Subjects > Science > KS3 (Year 7/8/9)
Textbooks are issued to all pupils in Years 7, 8 and 9.
Year 7
Year 7 pupils are taught in setted groups. During the year they will meet these topics:- Cells
- Environmental and feeding relationships
- Reproduction
- Variation and classification
- Acids and alkalis
- Simple chemical reactions
- Solutions
- Particle model of solids, liquids and gases
- Energy resources
- Electrical circuits
- Forces and their effects
- The Solar System and Beyond
Examples of year 7 work on Solar Eclipses can be downloaded from the section opposite
Homework
Homework will be set on a weekly basis and it would be a help to us if you would check your child's book on a regular basis and reinforce any of the comments we make.
Year 8
Year 8 pupils are taught in setted groups which are common between Science, Languages, History and Geography. During the year they will meet these topics:
- Food and digestion
- Microbes and disease
- Atoms and elements
- Rocks and weathering
- Heating and cooling
- Light
- Respiration
- Ecological relationships
- Compounds and mixtures
- The Rock cycle
- Magnets and Electromagnets
- Sound and hearing
Homework
Homework will be set on a weekly basis and it would be a help to us if you would check your child's book on a regular basis and reinforce any of the comments we make.
Year 9
Year 9 pupils are taught in setted groups which are common between Science, Languages, History and Geography. Unlike Years 7 and 8, they will be taught by 2 or 3 members of the department who will be splitting the topics into the more traditional Biology, Chemistry and Physics. During the year they will meet these topics:
- Inheritance and selection
- Fit and healthy
- Plants and photosynthesis
- Plants for food
- Patterns of reactivity
- Reactions of metals and metal compounds
- Environmental chemistry
- Using chemistry
- Energy and electricity
- Gravity and space incorporating the Solar System and Beyond speeding up
- Pressure and moments
For most groups homework will be set after every lesson and it would be a help to us if you would check your child's book on a regular basis and reinforce any of the comments we make.