Our Secondary Phase Curriculum

Expressive Arts

In Expressive Arts, your child will explore art, dance, drama, film, digital media and music to develop their creative, artistic and performance skills
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9

Drama

Basic elements of Drama
Cynefin: Who am I?
Treasure Island

Music

Basic Elements of Music
Cynefin: Who am I?
Treasure Island

Dance

Basic elements of Dance
Cynefin – Myths and legends
Treasure Island

Art & Design

Skills – Colour Theory
Cynefin – Heritage Heroes, contextual referencing
Contextual Referencing

Drama

Musicals
Murder Mystery
The Haunting

Music

Musical Theatre
Film Music
Music for Television

Art & Design

Drawing skills – Mark making
Van Gogh – Mark making
Drawing skills – Still life
Graphic Design – Keith Haring

Drama

Devising – Witchery
Genre – Farce
Contemporary script – Script work

Music

Identity
Riffs
Club Dance

Art & Design

Cubism – Pablo Picasso
Portraiture

Health & Wellbeing

Health and Wellbeing is about looking after their physical and mental health including emotional wellbeing. They’ll learn about healthy eating and how to make good decisions, deal with influences and develop healthy relationships.
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9

Food Technology

Planning, Evaluating and Developing Skills for Healthy Eating : Use of Knives
Planning, Evaluating and Developing Skills for Healthy Eating: Use of Ovens
Healthy Eating: Planning, Evaluating and Developing Skills for Healthy Eating

PE

Girls:
Netball and Football
Swimming
Trampolining and Gymnastics
Dance and Fitness
Athletics
Rounders and Orientation

Boys:
Football and Rugby
Fitness and Basket ball
Swimming
Athletics
Cricket and Softball

RSE

Being In My World
Celebrating Difference
Dreams & Goals
Healthy Me

Food Technology

Planning, Evaluating and Skills for Healthy Eating: The role of carbohydrates in the body
Planning, Evaluating and Skills for Healthy Eating: The role of proteins in the body
Skills for Healthy Eating

PE

Girls:
Hockey and Netball
Swimming
Trampolining and Dance
Orienteering and Badminton
Athletics
Rounders and adventurous outside activities

Boys:
Football and Rugby
Fitness and Basketball
Swimming
Handball and Fitness
Athletics
Cricket and Softball

RSE/PSE

Relationships
Changing Me
Anger Management
Substance Abuse
Mental Health & Wellbeing

Food Technology

Family cooking and budgeting
Showcase skills

PE

Girls:
Netball/Football/Touch Rugby
Trampolining
Leadership skills/Problem Solving
Athletics
Orienteering
Striking and fielding/Touch rugby

Boys:
Rugby/Football
Handball/Intro to GCSE/Rugby
Leadership skills/problem solving
Athletics
Rugby 7’s/Welsh baseball
Cricket

RSE/PSE

Alcohol Awareness
Crime Prevention & Keeping Safe
Globalisation
Personal Money Management
Anti – Bullying
Sexual Health

Humanities

In Humanities they’ll learn about the world, society and events in the past and present. They’ll explore the challenges and opportunities that face us, and what ethical action we can take to safeguard the world and it’s people in the future.
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9

Geography

Cynefin: Am I global citizen?
Enquiry: Should Carminha stay or go?
Enquiry: How do people use natural resources? Enquiry: What is the best route in Trefil?
Enquiry: Should wolves return to Wales?
Enquiry: Where is the best place for benches in our school?

History

How to be a Historian
Invasion Resistance and Settlement
Tudors and Wales

RVE

Cynefin: Who am I?
Festivals & Celebrations
Pilgrimage

Geography

How did we get here?
How do animals adapt to the physical world?
Changing Landscapes
No Planet B

History

How did the Lives of the Cymry change between a 1000AD and the 18th century?
Towns/Disease and the Black Death
Protestant Reformation and Chapel Life in Cymru.
Lives of Medieval Women

RVE

Our World & the Environment
Stewardship & Sustainability
Social Action: Charities

Geography

Enquiry: How do me measure development?
Enquiry: Are natural disasters a choice?
Enquiry: Is Africa a prisoner of its geography?
Enquiry: Why is there conflict in our world?

History

The Industrial Revolution and the people of Cymru -Pre 1801
Industrial/Rural Protest in 19th Century and Chartism
British Imperialism/Slavery and Crime
Great War and War in 20th Century

RVE

Enquiry: Does God exist?
Enquiry: Who decides what is just & unjust?
Enquiry: How can we promote social justice?

Languages, Literacy & Communication

In Languages, Literacy and Communication, your child will learn languages including Welsh and English among others. They’ll study and create literature, as well as communicate in spoken, written or visual ways. This could include poetry, drama and film.
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9

English

Cynefin
Social Justice
Heroes

ALN:
Cynefin
Zebra Crossing Soul Song
Heroes

Welsh

Grammar
Cynefin
Gwyliau/Patagonia
Ffrindiau

French

All about me:
Name and age
Birthdays
Hair & eyes
Where I live and am from
Talking about family relationships and ages.

English

Faster Read
Building a New World
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare)

ALN:
Faster Read- Differentiated
War Poetry – ALN
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare) (ALN)

Welsh

Amser Sbar
Ffrindiau
Technoleg

French

All about me:
Talking about family relationships and ages.
Describing myself and family members.
Talking about my pets.
Talking about different jobs my family do.
Comparing my family and friends.
School objects, colours, and adjectives.

