Key Stage 3
Years 7, 8 and 9.
Years 7, 8 and 9.
Throughout KS3, students will be following a curriculum that has been built in order of knowledge to enable students to succeed and progress from the fundamentals they have already learnt at KS2. Students will develop their scientific skills via a wide range of taught, homework and enquiry-based tasks.
Key scientific enquiry skills include analysis, communication, enquiry and solving. These ideas are discussed to allow the students enter their GCSE study with a level of proficiency. Coupling this with the big ideas’ principle, which links all the key concepts together to give a greater understanding of the world around them.
At the end of each unit (Biology, Chemistry and Physics), there will be a cumulative test to ensure students are provided with opportunities to reflect on the progress they have made.
Teaching Schedule for KS3:
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Term |
Year 7 |
Year 8 |
Year 9 |
|
Autumn |
Cells and organisation The skeletal and muscular system Nutrition and digestion |
Gas exchange Systems Respiration Reproduction in Plants Photosynthesis Relationships in an ecosystem |
Genetics and evolution |
|
Spring |
Matter Atoms, elements and compounds The Periodic Table Pure and impure substances |
Chemical reactions Energetics Materials |
Health Earth and Atmosphere Waves and introduction to GCSE |
|
Summer |
Energy Motion and Forces |
Matter Electricity and electromagnetism |
Waves and introduction to GCSE |
Key Stage 3
Assessment
Assessment
Students will be assessed throughout each year on both knowledge and skills.
- There will be a skills assessment at the start and end of each year.
- There will be synoptic tests throughout the year, one for each; biology, chemistry and physics to assess knowledge and application of knowledge.