The IB Mission Statement
The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. To this end the organisation works with schools, governments and international organisations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.
IB Learner Profile
The MYP focuses on developing 10 qualities (the IB Learner Profile) in our students which are evident throughout academy life.
These attributes are: inquirers, knowledgeable, thinkers, communicators, principled, open-minded, caring, risk-takers, balanced and reflective.
Balanced
We understand the importance of balancing different aspects of our lives-intellectual, physical and emotional-to achieve well-being for ourselves and others. We recognise our interdependence with other people and with the world in which we live.
Caring
We show empathy, compassion and respect. We have a commitment to service, and we act to make a positive difference in the lives of others and in the world around us.
Communicator
We express ourselves confidently and creatively in more than one language and in many ways. We collaborate effectively, listening carefully to the perspectives of other individuals and groups.
Inquirer
We nurture our curiosity, developing skills for inquiry and research. We know how to learn independently and with others. We learn with enthusiasm and sustain our love of learning throughout life.
Knowledgeable
We develop and use conceptual understanding, exploring knowledge across a range of disciplines. We engage with issues and ideas that have local and global significance.
Open-minded
We critically appreciate our own cultures and personal histories, as well as the values and traditions of others. We seek and evaluate a range of points of view, and we are willing to grow from the experience.
Principled
We act with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness and justice, and with respect for the dignity and rights of people everywhere. We take responsibility for our actions and their consequences.
Reflective
We thoughtfully consider the world and our own ideas and experience. We work to understand our strengths and weaknesses in order to support our learning and personal development.
Risk Taker
We approach uncertainty with forethought and determination; we work independently and cooperatively to explore new ideas and innovative strategies. We are resourceful and resilient in the face of challenges and change.
Thinker
We use critical and creative thinking skills to analyse and take responsible action on complex problems. We exercise initiative in making reasoned, ethical decisions.
The Leigh UTC is authorised to deliver the International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme Programme (three year) and currently deliver the MYP programme to all students in Year 7, 8 and 9. We are working towards verification for the three-year programme which will be completed in December 2025.
IB World Schools share a common philosophy—a commitment to improve the teaching and learning of a diverse and inclusive community of students by delivering challenging, high quality programmes of international education that share a powerful vision**. We have become part of the IB World School community, joining over 4,700 schools worldwide in delivering IB programmes.
*Only schools authorised by the International Baccalaureate can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme or the IB Career-related Certificate (IBCC). Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorisation will be granted.
MYP Core Curriculum Disciplines
The International Baccalaureate® (IB) Middle Years Programme (MYP) comprises eight subject groups:
- Language Acquisition
- Language and Literature
- Individuals and Societies
- Sciences
- Mathematics
- Arts
- Physical and Health Education
Interdisciplinary Learning
Students also study a unit of interdisciplinary learning each academic year to support the main subject disciplines and build a connected curriculum that addresses the developmental needs of students.
Service-as-action and the Community Project
Another key aspect of our three-year MYP curriculum is service-as-action, which culminates in our MYP community project in Year 9.
Students take action when they apply what they are learning in the classroom and beyond. IB learners strive to be caring members of the community who demonstrate a commitment to service—making a positive difference to the lives of others and to the environment.
The community project encourages students to reflect on their learning and the outcomes of their work – key skills that prepare them for success in further study, the workplace and the community.
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Assessment within the MYP
Each subject group within the MYP has 4 set assessment areas called criteria (A B C D) which are subject specific. This helps students to develop the knowledge and skills they need to be successful in each subject group. These skills are often transferable to other subject groups and aspects of learning. 1 Teachers will assess your child according to each of these criteria at least twice across each year.
Achievement levels across the four criteria are added together creating a total number out of 32. This is converted into an MYP Grade from 1-7 with 7 being the highest.
During the course of the academic year students will be awarded an MYP Interim Grade. At the end of the year an MYP Final Grade will be awarded based on the summative assessments that have taken place during the course of the year.
Further information on the assessment process can be found here.
Module 1
Transition: Short Stories
- Writing creatively
- Study of characters in literature
- What makes an engaging character?
