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Science Department Home Learning

Students in KS3 and KS4 will be set home learning tasks on a weekly basis using the online learning package Century Tech CENTURY | Online Learning | English, Maths and Science.

These tasks will take the form of either:

Diagnostics at the start or end of a topic to assess gaps in students’ knowledge.
Micro-lessons, called nuggets, that contain material covering one particular skill or knowledge.
Questions to assess knowledge and understanding, which are instantly marked to give immediate feedback to students.

Work set should take between 30-60 minutes to complete and will be monitored by teachers to allow missed gaps in students understanding and misconceptions to be addressed in a timely manner.

If students finish their home learning tasks early, they are advised to use BBC Bitesize, the course revision guide or kerboodle to review/summarise their learning as they progress through the course.

For KS5 students, home learning will be set by class teachers and will take the form of either:

Questions to assess understanding.
Research
Reading in preparation for the introduction of a new topic.
Quizzes (through kerboodle, SENECA or Century Tech)
Watching videos and making notes (flipped learning)
Design tasks
Revision activities

It is advised that additional time is spent by students annotating lesson notes and referencing the course textbook to aid understanding and knowledge retrieval.

Science Department Assessment

Year 7 Science

	AP1	AP2
Assessment period	November	March and June
Topics Covered	Induction Cells Acids and alkalis Inheritance	AP1 content plus… The Universe Particle Theory Body Systems Electricity and Magnetism The Earth Forces DNA detectives
Assessments used	6 mark assessment marking points and century tech diagnostics during each topic and a 45 mark summative assessment	6 mark assessment marking points and century tech diagnostics during each topic and a 45 mark summative assessment in both March and June

Year 8 Science

	AP1	AP2
Assessment period	November	March and June
Topics Covered	Year 7 content plus… Ecosystem Processes Sound Light Reproduction	AP1 content plus… The Periodic Table Disease and Immunity Chemical Reactions Energy Diet and Digestion Motion and Pressure
Assessments used	6 mark assessment marking points and century tech diagnostics during each topic and a 45 mark summative assessment	6 mark assessment marking points and century tech diagnostics during each topic and a 45 mark summative assessment in both March and June

Year 9 Science

	AP1	AP2
Assessment period	November	March and June
Topics Covered	Energy resources Adaptations, interdependence and competition Organising ecosystems Chemistry of the atmosphere	AP1 content plus… Using resources Energy transfer by heating Cell Structure Cell transport Atomic structure The Periodic Table Organisation of plants and animals
Assessments used	6 mark assessment marking points and century tech diagnostics during each topic and a 50 mark summative assessment	6 mark assessment marking points and century tech diagnostics during each topic and a 50 mark summative assessment in both March and June

Year 10 Combined Science

	AP1	AP2
Assessment period	November	March and June
Topics Covered	Year 9 content plus… Bonding Structure and properties of materials Quantative Chemistry Energy and dissipation Atomic structure Infection and response	AP1 content plus… Chemical changes Energy changes Electrical circuits Electricity in the home Non-communicable diseases Bioenergetics Rate and extent of chemical change Waves
Assessments used	Cumulative score from Year 9 6 mark assessment tasks and century tech diagnostics 50 mark summative assessment	Cumulative score from Year 9 and Year 10 AP1 6 mark assessment tasks and century tech diagnostics 50 mark summative assessment (March) 70 mark complete paper one mock exam (June) The mock exams completed at the end of Year 10 are used to finalise the class sets and course tier of entry (higher/foundation).

