Year 10

Welcome to Year 10

Starting Key Stage 4

All students in Year 10 will have access to an ambitious curriculum to support their aspirations in life, as well as a variety of enrichment opportunities to help build their confidence, skills and self esteem. Moving from Key Stage 3 to Key Stage 4 is a huge step in students educational journey at Beckfoot, and we expect a lot of our young people. We want them to be successful and take responsibility for their learning and attitude.

Key Stage 4 uniform

In Year 10, students will wear a black sweatshirt and black polo shirt, both with the school logo. Other uniform and appearance expectations will remain the same and can be found here.

Your Team

Our team will be here to support Year 10 students through the first year KS4 and the beginning of their GCSE exams.

Mrs Powell – Head of Year 10
Mr Wheeler – Pastoral Manager
Mrs Wade – Assistant Head/Head of Key Stage 4
Mr Wade – Headteacher
Mrs Denham – Deputy Headteacher and Designated Safeguarding Lead
Mr Barnes – SENDCO

Should you ever have concerns or queries, please contact the school on 01274 771444.

Wider Opportunities

Year 10 Enrichment – We are committed to providing as many enrichment activities as possible for our students.

Trips and enrichment experiences run throughout the year and can range from residential trips, subject-specific trips and reward trips.

Work Experience: In Year 10, students will have the opportunity to source a work experience placement. This will give them the opportunity to engage in a placement interesting to them, and understand the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in a sector of interest to them.

