SUBJECT

7
GUIDE
2017-18
YEAR 7 SUBJECT IN CAPS
Term Wks/Com Outline Skillzone Homeworks Assessments
4 Sep Investigative and Practical Skills Planning Year 7 will complete a series of
11 Sep homeworks throughout the year.
18 Sep
Biology
These have been designed to
1 25 Sep
2 Oct
9 Oct


Cells
Reproduction
Biology
Cells and Reproduction:
develop and enhance key skills.
Each pair of modules has five
Curiosity, presenting, explaining
16 Oct assigned homework tasks. There
30 Oct is also the expectation that The first four paired modules are
Chemistry
6 Nov preparation for tests will be followed by an End of module
13 Nov Particles & States of Matter Chemistry done as homework. test to assess progress and

2 20 Nov
27 Nov
4 Dec
Pure and Impure Substances Particles & States of Matter
Pure and Impure Substances: Homework number
understanding. The tests will
inform interim reports.
11 Dec 1 - Keyword spelling
18 Dec 2 Keyword definitions Approximate dates for these End
19 Dec
3 Skills based (see below) of Module tests are:
1 Jan Physics Physics 4 Test style questions
8 Jan Forces and Space:
Forces 5 Revision task
3 15 Jan
22 Jan
29 Jan
Space Imagining, questioning,
interpreting Skills based homework detail
w/c 16th October
w/c 11th December
w/c 29th January
5 Feb Summarising / concluding Biology w/c 19th March
Presentation (Cells)
Model cells
19 Feb
26 Feb Chemistry Chemistry
There is no end of module test
Chemical Reactions Data analysis (plants and
4 5 Mar
12 Mar
19 Mar
Investigations
Chemical reactions and
investigations:
Planning, investigation, Analysis
interdependence)
Snail distribution
for Physics energy and
electricity, but it will be included
26 Mar in the end of year test.
Chemistry
Planning (pure and impure
16 Apr Physics Physics substances)
23 Apr Energy Energy and Electricity: Growing Salt Crystals
5 30 Apr
7 May
14 May
Electricity Comparing, linking with the real
world Data Analysis (chemical reactions)
21 May Antacid tablets

Physics
4 Jun
11 Jun
Presentation (Energy) End of year 7 test
Biology Biology
18 Jun Renewable energy w/c 4th June. This will cover all
Plants
6 25 Jun
2 Jul
9 Jul
Interdependence
Plants and Independence:
Observing, exploring, reasoning Planning (forces)
topics except Biology C Plants
and interdependence, which will
Friction Experiment be taught during term 6.
16 Jul