Year 10 Separate Sciences

	AP1	AP2
Assessment period	November	March and June
Topics Covered	Separate Science students study the combined Science content in core lessons, then the following in Separate Sciences: Ecology Communicable diseases Using materials Transition metals Nanomaterials Atomic structure Particle model	Separate Science students study the combined Science content in core lessons, then the following in Separate Sciences: Nervous system Evolution Titrations Yield Volume of gases concentration Electrical circuits Waves Cloning Non-communicable diseases Homeostasis Haber process Testing for metal ions Light
Assessments used	Combined Science Y10 score 6 mark assessment tasks and century tech diagnostics 50 mark summative assessment	Cumulative score from AP1 6 mark assessment tasks and century tech diagnostics 40 mark summative assessment (March) 100 mark complete paper one mock exam The final mock exams completed at the end of Year 10 are used to finalise the class set and course tier of entry (higher/foundation)

Year 11 Combined Sciences

Year 11 AP1 is in the form of Behaviour for Learning grades only.

	AP2	AP3
Assessment period	November	March
Topics Covered	Year 9 and 10 content plus… Chemical analysis Forces in balance Motion Homeostasis and response Inheritance	Year 9 and 10 content plus… Forces and motion Electromagnetism Inheritance
Assessments used	Cumulative score from Year 10 AP2 6 mark assessment tasks 70 mark paper one mock exam	Cumulative score from Year 11 AP1 6 mark assessment tasks 70 mark paper two mock exam

Year 11 Separate Sciences

Year 11 AP1 is in the form of Behaviour for Learning grades only.

	AP2	AP3
Assessment period	November	March
Topics Covered	Separate Science students study the combined Science content then the following in Separate Sciences: Ecology Communicable diseases Using materials Transition metals Nanomaterials Atomic structure Particle model	Separate Science students study the combined Science content, then the following in Separate Sciences: Nervous system Evolution Titrations Yield Volume of gases concentration Electrical circuits Waves Cloning Non-communicable diseases Homeostasis Haber process Testing for metal ions Light
Assessments used	Cumulative score from Year 10 AP2 6 mark assessment tasks 100 mark paper one mock exam in each Science	Cumulative score from Year 11 AP1 6 mark assessment tasks 100 mark paper two mock exam in each Science

Year 12 Biology

Year 12 AP1 is in the form of Behaviour for Learning grades only.

	AP1	AP2
Assessment period	November	March and June
Topics Covered	Basic components of living systems Biological molecules Plasma membranes Enzymes Cell division	AP2 content plus… Transport in plants Exchange surfaces and breathing Classification and evolution Transport in animals Communicable diseases Biodiversity and ecosystems
Assessments used	30 mark end of topic assessments 70 mark AS papers	Cumulative score from AP1 30 mark end of topic assessments Breadth paper (AS mock) Depth paper (AS mock)

Year 12 Chemistry

Year 12 AP1 is in the form of Behaviour for Learning grades only.

	AP1	AP2
Assessment period	November	March and June
Topics Covered	Electrons and bonding Atoms, ions and compounds Shapes of molecules Amount of substance Acids and redox Basics of organic Chemistry Periodicity Alkanes	AP2 content plus… Reactivity trends Alkenes Enthalpy Alcohols Haloalkanes Reaction rates Organic synthesis Spectroscopy
Assessments used	30 mark end of topic assessments 70 mark AS papers	Cumulative score from AP1 30 mark end of topic assessments Breadth paper (AS mock) Depth paper (AS mock)

Year 12 Physics

Year 12 AP1 is in the form of Behaviour for Learning grades only.

	AP1	AP2
Assessment period	November	March and June
Topics Covered	Quantum Current and charge Force and motion Energy, power and resistance	AP2 content plus… Forces in action Electrical circuits Work, energy and power Waves Materials
Assessments used	30 mark end of topic assessments 70 mark AS papers	Cumulative score from AP1 30 mark end of topic assessments Breadth paper (AS mock) Depth paper (AS mock)

Year 13 Biology

Year 13 AP1 is in the form of Behaviour for Learning grades only.

