Year 7

Drawing – Elements of art 

Abstract art – sculptural form 

Day of the Dead – Embossed metal sugar skull 

Assemblage – Wall hanging 

Cultural masks – design and relief sculpture 

Internet Safety:Students will learn how to collect and use digital images using appropriate software. They will explore responsible online behaviour, understanding what is right and wrong when using technology and online services. Students will explore responsible online behaviour, create strong passwords, recognise online risks, and develop good digital habits for school and everyday life.

Algorithmic thinking: Students will develop problem-solving skills by learning how to design and analyse algorithms. They will explore how algorithms are sequences of steps used to complete tasks and how they differ from computer programs. This unit encourages logical thinking, creativity, and perseverance—foundational skills for future computing and cybersecurity learning.

Small basic programming: Students will understand how to control movement using commands and explore key computational thinking concepts such as sequencing, repetition, and user input. Students will create simple programs safely and responsibly, gaining confidence in coding and seeing how programming connects to real-world technology and future careers.

Product Design/Engineering – Gadget Stand 

Students will be introduced to the basics of product design and making with an end product of a gadget stand. Students will work with a range of marking our and practical equipment to produce an end outcome. They will learn about design styles, types of wood and environmental issues in product design.

Food – Sustainable Snacks 

Students are introduced to the basics of food technology in view of making a final dish of a breakfast quesadilla, students will work with a range of equipment and oven features as they earn about food miles, nutrition and hygiene.

Textiles – Pencil case 

Students are introduced to the basics of textiles in view of making an end product of a pencil case, students will work with a range of marking out and practical equipment to produce and end outcome, they will learn about different types of fibres and Fairtrade issues.

Telling the story: Students will understand how a story is constructed as they learn about stock characters, form and structure of stories over time: Iliad to Dahl.
Creatively Coraline: Students will learn to recognise story conventions as they examine how a ‘modern classic’ exemplifies the techniques they’ve learnt and apply them to their own ‘quest tale’.

Shakespeare – to laugh or cry? Students will learn to recognise the conventions of three types of Shakespearean plays (history, tragedy and comedy) as they develop their knowledge of the plot of several of his plays.
The Merchant of Venice: Students will develop a deeper understanding of Shakespeare as they study this text to deepen their knowledge of the plot and characters and their relationships.

Sonnets: Students will learn about the origins of the sonnet form and learn to recognise, analyse and explain the form: Petrarch to the Romantics.
Oracy – could my voice change the world? Students will read a range of speeches and analyse their use of rhetoric, and deliver their own speech using these skills.

Geographical skills: Students will learn basic map skills so they can confidently read an Atlas Map and describe locations.
Walls: Students will begin to develop their awareness of the wider world as they focus on tensions around existing borders so they can begin to formulate comparisons between countries.
Rivers: Students will look at the processes and landforms within a river system, how they’re formed and the causes and impacts of flooding.

Ice on the land: Students will learn about the changes in global ice coverage and the physical processes within a glacier that result in distinctive glacial landforms such as a corrie and glacial trough.
Coasts: Students will gain an introduction to the landforms at a coastal landscape and be able to explain how processes of erosion create these. They will also look at how engineering can be used to protect coastlines.
Life in Antarctica: Students will learn about the climate and the cause of the climate in Antarctica, receive an introduction to the concept of biodiversity and how humans threaten the environment.

Life in a hot desert: Students will understand the climate in a hot desert and continue to learn about biodiversity and how humans threaten the environment.
Fieldwork: Students will learn how to carry out fieldwork and collect primary and secondary data and create graphs and tables to present their data.

How did the Normans take control of England? Students will be able to explain the causes and consequences of invasions in England in the 10th and 11th century, including why William the Conqueror was able to win the Battle of Hastings
How did the Normans keep control of England? Students will understand how the Normans made changes to England in order to keep their power after the Norman conquest

How disastrously was the Black Death for the Medieval World? Students will be able to explain the causes and consequences of the Black Death and understand how Medieval beliefs about illness limited their response to the disease
How did the world change with the Age of Exploration? Students will understand how exploration benefited Europe but had a negative impact on indigenous populations

Was Elizabethan England a ‘golden age’? Students will be able to explain how the Elizabethan age can be seen as golden age for different groups of people

All about me: Learning and using key sounds and letters of the German alphabet, as well as numbers and days of the week. Learning to talk about the characteristics of yourself and others.
Family and pets: This scheme allows pupils to explore talking about their family and pets.

Freetime: Students will learn to conjugate present tense verbs and express opinions about a range of free time activities.
School: Students learn key vocabulary around the topic of school and give opinions about subjects.

Retrieval/Cultural Capital: Students will complete a variety of comprehension, listening vocabulary and writing activities to reinforce their learning, while completing a mini topic about German speaking regions.

Living in the wider world: Careers – Beckfoot transition, careers in English, Maths, Science, Creative Arts, Humanities , PE and Languages.
Health and wellbeing: Physical Health – Topics covered: Water, cancer, blood donation, tooth decay, drugs, personal hygiene, and common injuries.

