1. Welcome to our Year 7 Curriculum Information Evening

2. Key Dates 2019-20 Executive Principal Mr D Hatley
Head of School Miss C Nelson
Assistant Principal Mr S St John
Assistant Principal Mr T Knight
Assistant Principal Ms G Ansell
Head of Year 7 Mr L Upton
Student Manager Mrs F Concannon
Curriculum Leader Maths Mr C Waight
Curriculum Leader English Ms O Edwards
Curriculum Leader Science / AAP Mrs R Christmas
Tutor Team
7H M Gillespie
7A D Milner-Pearce
7Y C McGuire
7E C Tanton
Key Dates
Parents Evening 1
Wednesday 11 December 2019 pm
Parents Evening 2
Thursday 10 May 2020 pm

3. Head of Year 7
Mr L Upton

4. Carroty Wood – Team Building

5. University of Brighton

6. Successes Nearly half the year group has 10+ achievement points
High school attendance, most students still have 100%
Mentoring programme

7. Year 7 Curriculum Model Core subjects Humanities / Language Arts
Technology
Physical Education
Citizenship
English (7)
Maths (7)
Science (6)
History (4)
Geography (4)
Spanish (4)
Art (2)
Music/Drama (3)
Food (1)
Technology (2)
Core PE (4)
Citizenship (2)

8. Science
Mrs R Christmas
Curriculum Leader

9. Year 7 - Science
Our new key stage 3 curriculum has been developed to challenge and inspire our students in science. We have looked at the new GCSE content to ensure students are prepared and we have surveyed students to find out what they would like to learn about!
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Term 4
Term 5
Term 6
Science Starts here
Particles
Energy
Cells
Revision for mid year exam
Periodic Table 1
Reproduction
Plant Biology
Chemical Reactions
Space Physics
(introduced based on the KS3 survey last term)
Revision for End of year exam
Careers in Science
Assessment:
Low Stake Testing
Mid topic test
Mid Year Exam :
Science starts here
End of year examination

10. Students have knowledge organisers to support their learning and there are Key Stage 3 Revision guides available to purchase in the Science department if students would like extra support at home

11. Homework All homework is set via Show My Homework and Quizlet.
It includes the following:
Knowledge questions/Quiz based on the Knowledge organisers
Science Capital
Writing Lab reports
Practice questions
Useful websites:
BBC Bitesize
Seneca Learning

12. Examples

13. Extra-curricular opportunities
Science Club during enrichment
Institute of Physics demonstrations/talks
Planetarium
Liquid Nitrogen show by University of Kent
Energy Quest
Scrub up science challenge
Big Bang Fair reward trip!

14. Maths
Mr C Waight
Curriculum Leader

16. Equipment check
Pen, pencil, ruler, eraser, pencil sharpener, ruler, protractor, compass and calculator

17. Maths Ninja

18. Maths Watch
Videos that explain all the key concepts in the mathematics curriculum
Online worksheets to test your understanding
Printed worksheets to use for practise

19. Maths Watch Website: vle.mathswatch.com Usernme: 20waightc@hayesbrook
Password: hayesbrook

20. English
Ms O Edwards
Curriculum Leader

21. Year 7 - English Department Aims:
To develop a love of the subject and reading for pleasure
To create academically challenging and enjoyable lessons

22. Our Curriculum Expressions of Self Media – Wildlife
Natural World Poetry
Romeo & Juliet
Gothic Writing

23. Expanding Vocabulary Fortnightly LRC Reading Lessons
Reading for Homework minutes a week
200 Word Challenge

24. Homework Knowledge Organiser Quizzes
Reading – A reading log to be kept
Creative writing
Non fiction writing
Research tasks based around authors and context
All homework is set via Show My Homework and Quizlet

25. Knowledge Organisers
Mr S St John
Assistant Principal

28. Memory – Working and long term memory

29. GCSE Reading Age demands
The average reading age of GCSE exam papers is 15 years 7 months

30. How we support reading Tutor time reading for 15 minutes twice a week
10 key vocabulary terms from the each chapter of the reading book are shared with all staff to use in lessons and displayed around school

31. 1 LRC lesson per fortnight in the LRC, for silent reading
The LRC open school, break time, lunchtime and afterschool
Full time librarian
Student librarian programme
Diary of book centred events throughout the year including
* Quizzes and competitions
*Author visits and virtual interviews
* Attendance at book launches

32. How to promote reading at home
Ask your son about the book they are currently reading in tutor time (Tuesdays with Morrie)
Have ‘screen free’ time each evening
Encourage them to read for 20 minutes a day at least 3 times a week
Have a selection of books they can read
Read the same book

33. Carroty Wood – Team Building

34. University of Brighton