	AP1	AP2
Assessment period	November	March
Topics Covered	Year 12 content plus… Biodiversity and ecosystems Respiration Neuronal communication Homeostasis Hormonal communication Manipulating genomes Plant responses Photosynthesis Populations and sustainability	AP2 content plus… Cloning and biotechnology
Assessments used	Cumulative score from Y12 AS result from the summer 30 mark end of topic assessments 2 hour 15 minute Biological Processes Paper 2 hour 15 minute Biological Diversity Paper 1 hour 30 minute Synoptic Paper	Cumulative score of Year 13 AP1 30 mark end of topic assessments 2 hour 15 minute Biological Processes Paper 2 hour 15 minute Biological Diversity Paper 1 hour 30 minute Synoptic Paper

Year 13 Chemistry

Year 13 AP1 is in the form of Behaviour for Learning grades only.

	AP1	AP2
Assessment period	November	March
Topics Covered	Year 12 content plus… Acids, bases and pH Amines, Amino acids and polymers Buffers and neutralisation Organic synthesis	AP2 content plus… Enthalpy and entropy
Assessments used	Cumulative score from Y12 AS result from the summer 30 mark end of topic assessments 2 hour 15 minute Periodic table, elements and physical chemistry Paper 2 hour 15 minute Synthesis and analytical techniques Paper 1 hour 30 minute Synoptic Paper	Cumulative score of Year 13 AP1 30 mark end of topic assessments 2 hour 15 minute Periodic table, elements and physical chemistry Paper 2 hour 15 minute Synthesis and analytical techniques Paper 1 hour 30 minute Synoptic Paper

Year 13 Physics

Year 13 AP1 is in the form of Behaviour for Learning grades only.

	AP1	AP2
Assessment period	November	March
Topics Covered	Year 12 content plus… Waves Laws of motion and momentum Thermal Capacitance Ideal gases Electric fields Oscillations Magnetic fields	AP2 content plus… Radioactivity Gravitational fields Particle Physics Nuclear Physics Stars Cosmology Medical Physics
Assessments used	Cumulative score from Y12 AS result from the summer 30 mark end of topic assessments 2 hour 15 minute Modelling Physics Paper 2 hour 15 minute Exploring Physics Paper 1 hour 30 minute Synoptic Paper	Cumulative score of Year 13 AP1 30 mark end of topic assessments 2 hour 15 minute Modelling Physics Paper 2 hour 15 minute Exploring Physics Paper 1 hour 30 minute Synoptic Paper

English Department Home Learning

Year 7

Information relating to all homework can be found on Microsoft Teams. Homework will be independent and project based linked to a Speaking and Listening Assessment each term.

Term 1: Adventurers and explorers: non-fiction travel writing - Pre-1914 to modern day world literature

Group project and presentation about their imaginary expedition

Microsoft forms spelling tests using teams x 2

Century tech: Language devices 2 & constructing an argument

Reading progress using teams

Reading book challenge

Term 2: Poetry from across the world: Range of poetry genres and forms from cultures and writers from around the world

Poetry anthology created on teams

Microsoft forms spelling tests using teams x 2

Presentation of an original poem

Century tech: language devices 1 & vocabulary choice

Reading progress using teams

Reading book challenge

Term 3: The Gothic Genre

Group or single presentation of the Gothic project

Microsoft forms spelling tests using teams x 2

Century tech: fiction description of setting, fiction description of character

Reading progress using teams

Reading book challenge

Year 8

Information relating to all homework can be found on Microsoft Teams. Homework will be independent and project based linked to a Speaking and Listening Assessment each term.

Term 1: Relationships: My Sister Lives on the Mantlepiece & Persuasive Writing

Preparation for social issues debate

Microsoft forms spelling tests using teams x 2

Century tech: nuggets: non-fiction personal writing & non-fiction persuasive writing

Reading book challenge

Term 2: Performance Literature: Shakespeare’s Greatest Speeches & Songs of the Decades

Performance

Microsoft forms spelling tests using teams x 2

Century tech: analytical writing, writing purposes

Reading book challenge

Term 3: Around the World: non-fiction travel writing and Morals & Ethics from Different Countries

Create travel journal presentation

Microsoft forms spelling tests using teams x 2

Century tech: nuggets: Forms, paragraphs

Reading challenge

Year 9

Information relating to all homework can be found on Microsoft Teams. Homework will be independent and project based linked to a Speaking and Listening Assessment each term.