Subject	Cycle 1	Cycle 2	Cycle 3
Art	GCSE Fine Art: Mechanical objects – Michael Lang and Nicola Tilley studies GCSE Graphics: Branding, Comic Con – Artist research and Justin Maller artist study GCSE Photography: Forces – Nature and chemical, applied and movement	GCSE Fine Art: Mechanical objects – Primary photographs and observations with pencil, biro, wash, chalk and oil pastels GCSE Graphics: Branding, Comic Con – Mike Mahle artist study and experimentation and related research/analysis GCSE Photography: Architecture – Research, analysis and trip preparation and artist study of Aaron Yeomen	GCSE Fine Art: Mechanical objects – Scratchboard, observation and stippling development and abstract compositions GCSE Graphics: Branding, Comic Con – Logo research and concept drawings and logo development GCSE Photography: Architecture – Artist study of Helder Santos and experimental drawings and sculpture
Computer Science	Fundamentals of Algorithms: Students will be able to write their own step by step algorithm for a given problem, write in pseudocode and create flowcharts and learn to answer a GCSE exam question. Fundamentals of Programming: Students will be able to solve a variety of computational problems and debug their code, practising GCSE exam questions	Fundamentals of Programming: Continued work. Fundamentals of Data Representation: Students will be able to convert 8-bit binary numbers into denary, as students understand how data can be represented and manipulated digitally in the form of binary digits.	Fundamentals of Computer Systems: Students will develop a good understanding of hardware components and understand simple nooelan logic. Non-exam Assessment: NEA completion
English	Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare: Students will develop a confident overview of the plot, narrative devices, themes and characters in the play. Frankenstein (sets 1&2): Students will develop a confident overview of the plot, narrative devices, themes and characters in the play. A Christmas Carol: Students will develop a confident overview of the plot, narrative devices, themes and characters in the play.	Language paper 2: Students will become familiar with the format of questions 1-5 on the exam paper and understand how to approach them. Romeo and Juliet characters and themes: Students will develop a detailed knowledge about the development of key characters in the play and be confident in answering a character based questions. Language paper 1: Students will become familiar with the format of questions 1-5 on the exam paper and understand how to approach them.	Literature paper 2 – Power and Conflict: Students will understand the content and context of all 15 poems and learn to write basic comparisons of them. Spoken language: Students will research a topic of their choice in detail and deliver a 3-5 minute presentation about it to their class.
Geography	Living world: Tropical Rainforests – Understanding the economic and environmental issues of deforestation and how to manage this. Living world: Cold Environments – How the development of cold environments creates opportunities and challenges and how they’re at risk from economic development.	The challenge of natural hazards: tectonic hazards – understanding the primary and secondary effects of a tectonic hazard, that effects and responses to them vary according to wealth, and that management can reduce the hazard. The challenge of natural hazards: weather hazards: understanding that tropical storms develop because of particular physical conditions, their effects, and the impact of them in the UK. Psychical landscapes in the UK: river landscapes – distinctive fluvial landforms and management strategies for flooding.	Urban issues and challenges: Understanding that urban growth creates opportunities and challenges for cities in LICs and NEEs, how urban changes leads to social, economic and environmental challenges and how urban sustainability requires management of resources and transport. An overview of the UK population and the major UK cities.
GCSE Health and Social Care	R032: Type of care settings, the rights of service users, the benefits to service users’ health and wellbeing when their rights are maintained. R033: Life stages and development and life events and their impacts on individuals.	R032: Person centred values and how they’re applied by service providers, benefits of applying the person-centred values and effects on service users’ health and wellbeing if person-centred values aren’t applied. R033: Sources of support to meet individual needs and work on coursework.	R032: The importance of both verbal and non-verbal communication skills in health care settings, the importance of active listening and the importance of special methods. R033: Submit NEA.
History	Part 1 – American People and the ‘Boom: Students will learn about the reasons America experienced an economic boom in the 1920s and the cultural changes this caused. Part 2 – Bust – Americans’ experiences of the Depression and New Deal: Students will learn about America in the great depression and their recovery. Part 3 – Post war America: Students will learn about American society after WW2, ideological tension after WW2 and racial tension and the civil rights movement.	Part 1 – The Korean War: Students will learn about the causes of the Korean War and follow the events of the war up until 1951. Part 2 – Escalation of tension in Vietnam: Students will learn the background to the Vietnam war and the US early intervention in the war.	Part 3 – The ending of the conflict in Vietnam: Students will learn about how the Vietnam war changed after Nixon became president and opposition to the Vietnam war under Nixon. They will also learn about how peace was achieved. Part1 – Elizabeth’s court and parliament: Students will learn about Elizabeth 1’s early life, how she ran the country and the difficulties she faced as a female ruler.
PSHCE	Living in the world: Careers – Goal setting, preparation for WEX, WEX, rights and responsibilities in work, contracts, financial risk, county lines Health and wellbeing: Physical health – Screen time, link between sleep, diet and exercise, stem cells, eating disorders, alcohol, screening, impact of alcohol and drugs	Health and wellbeing: Mental health – Balance, sleep, responding to setbacks, depression and coping strategies, body image Relationships: Online relationships, relationship breakdowns, pornography, hostile sexism, intimacy and pregnancy	Relationships – Drugs and alcohol, gang crime, law on sexual consent, stereotyping, sexual bullying, online vs physical work Living in the wider world: Beckfoot, Britain and beyond – GCSE final year, democracy, power of the government, SMSC in Britain and beyond, the UK’s relationship with the rest of the world
Business	Student will learn about the difference between a good and a service and explore the concepts of risk and reward. Students will learn to identify the different types of customer need – price, quality, convenience and choice. Introduction to SWOT analysis and market mapping, introduction to primary and secondary research.	Students will learn about setting appropriate aims and learn to be confident in the calculation of costs, revenue and profit. Students will learn about breakeven, cash flow, profits and interests, and how all are useful in their business plans. Students will understand liability and how it can affect a business owner, and the pros and cons of operating a business under each type of ownership. Students will look at the four elements of the marketing mix – produce, price, promotion and place	Students will be able to recognise who key stakeholders are in a business and their objectives. Understanding how laws can affect businesses (minimum wage, consumer rights etc.) and export and exchange rates. Students will understand the benefits of business growth and how they can grow organically or inorganically. Students will consider how some products will have to be adapted for a global market.
