In year 9 students have 25 lessons a week, these are allotted as follows:
Below is a general overview of the topics students are taught throughout the year in each subject.
For a more in depth outline of each subject please click on the link for the subject page.
If you would like to speak to us about any aspect of our curriculum, please get in touch.
Art
Autumn term
- Birds
– Observational drawing. Pencil grades and how these can be used.
– Visual understanding of the work of Abby Diamond.
– Use of watercolour paints on both dry and wet paper.
Spring and summer term
- Portraits
– The concept of a portrait.
– Visual understanding of the work of Alexander Calder and Helen Shiffer.
– Understanding the visual proportions of the face.
– How to draw facial features
Computing
Autumn term
- Computing legislation
- Spreadsheets travel agents
Spring term
- Programming python 2
- Databases movies
- Data representation
Summer term
- Networks and security
- Multimedia marketing Paradise Hotels
- Programming challenges
Design and technology
Food
- Cook a repertoire of predominantly savoury dishes so that they are able to feed themselves and others a healthy and varied diet.
- Focus on nutrition, industry, and specialist diets
Product design
- Focus on materials, properties and processes.
- Introduction to engineer drawing styles and production plans.
Textiles
Decorative surface pattern techniques include needle felting, printing, embroidery, and applique, social and moral issues, smart and modern materials.
Drama
Autumn term
- Stimulus (devising)
Introduction to devising from a variety of stimuli, incorporating drama techniques and characterization - Romeo and Juliet (stage combat)
Spring term
Chicken (script) and Blood Brothers (script)
- Knowledge of the plot, social context and intentions of the author
- Practical understanding of characterisation and staging of a section of text
Summer term
- DNA – (off text improvisation)
- Theatre company and style
Have an appreciation of the different styles of theatre and how the influence of performing companies can influence devising work
English
Autumn term
- Leadership
Students will study ‘Richard III’ by William Shakespeare and explore character and themes. In addition, they will analyse famous speeches.
Spring term
- Power and control
Students will study the novel ‘Pigeon English’ by Stephen Kelman and analyse its language and structure.
Summer term
- Victorian gothic
Students will study the short story ‘The Poor Clare’ by Elizabeth Gaskell and extracts from ‘Jane Eyre’ by Charlotte Bronte in order to understand the conventions of the genre.
Geography
Autumn term
- Globalisation
How the world is becoming increasing connected.
Spring term
- Our hazardous world
Earthquakes and volcanoes.
Summer term
- Living world
Exploration of bio-diversity around the world.
History
Autumn term
- Minds and machines
- World at war
Spring term
- Fear and reform
- Dictators and division
Summer term
- Genocide
- Migration
Maths
Autumn term
- Ratio, statistics and geometry
– Proportion and rates of change
– Mean mode median range (including tabulated data)
– Graphical representation of data
– Pythagoras
– Loci
Spring term
- Algebra and geometry
– Transformations
– Sectors and arcs
– Probability
– Standard form
Summer term
- Geometry, probability and number
– Rates of change
– Circle theorems and equation of a circle
– Trigonometry
– Volume and surface area
– Bearings
Modern foreign languages
French
Autumn term
- Being a teenager
- Eating healthy
Spring term
- Festivals and celebrations
- Travel and transport
Summer term
- House and home
- Jobs
Visit our French page for more information
Spanish
Autumn term
Spring term
Summer term
Music
Autumn term
- Introducing Performance Techniques
Spring term
- Introducing music technology and compositional techniques
- Reggae
Summer term
- Create your own song using chords and notation
Performing arts
Autumn term
- Stimulus (devising)- progression
- Romeo and Juliet (stage combat)
Spring term
- Verbatim theatre (I love you, I promise I won’t die)
- Blood Brothers (script)
Summer term
- DNA (off text improvisation)
- Chicken (script)
Physical education
Autumn term
- Rugby
- Netball
- Orienteering
- Basketball
- Badminton
- Gymnastics
Spring term
- Volleyball
- Fitness
- Rugby (girls)
- Handball
- Hockey
Summer term
- Athletics
- Rounders
- Cricket
- Softball
- Tennis
- Lawn green bowls
Relationships and sex education
Autumn term
- Families
- Respectful relationships (including friendships)
- Changing adolescent body
- Online and media
- Being safe
- Internet safety and harms
Spring term
- Intimate and sexual relationships including sexual health
- Mental wellbeing
- Healthy eating
Summer term
- Physical health and fitness
- Drugs, alcohol and tobacco
- Basic first aid
Religious studies
Autumn term
- Buddhism
Spring term
- Big questions
Summer term
- Wisdom
Science
Autumn term
- Patterns in the periodic table
- Life processes
Spring term
- Evolution and extinction
- Particle model
- Atomic structure and the periodic table
Summer term
- Cell biology
- Bonding and properties
- Organisation
- Atomic structure
