machines finding the function functions and algebra Using letter symbols Using the rules of algebra Simplifying expressions simplifying harder expressions Using formulae factors, multiples and primes Patterns in numbers Patterns in diagrams Functions and rules Graphs of functions Using a table of values Solving Algebraic equations Solving harder equations Expanding brackets Constructing equations
	3. Number a. Percentage, ration and proportion		Fraction, decimal and percentage equivalents Finding simple percentages Percentage change Proportion Introducing ratio
Music	Storyboards and Musical Clichés Skills Understanding of the relationship between music, media and the arts, musical devices used in adverts and jingles, creating a catchy ‘hook’ or memorable tune/melody to capture the listeners attention storyboard planning, developing themes and motifs to represent characters, moods and atmosphere Materials Excerpts of TV and radio adverts		Rhythm, Pitch and Scales Skills Performance listening, greater awareness of the rehearsal process and of own and each others’ parts, ability to work as a team, syncopation, understanding of the different roles each instrument plays (bass / harmony / melody) Materials ‘Hey Ya’ by Outkast
	6 Weeks		5 Weeks
Science	1. Cells and Reproduction Plant and Animal Cells Animal and Human Reproduction Genes and Chromosomes Development and Survival in non-humans Plant Reproduction		Structure of cells, function of their parts Egg and sperm. Fertilisation. Genetics and inheritance Nurturing of young, survival and adaptation Parts of the flower, their role in reproduction. Pollination and fertilisation *4Weeks*
	2. Electricity Electric Charge Insulators and Conductors Circuits (Simple) Resistance Series and Parallel circuits Household electricity		Static electricity - Coulombs, Voltage Amperes Ohms Voltage and current measurement Safety - fuses *4 Weeks*
	3. Gases of the air Composition of the atmosphere Combustion Breathing and respiration Photosynthesis Food production (plants)		Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon dioxide, water vapour Chemical equations (balanced) Oxygen and Carbon dioxide exchange Food chains and food webs *4 Weeks*

Year 7 Term 3

Do you dream in colour