Year 9

• Hundertwasser
• Hockney Landscape painting

Autumn term

• Cyber crime
• ICT In business

Spring term

• iMedia project
• Python

Summer term

• Home technology
• Emerging technologies

Autumn term

• Rosie Kay

Spring term

• Emancipation of expressionism

Summer term

• Nutcracker ballet

Please note that that due to the different classes within a year group, students do not follow a set termly curriculum for Design and technology. Instead, all students will complete all of the below topics during different terms throughout the academic year.

Food

• Further development of core skills
• Planning and cooking dishes for a child

DT

• Woodwork – Snap and grab
• Pencil stand
• Metals practical – Aluminium key tag

Textiles/Graphics

• TBC

Autumn term

• Physical theatre
• DNA by Dennis Kelly

Spring term

• Surrealism
• 9/11 themed performance works

Summer term

• Devising 9/11
• Dragon’s Den

Autumn term

Orangeboy (novel)

• Explore the function and distinct voices of characters. Narrative structure. Descriptive detail in crafting characters, settings and key events.
• Differentiate between inference and deduction.
• Extend knowledge of writers’ craft: plot, characterisation, descriptive detail, how to create suspense and the impact on the reader.
• Analyse writers’ intentions
• Foreshadowing, suspense, tension
• Motif

Spring term

The Ostrich Boys (modern play)

• Develop understanding of modern drama. Revisit and extend knowledge of modern drama conventions: stage directions, characterisation, different narrative voices, form, structure, language, tension, flashbacks, foreshadowing.
• Explore the function of different characters
• Explore the relationships between characters
• Explore the barriers between characters
• Explore the symbolism of props and motifs

Summer term

The Woman in Black

• Introducing a novella.
• Layered narrative structure
• Gothic conventions
• Exploring the fear of the unknown and the reliability of the narrator.
• Exploring the function of the narrator
• Exploring the barriers of fear and isolation
• Exploring the function of setting
• Motif

GCSE Poetry Anthology

• Revision and development of poetry analysis skills
• Introducing a poetry anthology
• Introduction to GCSE texts and literature AOs
• Focus on language, structure, terminology and effect on reader
• Selecting evidence precisely to illustrate understanding of writers’ methods and intentions

Autumn term

• Middle east
• Climate change

Spring term

• Glaciation
• Weather hazards

Summer term

• Tectonic hazards
• Resources management

Autumn term

• A history of black Britain
• Civil rights in the USA

Spring term

• Liberal warfare reforms
• Women’s suffrage movement

Summer term

• The first world war
• The Development of the UK 1910 to 1930s GCSE Course

Foundation

Autumn term

• Place value, rounding, estimating
• Directed number
• HCF/LCM
• Algebraic manipulation
• Angles
• Sequences
• Fractions

Spring term

• Solving equations
• 2D shape
• Percentages
• Index laws

Summer term

• Ratio & proportion
• Analysing data
• 3d shape
• Coordinates and linear graphs
• Representing data
• Probability

Higher

Autumn term

• HCF/LCM
• Index laws
• Standard form
• Congruence and similarity
• Manipulating quadratics
• Fractions and reciprocals
• Solving equations and rearranging formula

Spring term

• Analysing data
• 2D shapes
• Ratio and proportion
• Angles
• Percentages

Summer term

• Sequences
• Pythagoras
• Trigonometry
• Real life graphs
• Representing data
• Transformations
• Scale drawings & bearings

Spanish

Autumn term

• Personal Interests
• Jobs
• Clothing/Fashion
• Shopping
• Returning Items
• Culture: Los Reyes Magos

Spring term

• Talking about Daily Routines
• Family relationships
• Exploring South American Culture

Summer term

• Planning a trip across South America
• Global issues
• Cutlure: The Amazon

French

Autumn term

• Jobs
• Future plans
• Talking about earning money
• Music and concerts
• Culture: Christmas Traditions

Spring term

• Food
• Eating habits
• The natural world
• Helping the environment
• Holidays

Summer term

• Francophone countries
• Famous French people
• Describing future plans
• Francophone artists

Autumn term

• Music for stage and screen
• Somewhere Over The Rainbow
• Jingle Bells

Spring term

• Ukelele
• Great composers

Summer term

• Musical variations
• Composition
• Brit Pop

Music Development Plan

• Enhance tactical approach to sport
• Components of fitness
• Theoretical application of sporting knowledge
• New skills, practices and activities
• Further enrichment opportunities
• Participation or performance
• Enhance practical ability in a broad range of activities

Autumn term

• Buddhism
• Science and religion

Spring term

• Life after death
• Crime and punishment

Summer term

• War and peace

* Parents and carers have the right to request their child is withdrawn from all or parts of religious studies. Requests can be made by contacting the academy at office@retfordoaks-ac.org.uk

Autumn term

• Cell Biology
• Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table
• Atomic Structure (Physics)
• Consolidation

Spring term

• Infection and Response
• Particle Theory
• The Atmosphere
• Electromagnetism
• Consolidation

Summer term

• Bioenergetics
• Ecology Part 2
• Sustainable Development
• Revision for End of Year Exams