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  • Year 11 Curriculum Map

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    Autumn term

     

    Autumn 1

    Autumn 2

    English

    Shakespeare’s Tragedies: analysing hamartia/tragic hero/hubris; stichomythia/soliloquy/
    chorus; prologue; dramatic pathetic fallacy and sound effects

    **Language and Literature units in parallel across term

    Language Mock Revision: exam techniques and time management strategies

    Maths

    Delta
    Circle theorems

    Further Algebra

    Theta
    Further Perimeter, Area and Volume

    Fractions, indices and standard form

    Delta
    Vectors and geometric proof

    Theta
    Congruence, similarity and vectors

    Science

    Biology: Human nervous system:
    Human nervous system and reflex actions. The principles of hormonal coordination, diabetes, negative feedback, menstrual cycle and fertility, plant hormones and responses.

    Chemistry: Rate and Equilibrium
    Calculating the rate of a reaction

    Determining factors affecting the rate of reaction.

    Reversible reactions. Le Chatelier’s Principle for equilibrium.

    Physics: Electric circuits
    Electric circuits, knowing different types of components and their behaviour with changing in current and voltage.

    Electricity in the Home
    Alternating current traces in terms of period and amplitude (voltage).

    Cables and plugs’ electrical properties. Energy usage and efficiency of appliances

    Biology: Genetics and reproduction:
    Types of reproduction and cell division (combined)

    Homeostasis: controlling temperature, the kidney (triple only)

    Chemistry: Rates of Reactions
    Calculating the rate of a reaction

    Determining factors affecting the rate of reaction.

    Reversible reactions. Le Chatelier’s Principle for equilibrium

    Physics: Molecules and Matter
    Structure of matter in terms of density. Changes of state and latent heat, internal energy of matter. Gas Laws relating pressure, volume and temperature.

    Computer Science

    Python
    Programming fundamentals and data types and operations using Python

    Python
    Programming fundamentals, sequence and selection, iteration, arrays and records using

    Python

    Geography

    Urban Challenges
    Sustainable development of urban areas.

    Ecological footprint.

    Sustainable urban living & transport.

    Fieldwork: Startford writeup.

    The Changing Economic World
    Economic development & quality of life; measures of development; population growth.

    The Changing Economic World
    Reducing the global development gap; consequences of uneven development.

    Economic development in Nigeria: growing economy; geographical context.

    History

    Cold War crises, 1958-1970
    Berlin crisis and Berlin Wall; Cuban Missile Crisis; Prague Spring;

    Focus: Causation; Consequence; Significance

    End of the Cold War, 1970-1991
    Détente; Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; Reagan and Second Cold War; Gorbachev and end of the USSR;

    Focus: Causation; Consequence; Significance

    French

    Current and future study and employment
    My studies: school subjects, a day in school, school life in different countries, school life in France and Britain

    School rules and uniform, ideal school

    Current and future study and employment
    Life at school/college.

    German

    Current and future study and employment
    My studies: school subjects, a day in school, school life in different countries, school life in France and Britain

    School rules and uniform, ideal school

    Current and future study and employment
    Life at school/college.

    Spanish

    Current and future study and employment
    My studies: school subjects, a day in school, school life in different countries, school life in France and Britain

    School rules and uniform, ideal school

    Current and future study and employment
    Life at school/college.

    Art

    Component 1
    Students continue working into their coursework, according to their individual feedback.

    Component 1
    Students continue working into their coursework, according to their individual feedback.

    Business Studies

    Making operational decisions
    Business operations – production processes, use of technology in production

    Working with suppliers – managing stock and the role of procurement

    Managing quality The sales process

    Making financial decisions
    Gross profit, net profit and calculation and interpretation of gross profit margin, net profit margin and ARR

    The use and interpretation as well as limitations of quantitative business data

    Child Development

    Understand the development of a child from one to five years

    Topic Area 3: Planning play activities for a chosen development area with a child from one to five years.

    Observe a child, assess their progress against development norms and plan a developmental activity.

