Half-term 1 (Autumn)

Half-term 2 (Autumn)

Half-term 3 (Spring)

Half-term 4 (Spring)

Half-term 5 (Summer)

Half-term 6 (Summer)

Art

Introduction to Indian Art

Colour Theory, Wassily Kandinsky

Colour Blending

Research pages

Indian Culture

Mendhi Patterns

Lithography printing

Colour and pattern inspired Paisley outcome

Introduction to Cubism and Picasso.

Exploring colour theory and oil pastel.

3-D Cubist mask

Computer Science

Digital literacy – Our network and PC skills

Computer systems

Developing a game using Scratch

Drama

Introduction to Drama

Shadow Puppets

Classical Theatre

 Shakespeare

Greek Theatre

Mime

Masked Theatre

English

20^th Century Modern Fiction:

Considering Character Development

Developing Writing Skills

Fantasy Fiction – Building Character

Shakespeare’s Comedies:

Exploring how Language Presents Meaning

19^th Century Fiction

Using textual detail appropriately

Autobiography (Spoken Language)

 
  Ancient Tales

Oracy  and Text Transformation

Food

Hygiene and Safety

Understanding hygiene and safety is the first step in any food lesson.

Hygiene and Safety

Students learn how to keep themselves and their cooking environment clean and safe.

Eatwell guide 

Students will recognise the five food groups: fruits and vegetables, starchy carbohydrates, proteins, dairy (or alternatives), and oils/spreads.

Eatwell guide

Students will understand portion sizes and why variety is important.

Identify which foods belong to each group and how to make healthier choices (e.g., wholegrain bread instead of white, or grilling instead of frying)

Cooking methods

Students are introduced to a range of cooking methods, helping them explore how different techniques affect food taste, texture, and nutrition.

Cooking methods 

Students also begin to understand which methods are more suitable (or healthier) for different types of food.

Geography

How we explore our world

What happens when the land meets the sea?

Why is Africa dynamic?

How does our restless earth create hazards?

How does our restless earth create hazards?

How can Geography stop the spread of disease?

History

Key Historical Skills

Chester through Time – a chronological introduction.

The Vikings

The Norman Conquest

Life in the Middle Ages

The Tudors

Languages

Introductions, numbers, months, age and birthdays,

colours, opinions, classroom objects, phonics, grammar.

Family members, pets and animals, eyes and hair, physical and character descriptions, phonics, grammar.

Types of houses and locations, describing my house, rooms and furniture, my bedroom, prepositions, phonics, grammar.

Descriptions of town, saying what there is and where you can do things in town, directions, phonics, grammar.

The time, daily routine, my journey to school, school subjects, opinions, the school day, describing my school, phonics, grammar.

Sports, free time, using the simple future tense, phonics, grammar.

Maths

 Sequences
Expressions, Equations and Substitution

Number Functions

Place Value

 Rounding
Four operations

Averages

Graphing Data

Fractions/Decimals/Percentages

Directed Number

 Fractions and Percentages of amounts

Perimeter and Area

Speed, distance, time

Properties of Number

 Add and Subtract Fractions

Angles and Polygons

Music

Building Bricks – Musical Elements

I Got Rhythm – Rhythmic Awareness

Keyboard Skills

Hooks & Riffs – Repeated Musical Patterns

Making connections – Improvisation Around the World

Making Connections – Improvisation Around the World

Physical Education

Football

Badminton

Table Tennis

Fitness

Netball

Handball

Football

Badminton

Table Tennis

Fitness

Netball

Handball

Volleyball

Leadership

Handball

Tag Rugby/ Rugby

Multi Skills

Table Tennis

Volleyball

Leadership

Handball

Tag Rugby/ Rugby

Multi Skills

Table Tennis

Athletics

Rounders

Softball

Cricket

Short Tennis/Tennis

Athletics

Rounders

Softball

Cricket

Short Tennis/Tennis

Product Design

Rules and Regulations when Using New Tools and Machinery

Designers and Existing Products

 Analysis Initial Idea Development:

Experimentation Using the Coping Saw Scroll Saw

Designers and introduction to desk tidy brief

Design and development of project

Practical experimentation using a range of materials MDF, Ply and Pine 

Personal Response to Design Decisions and Final Outcome

PSHE

Life Beyond School

Cohesion in Schools

Staying Safe Online & Offline

Rights, Responsibilities & British Values

Health & Wellbeing

Diversity & Equality

SRE

Religious Studies

Understanding Religion: Beliefs and Judaism

Abrahamic faiths: Judaism

Abrahamic faiths: Christianity

Abrahamic faiths: Christianity

Abrahamic faiths:

Islam

Understanding Religion: People of faith

Science

 Lab Safety

Cells

Particles and their behavior

Forces

Structure and function of body systems

Elements, atoms and compounds

Sound

Light

Reactions

Acids and alkalis

WB 9^th March British Science week

Reproduction

Reproduction continued

Space

Inheritance

Revision and End of Year Assessment

Working and Thinking Scientifically.

