Achievement Cycle Two
Achievement Cycle 2 Overview
| English | Maths | Science | History | Geography | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 |
Shakespeare and the Power of Rhetoric Focus text: Romeo and Juliet |
Area and Perimeter Ratio Directed number HCF, LCM and primes |
The Universe Movement Current and cost of electricity Interdependence |
Anglos-Saxons and the Normans: AS civilisation (St Hadrian, the African Abbot of Canterbury); Claimants to the throne 1066; Hastings; Norman Life (Ipswich Man); role of religion Medieval Life:Towns and cities; importance of religion; Black Death; Thomas Becket (source analysis) |
China: A global superpower What is China like? How has China developed? What is living in Shenzen like? How do earthquakes affect China? What is geopolitics? What is China doing in the South China Sea? |
| 8 |
The Influence of Context and Expressing Viewpoints Focus text: Protest and Slam Poetry |
Algebra Standard index form Percentages Unit conversions and estimation |
Metals and non-metals Work and energy transfer Evolution Separating mixtures |
Empire and Enslavement: Origins of the British Empire; African civilisations (the cradle of humankind); enslavement, triangular trade and plantation life; abolition of slavery. Industrial Revolution: What was the IR? What was its impact? ; inventions; child labour; living conditions. |
Extreme Weather: |
| 9 |
Shakespeare Focus text: King Lear Conventions of tragedy, characterisation and thematic concepts. |
Percentages Rotation and translation Pythagoras Trigonometry |
Chemical reactions Forces |
Ancient Societies: Egyptian, Greek, Roman Medicine; Comparative study and interpretations; Islamic and Christian Medicine. Migration: Who are the British?; Empire and Migration; Tudor and Medieval and Industrial Migration; experiences of Migrants across time; 20th Migration – Windrush and EU. Were/ Are migrants always welcome? |
Explosive Earth How do tectonic plates move around? What are different volcanoes like? What hazards emerge from volcanoes? How can we manage volcanic eruptions? What are hotspot volcanoes? What is a supervolcano? |
| 10 | Literature: Changing Society: An Inspector Calls Power and Conflict Poetry: Ozymandias My Last Duchess Checking out Me History Tissue Language: Changing Society – AQA Language Paper 2 -Reading and interpretation. Pow |
Quadratics (including formula and iterations) Simultaneous equations Probability Percentage of an amount (multipliers) Ratio and proportion |
P2 Electricity B2 Organisation C2 Bonding, structure and properties of matter C3 Quantitative chemistry |
Opportunity and Inequality in America, 1920 – 1973: Post war American society and economy; Civil Rights of the 1950s and 1960s; America and the New Frontier and the Great Society Conflict and Tension in Asia: Conflict in Korea, 1950-53; Causes, development and end of the Korean War |
The Living World Ecosystems, food chains and webs. The tropical rainforest biome. Deforestation in Malaysia. The hot desert biome. Opportunities and challenges in the Thar desert. Desertification and strategies to reduce desertification. |
| 11 |
Literature: Revision of An Inspector Calls Language: Language Pape 2 Consolidation of skills |
Focussed revision based on mock outcomes | Focussed revision based on mock outcomes | The Normans, c1060 – 1100: The Norman Church and Monasticism; Historic Environment – Yorkshire and the North Revision and Exam Preparation | Year 11 are following a bespoke programme of intervention in preparation for their exams. |