Health and wellbeing: Mental health – Defining mental health, change, diet and exercise, internal and external factors affecting self esteem and confidence, online safety, followed by an end of term assessment on mental health and wellbeing.
Relationships – Marriage, strong emotions, family and future relationships, defining sexism and parents.

Relationships – Empathy, defining peer pressure, laws on consent, defining respect, types of bulling, digital citizenship, rights and responsibilities – followed by an end of term assessment on relationships.
Living in the wider world: Beckfoot Britain and beyond – Year 8 transition and individual liberty.

Number – written methods, use of a calculator, types of numbers, faction arithmetic and FDP equivalence
Algebra – sequences and simplifying and solving
Geometry and measures – area perimeter
Statistics – MMMR, averages
Ratio, proportion and rates of change – ratio

Number – percentages, multiples, factors, primes and decimals
Ratio, proportion and rates of change – scales
Geometry and measures – area and circumference of a circle, geometry and surface area
Algebra – equation, coordinates, straight line graphs

Geometry and measure – volume, angles
Ratio, proportion and rates of change – ratio
Statistics – graphs and charts

Superheroes: Students will be introduced to key physical skills to develop and perform their own superhero character as they devise a scene using techniques such as role on the wall, improvised role play, slow motion movement and dialogue.
Physical theatre: Students will be introduced to the key stagecraft skills to be able to perform a piece of physical theatre using techniques like mime, body-asprop and choral movement to tell the story of the Trojan Horse.

Bollywood: Students are introduced to the key dance performance skills to learn and perform a Bollywood routine – they will choreograph their own group dance using Bollywood dance movements and devices such as formations, levels, direction, cannon and unison.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Students will be introduced to key vocal skills through performing the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory script, they will explore the script using techniques like roleplay, tableaux, thought-tracking, hot-seating and cross cutting. Students will take part in a final performance incorporating all the skills learnt in Year 7.

Elements of music: Students will learn the fundamental building blocks of music through DR SMITH (Dynamics, Rhythm, Structure, Melody, Instrumentation, Texture and Harmony)

Gamelan: Students will be introduced to world music, focusing on rhythm, pitch and ensemble performance using a simple five-note scale

Chords: Students will learn basic harmony, playing C, F and G major chords and using block, broken and “oom-pah-pah” techniques, as they learn to play a melody for a popular piece of music

Riffs: Students will explore repeated musical patterns, playing rhythmically complex riffs and composing their own

Caribbean Music: This unit will focus on syncopation and offbeat rhythms, incorporating melody, chords and baselines, bringing together all the skills they’ve developed over the year.

All about me: Learning and using key sounds and letters of the French alphabet, as well as numbers and days of the week. Learning to talk about the characteristics of yourself and others.
School/Mon collège: Learning to describe what we learn at school, express opinions, apply adjectives and talk about our timetable. Talk about what we eat at lunch and compare French and English food.

Free time activities: Discussing usage and opinion of different technologies. Learning sports vocabulary and giving your opinion on what you like to do in your free time, using the verbs jouer and faire.
Where I live: Saying what is in your town and giving your opinion about where you live. Learning how to give directions and how to address different people using tu and vous.

Retrieval/Holidays: Students will complete comprehension, listening and writing activities to reinforce their learning whilst completing a mini topic about French peoples holidays and habits.

Learners will develop teamwork, orienteering and problem-solving skills. They will develop core skills and tactical awareness in a range of isolated practices and conditioned games, while developing knowledge of basic rules and leadership skills in: Basketball, rugby, badminton, football and netball.

Learners will develop core skills on the floor and low level apparatus, while developing knowledge of choreographic devices and leadership skills in gymnastics.

Learners will develop core skills and tactical awareness in a range of isolated practices and conditioned games, while developing knowledge of basic rules and leadership skills in basketball, rugby, badminton, football and netball.

Learners will develop core skills on the floor and low level apparatus, while developing knowledge of choreographic devices and leadership skills in gymnastics.

Athletics: Development of core skills and basic technical and tactical knowledge of events.

Sacred Six: Students will encounter the big six religions to develop religious literacy and learn about these religions in chronological order

Judaism: Students will understand Jewish beliefs and practices and know that the covenant influences all parts of life, such as Jewish identity, clothing and festivals

Christianity: Students will know that the Trinity is the core Christian belief and the characteristics of each person in the Trinity and apply this knowledge to parables

Islam: Students will know key Muslim beliefs and practices and learn about the Sunni/Shia split, how Muslims are portrayed in the media and the difference between personal faith and institutional

What is wisdom? Students will learn about Ancient Greek Philosophy from Plato on wisdom

Chemistry: Particle model and atoms, elements and compounds
Biology: Cells
Physics: Energy

Chemistry: Pure and impure substances
Biology: Skeleton and organisation
Physics: Forces and speed

Chemistry: Chemical reactions and energy changes
Biology: Digestion
Physics: Pressure in fluids