Maths	Foundation Number – fractions and decimals, percentages Geometry and measure – angles, area and perimeter Algebra – working with symbols Higher Number – fraction and decimals Geometry and measure – angles and area, Pythagoras, area and volume, trigonometry Algebra – working with symbols, equations and formulae Ratio, proportion and rates of change – ratio	Foundation Algebra – equations, coordinates and graphs, formulae Geometry and measure – constructions, loci Ratio, proportion and rates of change – similarity Probability Number – indices and standard form Higher Geometry and measure – Properties of polygons, reflection, rotation and translation, properties of circles, enlargement, construction, loci Algebra – real life graphs Ratio, proportion and rates of change – proportion, compound measures	Foundation Geometry and measure – transformations, Pythagoras, measures, properties of polygons Algebra – quadratics, simultaneous equations Ratio, proportion and rates of change – proportion Higher Algebra – quadratic equations, cubic, circular and exponential functions, transforming functions Geometry and measures – vectors, trigonometry, area and volume Ratio, proportion and rates of change – similarity Statistics – scatter graphs
German	Grammar: The main aim is to ensure basics, using high frequency present tense verbs and identifying patterns in the 4 tenses. Free time and activities: Free time activities such as sport, live events, film and TV.	Identify relationships with others: Family, descriptions and relationships with others. Environment, healthy living and festivals: Students will identify environmental problems, how they can stay healthy and festivals and German traditions.	Where people live: Students will talk about their town/village/neighbourhood, discussing what there is to see and do and the weather. They will also describe their ideal town and use prepositions to say where things are. Travel and tourism: Talking about holidays in present, past and future and describing an idea holiday. Destinations, transport, accommodation, weather, activities and opinions.
Music	Building blocks of music: Generic music history as students begin to understand GCSE listening and appraising questions and composition techniques. Forms and devices: Intro to forms found in Baroque, classical and romantic periods as they discover the devices used in those areas to support compositions. They will work on their own melody composition.	Music for ensemble: Students will develop their understanding of sonority and texture through the study of Chamber Music, Musical Theatre, Jazz and the Blues. They will work on their own ternary composition. Film Music: Students will develop their understanding of film music focusing on timbre, tone colour and dynamics as they work on their own composition.	Popular music: Students will develop an understanding of popular music focusing on pop, rock, bhangra and fusion to develop their own piece. They will study how composers combine instrumental and vocal forces, and use recording processes and techniques in their music.
Engineering	Students will develop their knowledge and understanding of engineering materials and processes, and their application in the manufacture of engineered products.	The content of this unit includes basic engineering processes, allowing for a practical approach to be taken in the delivery of the unit. This unit also covers types of engineering materials such as ferrous and non-ferrous metals, alloys, polymers, thermosetting plastics, ceramics, composites, smart materials and new and emerging materials.	Learners will understand properties of engineering materials and learn the theory of hand and machine skills to engineer a product.
French	Grammar: Ensure basics of grammar using high frequency present tense verbs and identifying patterns regarding 4 tenses. Free time and activities: Talking about free time activities – sports, reading, film and TV	Identity and relationships with others: Family, descriptions and relationships with others are covered this half term Environment, healthy living and festivals: Students will identify environmental problems and discuss how they help the planet, they will discuss what they do in order to stay healthy, and focus on festivals related to French traditions and customs	Where people live: Talking about your town, village or neighbourhood, discussing what you see and do and discussing plans and the weather, describe and ideal town Travel and tourism: Talking baout holidays in the past, present and future tense and practicing the conditional tense, destinations, transport, accommodation, weather, activities and opinions
PE	Core: Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Dance and Fitness Vocational: Issues which affect participation in sport, performance of skills and techniques, strengths and weaknesses of performance, methods to improve and measuring improvement. Organisation of a sports activity session and leading of the session	Core: Football, invasion games, netball, rounders Vocational: 6 weeks practical (badminton), session plan and risk assessment, students lead sessions and review leadership and session	Core: Rugby, invasion games, striking fielding – softball, table tennis Vocational: Distinguish between different media sources and how they cover sport, the role of sport in promoting the values, positive relationship between the media and sport
Performing Arts	Acting styles intro: Learners will be introduced to two acting styles as they develop their understanding of the role of the actor and director by examining practitioners work and the processes used to create a performance – Frankenstein extract, Cinderella extract, a Curious Incident of the God in the Night-Time extract, Hairspray extract	Frankenstein: Build on students knowledge of design elements and their knowledge and understanding of the stylistic qualities in Frankenstein, now adding set design Pantomime Project: Students will have the opportunity to rehearse and prepare for a performance working in a production tole, they will have first-hand experience of the production process and performing to a live audience	Hairspray: Builds on students knowledge of design elements from previous half term, now adding costume design, students will develop their understanding of stylistic qualities of musical theatre and the processes needed to create a performance Curious Incident: Builds on knowledge of design elements from Frankenstein, now adding lighting design and their understanding of the stylistic qualities of Curious Incident
RE	Crime and Punishment: Students should study religious teachings and religious teachings and religious, philosophical and ethical arguments, relating to the death penalty, corporal punishment and forgiveness Christian beliefs: Students should study the beliefs, teachings and practices of Christianity specified below and their basis in Christian sources of wisdom and authority	Relationships: Students should study religious teachings and religious, philosophical and ethical arguments relating to homosexuality, sex outside of marriage and contraception Muslim beliefs: Students should study the beliefs, teachings and practices of Islam and their basis in Islamic sources of wisdom and authority	Peace and conflict: Students should study religious teachings and religious, philosophical and ethical arguments relating to weapons of mass destruction, violence and pacifism
Science	Physics – forces (part 2): This unit looks at mathematical relationships for moving objects and how to visualise motion using graphs Biology (triple) – homeostasis and response: How bodies maintain a constant internal environment Biology (trilogy) – infection and response: Why we get ill and how our bodies fight infections with the help of modern medicine	Chemistry – chemical analysis: How chemistry can be used to identify unknown substances and separate mixtures Chemistry – rate of chemical change: Explains the chemistry that controls how quickly a reaction happens using the idea of collision theory Chemistry – using resources: The way humans use resources available to them Chemistry – bonding, structure and properties of matter: Properties of different types of material and the reasons behind those properties	Physics – energy: Introduces a mathematical approach to energy transfers and greater depth to ideas about energy resources Physics – electricity: Basic of electricity and circuits, looking at a wider variety of components that can be used Physics – magnetism: Magnets and electromagnets how they work and what we can use them for

