Term 1 - September to December
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Topic
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Content
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Assessment/HEAT task
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The formal elements
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Students will learn about Line, Tone, Texture and Pattern. They will experience a wide range of media, including drawing, painting, mixed media and clay. They will learn techniques such as shading, blending, colour mixing, carving and applied decoration. They will study artists such as Rachel Wilson and Pablo Picasso.
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Every 6 hours (fortnightly). Students receive a grade A-F and effort rating. Extended writing homework (HEAT tasks) following the theme of the project.
Mini mocks every six weeks.
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Term 2 - January to March
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Topic
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Content
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Assessment/HEAT task
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Portraiture
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This project allows the students to learn about the proportions of the face, human figure and identity. They will study a range of contextual references including Julian Opie and Michael Craig Martin, discovering how other artists portray the human figure and how objects have different values and can be representational of us as people.
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Every 6 hours (fortnightly). Students receive a grade A-F and effort rating. Extended writing homework (HEAT tasks) following the theme of the project.
Mini mocks every six weeks.
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Term 3 - April to July
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Topic
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Content
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Assessment/HEAT task
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Magpie
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This project is all about collage. The students will learn the various collage techniques such as assemblage, digital and Photomontage. They will study artists such as Richard Hamilton, David Hockney and Joseph Cornell.
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Every 6 hours (fortnightly). Students receive a grade A-F and effort rating. Extended writing homework (HEAT tasks) following the theme of the project.
Mini mocks every six weeks.
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Resources/equipment: Pen, pencil, ruler, pencil colours, rubber, sharpener.
www.showmyhomework.co.uk
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Enrichment: Art club every Wednesday, 3.10 - 4.10pm. All Welcome! Different activity every week.
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Gifted and Talented:
Extension activities offer depth of learning. These encourage the student to work with either more complex tasks (i.e. which combine or apply learning objectives in less familiar contexts) or provide them with a greater degree of complexity or abstraction.
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Parents/carers can help their child by encouraging students to learn the meanings of keywords for each topic and ensuring that home learning is completed on time.
Staff: Mrs S. Campbell
scampbell@heyshamhigh.co.uk
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Computing/ICT 
Year 7 curriculum aims: The Year 7 Computing curriculum aims to give students a balance of experience across the three strands of Computer Science, Information Technology and Digital Literacy. Students will be developing their skills in terms of problem solving and computational thinking. They will understand and be able to apply fundamental computing concepts such as variables, conditionals, algorithms and logic (Units 7d and 7e); they will be able to analyse and solve problems by applying these concepts. They will be able to evaluate and apply information technology analytically to solve problems (7c, 7b and 7f). Students will also learn how to stay safe online and use hardware/software responsibly (7a).
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Term 1 - September to December
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Topic
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Content
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Assessment/HEAT task
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7a – e-Safety Project and network
induction
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Using the school network and file management.
Staying safe on the Internet – Identify possible threats/dangers and discuss appropriate ways of staying safe.
Use appropriate software to produce a leaflet/presentation/animation to inform and advise other students how to stay safe online.
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Baseline assessment
Create an animation on an aspect of e-Safety.
Complete online assessment on Moodle.
Mini mocks every six weeks.
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7b - Spreadsheets and Modelling
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Battleships game to introduce cell references. Making use of spreadsheet functions.
Formatting cell values. Creating graphs from data.
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Practical modelling task mini project/assessment.
Mini mocks every six weeks.
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Term 2 - January to March
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Topic
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Content
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Assessment/HEAT task
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c - Computer hardware
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What’s inside a computer? Input and output devices/peripherals. How does a computer processor work? Types of computer memory. Embedded systems. Basic networking. What is cloud computing?
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Building the best PC task.
Online assessment on Moodle.
Mini mocks every six weeks.
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7d - Control Systems
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Investigating algorithms. Using flowcharts to represent an algorithm. Investigating the use of inputs/outputs
Controlling an appropriate model (eg. traffic light system) using an algorithm.
Using procedures/subroutines
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Create a suitable flowchart to control the operation of a mimic (model).