Writing Mastery
ATL: Thinking – Creative Thinking
Assessment Criteria: BCD
Module 2
Frankenstein
- Victorian Literature
- Debate – morality of actions
- Character analysis
- Creating settings
- Creating characters
- Debate
Writing Mastery
ATL: Communication Skills
Assessment Criteria: D
Module 3
Novel Study: Soldier Dog
- WW1 context
- Propaganda
- Critical analysis of characters and their narrative.
- Debate
Writing Mastery
ATL: Thinking Skills
Assessment Criteria: ABCD
Module 4
Novel Study: Soldier Dog
- WW1 context
- Propaganda
- Critical analysis of characters and their narrative.
- Debate
Writing Mastery
ATL: Thinking Skills
Assessment Criteria: AC
Module 5
Poetry Study: Culture
- What is culture?
- Exploring poetic techniques.
- Considering the impacts of different contexts on meaning.
- Debate
Writing Mastery
ATL: Social Skills
Assessment Criteria: BD
Module 6
Spoken Language:
- Study of famous and engaging speeches
- What makes a speech effective
- Persuasive language
- Debate
Writing Mastery
ATL Communication
Assessment Criteria: CD
Module 1
Making generalisations about the number system: the grammar of written calculations
- Place value
- Axiom & Arrays
- Factors & Multiples
- Order of Operations
ATL: Self-management – Organisation
Assessment Criteria: A
Module 2
Making generalisations about the number system: how positive negative number
- Positive and Negative numbers
- Expressions, Equations & Inequalities
ATL: Thinking skills – Critical thinking
Assessment Criteria: A, B, C
Module 3
2D Geometry – Classifying and constructing 2D shapes
- Angles
- Classifying 2D Shapes
- Constructing triangles and quadrilaterals
ATL: Thinking skills – Transfer
Assessment Criteria: D
Module 4
Cartesian Planes
- Coordinates
- Area & Perimeter of 2D shapes
- Transforming 2D figures
ATL: Communication
Assessment Criteria: A
Module 5
Fractions
- Prime factor decomposition
- Conceptualising & Comparing Fractions
ATL: Communication; Research – Information Literacy
Assessment Criteria: A, B, C
Module 6
Ratio and Proportion
- Ratio
- Percentages
ATL: Thinking skills – Creative thinking
Assessment Criteria: D
Module 1
Unit 1: Cells, structure & functions of body systems & reproduction
- Cells, tissues & organs
- Organ systems
- Reproductive system
ATL: Self-management – reflection.
Assessment criteria: D
Module 2
Unit 2: Elements, atoms & compounds
- Atomic structure
- Particle models
- Compound properties
ATL: Thinking skills – creative thinking.
Assessment criteria: A, B & C
Module 3
Unit 3: Forces
- Effects of forces on objects
- Contact & non-contact forces
- Balanced forces
ATL:Communication skills
Assessment criteria: D
Module 4
Unit 4: Acids and Alkalis and Chemical Reactions
- Chemical reaction vs physical change
- Word equations
- Endothermic & exothermic
- Acids & alkalis: indicators
- Neutralisation
ATL: Communication skills
Assessment criteria: A, B & C
Module 5
Unit 4: Acids and Alkalis and Chemical Reactions (continued)
- Chemical reaction vs physical change
- Word equations
- Endothermic & exothermic
- Acids & alkalis: indicators
- Neutralisation
ATL: Communication skills
Assessment criteria: A, B & C
Module 6
Unit 5: Sound and Light
- Waves
- Loudness & pitch
- Refraction
- Colour
ATL: Research – information literacy
Assessment criteria: N/A
Modules 1-3
Where is our place in the world?
- Understanding local and international geography including continents and exploration of Dartford.
- Understanding of population changes and analysis of these changes and the demographics within society.
- Understanding of the factors around migration and its consequences.
Assessment Criteria: A, B, C, D
Modules 4-6
What are the threats to our global landscapes?
- Understanding of what a biome is and where the different biomes are in the world.
- Analysis of different biomes including deserts and rainforests.
- Examining their features and the threats posed against them.
- Exploring the potential solutions to those threats.
Assessment Criteria: A, B, C, D
Modules 1-3
How much did England change after the Norman Conquest?
