Science

Half-term 1: Practical model, Energy transfer and heating

Half-term 2: Cells, Mixtures and solutions

Half-term 3: Generating electricity, Reproduction

Half-term 4: Acids and alkalis, Forces

Half-term 5: Earth Chemistry, The Earth in Space

Half-term 6: Variation, classification and ecology

A successful scholar after Year 7 will:

• Be able to confidently discuss the core basics of science content
• Start to understand how scientists come up with the theories and ideas they have

Half-term 1: Elements, mixtures and compounds, Motion and pressure

Half-term 2: Motion and pressure, Health and lifestyle

Half-term 3: More about reactions, Waves

Half-term 4: Respiration and photosynthesis, Materials and industry

Half-term 5: Materials and industry, Electricity and magnetism

Half-term 6: Inheritance and genetics

A successful scholar after Year 8 will:

• Discuss further topics and content in science as well as retrieve and practice those basics from Y7
• Be explain how the scientific method influences theories to the pointwhere those theories change

Half-term 1: Health and lifestyle, More about reactions

Half-term 2: Materials and industry, Electricity and magnetism

Half-term 3: Inheritance and genetics, Biology practicals

Half-term 4: Chemistry practicals

Half-term 5: Physics practicals

Half-term 6: Classics and science

A successful scholar after Year 9 will:

• Be confident with all the basic scientific content to feel ready to start their GCSE courses in Biology, Chemistry and Physics
• Be able to apply the content to real world situations and discuss how to plan and carry out scientific investigations

Half-term 1: Bioenergetics (photosynthesis and
respiration), Atomic structure and periodic table, Particle model of matter

Half-term 2: Cell biology, Bonding structure and properties, Radioactivity

Half-term 3: Organisation, Chemical changes, Energy

Half-term 4: Organisation continued, Energy changes, Electricity

Half-term 5: Infection and response, The rate of chemical change, Electricity continued

Half-term 6: Ecology, Chemistry of the atmosphere, Space

A successful scholar after Year 10 will:

• Have covered all of their paper 1 content for their GCSEs and be confident in discussing scientific ideas and will be starting to put content together with new theories and having a deeper understanding of the scientifc method

Half-terms 1 and 2: Homeostasis and response, Chemical analysis, Waves

Half-term 3: Inheritance, variation and evolution, Using resources, Magnetism and electromagnetism

Half-terms 4 and 5: Biology – Revision, Chemistry – Revision, Physics – Revision

Half-term 6: Exams

A successful scholar after Year 11 will:

• Have completed all their GCSE content and be confident in applying that in exam situations
• Be confident in the science content and also in the understanding of how scientists investigate and interpret results to influence science thinking