Subject

Cycle 1

Cycle 2

Cycle 3

Art

GCSE Fine Art: Mechanical objects – Michael Lang and Nicola Tilley studies

GCSE Graphics: Branding, Comic Con – Artist research and Justin Maller artist study

GCSE Photography: Forces – Nature and chemical, applied and movement

GCSE Fine Art: Mechanical objects – Primary photographs and observations with pencil, biro, wash, chalk and oil pastels

GCSE Graphics: Branding, Comic Con – Mike Mahle artist study and experimentation and related research/analysis

GCSE Photography: Architecture – Research, analysis and trip preparation and artist study of Aaron Yeomen

GCSE Fine Art: Mechanical objects – Scratchboard, observation and stippling development and abstract compositions

GCSE Graphics: Branding, Comic Con – Logo research and concept drawings and logo development

GCSE Photography: Architecture – Artist study of Helder Santos and experimental drawings and sculpture

Computer Science

Fundamentals of Algorithms: Students will be able to write their own step by step algorithm for a given problem, write in pseudocode and create flowcharts and learn to answer a GCSE exam question.

Fundamentals of Programming: Students will be able to solve a variety of computational problems and debug their code, practising GCSE exam questions

Fundamentals of Programming: Continued work.

Fundamentals of Data Representation: Students will be able to convert 8-bit binary numbers into denary, as students understand how data can be represented and manipulated digitally in the form of binary digits.