- Overall understanding of what is History and its key concepts.
- Contextual history of England and its creation including Alfred the Great and the unification of the seven earldoms.
- Understanding of the events surrounding the Battle of Hastings.
- Understanding of the consequences of the Norman Conquest including key aspects such as the Feudal System, Religion and Castles.
Assessment Criteria: A, B, C, D
Modules 4-6
Was the Holy Land worth dying for?
- Introduction to the Crusades
- Understanding of key aspects of the two major faiths involved Christianity and Islam
- Understanding of the reasons why people went on Crusade.
- Understanding of some of the key events surrounding the Crusade.
- Understanding of the consequences of the Crusades in the short term and the long term.
Assessment Criteria: A, B, C, D
Module 1
Unit 1: My world and I
- Introductions
- Counting
- Alphabet
- Personality & characteristics
ATL: Critical thinking, Literacy, media literacy
Assessment criteria:A, B
Module 2
Unit 2: Family and pets/animals
- Introducing pets
- Describing family members
- Talking about birthdays using ordinal numbers (first, twentieth, and so on)
ATL: Self-management – Affective, Communication
Assessment criteria: C, D
Module 3
Unit 3: Free time
- Introducing sports activities
- Talking about leisure activities
- Talking about mobiles and computers
- Developing prediction strategies
ATL: Self-management – Affective
Assessment criteria: B
Module 4
Unit 4: School
- Introducing school subjects
- Talking about days and times
- Describing your teachers
- Talking about school facilities and rules
ATL: Organisation
Assessment criteria: D
Module 5
Unit 5: My town / Holidays
- Introducing places/things in my town
- Saying what there is/isn’t in my town
- Shopping (buying souvenirs)
- Buying snacks and drinks
- Talking about holiday plans
ATL: Communication, Self-management Affective
Assessment criteria: A,B,
Module 6
Unit 6:
- Researching German-Speaking places
- Creating a tourist brochure
ATL: Communication
Assessment criteria: C
Module 1
Unit 1: Safety
Digital Design
- E Safety
- Digital Literacy
- How to be safe online
- Personal & Private information
- Data protection
- Data collection
Product Design
- H&S in workshop,
- Material theory
- Polymer theory
- Manufacturing theory and application
- Common Vacuum problems
ATL: Research skills (media literacy)
Assessment Criteria: A, B
Module 2
Unit 2: Networks
Digital Design
- Keeping data secure and simple encryption techniques
- The Internet
- Connectivity
- Topology
- Computer network
- Hardware for connecting devices to network
- Wired & wireless connections
- Bandwidth
Product Design
- Paper theory
- Six areas of packaging
- Graphics communication
ATL: Thinking skills (critical thinking)
Assessment Criteria: C & D
Module 3
Unit 3: Graphics
Digital Design
- Manipulating graphics
- Integration of graphics
- Understanding house style colours
- Creating storyboards
- Moodboards
Product Design
- Aerodynamics
- Understanding Timber theory
- Timber manufacturing
- 2D freehand sketching
- Foam modelling
ATL: Communication skills
Assessment criteria: A&B
Module 4
Unit 4 – Mobile application
Digital Design
- Intro to App Design
- Home screen and navigation
- Code the app using Javascript programming environment
- How to store information (variables)
Product Design
- Timber manufacturing
- isometric drawing
- Finishing techniques on timber
- Product Testing
ATL: Thinking skills (creativity and innovation)
Assessment Criteria: C&D
Module 5
Unit 5 – Computational Thinking
Digital Design
- Logical thinking
- Abstractions
- Decomposition
- Algorithms
- Flowchart and Pseudocode
Product Design
- Designer research/analysis
- Tessellation
- Scale of site
- Modelling techniques with a range of materials
- Google sketch-up
- Assembling components and finishing
ATL: Self-management skills (organisation)
Assessment Criteria: A & B
Module 6
Unit 6 – Coding Music with Scratch & Microbits
Digital Design
- Coding Music with Scratch
- Sequencing & selection
- Iteration & loops
- Create background music loop, play sounds over the background track in a loop
- Create simple song using code
- Create a short code with animation and original music
Product Design
- Measuring and marking out, cutting, abrading,
- Google sketch-up
- 3rd angle orthographic
ATL: Research skills (information literacy)
Assessment Criteria: C&D
Module 1-2
Project 1: Mark Making
- The basics of Mark Making.
