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| Subject | Science |
| Members of staff | Chelsie Allan – Curriculum Leader, Mark Teale – Assistant Curriculum Leader, Peter Wilson – Teacher, Katherine Syrett – Teacher, Charlene Trotter – Teacher, Jody Chater – Teacher, Katherine Rochester – Teacher, Luke Drysdale – Teacher, Sophie MacCormack – Subject Teacher, Paul Jennings – Senior Technician |
| Subject overview
Science is the pursuit and application of knowledge and understanding of the natural and social world following a systematic methodology based on evidence. GCSE study in the sciences provides the foundation for understanding the material world. Scientific understanding is changing our lives and is vital to the world’s future prosperity. All students should learn essential aspects of the knowledge, methods, processes and uses of science. They should gain appreciation of how the complex and diverse phenomena of the natural world can be described in terms of a small number of key ideas that relate to the sciences and that are both inter-linked and of universal application. |
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| Key Stage 3 | ||
| Content | Year 7 | Year 8 |
| Autumn term 1 | Scientific Skills
Cells |
Organ Systems
Electricity |
| Autumn term 2 | Forces
States of Matter |
Plants
Periodic Table |
| Spring term 1 | Atomic Structure
Genetics |
Fuels
Light |
| Spring term 2 | Chemical Reactions
Energy |
Ecosystems
Motion |
| Summer term 1 | Electricity
Health and Disease |
Atmosphere
Sex in Science |
| Summer term 2 | Review of Year 7 content | Review of Key Stage 3 content |
| Key Stage 4 | |||
| Content | Year 9 | Year 10 | Year 11 |
| Autumn term 1 | Key Concepts in Biology
States of Matter Methods of Separating and Purifying Substances |
Investigating Waves
Ionic, Covalent and Types of Substance
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Plant Structures and their Function
Forces and their Effects Electricity Circuits Fuels |
| Autumn term 2 | Motion
Forces and Motion |
Groups in the Periodic Table
Light and the Electromagnetic Spectrum |
Animal Coordination, Control and Homeostasis
Rates of Reaction and Heat Energy Changes Magnetism and Electromagnetic Induction |
| Spring term 1 | Health and Disease | Obtaining Metals and Equilibria | Exchange and Transport
Particle Model Ecosystems and Cycles |
| Spring term 2 | The Periodic Table
Conservation of Energy |
Forces and their Effects
Exchange and Transport |
Forces and Matter
Earth and Atmospheric Science |
| Summer term 1 | Genetics | Calculations Involving Masses | |
| Summer term 2 | Genetic Modification | Electricity and Circuits | |
| Revision links for GCSE course
BBC Bitesize (GCSE Science) Physics and Maths Tutor GSCE Pod (Log-in needed) Tassomai (Log-in needed) |
| How can parents support their child’s progress in this subject?
Talk to your child about what they have been learning in Science and how this links to prior knowledge, the world around us or where it could lead to. Test your child on the Physics equations they have to learn for their external examinations. |
| Extra-Curricular Activities
Year 7 Science Club Gardening Cub Engineering Scheme |