Fundamentals of Computer Systems: Students will develop a good understanding of hardware components and understand simple nooelan logic.

Non-exam Assessment: NEA completion

English

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare: Students will develop a confident overview of the plot, narrative devices, themes and characters in the play.

Frankenstein (sets 1&2): Students will develop a confident overview of the plot, narrative devices, themes and characters in the play.

A Christmas Carol: Students will develop a confident overview of the plot, narrative devices, themes and characters in the play.

Language paper 2: Students will become familiar with the format of questions 1-5 on the exam paper and understand how to approach them.

Romeo and Juliet characters and themes: Students will develop a detailed knowledge about the development of key characters in the play and be confident in answering a character based questions.

Language paper 1: Students will become familiar with the format of questions 1-5 on the exam paper and understand how to approach them.

Literature paper 2 – Power and Conflict: Students will understand the content and context of all 15 poems and learn to write basic comparisons of them.

Spoken language: Students will research a topic of their choice in detail and deliver a 3-5 minute presentation about it to their class.

Geography

Living world: Tropical Rainforests – Understanding the economic and environmental issues of deforestation and how to manage this.

Living world: Cold Environments – How the development of cold environments creates opportunities and challenges and how they’re at risk from economic development.

The challenge of natural hazards: tectonic hazards – understanding the primary and secondary effects of a tectonic hazard, that effects and responses to them vary according to wealth, and that management can reduce the hazard.

The challenge of natural hazards: weather hazards: understanding that tropical storms develop because of particular physical conditions, their effects, and the impact of them in the UK.

Psychical landscapes in the UK: river landscapes – distinctive fluvial landforms and management strategies for flooding.

Urban issues and challenges: Understanding that urban growth creates opportunities and challenges for cities in LICs and NEEs, how urban changes leads to social, economic and environmental challenges and how urban sustainability requires management of resources and transport. An overview of the UK population and the major UK cities.

GCSE Health and Social Care

R032: Type of care settings, the rights of service users, the benefits to service users’ health and wellbeing when their rights are maintained.

R033: Life stages and development and life events and their impacts on individuals.

R032: Person centred values and how they’re applied by service providers, benefits of applying the person-centred values and effects on service users’ health and wellbeing if person-centred values aren’t applied.

R033: Sources of support to meet individual needs and work on coursework.

R032: The importance of both verbal and non-verbal communication skills in health care settings, the importance of active listening and the importance of special methods.

R033: Submit NEA.

History

Part 1 – American People and the ‘Boom: Students will learn about the reasons America experienced an economic boom in the 1920s and the cultural changes this caused.

Part 2 – Bust – Americans’ experiences of the Depression and New Deal: Students will learn about America in the great depression and their recovery.

Part 3 – Post war America: Students will learn about American society after WW2, ideological tension after WW2 and racial tension and the civil rights movement.

Part 1 – The Korean War: Students will learn about the causes of the Korean War and follow the events of the war up until 1951.

Part 2 – Escalation of tension in Vietnam: Students will learn the background to the Vietnam war and the US early intervention in the war.

Part 3 – The ending of the conflict in Vietnam: Students will learn about how the Vietnam war changed after Nixon became president and opposition to the Vietnam war under Nixon. They will also learn about how peace was achieved.

Part1 – Elizabeth’s court and parliament: Students will learn about Elizabeth 1’s early life, how she ran the country and the difficulties she faced as a female ruler.

PSHCE

Living in the world: Careers – Goal setting, preparation for WEX, WEX, rights and responsibilities in work, contracts, financial risk, county lines

Health and wellbeing: Physical health – Screen time, link between sleep, diet and exercise, stem cells, eating disorders, alcohol, screening, impact of alcohol and drugs

Health and wellbeing: Mental health – Balance, sleep, responding to setbacks, depression and coping strategies, body image

Relationships: Online relationships, relationship breakdowns, pornography, hostile sexism, intimacy and pregnancy

Relationships – Drugs and alcohol, gang crime, law on sexual consent, stereotyping, sexual bullying, online vs physical work

Living in the wider world: Beckfoot, Britain and beyond – GCSE final year, democracy, power of the government, SMSC in Britain and beyond, the UK’s relationship with the rest of the world

Business

Student will learn about the difference between a good and a service and explore the concepts of risk and reward.