- Van Gogh’s Mark Making and drawings.
- Ink Drawings.
- Perspective Drawings and Vanishing Points.
- Collagraph.
- Monoprinting
ATL: Social – Collaboration
Assessment Criteria: ABCD
Module 3-4
Project 2: Colour Theory
- The colour wheel.
- Painting and mixing colours.
- Sonia Delaunay painting.
- Kandinsky music and colour.
- Range of media
ATL: Communication
Assessment Criteria: ABCD
Module 5-6
Project 3: Tone and Form
- What is Tone?
- What is Form?
- Still Life Drawings and Observational Drawings.
- Colour as Tone.
- Lisa Morales Tonal Colour Collage.
- Range of media
ATL: Research – information literacy
Assessment Criteria: ABCD
Module 1
Unit 1: Health and Fitness
- Fitness testing
- Components of fitness
- Training methods
- Warm up and cool down
ATL: Self-management – organisation; social – collaboration
Assessment criteria: A
Module 2
Unit 2: Winter Sports
- Handball
- Basketball
- Basic skills e.g. passing
- Offensive and defensive movements
ATL: Social – collaboration
Assessment criteria: C
Module 3
Unit 3: Dance and Gymnastics
- Travel
- Rotation
- Balance
ATL: Social – collaboration and communication
Assessment criteria: B&D
Module 4
Unit 4: Outdoor and adventurous activity (OAA)
- Problem-solving
- Communication
- Leadership skills
ATL: Communication skills
Assessment criteria: B&C
Module 5
Unit 5: Skills and techniques
- Volleyball (wet weather)
- Rugby
- Football
- Communication
ATL: Communication and thinking skills
Assessment criteria: C&D
Module 6
Unit 6: Summer sports
- Athletics
- Cricket
- Rounders
ATL: Communication and thinking skills
Assessment criteria: A
Module 1
Being a UTC Learner
- Learning Skills
- Making Friends
- Role Models
- Target Setting
ATL: Self Management: Organisation – setting goals, manage materials.
Module 2
Having UTC Values
- Learning Skills
- Collaboration and teamwork
- Leadership
- Communicating ideas
ATL: Social: Collaboration – listen to others, show empathy, respect and support, demonstrate leadership.
Module 3
Being part of a Community
- Community: prejudice, discrimination and anti-bullying
- Respectful relationships – respect and friendship
- Peer pressure
- Consent
ATL: Social: Collaboration – be responsible, build consensus and resolve conflict
Module 4
My Future
- The World of Work
- Careers
- Skills for Work
ATL: Social: Collaboration – be responsible, build consensus and resolve conflict
Module 5
Being Balanced
- Healthy Lifestyles
- Health Services
- Drugs awareness (pharmaceutical drugs)
- Families
ATL: Social: Collaboration – be responsible and advocate for yourself.
Module 6
Staying Safe
- Avoiding Risky Situations
- Managing Peer Pressure
- Puberty and Wellbeing
- What is crime?
ATL: Critical Thinking Skills – evaluate risks
Modules 1-3
Healthy Minds: Resilience Skills
- Resilience and Positive Emotions
- The Brain, Emotions and Thoughts
- Introducing Gremlin Beliefs
- Optimism and Evidence
- WoBbLe
- Resilience Planning
ATL: Self Management: Affective Skills – manage emotions, think positively, show resilience, be mindful.
Modules 4-6
Healthy Minds: Social Media Investigated (Media Navigator)
- Introduction to Media Literacy and Social Media
- Fantasy and Reality
- Setting Boundaries
- Social Media: Benefits
- Identity
ATL: Self Management: Affective Skills – manage emotions, think positively, show resilience, be mindful. Research – Media Literacy Skills – be aware of media interpretation, choose personal viewing wisely
Module 1
Dystopian Writing
- Creating setting conventions of dystopian fiction.
