Year 8 Curriculum Overview

Subject

Topics studied throughout the year

Art

Everyday Objects

"Lost Words"

Architecture

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

Text: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime 

Physical Theatre

Shakespeare: Duologues

Set Text and Live Theatre

English

Animal Farm

Fighting for Freedom: Speeches and Poetry

Shakespeare: The Tempest

French

Media

Paris

Interests 

Where you live

German

Leisure

Past Holidays

Health

Routines

Geography

Extreme Weather

Population

Earthquakes

Tourism

History

Tudor England

Stuart England

Empires of the World 

The impact of slavery

The Industrial World

The Road to Democracy

Maths

Classifying shapes, Area, Constructions, Graphs 1 

Probability, Averages,  Percentages 1, Equations, Sequences

Charts, Standard Form, Transformations

Music

Texture

The Blues

Beat making

PE

Tag Rugby/ Table Tennis

Netball

Football

Trampolining

Fitness

Cricket

Rounders

Swimming

Athletics

RE

Sikhism

Discovering Jesus

Islam & Judaism

Ethics

Life after Death

Science

Acids and Alkalis

Body Systems

Motion

Reactivity

Heating and Cooling

Bioenergetics

Energy

Earth & Atmosphere

Microbes & Disease

Pressure and Moments

Computing

Binary

Computer systems

Coding with MIcrobits

Legal and Environmental Issues

Networking

Coding with Python

Personal Development

Topics covered in lessons, Tutor Time and Drop Down Days: Relationships and family; Mental health 1; Keeping safe 1; Shared values and norms; Law enforcement; Introduction to politics; Protected characteristics; Protecting your money; Aid; Exploitation 1; First Aid