    Health and well-being for child development

    Citizenship

    Theme E – Taking Citizenship action
    Choosing, researching, planning, developing skills and carrying out citizenship action on an issue of students' own choice to enact change or raise awareness on their selected topic.

    Theme D4 – Media
    The role, power and influence of the media in different political system

    Censorship of the media and the concept of a free press

    Evaluating how the media holds those in power to account

    Dance

    Component 1: Performance

    Set Phrase Breathe and Flux

    Component 2:
    Section A: knowledge and understanding of choreographic processes and performing skills.

    Component 1
    Duet/trio Performance

    Component 2:Section A: General Dance and Section B 6 Mark Questions: Critical Appreciation of Own Work

    Design Technology

    NEA task

    NEA task
    Informal portfolio
    Final design prototype
    Evaluation

    Drama

    Component 3: Bringing Texts to Life - DNA
    Demonstrating knowledge and understanding of how drama and theatre is developed and performed.

    Component 3
    Live Theatre Evaluation

    Analysing and evaluating the work of others.

    Component 2: Scripted Performance
    Rehearsing or producing a design realisation for a monologue, duologue, and/or group performance. Applying theatrical skills to realise artistic intentions in a live performance.

    Fashion and Textiles

    Skills Workshops

    Preparation for External Assessment

    Students will engage in small textile workshops covering new skills with a focus on creativity, planning and design communication. They will use past briefs as inspiration for their outcomes and to aid them in understanding the format of the assessment.

    Skills Workshops

    Preparation for External Assessment

    Students will engage in small textile workshops covering new skills with a focus on creativity, planning and design communication. They will use past briefs as inspiration for their outcomes and to aid them in understanding the format of the assessment.

    Hospitality and Catering

    LO4: Know how food can cause ill health
    Food related causes
    Common types of Food poisoning
    Symptoms of food induces ill health
    Food safety hazards
    Risks to Food safety
    Control measures

    Food safety regulations

    LO3: Understand how Hospitality and Catering Provision meets Health and Safety requirements

    Personal safety responsibilities in the workplace:
    RIDDOR
    COSHH
    PPER

    Identify risks to personal safety
    Personal safety control measures for employees and customers

    Media Studies

    Advertising and Marketing (Paper 1, Section A )

    Quality Street and This Girl Can adverts

    AND

    Newspapers (Paper 1 Sections A & B): The Guardian and The Sun (Front pages set by the exam board) The Guardian and The Sun (webpages)

    The Sun (Full print edition)

    Coursework production.

    Newspapers (Paper 1 Sections A & B):

    The Guardian and The Sun (Front pages set by the exam board) The Guardian and The Sun (webpages)

    The Sun (Full print edition)

    Coursework production.

    Music

    Popular Music - AoS 4
    Set work analysis all elements in Africa by Toto

    History of popular music – focus on Pop, Rock, Soul, Reggae, Hiphop and EDM

    Critical listening popular music focus

    GCSE Free compositions finished

    GCSE Brief composition started

    Solo and Ensemble Performances (preparation for Year 11 NEA)

    PE (GCSE)

    Practical:
    Exam Prep

    Theory: Applied anatomy and physiology
    1.1 Musco-skeletal system

    Practical:
    Exam Prep

    Theory: Applied anatomy and physiology
    1.2 Cardio-respiratory system

    PE (Core)

    Trampolining
    Develop core skills in isolation and developed through a routine.

    Fitness
    Understanding the importance of leading a healthy active lifestyle.

    Net sports - Badminton or volleyball
    Develop a range of core skills in isolation and perform rules and tactics in a game situation.

    Games - Basketball, handball, football or netball
    Develop a range of core skills in isolation and perform rules and tactics in a game situation.

    Religious Studies

    11.1 Christian & Muslim Beliefs

    Revision of key beliefs within religions, including responses to life after death, evil and suffering, and solutions to evil and suffering.

    11.2 Living the Christian Life

    Overview of Christian practices, including the Sacraments, religious festivals and the role of the worldwide Church.