- Dystopian writing as a means to challenge inequality.
Writing Mastery
ATL: Research-Information Literacy
Assessment criteria: B,C,D
Modules 2-3
Novel Study: Bone Talk
- Conventions of historical fiction.
- Pre-Victorian era historical and social context – gender performance and consequences of empire.
- Using fact to create fiction.
- Debate.
Writing Mastery
ATL: Communication Skills
Assessment Criteria: ABCD
Module 4
Poetry study: Joy
- How poets use language to evoke a reader’s feelings.
- How poets use structure to create meaning.
- Debate.
Writing Mastery
ATL: Social skills
Assessment Criteria: A, C
Module 5
Drama Study: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Conventions of Shakespearean comedy.
- Elizabethan historical context: social hierarchy, gender performance and nobility.
- Exploring how Shakespeare uses language to create imagery, characters and themes.
- Debate.
Writing Mastery
ATL: Communication
Assessment Criteria: A, C (mod 5) & B, C (mod 6)
Module 6
Classic Literature Study: The Odyssey
- Conventions of Classical Tragedy
- Classical context: gender expectations, religious and cultural norms and heroism.
- Debate.
Writing Mastery
ATL: Communication
Assessment Criteria: B, C (mod 6)
Module 1
Equations and inequalities
- Sequences
- Forming and solving equations
- Forming and solving inequalities
ATL: Thinking Skills – Critical thinking
Assessment Criteria: A
Module 2
Graphical representations
- Linear graphs
- Accuracy and estimation
ATL: Thinking Skills – Transfer
Assessment Criteria: B, C
Module 3
Proportional reasoning
- Ratio review
- Real life graphs and rate of change
- Direct and inverse proportion
ATL: Communication
Assessment Criteria: D
Module 4
Representations and reasoning with data
- Univariate data
- Bivariate data
ATL: Communication; Research – information Literacy
Assessment Criteria: A, B, C
Module 5
Angles
- Angles in polygons
- Bearings
ATL: Thinking Skills – Transfer
Assessment Criteria: D
Module 6
Area, volume and surface area
- Circles
- Volume and surface area of prisms
ATL: Thinking skills – Creative thinking
Assessment Criteria: A, D
Module 1
Unit 6: Electricity, magnetism and Energy
- Current, potential difference, series and parallel circuits
- Magnets, magnetic fields and electromagnets
- Energy transfers – movement of heat
ATL: Thinking – Creative thinking; Research – Information literacy
Assessment criteria: D
Module 2
Unit 7: Periodic table, metals and acids
- Metals, nonmetals, Groups, periods, Group 1, 7 and 0
- Reactions of metals with oxygen and acid
- Metal extraction
- Types of materials, ceramics and polymers
ATL: Communication; self management – reflection
Assessment criteria: A
Module 3
Unit 8: Health and Lifestyle
- Nutrients, food tests, being healthy/unhealthy and the digestive system
- Drugs, alcohol and smoking.
ATL: Research; Thinking – Creative thinking
Assessment criteria: B & C
Module 4
Unit 9 : Separation techniques
- Mixtures, solutions and solubility
- Filtration, distillation, evaporation and Chromatography
ATL: Communication; Research
Assessment criteria: D
Module 5
Unit 10: Adaptations and Ecosystems
- Photosynthesis and leaves
- Respiration
- Food chains
- Ecosystems
- Plant life cycle
ATL: Self management – Organisational
Assessment criteria: A, B & C
Module 6
Unit 11: The Earth
- Structure of the Earth
- Atmosphere
- Rocky Cycle
- Carbon cycle
- Climate change
- Recycling
ATL: Communication; Self management
Assessment criteria: N/A
Modules 1-3
Where will our future energy supplies come from?
- Understanding of plate tectonics including volcanoes and earthquakes.
- Exploring the responses to these different disasters.
- Analysing the opportunities for energy resources as well as the challenges facing global energy at the moment.
Assessment Criteria: A, B, C, D
Modules 4-6
What causes flooding and how can we prevent it?
- Understanding of the water cycle and the formation of rivers.
- Causes of flooding and its consequences
- Analysis of the UK coastline and the threats posed to those areas.
