Geography 
Year 7 curriculum aims: Students will be experiencing Geography as an explicit subject for the first time and so the aim of the Year 7 curriculum is to introduce students to an understanding of what Geography is, the range of topics encompassed and to establish some basic geographical skills. All year 7 students are taught to confidently use and interpret maps at a variety of scales, from world and continent maps in atlases, to large scale Ordnance Survey maps. They develop their descriptive and analytical skills through a variety of interesting and relevant topics.
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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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OS Map Skills
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Students will first develop an understanding of what Geography is as a subject, and be able to differentiate between human, physical and environmental Geography.
The focus will then move to types of maps and some basic OS map skills including direction, distance, map symbols and grid references.
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To create a treasure island map incorporating all of the map features developed.
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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Global Map and Atlas Skills
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Students will develop a further understanding of the globe, being able to differentiate between a capital, a country and a continent and being able to label all continents, oceans and several countries on a world map.
There will be a focus on using an atlas to find out information including recognition of the different types of political, relief and thematic maps found.
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Students to undertake an independent research task of a country of their choice and produce an appropriate profile presentation.
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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Rivers and Flooding
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Looking at national and regional recent events, students will study the physical processes which take place in a river basin and using this knowledge will develop an understanding of how flooding events occur and can be exaggerated by human activity.
A case study of Boscastle in Cornwall and flooding in Bangladesh will be delivered.
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Research a recent river flood event and present as a newspaper or magazine article.
Mini mocks every six weeks.
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Resources/equipment: Pen, pencil, ruler, calculator
Show my homework. Help resources library
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Enrichment: A walk along the promenade in Morecambe looking at coastal flooding and sea defences is incorporated into the curriculum in the summer term.
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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 Spooner, Head of Geography espooner@heyshamhigh.co.uk
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History
Year 7 curriculum aims: to allow the students the opportunities to expand on previous learning at primary school but also engage them with the past whilst developing key historical skills. The aim of the staff is to give students a better insight into the history of Britain as well as opening their minds to how Britain has been affected by other countries and cultures.
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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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The Norman conquest of England
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Students will look at the original problems that arose in 1066 in regards to the succession in England and the possible candidates to the throne.
The students will follow a chronological timeline that covers a number of important events and terms in History, including: The Battle of Hastings, Feudalism, The Domesday Book and the developments of castles.
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How could 10,000 Normans conquer and maintain power in England after 1066? (Knowledge based)
HEAT Task- A project on castles developing from Motte and Bailey to stone walled castles.
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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Medieval life
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Students will consider the day to day lives of people who lived in the medieval period.
They will look at entertainment, diet, health and hygiene.
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HEAT Task- How far was lack of cleanliness the most important reason people died young in the medieval period?
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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Medieval problems
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The Black Death and the Peasants’ Revolt.
Students will be expected to develop their synopsis of medieval history and link how the Black Death led to the Peasants’ Revolt.
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HEAT Task- Explain why the Black Death wasn’t just a negative event in history.
Mini mocks every six weeks.
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Staff: Mr. K. Doyle and Mrs S. McVernon
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Resources/equipment: One year old textbooks that cover the period across all the year 7 topics. www.schoolhistory.co.uk www.spartacuseducational.co.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/ks3history
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Enrichment: Students will be given the opportunity to visit Lancaster castle to cover the strategic importance of castles.
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Gifted and Talented:
Students will be given several opportunities to extend their writing skills.
The students will be able to complete extension tasks in homework and class activities with access to IT rooms and a set of class laptops.
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Parents/carers can help their child by
encouraging further reading into each topic. There are several excellent KS3 books that are relevant to the above topics.
As well as encouraging reading, parents/carers should focus on improving homework through research.
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MFL: French
Year 7 curriculum aims: To develop a sound grammatical awareness of the French language and to gain confidence in the four language skills; reading, writing, speaking and listening.
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Term 1 - September to December
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Topic 1
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Content
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Assessment/HEAT task
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Grammar bridging unit (from year 6 to year 7) and talking about me
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This is a grammar based content scheme of work:
. Phonics . Question words
. Alphabet . Modals
. All pronouns
. The present tense
. Giving opinions and justifications
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Heat task: writing a paragraph about myself.
Listening, reading, speaking and writing assessment on the bridging unit.
Mini mocks every six weeks.
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Term 2 - January to March
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Topic 2
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Content
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Assessment/HEAT task
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Talking about my school and my hobbies
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This is a grammar based content scheme of work:
. Asking questions . Aimer + the infinitive
. Giving opinions and reasons
. Numbers and the time
. The partitive article
. Irregular present tense
. Regular past tenses
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Heat task: writing a paragraph about my ideal school and about my favourite hobbies.
Listening, reading, speaking and writing assessment on the topics School and Leisure.
Mini mocks every six weeks.
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Term 3 - April to July
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Topic 3
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Content
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Assessment/HEAT task
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Talking about where I live and my holidays
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This is a grammar based content scheme of work:
. Understanding the difference between tu and vous.
. Using the preposition à
. On peut + the infinitive . Using the near future
. Reflexive verbs . Using the conditional
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Heat task: writing a paragraph about where I live and where I am going on holiday.
Listening, reading, speaking and writing assessment on the topics Where I Live and Holidays.
Mini mocks every six weeks.
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Resources/equipment:
Studio book and software
Languagesonline.org.uk
Moodle, Show my homework
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Enrichment: French penpals, Skype. Trip to Normandy. Link with Uni of Cumbria.
Lunchtime and after-school homework clubs.
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Gifted and Talented: Extension activities. Reading of semi-authentic and authentic materials (poems, songs, magazine articles).
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Parents/carers can help their child by helping and testing their child on the vocabulary taught in lessons.
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Staff: I Mauboussin, Head of MFL
E. Shirley, Head of German
C. Wells, Teacher of French and Spanish
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