Year 8

• Cubism
• Still life

Autumn term

• E-Safety
• HTML

Spring term

• Quiz game spreadsheets
• Scratch

Summer term

• Binary
• Healthy eating

Autumn term

• History of dance
• Bollywood
• Jive
• Rock N Roll
• Charleston
• Street dance

Spring term

• Chaos and order
• Swan song

Summer term

• Dance through social media

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 – Pencil case with pyrography
• Metals practical – Coat hook

Textiles/Graphics

• Fabric plant
• Sketch up plant design

Autumn term

• History of theatre
• Greek theatre
• Religious theatre
• Commedia Dell’Arte
• Pantomime

Spring term

• Chaos and order
• Knife crime
• London riots

Summer term

• Devising social media
• Girls Like That performance assessment

Autumn term

The Bone Sparrow (novel)

• Explore the function and distinct voices of characters in a dual narrative.
• Explore the structure of different narratives.
• Differentiate between inference and deduction.
• Extend knowledge of writers’ craft: plot, characterisation, descriptive detail, how to create suspense and the impact on the reader.

Spring term

Much Ado About Nothing (full Shakespeare play)

• Revise Shakespearian drama conventions secured in Y7.
• Explore the function of different characters
• Explore the barriers between characters
• Explore the relationships between characters
• Extend knowledge and interpretations of form, language, structure and staging.

Summer term

Noughts and Crosses (modern play)

• Develop understanding of genre-dystopian fiction.
• Revisit and extend knowledge of modern drama conventions: stage directions, characterisation, different narrative voices, form, structure, language, tension.
• Explore the function of different characters
• Explore the relationships between characters
• Explore the barriers between characters
• Explore the barriers within society

Autumn term

• Tectonics
• Economy and Globalisation

Spring term

• Coasts
• Development

Summer term

• Sustainability

Autumn term

• The English Reformation
• Elizabethan England

Spring term

• The English Civil War
• Cromwell’s England

Summer term

• Plague, Fire and Revolution in the 17 Century
• The Industrial Revolution

Autumn term

• Directed number & decimals
• Factors, multiples, powers and roots
• Manipulating expressions
• Rounding and estimation
• Area & perimeter
• Solving equations
• Fractions

Spring term

• Polygons
• Metric units & conversions
• Ratio and proportion
• Presenting Data
• Percentages

Summer term

• Substitution
• Sequences
• Transformations
• 3D shapes
• Angles
• Constructions
• Coordinates & linear graphs
• Real life graphs

Spanish

Autumn term

• Describing your plans
• Comparing the town and countryside
• Talking about how a place has changed
• Talking about your school
• Culture: Christmas in Spain

Spring term

• Food
• Health
• Holidays
• Culture: Spanish cooking

Summer term

• Describing Holidays using a variety of tenses.
• Internet/Social Media
• Technology
• Film and TV
• Culture: Las Fallas and La Tomatina

French

Autumn term

• Ordering/buying Food
• Talking about Free time
• Holidays
• Festivals
• Culture: Christmas in France

Spring term

• TV and Film
• Technology
• More Free time activities
• Culture: Easter traditions

Summer term

• Sports
• Healthy living
• Directions
• Culture: Planning a trip to Paris
• Talking about likes and dislikes

Autumn term

• History of music
• Blues
• Rock n Roll
• Elvis Presley
• Glenn Miller
• Jingle Bells

Spring term

• Chaos and order
• Baroque
• Pachelbel
• Find your voice 2

Summer term

• Media
• Film music

Music Development Plan

• Developing and embedding skills
• Tactics
• Habits, routine and best practice
• Outdoor education residential
• Strategic thinking
• Decision making
• Competition
• Opportunity to support primary school sports events

Autumn term

• Islam
• Sikhism

Spring term

• Judaism

Summer term

• Human rights
• Heroes of faith

* 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

• Health and Lifestyle
• Ecosystem Processes
• The Periodic Table
• Separation Techniques
• Electricity and Magnetism

Spring term

• The Earth
• Metals and Acids
• Adaptations

Summer term

• Energy
• Motion and Pressure
• Ecology
• Enrichment tbc