Half-term 1 (Autumn)

Half-term 2 (Autumn)

Half-term 3 (Spring)

Half-term 4 (Spring)

Half-term 5 (Summer)

Half-term 6 (Summer)

Art

Drawing

Symmetry

Tonal

Explore Van Gogh and his use of Mark making.

Abbey Diamond watercolour responses.

Rosaline Monk’s pattern inspired bugs.

Sustainable Art

Julie Alice Chapell 3-D outcome using recycled materials.

Design Briefs – Amplify Air pods & the Work of Keith Haring.

Super mundane idea generation

Mike Perry inspired ideas.

Amplify Logo design

Responding to a Brief: Combining Skills to create a design for Amplify Air pods.

Computer Science

What are animations?

Networks

Developing mobile applications

Drama

Commedia dell’arte

Commedia dell’arte

Physical Theatre

Physical Theatre

Devising

Devising

English

20^th Century Modern Fiction

Developing a Personal Response

Developing Writing Skills

Dystopian Fiction – Considering the impact of Setting

Shakespeare’s Comedies

Considering a writer’s techniques

19^th Century Fiction

Speech Giving (Spoken Language)

Poetry from other Cultures 

Narrative Writing 

Food

Cultural Dishes

Students learn where different dishes come from and how they reflect the local culture.

Cultural Dishes

Students learn how food can bring people and communities together.

The importance of food in celebrations, religion, and family life is important.

Ingredients and flavours

Students learn about different cultures use unique combinations of ingredients and spices to create signature tastes.

Ingredients and flavours

How ingredients are influenced by geography, climate, and tradition.

How combining certain ingredients creates distinct flavours (e.g., sweet and sour, spicy and savory).

Cooking methods and traditions

Students learn how different countries cook their food — from stir-frying and steaming to grilling over open flames or slow cooking in clay pots.

Cooking methods and traditions

Students gain more than just cooking skills. They develop an understanding of global cultures, learn to value diversity, and become more open to trying unfamiliar foods.

Geography

How does ice shape our planet?

Why live in a city?

How are we controlled by our weather?

How has conflict shaped our world?

How has conflict shaped our world?

Does the dollar make the world go around?

History

Migration through Time

Mughal Empire

             The Stuarts

Industrial Revolution

The British Empire and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Protest and Suffrage through Time

Languages

Pets, higher numbers, possessives, family descriptions, opinions about where we live, grammar, phonics.

Talking about breakfast items, the partitive article, national holidays (Bastille Day), using a glossary and dictionary, grammar, phonics.

Places in town, prices, irregular verbs, discussing where you go at the weekend, inviting someone out, grammar, phonics.

Ordering drinks and snacks in a café, future tense, sequencing words, weekend plans, using two tenses together, grammar, phonics.

School holidays, key irregular verbs avoir & être in the present tense, the past tense of regular verbs, describing what you did on holiday, grammar, phonics.

Past tense of irregular verbs, negatives in in the past, taking part in an interview about a special holiday, grammar, phonics.

Maths

 Ratio

Proportion and Scale

Algebraic Manipulation

Coordinates and Graphs

Coordinates and Graphs continued

Multiply and Divide Fractions

Symmetry and reflection

Area, volume and density

 Equations and inequalities

Percentages

Indices

Standard form

Interpret and represent data

Angles in Parallel lines and polygons

Probability

Circles

Graphs and Charts

Sequences

Music

Building Bricks – The Musical Elements

Reggae – Syncopation & Offbeat

Keyboard Skills

Film Music – Composition Techniques

Film Music – Composition Techniques

Dance Music – Rhythm, Chords & Metre

Physical Education

Football

Badminton

Table Tennis

Fitness

Netball

Handball

Football

Badminton

Table Tennis

Fitness

Netball

Handball

Volleyball

Leadership

Handball

Tag Rugby/ Rugby

Multi Skills

Table Tennis

Volleyball

Leadership

Handball

Tag Rugby/ Rugby

Multi Skills

Table Tennis

Athletics

Rounders

Softball

Cricket

Short Tennis/Tennis

Athletics

Rounders

Softball

Cricket

Short Tennis/Tennis

Product Design

Rules & Regulations When Using New Tools & Machinery

Designer’s introduction to Brief. Design movements

Oblique, Isometric Drawing, one point perspective & Tonal Shading Techniques

Refining Design Ideas

Create - Experimentation Using Tennon Saw, Pillar drill, Scroll Saw and Belt Sander

Practical experimentation Using MDF, Pine and Ply. Metalwork. 