Students will learn to identify the different types of customer need – price, quality, convenience and choice.

Introduction to SWOT analysis and market mapping, introduction to primary and secondary research.

Students will learn about setting appropriate aims and learn to be confident in the calculation of costs, revenue and profit.

Students will learn about breakeven, cash flow, profits and interests, and how all are useful in their business plans.

Students will understand liability and how it can affect a business owner, and the pros and cons of operating a business under each type of ownership.

Students will look at the four elements of the marketing mix – produce, price, promotion and place

Students will be able to recognise who key stakeholders are in a business and their objectives.

Understanding how laws can affect businesses (minimum wage, consumer rights etc.) and export and exchange rates.

Students will understand the benefits of business growth and how they can grow organically or inorganically.

Students will consider how some products will have to be adapted for a global market.

Maths

Foundation

Number – fractions and decimals, percentages

Geometry and measure – angles, area and perimeter

Algebra – working with symbols

Higher

Number – fraction and decimals

Geometry and measure – angles and area, Pythagoras, area and volume, trigonometry

Algebra – working with symbols, equations and formulae

Ratio, proportion and rates of change – ratio

Foundation

Algebra – equations, coordinates and graphs, formulae

Geometry and measure – constructions, loci

Ratio, proportion and rates of change – similarity

Probability

Number – indices and standard form

Higher

Geometry and measure – Properties of polygons, reflection, rotation and translation, properties of circles, enlargement, construction, loci

Algebra – real life graphs

Ratio, proportion and rates of change – proportion, compound measures

Foundation

Geometry and measure – transformations, Pythagoras, measures, properties of polygons

Algebra – quadratics, simultaneous equations

Ratio, proportion and rates of change – proportion

Higher

Algebra – quadratic equations, cubic, circular and exponential functions, transforming functions

Geometry and measures – vectors, trigonometry, area and volume

Ratio, proportion and rates of change – similarity

Statistics – scatter graphs

German

Grammar: The main aim is to ensure basics, using high frequency present tense verbs and identifying patterns in the 4 tenses.

Free time and activities: Free time activities such as sport, live events, film and TV.

Identify relationships with others: Family, descriptions and relationships with others.

Environment, healthy living and festivals: Students will identify environmental problems, how they can stay healthy and festivals and German traditions.

Where people live: Students will talk about their town/village/neighbourhood, discussing what there is to see and do and the weather. They will also describe their ideal town and use prepositions to say where things are.

Travel and tourism: Talking about holidays in present, past and future and describing an idea holiday. Destinations, transport, accommodation, weather, activities and opinions.

Music

Building blocks of music: Generic music history as students begin to understand GCSE listening and appraising questions and composition techniques.

Forms and devices: Intro to forms found in Baroque, classical and romantic periods as they discover the devices used in those areas to support compositions. They will work on their own melody composition.

Music for ensemble: Students will develop their understanding of sonority and texture through the study of Chamber Music, Musical Theatre, Jazz and the Blues. They will work on their own ternary composition.

Film Music: Students will develop their understanding of film music focusing on timbre, tone colour and dynamics as they work on their own composition.

Popular music: Students will develop an understanding of popular music focusing on pop, rock, bhangra and fusion to develop their own piece. They will study how composers combine instrumental and vocal forces, and use recording processes and techniques in their music.

Engineering

Students will develop their knowledge and understanding of engineering materials and processes, and their application in the manufacture of engineered products.

