In year 7 students will begin their journey through the Key Stage 3 National Curriculum for science.
Curriculum Allocation
Science is taught for a total of four 100 minute lessons per fortnight. Over the course of the year the lessons will be equally distributed between Biology, Chemistry and Physics lessons.
Y7 Curriculum Period 1:
Content covered in this period
- Cells
- Particles
- Forces
Assessment
Students will sit an exam of 50 minutes in the first assessment window.
Students will also be regularly assessed through "mastery quizzes" at the end of each unit to help inform both staff and students of their areas of strength and weakness. This can be used by staff to inform lesson content and by students to prepare best for their assessments.
Y7 Curriculum Period 2:
Content covered in this period
- Reproduction
- Atoms, Elements and Compounds
- Space
- Interdependence
Assessment
Students will sit an exam of 50 minutes in the second assessment window.
The CP2 Assessment will focus on these topics:
- Forces
- Reproduction
- Atoms, elements and compounds
and these topics from CP1:
- Cells
- Particles
Students will also be regularly assessed through "mastery quizzes" at the end of each unit to help inform both staff and students of their areas of strength and weakness. This can be used by staff to inform lesson content and by students to prepare best for their assessments.
Y7 Curriculum Period 3:
Content covered in this period
- Mixtures
- Energy
- Circuits
- Home electricity
Assessment
Students will sit two exams of 50 minutes each. 60% of the marks will be based on the most recent topics and the remaining 40% on other topics covered earlier in the year.
Students will also be regularly assessed through "mastery quizzes" at the end of each unit to help inform both staff and students of their areas of strength and weakness. This can be used by staff to inform lesson content and by students to prepare best for their assessments.
Revision resources
Students can use their access to sparxscience to revise topics freely, in addition to their regular homework. Choose "Independent Learning" from the left hand side and navigate to the appropriate topics as listed above.
Students can access Seneca revision at www.senecalearning.com. Students should login using their office 365 account which uses their Endon High School email and password.
In Firefly, students can access all lessons for each unit, along with Knowledge Organisers, Glossaries and Schemes of Learning.
Subject advice and guidance
If you need any further guidance then please contact your child’s teacher via email:
jamie.taylor@endon.set.org - DTL
emma.ward@endon.set.org - aDTL
david.mottram@endon.set.org
katie.forester@endon.set.org
nicky.tapley@endon.set.org
eve.brannan@endon.set.org
kieran.jones@endon.set.org