Personal Response to Design Decisions & Final Outcome

PSHE

Life Beyond School

Cohesion in Schools

Staying Safe Online & Offline

Right, Responsibilities & British Values

Health & Wellbeing

Diversity & Equality

SRE

Religious Studies

Dharmic faiths:

Sikhism

Dharmic faiths:

Hinduism

Dharmic faiths:

Buddhism

Alternative religions: The Baha’i faith

Other world views:

Humanism

Other world views- Secularism- should religion be removed from society?

Science

Light

Reactions

Health & Life Style

Electricity & Magnetism

The Periodic Table

Inheritance

Metals and other materials

 Energy

Biological processes

Ecosystem and adaption

The Earth

Motion and pressure

Revision and End of Year assessment

Working and Thinking Scientifically

Half-term 1 (Autumn)

Half-term 2 (Autumn)

Half-term 3 (Spring)

Half-term 4 (Spring)

Half-term 5 (Summer)

Half-term 6 (Summer)

Art

Introduction to Architecture and Urban Landscapes.

Experimentation, collage, and layering

Painting Urban Landscapes.

 Decay, Ian Murphy and mixed media.

Exploring Street Art in Urban Landscapes.

Joshua Smith inspired 3D outcome.

Computer Science

Cyber Security

Representations of data

Visual identity and digital graphics

Drama

DNA: Playwriting

DNA: Page to Stage

DNA: Applying Physical Theatre Techniques

DNA: Applying Brechtian techniques

DNA: Design for theatre

Costume and Make-up

Lighting

Set and props

DNA: Design for theatre

Costume and Make-up

Lighting

Set and props

English

20^th Century Modern Fiction

Sustaining an interpretation

Developing Writing Skills

Gothic Fiction – Developing Plot

Post-1914 Drama:

Sustaining a Personal Response

19^th Century Fiction

Analysing the detail

The Power of Language

(Spoken Language)

Poetry 

Comprehension 

Food

Balanced diet and food groups Students will learn what a balanced diet looks like and why it is important for their health and energy.

Balanced diet and food groups

Students will learn about the five main food groups and how each one plays a role in supporting the body (e.g., growth, energy, repair).

Nutritional needs

Students will learn that different people have different nutritional needs depending on their age, lifestyle, and health.

Nutritional needs

Students will learn how the body uses nutrients like carbohydrates, protein, fats, vitamins, and minerals for energy, growth, and repair.

Food choices

Students will learn that people make food choices for many reasons, including culture, religion, personal taste, health, and lifestyle.

Food choices

Students will learn how advertising, peer influence, and social media can affect what people choose to eat.

Geography

Are our fragile environments safe?

To what extent have humans changed the climate?

How important is water in our world?

How important is water in our world?

Where is everyone?

How are we all connected?

History

World War 1 & the Inter-war Period

Nazi Germany

Holocaust 

WWII

Modern Warfare

UK politics and changes in the 20^th century

Languages

Food and drink, talking about mealtimes and ordering a meal, giving opinions, negatives, grammar, phonics.

Food and drink. Menu planning for parties using the future tense, talking about celebrations in three tenses, grammar, phonics.

Arranging to go out, the conditional, making excuses, modal verbs, grammar, phonics.

Getting ready to go out, clothes, fancy dress, discussing sporting events. Using three tenses together, grammar, phonics.

Holiday activities and holiday homes, the comparative and superlative, the imperative, grammar, phonics.

Summer camps, asking for directions, describing a world trip, using three tenses together, grammar, phonics.