Term 1: The Dystopian – The Hunger Games & Dystopian Description

Montage of dystopian world and individual presentation

Microsoft forms spelling tests using teams x 2

Reading book challenge

Century tech: English SPAG secondary word classes, verb forms

Term 2: Relationships: Othello & Writing to Argue

Create and present an Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter account for Othello, Desdemona and Iago

Microsoft forms spelling tests using teams x 2

Century tech: English SPAG secondary punctuation, sentences

Reading book challenge

Term 3: Around the World: non-fiction travel writing and Morals & Ethics from Different Countries

Revision materials & preparation for class debate

Microsoft forms spelling tests using teams x 2

Century tech: nuggets: English SPAG secondary writing styles, diagnostics

Reading book challenge

Year 10

Term 1: AQA Language Paper 2 and A Christmas Carol

Century tech: nuggets: English AQA language GCSE paper 2: writing and reading language devices, A05 & 6 & practice paper 2

Flash cards and revision materials

First draft of GCSE Speaking & Listening assessment (Xmas break project)

Term 2: AQA Power & Conflict Poetry Anthology

Century tech: A Christmas Carol

Flash cards and revision materials

Second draft of GCSE Speaking & Listening assessment

Term 3: Macbeth

Revision materials and flash cards

Preparation for speaking & listening

Century tech: nuggets: English SPAG secondary writing styles, diagnostics

Year 11

Information relating to all homework can be found on Microsoft Teams. Homework will focus on recall and retrieval to ensure that students are practicing skills requires for exam preparation rather than merely content.

Term 1: AQA Language Paper 2, Power & Conflict and Unseen Poetry

Century tech: nuggets: language devices, A05 & 6 & practice paper 2

Flash cards and revision materials for November Mocks

Term 2: Revision & Mocks

Century tech: Language Paper 1

Revision materials and flashcards for March Mocks

Term 3: Macbeth

Revision materials and flash cards for end of year GCSE exams

Year 12

Term 1: Edexcel AS Literature Drama and Poetry – focus on Drama – A Streetcar Named Desire

Text reading and wider text reading including secondary sources

Period 5 work booklets on Dorian Gray (Autumn 1) and Streetcar (Autumn 2)

Essays/paragraphs every week.

Flash cards and revision materials

Term 2: Edexcel AS Literature Drama and Poetry – Focus on Poetry – The Forward Poems of the Decade Anthology

Unseen poetry analysis and poetry analysis of Forward Poems.

Essays/paragraph writing every week.

Term 3: Revision Edexcel AS Drama and Poetry paper plus Prose Paper

Revision materials & preparation for exams

Year 13

Term 1: Edexcel A Literature Drama – focus on Othello and teaching of Coursework | Edexcel A Literature Poetry – focus on Unseen teaching for Forward Poems and Rossetti

Text reading and wider text reading including secondary sources

Period 5 work booklets on Othello (Autumn 1) and Rossetti (Autumn 2)

Essays/paragraphs every week.

Flash cards and revision materials for Streetcar and Forward Poetry

Term 2: Edexcel A Literature Drama – focus on Othello and teaching of coursework | Edexcel A Literature Poetry – focus on Rossetti

Unseen poetry analysis and poetry analysis of Forward Poems. Prose revision

Essays/paragraph writing every week.