    Sociology

    Crime and deviance

    The social construction of crime and deviance and data on crime

    Crime and deviance

    Explanations of criminal and deviant behaviour from functionalist, interactionist and Marxist perspectives

         
         

    Spring term

     

    Spring 1

    Spring 2

    English

    Literature Mock Revision: quote memorisation, exam techniques and time management strategies

    Language/Literature Revision: therapies to address weaknesses/fluency errors/misconceptions

    Maths

    Delta
    Transformations and constructions

    Theta
    Transformations, loci and bearings

    Delta
    Proportion and graphs

    Theta
    Further Algebra

    Science

    Biology: Genetics and reproduction:
    Variation, evolution, selective breeding, and genetic engineering. The history of genetics and theories of evolution.

    Chemistry: Chemical Analysis

    How scientists can analyse and identify different compounds and elements based on their chemical properties

    Physics: Waves

    Properties including sound and ultrasound (Triple only). Waves in the Earth including earthquakes.

    Electromagnetic Waves
    Light waves and the electromagnetic spectrum. The uses of various parts of the spectrum including the uses in medicine.

    Biology: Ecology:
    Adaptations, interdependence, and competition. Ecosystem organisation.

    Chemistry: The Earth’s Resources
    Renewable resources, life cycle assessments of a variety of products, the process of producing potable water on a micro and macro scale

    Physics: Electromagnetism
    Motor effects and how electromagnets are used in devices such as loudspeakers and relays.

    Light
    Lenses and where lenses are used

    Computer Science

    Impacts of Digital Technology
    Computer technologies and applications and the ethical, environmental and legal considerations surrounding them.

    Algorithms
    Revisiting applying Pseudocode and Python techniques under exam conditions

    Geography

    The Changing Economic World
    Economic change in the UK: industrial structure & changes.

    Economic change in the UK: impacts of globalisation; inequalities; transport & sustainability.

    The Challenge of Resource Management
    Global resource management: food energy & water; economic & social wellbeing; inequalities & demand.

    The Challenge of Resource Management
    Resources in the UK: food, energy & water demand, changes & challenges.

    In depth study: global water: water surplus & deficit; water security & insecurity; consumption & availability; impacts, strategies, and water transfer schemes.

    History

    Queen, government and religion, 1558-69 Challenges to Elizabeth at home, 1569-88
    Problems facing Elizabeth, the religious settlement, plots and revolts at home, foreign policy and the Spanish Armada.

    Focus: Causation; Consequence

    Challenges to Elizabeth abroad 1569-88 and Elizabethan society in the Age of Exploration, 1558-88
    Foreign policy, Spanish Armada, education, leisure, poverty, exploration and colonisation.

    Focus: Causation; Consequence

    French

    Current and future study and employment
    Education post 16: future studies, future options universities and apprenticeships

    Current and future study and employment
    Jobs, career choices and ambitions job preferences and part-time work, how to get a job

    advantages and disadvantages of jobs

    German

    Current and future study and employment
    Education post 16: future studies, future options universities and apprenticeships

    Current and future study and employment
    Jobs, career choices and ambitions job preferences and part-time work, how to get a job

    advantages and disadvantages of jobs

    Spanish

    Current and future study and employment
    Education post 16: future studies, future options universities and apprenticeships

    Current and future study and employment
    Jobs, career choices and ambitions job preferences and part-time work, how to get a job

    advantages and disadvantages of jobs

    Art

    Component 2
    Externally set assignments. Exam

    Component 2
    Externally set assignments. Exam

    Business Studies

    Making human resource decisions
    Organisational structures, effective communication and different ways of working; eg. full-time, part-time, permanent, temporary, freelance contracts

    Effective recruitment – job roles and responsibilities, recruitment and selection process and methods

    Making human resource decisions
    Effective training and development such as formal and informal training and self-learning

    The importance of motivation in the workplace and financial and non-financial methods businesses use to motivate their employees

    Revision and exam practice Paper 1, Theme 1 including structuring questions, how to answer generic questions for Section A, how to handle case studies in Section B and C and using the exam techniques with application

    Child Development

    Understand the development of a child from one to five years

    Topic Area 4: Carry out and evaluate different play activities for a chosen development area with a child from one to five years.

    Plan an activity for the child previously observed. Reflect upon and evaluate the planned activity.

