5 Ways to support your child
Ask your child what he/she has been learning about in Science and spend time looking through their book at home. We have a policy that students take their books home every night unless they are collected in for marking.
Support your child to complete their homework on time and to a high standard.
Encourage them to access bbc bitesize and other learning websites to read around the topic they have been studying in class.
Ensure that they revise for tests/assessments in plenty of time. ‘Cramming’ the night before is not encouraged.
Purchase a Key Stage 3 revision guide and encourage your child to use it, creating revision posters from it.
Curriculum
Year 7 Curriculum Overview
In Term 1 the students study the following units:
| Introduction to science |
| What are we made of? |
| What is happening around us? |
| Strike a light! |
| Human Reproduction |
In Term 2 the students study :
| Plant Reproduction |
| Particles in Action |
| May the force be with you |
| Digestion And Diet |
In Term 3 the students study:
| Breathing |
| Elements and compounds |
| Light |
Year 8 Curriculum Overview
In Term 1 the students study the following units:
| Genetics |
| Heat, Sound and Waves |
| Health |
| Energy, Electricity and Fuel |
In Term 2 the students study the following units:
| Plants And Ecology |
| Our Planet |
| Marvellous Metals |
In Term 3 the students study 2 large units in detail:
| Chemical Reactions |
| Forces and Motion |
Year 9 will appear here next year.
Homework overview
In Years 7&8, students are provided with homework booklets based on the units they are studying in class. These booklets may be stuck into books or kept in a folder for your child to bring home.
The students are expected to complete a page per week in the homework booklet.
Assessment
In Year 7 &8 we assess using 2 methods. We test using alfiesoft which is an online testing method.
It is used when your child has completed 2 units of work and they will sit an alfiesoft test. The results of the test are printed onto a detailed certificate which is then stuck into books. It gives the students clear guidance on their strengths and areas for development. We encourage you to sit with your child and talk through their alfiesoft certificate when you see them stuck in books.
Your child will also complete ‘levelled assessed tasks’ which are pieces of work in class which are completed independently and individually and assessed and given a level by your child’s teacher.