Term 3: Revision Edexcel A Level Drama, Prose and Poetry

Revision materials & preparation for exams

English Department Assessment

Year 7

Term	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Topic title	Adventurers and explorers: non-fiction travel writing - Pre-1914 to modern day world literature (Language 2 Part A)	Adventurers and explorers: non-fiction travel writing - Pre-1914 to modern day world literature (Language 2 Part B)	Poetry from across the world: Range of poetry genres and forms from cultures and writers from around the world (Literature 2)	Poetry from across the world: Range of poetry genres and forms from cultures and writers from around the world (Literature 2)	The Gothic Genre: Coraline (Literature Paper 1)	The Gothic Genre (Language 1 Part B)
Knowledge & Skills	Comprehension and understanding, analysis, comparison, grammar, the organisation of writing, research, oracy and debating skills, developing an awareness of craft, understanding characters and themes.
Assessment	Term 1: Adventurers and explorers: non-fiction travel writing - Pre-1914 to modern day world literature Assessments: Skills: R: 1, 3, 4 & W: 1, 5, 6, 3 Formative: Mini 1 –Seen and annotated non-fiction texts – live marked Mini 2 – Broadsheet article – live marked Mini 3 - Seen and annotated non-fiction texts – live marked Mini 4 – Persuasive speech – live marked Summative (tracker): Spelling test: half-termly Analysing non-fiction texts Persuasive speech Term 2: Poetry from across the world: Range of poetry genres and forms from cultures and writers from around the world Assessments: Skills: R: 3, 4, 5 & W: 6, 5, 4, 3 Formative: Mini 1– Seen and annotated poem analysis (2 PEALALS) – live marked Mini 2 – Seen and annotated poetry essay (2 PEALALS) – live marked Mini 3 – Seen and annotated comparative poetry essay (2 CEALALS) – live marked Mini 4 – Creative writing poetry – live marked Summative: (tracker) Spelling test: half-termly Analysing poetry essay Creative writing poetry assessment Term 3: The Gothic Genre Assessments: Skills R 1, 2, 4 & W: 1, 2, 4, 6, 3 Formative: Mini 1 –2 EEALS– live marked Mini 2 – PEAL paragraph mini essay – live marked Mini 3 – Gothic descriptive – live marked Mini 4 – Gothic opening of the narrative – live marked Summative (tracker): Spelling test: half-termly Gothic mini essay tasks Gothic narrative

Year 8

Term	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Topic title	Relationships: My Sister Lives on the Mantlepiece (Literature Paper 1)	Relationships: My Sister Lives on the Mantlepiece & Persuasive Writing (Language 2 Part B)	Performance Literature: Shakespeare’s Greatest Speeches (Literature 1)	Performance Literature: Songs of the Decades (Literature 2)	Around the world: non-fiction travel writing (Language 2 Part A)	Morals and Ethics from Different Countries (Language 2 Part B)
Knowledge & Skills	Comprehension and understanding, analysis, comparison, grammar, the organisation of writing, research, oracy and debating skills, developing an awareness of craft, understanding characters and themes.
Assessment	Term 1: Relationships: My Sister Lives on the Mantlepiece & Persuasive Writing Assessments: Skills: R: 1, 4, 6 & W: 1, 2, 6, 3 Formative: Mini 1 –Mini-speech – live marked Mini 2 – thesis statement and 2 x PEALALS – live marked Mini 3 – Extract language analysis 2X PELALS – live marked Mini 4 – Persuasive letter – live marked Summative (tracker): Spelling test: half-termly Literature essay Persuasive letter Term 2: Performance Literature: Shakespeare’s Greatest Speeches & Songs of the Decades Assessments: Skills: R: 3, 4, 5 & W 3 Formative: Mini 1– Seen and annotated speech analysis (2 PEALALS) – live marked Mini 2 – Seen and annotated speech essay (2 PEALALS) – live marked Mini 3 – Seen and annotated comparative poetry analysis (2 CEALALALS) – live marked Mini 4 – Seen and annotated comparative poetry essay (2 CEALALALS) – live marked Summative: Spelling test: half-termly Literature essay Comparative literature essay Term 3: Around the World: non-fiction travel writing and Morals & Ethics from Different Countries Assessments: Skills R 1, 2, 4 & W 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 Formative: Mini 1 –2 x TALS – live marked Mini 2 – Extract language analysis 2X PELALS – live marked Mini 3 – Opinion based article – live marked Mini 4 – Opinion based speech – live marked Summative (tracker): Spelling test: half-termly Analytical essay Newspaper article