    Unit R059: Understand the development of a child from one to five years

    RO57 Health and well-being for child development

    Revision of this unit in preparation for summer exam.

    Citizenship

    Theme D1 – International Organisations
    UK and the Wider World
    The UKs role in the UN, the UNHCR and the UN Security Council.

    The UK and NATO

    The purpose and application of international law

    Theme D2 – International Humanitarian Politics
    Supporting other countries through foreign aid and NGOs

    The UKs role and influence in the WTO, Commonwealth of Nations, the UK and the Council of Europe

    Dance

    Component 1:
    Own Choreography

    Component 2:
    Section C The 6 Professional Works:

    A Linha Curva, Artificial Things, Emancipation of Expressionism, Infra, Shadows and Within Her Eyes

    Component 1:
    Own Choreography

    Component 2:
    Section A: knowledge and understanding of choreographic processes and performing skills.

    Section B: Critical Appreciation of Own Work

    Section C The 6 Professional Works: A Linha Curva, Artificial Things, Emancipation of Expressionism, Infra, Shadows and Within Her Eyes

    Design Technology

    NEA task

    Formal Portfolio

    Revision: Design and Technology in the 21st Century

    Drama

    Component 2: Scripted Performance
    Rehearsing or producing a design realisation for a monologue, duologue, and/or group performance. Applying theatrical skills to realise artistic intentions in a live performance.

    Component 3: Bringing Texts to Life - DNA
    Demonstrating knowledge and understanding of how drama and theatre is developed and performed.

    Component 3

    Live Theatre EvaluationAnalysing and evaluating the work of others.

    Fashion and Textiles

    Component 2: Externally Set Assignment Part One
    Students must complete work in response to a creative brief of their choosing from a selection provided by the exam centre. Students will need to consider their skills and creative ability when choosing a brief to ensure they can work independently for a preparatory period of study prior to their 10-hour assessment. The students will create a final outcome that meets their chosen brief.

    Component 2: Externally Set Assignment Part One
    Students must complete work in response to a creative brief of their choosing from a selection provided by the exam centre. Students will need to consider their skills and creative ability when choosing a brief to ensure they can work independently for a preparatory period of study prior to their 10-hour assessment. The students will create a final outcome that meets their chosen brief.

    Hospitality and Catering

    Revision
    Hospitality and catering providers.

    Working in the hospitality and catering industry.

    Working conditions.

    Contributing factors to the success of hospitality and catering provision

    Revision
    The front and back of house operation.

    Customer requirements.

    Provision to meet specific requirements.

    Health and safety.

    Food Safety

    Media Studies

    Television Sitcom (Paper 2):
    IT Crowd Series 4, Episode 2: The Final Countdown (2010)

    Friends, Season 1, Episode 1 (NBC/Channel 4 1994)

    Coursework production.

    Television Sitcom (Paper 2):
    IT Crowd Series 4, Episode 2: The Final Countdown (2010)

    Friends, Season 1, Episode 1 (NBC/Channel 4 1994)

    AND

    Music - Music Videos and Online Media (Paper 2)

    Website of:

    Katy Perry OR Taylor Swift

    And

    Bruno Mars OR Pharell Williams.

    Music video from the 1980s and early 1990s:

    TLC, Waterfalls (1995)

    Coursework production.

    Music

    Non-examined assessment focus
    GCSE Brief composition finished

    Paperwork portfolio completed

    Solo and Ensemble Performance recorded

    Critical listening continued

    Melodic and Rhythmic dictation

    Exam technique

    PE (GCSE)

    Practical:
    Exam Prep

    Theory: Applied anatomy and physiology
    1.3 Aerobic and Anaerobic
    1.4 Short- and long-term effects

    Revision

    Paper 2: Health and Performance
    Health, fitness and wellbeing
    Sports psychology
    Socio-cultural influences

    PE (Core)

    Trampolining
    Develop core skills in isolation and developed through a routine.

    Fitness
    Understanding the importance of leading a healthy active lifestyle.

    Net sports - Badminton or volleyball
    Develop a range of core skills in isolation and perform rules and tactics in a game situation.

