Key Stage 3

 

This academic year we have introduced a new textbook for year 7. Catalyst is a new scheme which follows closely the QCA guidelines for KS3 Science. This scheme will be rolled through to years 8 and 9 in subsequent years.

Year 7

By holding down the shift key and clicking on a unit of work, you will be redirected to the DfES Standards website where the unit’s contents can be downloaded.

• Unit 7A. Cells

• Unit 7B. Reproduction

• Unit 7C. Environment and feeding relationships

• Unit 7D. Variation and classification

• Unit 7E. Acids and alkalis

• Unit 7F. Simple chemical reactions

• Unit 7G. Particle model of solids, liquids and gases

• Unit 7H. Solutions

• Unit 7I. Energy resources

• Unit 7J. Electrical circuits

• Unit 7K. Forces and their effects

• Unit 7L. The solar system and beyond

 

 

 

Year 8

Currently year 8 follow the Spotlight Science scheme. The Scheme of Work has been written in-house and is particular to the needs of our students.

Starting in September 2006, year 8 will be following the Catalyst Scheme of Work. By holding down the shift key and clicking on a unit of work, you will be redirected to the DfES Standards website where the unit’s contents can be downloaded.

• Unit 8A: Food and digestion

• Unit 8B: Respiration

• Unit 8C: Microbes and disease

• Unit 8D: Ecological relationships

• Unit 8E: Atoms and elements

• Unit 8F: Compounds and mixtures

• Unit 8G: Rocks and weathering

• Unit 8H: The rock cycle

• Unit 8I: Heating and cooling

• Unit 8J: Magnets and electromagnets

• Unit 8K: Light

• Unit 8L: Sound and hearing

 

 

Year 9

 

Year 9 currently use the Spotlight Science scheme. The scheme of work being followed is an amalgamation of the published SoW and our own in-house produced scheme.