- Understanding of the different strategies used to combat coastline flooding.
Assessment Criteria: A, B, C, D
Modules 1-3
Why are the Tudors the most studied family in English Royal History?
- Understanding of the origin of the Tudor family.
- Exploration of Henry VIII’s reign in particular his changes to the English Church
- Analysis of his children and the impact they had on England at the times of their reign.
- Exploration of Tudor society and early modern life outside the royal household.
Assessment Criteria: A, B, C, D
Modules 4-6
How revolutionary was the Industrial Revolution?
- Understand what the Industrial Revolution was and the evidence for it.
- Exploration of the different causes of the Industrial Revolution.
- Exploration of the consequences of the Industrial Revolution.
- Evaluation of the changes such as working conditions and the right to vote.
Assessment Criteria: A, B, C, D
Module 1
Unit 1: Ferien / Holidays
- Talking about what you did on holiday
- Talking about how you travelled
- Talking about the weather
- Talking about problems on holiday
ATL: Thinking – Critical thinking; Research – Media literacy
Assessment criteria: A, B
Module 2
Unit 2: Media
- Talking about films preferences
- Discussing screen times
- Understanding opinions and media reviews
ATL: Self-management – Affective; Communication
Assessment criteria: C, D
Module 3
Unit 3: Health
- Talking about typical breakfast
- Discussing traditional German food
- Understanding and using recipes
- Talking about healthy lifestyle
ATL: Self-management – Affective
Assessment criteria: B
Module 4
Unit 4: School trips
- Understanding rules
- Discussing daily routines
- Understanding and giving directions
- Describing a festival
- Learning and writing about festivals in Switzerland
ATL: Self-management – Organisation
Assessment criteria: D
Module 5
Unit 5: We are going out
- Discussing clothing and style
- Talking about plans for a date
- Talking about getting ready to go out
- Talking about how the date went
ATL: Communication; Self management – Affective
Assessment criteria: A, B
Module 6
Unit 6: Project
- Learning about a famous German brand
- Preparing a short presentation
ATL: Communication
Assessment criteria: C
Module 1
Unit 1: Intro to Python
Digital Design
- Python as programming language
- Input in Python
- Strings and variables
Product Design
- Polymer theory
- Metal theory
- Electronics theory
- Mould and jig understanding
- Vacuum forming
- Production systems/manufacturing
ATL: Communication skills
Assessment criteria: A&B
Module 2
Unit 2: Python 2
Digital Design
- Numbers and arithmetic
- Selection
- Iteration
- While loops
Product Design
- Understanding metal manufacturing
- Plastic manufacturing
- CAD 2D design
- Modern manufacturing
- Manufacturing circuits
- Market feedback
ATL: Social skills
Assessment criteria: C&D
Module 3
Unit 3: Data Representation
Digital Design
- Representations used to store, communicate, and
- Introducing units and conversion of units, kilo to mega.
- Explain what binary digits (bits) are, in terms of familiar symbols such as digits or letters
- Decimal to binary conversion
Product Design
- Properties and characteristics of metal
- Basic metal theory
- Stock forms
- Metal hand tools
- Metal machines
ATL: Self-management (organisation)
Assessment criteria: A&B
Module 4
Unit 4: Image and Sound representation
Digital Design
- Understanding Pixels
- Program microbit using selection to show dots on the display to represent the numbers, looking like the dots on each face of real dice, depending on which random number was generated.
- Program a watch, converting decimal into binary
Product Design
- Manufacturing techniques
- Metal finishing
- Metal turning lathe
- Tap and die process
- Marking out on metal
- Dip coating finishing
ATL: Research skills (information literacy)
Assessment criteria: C&D
Module 5
Unit 5: Spreadsheet Modelling
Digital Design
- Data manipulation methods
- Importing data, e.g. from other files, the internet
- Formulae, e.g. add, divide, subtract, multiply
- Decision-making functions, e.g. IF, WHATIF, SUMIF
- Big data
Product Design
- Mechanisms
- Timber joining methods
- Client identification
- Designing for a client
ATL: Research skills (media)
Assessment criteria: A&B
Module 6
Unit 6: Financial Dashboards on Spreadsheet
Digital Design
- Dashboards
- Collecting, presenting & interpreting data
- Drawing conclusions based on the data
- Appropriate presentation methods
- Graphs/charts, including dynamic charts/graphs
- Use appropriate presentation features
Product Design
- Card modelling
- Timber manufacturing
- Marking out tools
ATL: Thinking skills (creativity and innovation)
Assessment criteria: C&D
Module 1-2
Project 1: Pattern
- Cultural patterns.