Year 9

Term	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Topic title	The Dystopian: The Hunger Games (Literature Paper 1)	The Dystopian: Descriptive & Narrative Writing (Language 1 Part B)	Relationships: Othello & Writing to Argue (Language Paper 2 Part B)	Relationships: Othello & Writing to Argue (Literature 1)	The Marginalised: Of Mice and Men (Language 1 Part A)	The Marginalised: Descriptive & Narrative Writing (Language 1 Part B)
Knowledge & Skills	Comprehension and understanding, analysis, comparison, grammar, the organisation of writing, research, oracy, revision and debating skills, developing an awareness of craft, understanding characters and themes.
Assessment	Term 1: The Dystopian – The Hunger Games & Dystopian Description Assessments: Skills: R: 1, 4, 6 & W: 2, 5, 6, 3 Formative: Mini 1 –thesis statement and 2 x PEALALS – live marked Mini 2 – Literature essay theme focussed PEALALS– live marked Mini 3 – opening of a dystopian narrative – live marked Mini 4 – opening of a dystopian description – live marked Summative (tracker): Spelling test: half-termly Literature essay Dystopian description Term 2: Relationships: Othello & Writing to Argue Assessments: Skills: R: 2, 4, 5, 6 & W 1, 2, 4 & 3 Formative: Mini 1– 2 PEALALS – live marked Mini 2 – Argumentative mini speech - live marked Mini 3 – thesis statement and 2 x PEALALS – live marked Mini 4 – Literature essay theme focussed PEALALS– live marked Summative: Spelling test: half-termly Literature essay Speech Term 3: Around the World: non-fiction travel writing and Morals & Ethics from Different Countries Assessments: Skills R 1, 2, 4, 6 & W 2, 3, 4, 6 Formative: Mini 1 Section A; Q1 Peer assessed, Q2-4 – live marked 2 x EEALS– live marked Mini 2 – X4 EEALS – live marked Mini 3 – farm house description – live marked Mini 4 – opening of narrative – live marked Summative (tracker): Spelling test: half-termly End of year exam: Full Language Paper 1 Part A and Part B

Year10

Term	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Topic title	AQA Language Paper 2 (Language 2 Part A & B)	A Christmas Carol (Literature 1)	AQA Power & Conflict Poetry (Literature 2)	AQA Power & Conflict Poetry (Literature 2)	Macbeth (Literature 1)	Macbeth & GCSE Speaking & Listening Assessment (Literature 1 & Language Speaking & Listening)
Knowledge & Skills	Comprehension and understanding, analysis, comparison, grammar, the organisation of writing, research, oracy, revision and debating skills, developing an awareness of craft, understanding characters and themes.
Assessment	Term 1: AQA Language Paper 2 and A Christmas Carol Formative: Mini 1 – Section A; Q1 Peer assessed, Q2-4 – live marked Mini 2 – Section B x 2 Creative writing – live marked Mini 3 – Mini literature essay Mini 4 - Mini literature essay Summative (tracker): Language Paper Section A & B ACC essay Term 2: AQA Power & Conflict Poetry Anthology Formative: Mini 1– 2 mini essays CEALALS – live marked Mini 2 – 2 mini essays CEALALS – live marked Mini 3– full literature essay CEALALS – live marked Mini 4 – full literature essay CEALALS– live marked Summative (tracker): Literature essay Term 3: Macbeth Assessments: Skills R 1, 2, 4, 6 & W 2, 3, 4, 6 Formative: Mini 1 – Macbeth mini essay – live marked Mini 2 – Macbeth mini essay – live marked Mini 3 – Macbeth mini essay – live marked Mini 4 – Macbeth mini essay – live marked Summative (tracker): Literature essay – End of Year exam Language Paper 2 – end of year exam GCSE Speaking & Listening assessment