English

Touching the Void
Blood Brothers
Macbeth OR Romeo and Juliet

ALN:
Touching the Void – Differentiated
Blood Brothers – Differentiated
Macbeth OR Romeo and Juliet- Differentiated

Welsh

Rhaglenni Teledu/Sgrin Fawr
Cadw’n iach a bwyta’n iach
Past Tense and Oracy tasks

French

All about me:
Comparing my family and friends.
Talking about food and drink.
Talking meals
Talking clothes I wear
Talking about free time
Talking about free time and weather.

Mathematics & Numeracy

In mathematics the number system provides learners with a basis for algebraic, statistical, probabilistic and geometrical reasoning, as well as for financial calculation and decision-making.
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9

Maths

Place Value and Addition Subtraction
Multiply Divide and FDP Equivalence
Types of Number and Directed Number
Fraction & Percentage of Amount and Geometry
Sequences, Algebraic Notation and Equivalence
Statistics & Probability

Maths & Numeracy

Fractional Thinking and 4 Operators
Ratio, Proportion and Shape
Types of Number
Equations and Inequalities
Data and Probability
Averages

Maths & Numeracy

Fraction, Decimal, Percentage and Money
3D Shapes and Angles
Transformations and Proportion
Triangles
Compound Measures and Probability

Science & Technology

In Science & Technology your child will learn about biology, chemistry, physics, computer science and design and technology. They’ll learn about design and engineering, living things, matter, forces and energy, and how computers work.
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9

Science

Forces – Physics
Solid, Liquid, Gas & Changes of state – Chemistry
Cells – Biology
Solar System & Beyond – Physics
Solutions – Chemistry
Ecosystems – Biology
Sound, Light & Vision – Physics
Hereditary & DNA – Biology
Separation techniques- Chemistry
Heating & Cooling – Physics
Diffusion – Biology
Human digestive system – Biology

Design & Technology

Pupils are on a carousel and will study modules at different points in the year depending on their class

During the design stages students will evaluate existing products to design and make their own product using a template.
Further sketching and drawing skills will be taught, and CAD will be used to draw out their final design.  More complex manufacturing techniques to do with electronics and the understanding of circuit components will be used in the project.  Students will then evaluate the success of their product and suggest modifications for improvement.

ICT

Internet Safety, Cyber Security and Encryption
Introduction to Spreadsheets
Introduction to 3D Printing
Computing Past, Present & Future
Programming in Scratch
Programming in Python – Sequence

Science

Atoms, Elements & Compounds – Chemistry
Biodiversity – Biology
Understanding chemical reactions – Chemistry
Moving by a force – Physics
Species and Classification – Biology
Variations within species – Biology
Series Circuits – Physics
Reproduction in humans – Biology
Fuels and Energetics – Chemistry
Making images – Physics
Diet & Exercise – Biology
Acids and Bases – Chemistry

Design & Technology

Steady Hand Game

ICT

Computing Components
Networking and the Internet
Binary and Computer Logic
Programming in Python: Selection
Advanced Spreadsheets

Science

Breathing & Respiration – Biology
Magnets & Electromagnets – Physics
Materials – Chemistry
Hidden Forces – Physics
Plant nutrition & Photosynthesis – Biology
Carbon cycle & Climate change – Chemistry
Waves – Physics & Biology
Adaptations, Competition & Natural Selection – Biology
Patterns in the Periodic Table – Chemistry
Disease & Drugs – Biology
Resistance & Parallel Circuits – Physics
Reproduction in plants – Biology

Design & Technology

Automata Design

ICT

The Ethics of Computing
Programming in Python: Iteration
Designing Websites
Sound and Video Project
Further 3D Printing

LRB

Our Learning Resource Base will make use of a specially tailored curriculum that combines elements from the above Areas of Learning as well as providing new learning opportunities and teaching of core skills 
Term 1
Term 2
Year 9

Wonders of our world

To be knowledgeable about their culture, community, society, and the world now and in the past. In this project the students will learn:

– About the locations of the Wonders of the World, including the countries they’re in and their geographical, historical, and cultural significance.
– Learn about different categories of wonders of the world including the natural, ancient, and modern world.
– How to use maps, plans, data, and information to find out about a range of places.
– How to use multimedia and ICT to present information.
– How to use Geographical and historical knowledge in a creative way.
– Making connections and transferring learning into new contexts.
– Communication, forming and expressing opinion, letter format.

Guardians of our galaxy

– Encourage students to question, campaign and get involved in a local issue.
– Entrepreneurial/group opportunities.
– Give students opportunities to express their concerns regarding environmental issues i.e., pollution of rivers, effect on wildlife
– Link to rights of child – To have a good standard of living.
– Promotes inquiry based approach.

Athens & Sparta

– Building up knowledge of ancient Greek culture and religious activities
– Where was ‘ancient Greece’?
– What did it feel like to live in ancient Greece and how is it different from modern Greece?
– Where and why did ancient Greek culture spread?
– How did the landscape influence how and where they lived?
– What kinds of political organisation did they develop?
– What were the key spaces in a Greek city?
– A day in the life…

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