Maths

Properties of Number

Percentages

Area and Volume

Equations, inequalities and formulae

Fractions
Rates

Standard form

Maths and Money

Straight line graphs

Ratio and Proportion

Constructions and Congruence

Similarity

Algebraic Manipulation

Pythagoras’ Theorem

Trigonometry

Nonlinear graphs

Probability

Music

Building Bridges – Musical Elements Review 

Dance Music – Rhythm, Chords and Metre

Keyboard Skills

 Computer & Video Game Music – Composition Techniques

Computer & Video Game Music – Composition Techniques

Battle of the Bands – Ensemble skills

Physical Education

Football

Badminton

Table Tennis

Fitness

Netball

Handball

Football

Badminton

Table Tennis

Fitness

Netball

Handball

Volleyball

Leadership

Handball

Tag Rugby/ Rugby

Multi Skills

Table Tennis

Volleyball

Leadership

Handball

Tag Rugby/ Rugby

Multi Skills

Table Tennis

Athletics

Rounders

Softball

Cricket

Short Tennis/Tennis

Athletics

Rounders

Softball

Cricket

Short Tennis/Tennis

Product Design

Health & Safety: Rules and Regulation. Introduction to Lantern Project

Designers and Existing Products:

 Drawing and shading techniques.

Practical Experimentation. Joining methods. Mitre and half lap. 

Practical: Line Bending, Acyclic, MDF and Plywood. Joining methods 

Applying finishes e.g.: Varnish/ Wood Stain. 

Personal Response to Design Decisions & Final Outcome

PSHE

Life Beyond School

Cohesion in Schools

Staying Safe Online & Offline

Right, Responsibilities & British Values

Health & Wellbeing

Relationships & Sex Education

Religious Studies

Religion: Beliefs and behaviour- worldviews

Responses to Evil & Suffering

Religion and life-Medical Ethics

Crime and Religion- Should religion influence punishment?

Religion and life- Is there life after death?

Peace and Conflict- How do religious people respond to the issues of war?

Science

Evolution

Biodiversity

Growth and lifecycles

Microorganisms and health

Cells and inheritance

Bonding

Magnets and electromagnets

Cell biology

Bonding

Energy

Half-term 1 (Autumn)

Half-term 2 (Autumn)

Half-term 3 (Spring)

Half-term 4 (Spring)

Half-term 5 (Summer)

Half-term 6 (Summer)

Art

 Unit 1

Research: Theme and Artists

Experimentation: ideas, media, materials, techniques and processes

Development of experimentation informed by research

Refinement of ideas to produce personal response.

Unit 2

Research: Theme and Artists

Experimentation: ideas, media, materials, techniques and processes

Enterprise & Marketing

R068: Design a business proposal -

Market Research    

R068: Design a business proposal -

Develop the design and product proposal

R068: Design a business proposal -

Review financial viability and impact of business proposal  

R069: Market and pitch a business proposal -

Develop brand and promotional campaign

R069: Market and pitch a business proposal -

Develop pitch

R069: Market and pitch a business proposal -

Reflect on pitch

Child Development

Observe the development of a child aged one to five years

Plan and evaluate play activities for a child aged one to five years for a chosen area of development

Assessing suitability of equipment for use in nursery settings.

Designing a safe and secure space for children in a nursery setting.

Exploring nutritional needs of children aged 1-5 and designing healthy menus for a nursery setting.

Producing nutritionally balanced meals for babies and young children.

OCR  IT

R060: Data manipulation using spreadsheets – Theory & NEA

R060: Data manipulation using spreadsheets – NEA

R070: Using Augmented Reality to present information – Theory & NEA

R070: Using Augmented Reality to present information - NEA

R070: Using Augmented Reality to present information - NEA

R050: IT in the digital world (Exam Theory)

R060: Data manipulation using spreadsheets – Theory & NEA

English  

Modern Texts 

Language Paper 1

Shakespeare

Poetry Anthology  

Language Paper 2

19^th Century Novel

Food

Introduction to the Hospitality and Catering industry

Nutrition and Healthy Eating

Health Safety and Hygiene

Industry Job roles

Food preparation and cooking

Food preparation and cooking

Geography

Weather & Climate

Climate Change 

Ecosystems

Ecosystems  Under Threat

Desertification

Water Resources 

Globalisation

Urban & Rural Change

Development Issues

Graphics

Theme: Innocent Smoothie Fridge Magnets Research: Existing product, Artists

Experimentation: ideas, media, materials, techniques and processes

Development of experimentation informed by research

Refinement of ideas to produce personal response.

