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Year 7 Curriculum Overview

This is our Year 7 curriculum. If you click on a unit of work, you will find a unit overview document that explains the core content and vocabulary for each unit and how students will be assessed.

 

Year 7 Curriculum Overview the Marlborough School

Subject

Topics studied throughout the year

Art

Natural Forms

Self-portraiture

Landscape

DT 3D design

Intro to Graphics

Acrylic Keyring

Pencil Box, Cam Toy or Nutcracker

DT Food

Healthy eating

Health and safety

DT Textiles

Module 1 Kandinsky Mask

Module 2, Graffiti pencil case

Drama

Introduction to Drama 

Greek Theatre

Melodrama

Mime and Movement

Live Theatre

English

The Odyssey

The Gothic Genre

Macbeth

French

Introduction to French

School

Leisure

Family

    

German

Introduction to German

Family

Leisure

School

Geography

 Volcanoes

Map skills

Urbanisation

Rivers

  

History

Introduction to History

Baghdad and the Silk Roads

Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings

Medieval England

The Crusades

Late Medieval Europe

Maths

Integers, Decimals, Measures, Types of number 1

Order of operations, Negative numbers, Algebra 1, Angles 1

Fractions, Rounding

Music

Rhythm

Melody

Harmony 

PE

Netball, Tag Rugby/

Table Tennis

Football

Trampolining

Fitness

Cricket

Rounders

Swimming

Athletics

  

RE

Beliefs about God

Christianity

Hinduism

Islam

Buddhism

  

Science

Cells

Reproduction

Energy

Ecology

Space

  

Particles

Forces 

Mixtures and Separation​ 

Chemical reactions

Magnetism

  

Computing

ICT Basics

ICT to support the curriculum

        

Personal Development

Topics covered in lessons, Tutor Time and Drop Down Days: Friendship, Developing mental wellbeing 1, Healthy Lifestyles, Our school, The Law, Human Rights, Multiculturalism, Managing money, Extremism, Internet Safety, Puberty