Below is a general overview of the topics students are taught throughout the year in each subject.

For a more in depth outline of each subject please click on the link for the subject page.

If you would like to speak to us about any aspect of our curriculum, please get in touch.

Art

  • Hundertwasser
  • Hockney Landscape painting

Computing

Autumn term

  • Cyber crime
  • ICT In business

Spring term

  • iMedia project
  • Python

Summer term

  • Home technology
  • Emerging technologies

Dance

Autumn term

  • Rosie Kay

Spring term

  • Emancipation of expressionism

Summer term

  • Nutcracker ballet

Design and technology

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

Drama

Autumn term

  • Physical theatre
  • DNA by Dennis Kelly

Spring term

  • Surrealism
  • 9/11 themed performance works

Summer term

  • Devising 9/11
  • Dragon’s Den

English language and literature

Autumn term

  • Orangeboy
  • Campaign and creative writing

Spring term

  • The woman in Black
  • A View from the Bridge
  • Non-fiction and fictional writing

Summer term

  • An Inspector calls
  • Persuasive and discussion writing
  • GCSE spoken language

Geography

Autumn term

  • Climate change
  • Ice landscapes

Spring term

  • Tourism
  • Tectonic hazards

Summer term

  • Weather hazards
  • Resources management

History

Autumn term

  • Black, British, belonging
  • USA Civil Rights

Spring term

  • Liberal warfare reforms
  • Development and status on Women

Summer term

  • The impact of the second world war
  • Elizabethan government and society

Mathematics

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

Modern foreign languages

Spanish

Autumn term

  • Fashion and shopping
  • Film study: The Book of Life

Spring term

  • Holidays
  • Planning a trip across South America

Summer term

  • Media and global issues

French

Autumn term

  • Discussing likes and dislikes
  • Future plans

Spring term

  • Music tastes
  • Eating habits

Summer term

  • Francophone countries
  • Animals
  • The environment

Music

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

Physical education

Autumn term

  • Rugby
  • Trampolining
  • Netball
  • Handball

Religious studies*

Autumn term

  • Buddhism
  • Science and religion

Spring term

  • Life and death

Summer term

  • Crime and punishment
  • 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

Science

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