    Games - Basketball, handball, football or netball
    Develop a range of core skills in isolation and perform rules and tactics in a game situation.

    Religious Studies

    11.3 Living the Muslim Life
    Overview of Islamic practices, including The Ten Obligatory Acts of Shi’a Islam and the Five Pillars. Review of Islamic festivals.

    11.4 Marriage and the Family
    Christian teachings about marriage, sexual relationships and family life. Review of key thematic content.

    Sociology

    Crime and deviance
    Factors affecting criminal and deviant behaviour: Gender, social class, ethnicity and age

    Crime and deviance
    Formal and informal methods of social control

    The relationship between crime and the media

    Summer term

     

    Summer 1

    English

    Language/Literature Revision continued:
    close knowledge gaps, enrich strong performance

    Maths

    All
    close knowledge gaps, enrich strong performance

    Science

    Biology: Ecology
    Biodiversity and the ecosystem, the human population explosion, and the effects of different types of pollution.

    Chemistry: Using Our Resources
    How scientists can create a multitude of different useful materials through chemical reactions

    Physics
    Review of modules covered in Years 9 and 10

    Computer Science

    Revision
    Application of theoretical examination questions

    and exam practice for Paper 1 and Paper 2

    Geography

    Pre-Release issue evaluation
    Issue evaluation preparation for Paper 3 examination.

    Geographical Skills:
    Mapwork and numeracy skills.

    History

    Revision: Medicine in Britain 1250-present including the British Sector of the Western Front, 1914-1918
    Close knowledge gaps and improve source evaluation techniques

    French

    Revision

    German

    Revision

    Spanish

    Revision

    Art

    Component 2
    Externally set assignments. Exam

    Business Studies

    Revision and exam practice Paper 2
    Theme 2 including structuring questions, how to answer generic questions for Section A, how to handle case studies in Section B and C and using the exam techniques with application

    Child Development

    Revision of R057

    Citizenship

    Revision
    Review of Themes A, B, C and D with a focus on subject knowledge and exam technique and practice.

    Dance

    Component 2 Revision and Exam Practice
    Section A: knowledge and understanding of choreographic processes and performing skills.

    Section B: Critical Appreciation of Own Work

    Section C The 6 Professional Works: A Linha Curva, Artificial Things, Emancipation of Expressionism, Infra, Shadows and Within Her Eyes

    Design Technology

    Revision:
    Design and Technology in the 21st Century

    Drama

    Component 3: Bringing Texts to Life - DNA
    Demonstrating knowledge and understanding of how drama and theatre is developed and performed.

    Component 3

    Live Theatre Evaluation
    Analysing and evaluating the work of others.

    Fashion and Textiles

    Component 2: Externally Set Assignment Part Two

    Hospitality and Catering

    Revision

    Food related causes of ill health
    Symptoms and signs of food-induced ill health
    Preventative control measures of food-induced ill health
    The Environmental Health Officer (EHO)

    Media Studies

    Music - Music Videos and Online Media (Paper 2)

    Website of:
    Katy Perry OR Taylor Swift
    and
    Bruno Mars OR Pharell Williams.

    Music video from the 1980s and early 1990s:
    TLC, Waterfalls (1995)

    Music

    Listening and Appraising- Final Written Exam
    All NEA submitted to the exam board
    Revision of all areas of study
    Set work focused revision
    Exam technique focus
    Melody and Rhythmic Dictation

    PE (GCSE)

    Revision

    Paper 1: Fitness and body systems
    Applied anatomy and physiology
    Movement analysis
    Physical training

    PE (core)

    Athletics
    Develop a range of core skills in isolation across a variety of events.

    Rounders/Cricket
    Develop a range of core skills in isolation and perform rules and tactics in a game situation.

    Street Sports
    Develop a range of core skills in isolation and in group challenges across a variety of street sports.

    Religious Studies

    11.5 Matters of Life and Death
    Revision of medical ethics, including origins of life, abortion, life after death, euthanasia, and issues in the natural world.

    Sociology

    Research methods in context with topics
    Application of research methods to family, education, social stratification and crime and deviance.