Year 9 Curriculum Overview
This is our Year 9 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 9 begin their GCSE subjects in Term 6. Please see the KS4 Curriculum page for information on the GCSE specifications.
Year 9 Curriculum Overview the Marlborough School
Subject |
Topics studied throughout the year |
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Art |
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DT 3D design |
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DT Food |
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DT Textiles |
GCSE textiles: design and make a bag out of recycled fabrics. |
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Drama |
Text in Practice: DNA |
Devising Drama: Practitioners |
Texts in practice |
Live Theatre and GCSE Text: Noughts and Crosses |
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English |
Short Stories |
Purple Hibiscus |
Romanticism |
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French |
Relationships |
Technology |
Leisure |
Festivals |
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German |
Relationships |
Leisure |
Technology |
Festivals |
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Geography |
Coasts |
Development |
Globalisation |
GCSE: The LIving World |
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History |
The First World War |
The Impact of WWI |
The Holocaust |
Diversity in C20th Britain |
GCSE: Crime & Punishment |
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Maths |
Ratio and Proportion, Types of number 2, Angles 2 |
Circles, Percentages 2, Inequalities, Rearranging formula |
2D representations of 3D shapes Graphs 2 Surface Area and Nets Volume |
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Music |
Perform a Song Song |
Arranging and Production |
Composing a Song |
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PE |
Netball |
Table Tennis |
Tag Rugby |
Trampolining/ Fitness |
Cricket / Rounders |
Swimming/ Athletics |
RE |
Evil and suffering |
Philosophy: arguments for the existence of God |
GCSE Bridging Unit |
Issues of life and death |
Issues of relationships |
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Science |
Inheritance |
Big and Small (Maths skills for Science) |
Atomic Structure (Physics) |
Cell Biology |
Bonding, Structure and Properties of matter |
Particle Model of Matter |
Electricity and Magnetism |
Atomic Structure (Chem) |
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Computing |
Maths and Logic |
Computer Software |
Coding with Python 2 |
Entry level certificate prep |
Programming projectProgramming project |
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Personal Development |
Topics covered in lessons, Tutor Time and Drop Down Days: Developing mental wellbeing; Keeping safe 2; Healthy intimate relationships; Developing character; Community; GCSE options; Borrowing money; The media; World conflict; Identity; Relationships |