curriculum

Humanities

History

how many lessonS?

  • Year 7 and 8 – 3 lessons per fortnight
  • Year 9 – 2 lessons per fortnight

what topics will i learn?

  • Year 7 –Oitzi the Ice Man, Timeline challenge, Impact of the Normans on Wales. Owain Glyndwr and the Welsh Princes
  • Year 8 – Henry VII and the Tudors, The Spanish Armada, The British Empire and its impact on Wales. Industrial Wales
  • Year 9 – The Causes of WW1 and the experience of war. The impact of WW1 on Wales and the role of women. The Holocaust. The Atomic Bomb 

what skills will i need?

You will use a range of skills in all the humanities subjects. There will be a focus with each topic on Literacy Skills with an extended piece of writing being produced. Map skills and Numeracy will feature, particularly in Geography. 

what equipment will i need?

You will need to bring basic equipment to lessons. Highlighters and Coloured pencils are also useful during humanities lessons.

 

 

 

 

 

 For any further information, please contact Mr C Moller

 

geography

how many lessons?

  • Year 7 and 8 – 3 lessons per fortnight
  • Year 9 – 2 lessons per fortnight

what topics will i learn?

  • Year 7 – Where in the World, My Stuff, Brazil, Our Environment
  • Year 8 – Weather and Climate, Factfulness, Sustainable Cities, Rivers, 
  • Year 9 – Threatening environments, Earthquakes and Volcanoes, Sporting Events

what skills will i need?

You will use a range of skills in all the humanities subjects. There will be a focus with each topic on Literacy Skills with an extended piece of writing being produced. Map skills and Numeracy will feature, particularly in Geography. 

what equipment will i need?

You will need to bring basic equipment to lessons. Highlighters and Coloured pencils are also useful during humanities lessons.

Homework

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Year 7, Year 8, Year 9

 

 For any further information, please contact Mr C Moller

 

RELIGIOUS STUDIES

HOW MANY LESSONS?

  • Year 7 and 8 – 3 lessons per fortnight
  • Year 9 – 2 lessons per fortnight

WHAT TOPICS WILL I LEARN?

 

  • Year 7 – Religion around the World, After life
  • Year 8 – Is it Fair?, Islam
  • Year 9 – Equality and Diversity or Issues of life and Death, Humanities – Crime

WHAT SKILLS WILL I NEED?

You will use a range of skills in all the humanities subjects. There will be a focus with each topic on Literacy Skills with an extended piece of writing being produced. Map skills and Numeracy will feature, particularly in Geography.

WHAT EQUIPMENT WILL I NEED?

 

You will need to bring basic equipment to lessons. Highlighters and Coloured pencils are also useful during humanities lessons.

 

 

 

For any further information, please contact Mr C Moller

 

 

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