Unit 2 – On the Edge  

Research & Introduction  

Experimentation: ideas, media, materials, techniques and processes

Heath & Social care

 RO33

1.1 - Life Stages and Development

  RO33

 2.1 - Life Events and impacts

3.1 Sources of support that meet individual needs

RO33

3.1 Sources of support that meet individual needs

Complete set assignment

RO32

Topic Area 1 - The rights of service users in

health and social care settings

RO32

Topic Area 2 - Person-centered values

RO35

Public Health Campaigns

History

Elizabeth 1558-1603

Elizabeth 1558-1603

Elizabeth 1558-1603

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

Imedia

R094: Visual identity and Digital Graphics – Theory & NEA

R094: Visual identity and Digital Graphics – NEA

R097: Interactive Digital Media – Theory & NEA

R097: Interactive Digital Media – NEA

R097: Interactive Digital Media – NEA

R093: Creative iMedia in the media industry (Exam Theory)

Languages –French or Spanish

Media and technology, my personal world

-making plans with others

-staying active

-TV /film preferences

Grammar

Phonics

Lifestyle and wellbeing

- identity

- daily routines

- relationships

- celebrations

Grammar

Phonics

Studying and my future

- school life (past and future)

Grammar

Phonics

Lifestyle and wellbeing

- food

- illness

- lifestyle changes

Grammar

Phonics

Travel and tourism

-holidays

- booking accommodation

Grammar

Phonics

My neighborhood

-geography and climate

-environmental issues

-solutions

- new technologies

Grammar

Phonics

Maths

Algebraic manipulation

Equations, Inequalities and formulae,

Quadratic expressions and equations

Percentages

Ratio and Scale

Work with fractions

Non Calculator Methods
Straight line graphs

Straight line graphs

Probability

Rounding and Estimation

Perimeter, area and Volume

Interpret and represent data

Nonlinear Graphs

Angles

Graphs and diagrams

Vectors

Fractions and powers
Pythagoras’ theorem and Trigonometry

Media Studies

Changes in Audience: The Evolution of Music & Radio

Newspapers: The Times & The Mirror

Gender Representation in Advertising & Film

Representation of Reality & Celebrity in the Media

Coursework

Coursework

Music

Component 1 – Exploring Music Products and Styles

Component 1 – Exploring Music Products and Styles

Component 1 – Exploring Music Products and Styles

Component 1 – Exploring Music Products and Styles

Component 2 – Music Skills Development

Component 2 – Music Skills Development

Performing Arts

Introduction to BTEC Tech Award

Performance and Production pathways

Introduction to BTEC Tech Award

Performance and Production pathways

Components 1 and 2

Controlled assessment

Components 1 and 2

Controlled assessment

 Components 1 and 2

Controlled assessment

Components 1 and 2

Controlled assessment

Physical Education

Football

Badminton

Table Tennis

Fitness

Netball

Handball

Football

Badminton

Table Tennis

Fitness

Netball

Handball

Volleyball

Leadership

Handball

Tag Rugby/ Rugby

Multi Skills

Table Tennis

Volleyball

Leadership

Handball

Tag Rugby/ Rugby

Multi Skills

Table Tennis

Athletics

Rounders

Softball

Cricket

Short Tennis/Tennis

Athletics

Rounders

Softball

Cricket

Short Tennis/Tennis

Product Design

Independent Research

Architecture

Initial Design Ideas

Inspired by research

Refinement of Designs

Refinement of Experimentation

Model Making

Independent Research

Final Design

Development of Final Design

Final Prototype

PSHE

Life Beyond School

Cohesion in Schools

Staying Safe Online & Offline

Right, Responsibilities & British Values

Health & Wellbeing

Relationships & Sex Education

Religious Studies (Core)

Religion and life issues: Planet Earth

Religion and life issues: Planet Earth

Religion and life issues: Prejudice and discrimination

  Religion and life issues: Prejudice and discrimination

  Religion and life issues: Animal rights

 Religion and life issues: Animal rights

Religious Studies (GCSE)

Christianity: Beliefs & Teachings

Christianity: Practices

Islam: Beliefs and teachings

Islam: Practices

Theme A: Relationship and families

Theme B: Religion and Life

Science – Biology

Cell biology (Exchange and transport)

Organisation

Organisation

Infection and response

Bioenergetics

Bioenergetics

Science – Chemistry

Groups of the Periodic table

 Bonding, structure and the properties of matter

Bonding, structure and the properties of matter

Quantitative chemistry

Chemical changes

Chemical changes

Energy Changes

Science – Physics

Energy

Electricity

Electricity

Particle model of matter

Atomic structure

Atomic structure

P1 Revision

Small Animal Care

Animal handling, teaching and learning

Animal handling, teaching and learning

Animal handling, teaching and learning

Animal handling – Person set assignment

Animal housing and accommodation

Animal housing and accommodation

BTEC Sport

 Types and providers of sport and physical activities  

Different types of sports clothing, technology and equipment required for participation in sport and physical activity

Planning a warm up

 Component 1  Summative Assessment

 Components of physical and skill-related fitness

 Planning drills and conditioned practices to develop participants’ sporting skills