Term 2 Topic Overview Plans
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 9 Science Support Materials for Test
9Id – Power and energy/Going green
Updates to Topic Plans
Yr 7 English:
Children will be given the opportunity to investigate and explore a wide range of fiction and non-fiction texts across the year.
Following some work to celebrate Poetry Month, in the second half term we will be studying:
Ÿ A short film and visual literacy
ŸNon-fiction texts with a focus on media and advertising.
They will also develop their writing skills in different forms and for a range of purposes.
Children will have a library lesson each week during which they will be encouraged to read independently and for pleasure.
Children will be taught a range of spelling rules, punctuation and grammar through a weekly focus and as they emerge in the programmes of study. Home learning activities will consolidate this learning.
Please encourage your child to read on a daily basis and remember to sign their communication diary.
Yr 8 English:
Children will be given the opportunity to investigate and explore a wide range of fiction and non-fiction texts across the year.
Following some work to celebrate Poetry Month, in the second half of term 1 we will be studying:
· Media and moving image, including image analysis, aspects of mise-en-scène, camera angles, sound, genre and fiction translated into film.
They will also develop their writing skills in different forms and for a range of purposes.
Children will have a library lesson each week during which they will be encouraged to read independently and for pleasure.
Children will be taught a range of spelling rules, punctuation and grammar through a weekly focus and as they emerge in the programmes of study. Home learning activities will consolidate this learning.
Please encourage your child to read on a daily basis and remember to sign their communication diary.
Yr 9 English:
Children will be given the opportunity to investigate and explore a wide range of fiction and non-fiction texts across the year.
Following some work to celebrate Poetry Month, in the second half of term 1 we will be studying:
· Short stories, which will lead to an assessed piece of creative writing.
They will also develop their writing skills in different forms and for a range of purposes.
Children will have a library lesson each week during which they will be encouraged to read independently and for pleasure.
Children will be taught a range of spelling rules, punctuation and grammar through a weekly focus and as they emerge in the programmes of study. Home learning activities will consolidate this learning.
Please encourage your child to read on a daily basis and remember to sign their communication diary.
Yr 7 Drama
Pupils will be developing their knowledge of a range of drama techniques and strategies through the scenario of a circus.
Yr 8 Drama
Pupils will be developing their knowledge of a range of drama techniques and strategies through the theme of peer pressure.
Yr 9 Drama
Pupils will be developing their knowledge of a range of drama techniques and strategies which will culminate in a performance which will be planned and rehearsed in groups.
Spanish (all year groups):
School timetable and telling time
French
Year 7:
Description of family and pets
Description of people (physical and personality)
Year 8:
Weather Forecast
Introduction of past tense
Year 9:
Talking about the future
Making predictions
Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
power | The number of joules of energy an appliance transfers every second. | |
power rating | The label on an appliance that tells us how much energy it transfers. | |
watts (W) | The unit for measuring power. One watt is one joule per second. |
Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
atomic energy | Another name for nuclear energy. | |
cell | sell | A source of electricity with a low 'energy' (low voltage). Cells push electrons round a circuit. |
chemical energy | The kind of energy stored in chemicals. Food, fuel and cells (batteries) all store chemical energy. | |
efficiency | e-fish-en-see | A way of saying how much energy something wastes. |
elastic potential energy | Another name for strain energy. | |
energy resources | Stores of energy that we need for heating, transport and to keep our bodies working. | |
fossil fuels | Coal, oil and natural gas – all fuels that were formed from the remains of dead plants and animals. | |
generate | Make electricity by turning a magnet inside coils of wire. | |
global warming | A theory that says that the Earth is getting hotter because of the activities of humans. It may be caused by too much carbon dioxide in the air. | |
gravitational potential energy | grav-it-ay-shon-al pO-ten-shall | The kind of energy stored by anything that can fall down. |
infrared radiation | Another name for heat energy that is transferred by radiation. It can travel through transparent things and a vacuum (empty space). | |
kinetic energy | The kind of energy stored in moving things. | |
law of conservation of energy | The idea that energy can never be created or destroyed, only changed from one form of energy to another. | |
mains electricity | Current at 230 V provided to houses, shops, etc. | |
natural gas | Fossil fuel formed from the remains of dead plants and animals that lived in the sea. | |
nuclear energy | Energy stored inside atoms. | |
potential energy | pO-ten-shall | The scientific word for ‘stored’ energy. |
Sankey diagram | A diagram that represents energy transfers by arrows. The width of each arrow depends on the amount of energy it represents. | |
strain energy | The kind of energy stored in stretched or squashed things which can change back to their original shapes. | |
thermal energy | The hotter something is the more thermal energy it has. | |
transfer | When energy is changed from one form into another or from one place to another we say it is transferred. | |
useful energy | Energy that is transferred in the way we need. | |
wasted energy | Energy that is not useful. |
Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
biofuel | A fuel made from plants or from animal droppings. | |
generator | Large coil of wire with a magnet inside. When the magnet is turned, electricity is produced in the coil of wire. | |
hydroelectricity | Electricity made when falling water (usually from a reservoir) turns turbines and generators. | |
National Grid | System of overhead and underground cables that carry electricity around the country. | |
pumped storage | A kind of power station where spare electricity is used to pump water to a high reservoir. This water can be allowed to fall again, to a hydroelectric power station, when electricity is needed. | |
renewable resource | An energy resource that will never run out (e.g. solar power). | |
turbine | A machine that is turned by a moving liquid or gas. Turbines are used to turn generators in power stations. |
9Ic – Voltage and energy
Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
ammeter | A piece of equipment that measures how much electricity is flowing around a circuit. | |
amp (A) | The unit for measuring current. | |
component | com-po-nent | Something in a circuit, like a bulb, switch or motor. |
electric current | The flow of electrons around a circuit. | |
electrons | Tiny particles that flow around a circuit. | |
in parallel | One component is in parallel with another when the current divides, a part going through each component, and then joins up to complete the circuit. | |
in series | Components are in series when all the current goes through all of them, one after the other. | |
power pack | A source of electricity with a low voltage. | |
resistor | A component that makes it more difficult for current to flow – resistors are used to control the size of the current in a circuit. | |
voltage | A way of saying how much energy is transferred by electricity. | |
voltmeter | A component that measures voltage. | |
volts (V) | The unit for voltage. |