Year 11

Term	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Topic title	AQA Language Paper 2 (Language 2 Part A & B)	AQA Power & Conflict and Unseen Poetry (Literature 2)	Revision & Mocks (Literature 1 and 2)	Revision & Mocks (Literature 1,2 & Language 1,2)	Revision (Literature 1,2 & Language 1,2)
Knowledge & Skills	Comprehension and understanding, analysis, comparison, grammar, the organisation of writing, research, oracy, revision and debating skills, developing an awareness of craft, understanding characters and themes.
Assessment	Term 1: AQA Language Paper 2, Power & Conflict and Unseen Poetry Formative: Mini 1 – Section A; Q1 Peer assessed, Q2-4 – live marked Mini 2 – Section B x 2 argue/persuasive writing – live marked Mini 3 – Mini literature essays – live marked Mini 4- Mini literature essay – live marked Summative (tracker): AP – Language Paper 2 Nov Mocks – Language Paper 2, Literature Paper 2 Term 2: Revision & Mocks Formative Mini 1– 2 mini essays CEALALS – live marked Mini 2 – 2 mini essays CEALALS – live marked Mini 3– full literature essay PEALS/PETER C – live marked Mini 4 – full literature essay PEALS/ PETER C – live marked Summative (tracker): March Mocks – Literature Paper 1, Language Paper 1 Term 3: Macbeth Formative: Interleaving revision Mini 1 – Language Paper 1 – live marked Mini 2 – Language Paper 2 – live marked Mini 3 – Literature essays – live marked Mini 4- Literature essay – live marked

Year 12

Term	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Topic title	Edexcel AS Literature Drama and Poetry – focus on Drama – A Streetcar Named Desire	Edexcel AS Literature Drama and Poetry – focus on Drama – A Streetcar Named Desire	Edexcel AS Literature Drama and Poetry – Focus on Poetry – The Forward Poems of the Decade Anthology	Edexcel AS Literature Drama and Poetry – Focus on Poetry – The Forward Poems of the Decade Anthology	Revision Edexcel AS Drama and Poetry paper plus Prose Paper	Revision Edexcel AS Drama and Poetry paper plus Prose Paper
Knowledge & Skills	Comprehension and understanding, analysis, comparison, grammar, the organisation of writing, research, oracy, revision and debating skills, developing an awareness of craft, understanding characters and themes.
Assessment	Term 1: Edexcel AS Literature Drama and Poetry – focus on Drama – A Streetcar Named Desire Formative: Essay or paragraph every second week (alternating with the teaching of Prose). Summative (tracker): 2022 Drama Question in November Mocks. Edexcel AS Literature Prose – focus on Dorian Gray (Autumn 1) and The Little Stranger (Autumn 2) Assessments: Formative: Essay paragraph every second week (alternating with teaching of Drama) Summative (tracker): Prose essay (classroom conditions) December Term 2: Edexcel AS Literature Drama and Poetry – Focus on Poetry – The Forward Poems of the Decade Anthology Formative Essay or paragraph every second week (alternating with Prose) Summative (tracker): Poetry essay in March Mocks Edexcel AS Literature Prose – focus on Dorian Gray and The Little Stranger being taught together in Autumn 1 Assessments Formative: Essay or paragraph every second week being alternated with poetry. Summative (tracker): Prose essay comparing the two texts in March Mocks. Term 3: Revision Edexcel AS Drama and Poetry paper plus Prose Paper Formative: Revision essays Summative (tracker): Data from March Mocks AS exams at the end of Summer 1 Summer 2 Coursework NEA