The content of this unit includes basic engineering processes, allowing for a practical approach to be taken in the delivery of the unit. This unit also covers types of engineering materials such as ferrous and non-ferrous metals, alloys, polymers, thermosetting plastics, ceramics, composites, smart materials and new and emerging materials.

Learners will understand properties of engineering materials and learn the theory of hand and machine skills to engineer a product.

French

Grammar: Ensure basics of grammar using high frequency present tense verbs and identifying patterns regarding 4 tenses.

Free time and activities: Talking about free time activities – sports, reading, film and TV

Identity and relationships with others: Family, descriptions and relationships with others are covered this half term

Environment, healthy living and festivals: Students will identify environmental problems and discuss how they help the planet, they will discuss what they do in order to stay healthy, and focus on festivals related to French traditions and customs

Where people live: Talking about your town, village or neighbourhood, discussing what you see and do and discussing plans and the weather, describe and ideal town

Travel and tourism: Talking baout holidays in the past, present and future tense and practicing the conditional tense, destinations, transport, accommodation, weather, activities and opinions

Core: Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Dance and Fitness

Vocational: Issues which affect participation in sport, performance of skills and techniques, strengths and weaknesses of performance, methods to improve and measuring improvement. Organisation of a sports activity session and leading of the session

Core: Football, invasion games, netball, rounders

Vocational: 6 weeks practical (badminton), session plan and risk assessment, students lead sessions and review leadership and session

Core: Rugby, invasion games, striking fielding – softball, table tennis

Vocational: Distinguish between different media sources and how they cover sport, the role of sport in promoting the values, positive relationship between the media and sport

Performing Arts

Acting styles intro: Learners will be introduced to two acting styles as they develop their understanding of the role of the actor and director by examining practitioners work and the processes used to create a performance – Frankenstein extract, Cinderella extract, a Curious Incident of the God in the Night-Time extract, Hairspray extract

Frankenstein: Build on students knowledge of design elements and their knowledge and understanding of the stylistic qualities in Frankenstein, now adding set design

Pantomime Project: Students will have the opportunity to rehearse and prepare for a performance working in a production tole, they will have first-hand experience of the production process and performing to a live audience

Hairspray: Builds on students knowledge of design elements from previous half term, now adding costume design, students will develop their understanding of stylistic qualities of musical theatre and the processes needed to create a performance

Curious Incident: Builds on knowledge of design elements from Frankenstein, now adding lighting design and their understanding of the stylistic qualities of Curious Incident

Crime and Punishment: Students should study religious teachings and religious teachings and religious, philosophical and ethical arguments, relating to the death penalty, corporal punishment and forgiveness

Christian beliefs: Students should study the beliefs, teachings and practices of Christianity specified below and their basis in Christian sources of wisdom and authority

Relationships: Students should study religious teachings and religious, philosophical and ethical arguments relating to homosexuality, sex outside of marriage and contraception

Muslim beliefs: Students should study the beliefs, teachings and practices of Islam and their basis in Islamic sources of wisdom and authority

Peace and conflict: Students should study religious teachings and religious, philosophical and ethical arguments relating to weapons of mass destruction, violence and pacifism

Science

Physics – forces (part 2): This unit looks at mathematical relationships for moving objects and how to visualise motion using graphs

Biology (triple) – homeostasis and response: How bodies maintain a constant internal environment

Biology (trilogy) – infection and response: Why we get ill and how our bodies fight infections with the help of modern medicine

Chemistry – chemical analysis: How chemistry can be used to identify unknown substances and separate mixtures

Chemistry – rate of chemical change: Explains the chemistry that controls how quickly a reaction happens using the idea of collision theory

Chemistry – using resources: The way humans use resources available to them

Chemistry – bonding, structure and properties of matter: Properties of different types of material and the reasons behind those properties

Physics – energy: Introduces a mathematical approach to energy transfers and greater depth to ideas about energy resources

Physics – electricity: Basic of electricity and circuits, looking at a wider variety of components that can be used

Physics – magnetism: Magnets and electromagnets how they work and what we can use them for