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Key Stage
3 Topics Studied (Years 7-9)
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Term
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Year
7
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Forces,
Particles, Energy, Cells
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1
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Reproduction,
Environment & Feeding, Solutions
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2
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Electricity and its
uses, Rocks and the Earth
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3
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Weathering of the Earth,
Reactions
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3
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Year
8
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Atoms,
Elements, Compounds & Mixtures
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1
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Food and
Digestion, Waves
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1
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Respiration and Ecology,
Chemical Reaction
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2
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Magnetism, Heating and
Cooling
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2
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Pressure,
Movements and Speeding up
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3
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Inheritance &
Selection, Plants for Food, Using Chemistry
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3
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Year
9
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Fit &
Healthy, Plants & Photosynthesis, Environmental
Chemistry
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1
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Reproduction, Microbes
and Disease, Gravity & Space
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2
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Investigating Scientific
Questions, Revision
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2
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Revision
for SATS, GCSE Course
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3
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Key
Stage 3 targets will be set at the start of each year. A teacher
assessment of performance will be made at the end of each year,
with a final KS3 level attained provided after the SAT results are
published in the summer term of Year 9.
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Key Stage
4 Topics Studied (Years 10-11)
(This
is a compulsory subject at Key Stage 4)
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Year 10
Core Science
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Human
Biology
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Evolution
and Environment
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Products
from Rocks
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| Oil, Earth and
Atmosphere |
| Energy and Energy
Resources |
| Radiation and the
Universe |
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Year 11
Additional Science
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Additional
Biology
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Cells, Photosynthesis,
Energy, Enzymes, Homeostasis, Inheritance
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Additional
Chemistry
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Rules of reactions,
Energy and Reactions, Electrolysis, Acids and Alkalis
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| Additional
Physics |
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Motion; Speed;
Work, Energy and Momentum, Electricity, Nuclear Physics |
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Exam Board:
AQA
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Syllabus:
Core
and Additional Science Spec A
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Year 10
Practical Exam 25%
6 Module papers 75% |
Year 11
Practical Exam 25%
3 Terminal papers Biology, Chemistry and Physics 75% |
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Trips /
Activities:
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| After School
Support Lessons Offered at KS4 including Coursework
Workshops |
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Video
Conferencing - Science Department
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- Interschool INSET
links to promote video conferencing within the Chichester Area,
facilitating INSET for other schools who are trying to get
started.
- (Two) Weekly International slots with schools: Finland, to
promote Science links, run projects and develop cultural
understanding.
- Video conferencing with Science Museum, London. Topic of Space,
where pupils discuss with an "Astronaut" issues with space
exploration, Apollo missions and anything linked to the science of
space. Each session is tuned into year group, ability and the
Science National Curriculum. Provides considerable enrichment to
lessons, injecting "awe and wonder"
- Primary liaison with 4 local schools where students conference
with junior pupils to encourage and enhance learning in both
1o and 2o school. |
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- Students have
had opportunity to talk directly to students with different
experiences, particularly in terms of culture and traditions. They
have also seen how many similarities there are in their daily life
( for example, the Finnish students supported Liverpool in the
European football final.
- We are exploring the opportunities for joint science projects to
compare studies of our local environment and ecology. This will
involve students developing their presentational skills through the
video link.
- Intercontinental links are on the way with excellent sessions
with Canada (Royal Botanical Society) and Universities in the
USA |
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KS3
& KS4 Development: Express Group in Science
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This year has seen the
development of an Express group in science. The aim to allow this
group to cover KS3 in 2 years, so taking Key Stage 3 SATS a year
early!
The following 2 years (9 and 10) are taken up with Core and
Additional science GCSE leaving Year 11 see pupils
converting units taken into Biology, Chemistry and Physics GCSE
awards |