Year 13

Term	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Topic title	Edexcel A Literature Drama – focus on Othello and teaching of Coursework \| Edexcel A Literature Poetry – focus on Unseen teaching for Forward Poems and Rossetti	Edexcel A Literature Drama – focus on Othello and teaching of Coursework \| Edexcel A Literature Poetry – focus on Unseen teaching for Forward Poems and Rossetti	Edexcel A Literature Drama – focus on Othello and teaching of coursework \| Edexcel A Literature Poetry – focus on Rossetti	Edexcel A Literature Drama – focus on Othello and teaching of coursework \| Edexcel A Literature Poetry – focus on Rossetti	Revision Edexcel A Level Drama, Prose and Poetry	Revision Edexcel A Level Drama, Prose and Poetry
Knowledge & Skills	Comprehension and understanding, analysis, comparison, grammar, the organisation of writing, research, oracy, revision and debating skills, developing an awareness of craft, understanding characters and themes.
Assessment	Term 1: Edexcel A Literature Drama – focus on Othello and teaching of Coursework \| Edexcel A Literature Poetry – focus on Unseen teaching for Forward Poems and Rossetti Formative: Essay or paragraph every second week (alternating with the teaching of Poetry Rossetti or Forward Unseen). Summative (tracker): 2022 Full Drama Paper in November Mocks. Edexcel A Literature Poetry – focus on Unseen teaching for Forward Poems and Rossetti Assessments: Formative: Essay paragraph every second week (alternating with teaching of Drama Othello) Summative (tracker): 2022 Full Poetry Paper in November Mocks Term 2: Edexcel A Literature Drama – focus on Othello and teaching of coursework \| Edexcel A Literature Poetry – focus on Rossetti Formative: Essay or paragraph every second week (alternating with the teaching of Poetry Rossetti). Summative (tracker): 2023 Full Drama Paper in March Mocks. Coursework to be handed in. Edexcel A Literature Poetry – focus on Rossetti Assessments: Formative: Essay paragraph every second week (alternating with teaching of Drama Othello) Summative (tracker): 2023 Full Poetry Paper in March Mocks 2023 Full Prose Paper in March Mocks Term 3: Revision Edexcel A Level Drama, Prose and Poetry Formative: Revision essays

Tutor Program

The Tutor Program

All students are part of a tutor group and have a 15 minute tutor time first thing in the morning, every day. There is a program for tutors to follow which includes house competitions, JSL (Student Voice) time, reading, wellbeing, maths, academic mentoring and a weekly assembly. Students therefore have something purposeful to be doing whilst tutors can check up on students, look at the values cards, attendance, behaviour, academic progress and celebrate positives with them. The program allows them to develop skills and knowledge in key academic areas as well as a broader understanding of important issues such as British Values, Protected Characteristics, First Aid and mental wellbeing.

The tutor is the first point of contact in the day for students in school and they should be that first point of call for celebrations and any issues. This is for students and parents. The head of year, SAFE and the SLT link to the year provide additional support as appropriate.

The tutor groups are named after our houses, Bannister, Churchill, Hawking, Nightingale, Parkes, Shakespeare and Winton.

	Y7	Y8	Y9	Y10	Y11
Monday	Check in Routine checkes Notices/House and JSL Survey day	Check in Routine checkes Notices/House and JSL Survey day	Check in Routine checkes Notices/House and JSL Survey day	Check in Routine checkes Notices/House and JSL Survey day	Assembly
Tuesday	Reading Fluency	Reading Fluency	Reading Fluency	Assembly	Check in Routine checkes Notices/House and JSL Survey day
Wednesday	Wednesday Wellbeing	Wednesday Wellbeing	Assembly	Wednesday Wellbeing	Wednesday Wellbeing
Thursday	Numeracy Ninjas	Assembly	Wednesday Wellbeing	Reading Fluency	Academic Mentoring/Study Skills
Friday	Assembly	Numeracy Ninjas	Numeracy Ninjas	Academic Mentoring/ Study Skills	Academic Mentoring/ Study Skills

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