Mini mocks every six weeks.
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Term 3 - April to July
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Topic
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Content
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Assessment/HEAT task
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7e - Visual programming using
Scratch/BYOB
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Using the built-in editing tools to design a character/background. Using variables.
Using loops and conditionals to control the flow of a program. Developing custom blocks using BYOB (Build Your Own Blocks). This is a further development of the Scratch programming environment.
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Create a game using the online Scratch editor that includes some elements of looping, conditional statements and variables.
Mini mocks every six weeks
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7f – Website Development
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Investigating the WWW. Design a web page for a specified audience/purpose.
Investigating HTML and CSS – What is a stylesheet and how/why is it used?
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Peer Review task using Moodle workshop
Mini mocks every six weeks.
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Resources/equipment: all resources will be available on Moodle from September 2015. Mindstorms robots for use with the Control unit.
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Enrichment: Attend KS3 programming club. Access resources on Moodle. Make use of coding websites such as Codecademy and the Scratch online editor.
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Gifted and Talented: extension activities available on Moodle to stretch and challenge higher ability students. These activities will aim to develop their skills in computational thinking and programming.
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Parents/carers can help their child by encouraging their child to work through some of the many resources available that are designed to teach students programming and computational thinking skills. Scratch is available for free online and is an excellent resource for developing skills within programming.
| Staff: Mr. K. Moore
kmoore@heyshamhigh.co.uk
Design and Technology
Year 7 curriculum aims: students will be given an introduction into the various aspects of Design and Technology at Heysham High School. This first year will be given over to learning basic skills in all DT subject areas. At the beginning of the year students will sit a baseline test allowing us to identify areas of need and ability across the year group.
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Term 1 - September to December
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Topic
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Content
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Assessment/HEAT task
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Textiles
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Students will learn basic hand sewing skills to produce a fabric storage pot. They will print their own fabric using dye sublimation technology. When hand sewing skills are mastered students will learn how to use the sewing machine to create their fully lined storage pot. All work is supported with a written and drawn portfolio.
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Gold book tasks are set half termly to show students’ progression in the subject.
Extended writing homework (HEAT tasks) include redesigning school uniform.
Mini mocks every six weeks.
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Term 2 - January to March
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Topic
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Content
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Assessment/HEAT task
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Food Studies
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Students are introduced to the food room, looking at safety and hygiene. Basic skills are taught, starting with how to use the knives safely. Recipes are then taught to develop and demonstrate these skills. Students then learn how to use the hob, grill and oven safely whilst applying these skills following a recipe. Washing up and clearing away are also useful skills that are taught during this time.
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A year 7 food written exam will be completed. HEAT tasks include such things as restaurant reviews and are set as per timetable to allow students to complete extended writing.
Mini mocks every six weeks.
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Term 3 - April to July
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Topic
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Content
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Assessment/HEAT task
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CAD/CAM
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CAD/CAM will introduce students to the CAD package, Techsoft 2d Design; this will enable them to design and make a product. For example, students will produce a wearable badge which they have designed, drawn (on 2d) and assembled themselves. Once students understand the fundamentals of 2d Design they will work independently on 2d design to create their product.
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Gold book tasks are set half termly.
HEAT tasks are based on research about designers and their work. The outcome will be levelled and an OEGSIP grade given.
Mini mocks every six weeks.
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Resources/equipment: Pen, pencil, ruler, pencil colours, rubber, sharpener.
www.showmyhomework.co.uk
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Enrichment: A Textiles and Engineering Scholars group takes place every Tuesday and Friday at 8am; students need to apply in writing to be a part of the programme.
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Gifted and Talented
Extension activities offer depth of learning. These encourage the student to work with either more complex tasks (i.e. which combine or apply learning objectives in less familiar contexts) or provide them with a greater degree of complexity or abstraction.
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Parents/carers can help their child by encouraging students to learn the meanings of keywords for each topic and ensuring that home learning is completed on time.
Staff: Mrs S Williams, Head of Design - swilliams@heyshamhigh.co.uk
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