- Mandalas patterns.
- William Morris
- Day of the dead textiles.
ATL: Communication
Assessment Criteria: ABCD
Module 3-4
Project 2: Comic Books
- Proportions of the body.
- Proportions of the face.
- Expressions and emotions.
- Visually communicating a story.
- Drawing a comic book!
ATL: Communication
Assessment Criteria: ABCD
Module 5-6
Project 3: Typography
- Words in Art.
- Bob and Roberta Smith.
- Communicating a message visually.
- Promoting your point of view.
- Effective Posters.
ATL: Communication
Assessment Criteria: ABCD
Module 1
Unit 1: Health and Fitness
- Fitness testing
- Components of fitness
- Training methods
- Body systems
ATL: Research – information literacy; social – collaboration skills
Assessment criteria: A
Module 2
Unit 2: Winter Sports
- Handball
- Basketball
- Perspectives
- Transferable skills
ATL: Thinking – critical thinking
Assessment criteria: C
Module 3
Unit 3: Dance and Gymnastics
- Movement patterns
- Formations
- Timing
ATL: Social – collaboration; communication
Assessment criteria: B&D
Module 4
Unit 4: Outdoor and adventurous activity (OAA)
- Problem-solving
- Democracy
- Reflection
- Orienteering
ATL: Communication; self management – reflection
Assessment criteria: C&D
Module 5
Unit 5: Skills and techniques
- Volleyball (wet weather)
- Rugby
- Football
- Roles in a team
ATL: Social – collaboration
Assessment criteria: B&C
Module 6
Unit 6: Summer sports
- Athletics
- Cricket
- Rounders
- Judging
ATL: Social – collaboration
Assessment criteria: A
Module 1
Citizenship
- What is citizenship?
- Active citizens
- Why do we need rules?
- What does fairness mean?
- Democracy
ATL: Social: Collaboration – listen to others, show empathy, respect and support others
Module 2
My Connections
- Respectful Relationships: stereotypes and bullying
- Families: stable relationships
ATL: Social: Collaboration – build consensus and resolve conflict
Modules 3-4
The Wider World
- Finance Awareness
- Careers
- Children’s Rights
- What can we do about global problems?
ATL: Thinking: Transfer – inquire, Critical Thinking – problem solve
Modules 4-5
Making Responsible Choices
- Personal Safety
- Healthy Lifestyles
- Tobacco and Alcohol
- First Aid
- Mental Wellbeing: recognising concerns
- Vaccinations
ATL: Social: Collaboration – be responsible and advocate for yourself
Module 6
Managing Risk
- Online safety
- Peer Pressure
- Puberty
- Evaluating
- Summer safety (including sun safety)
ATL: Social: Collaboration – be responsible and advocate for yourself
Modules 1-2
Healthy Minds: Bounce Forward Resilience Revisited
- Coping Strategies
- Managing Change
- Building Resilience
ATL: Self Management: Affective Skills – manage emotions, think positively, show resilience, be mindful.
Module 2-3
Healthy Minds: From School to Life
- Good Role Models
- Visualising Adult Self
- Future Pathways
- Problem-Solving
ATL: Self Management: Organisation Skills – plan, set goals, identify strategies and take action
Modules 4-5
Healthy Minds: Social Media Investigated (Media Influence)
- Media Literacy
- Media and Gender
- Media and Health
- Media and Body Image
ATL: Research – Media Literacy Skills – be aware of media interpretation, choose personal viewing wisely
Modules 5-6
Healthy Minds: Sex Ed Sorted (Part 1)
- Gender identity
- Sexual Orientation
- Expectations within/around Healthy Relationships
- Recognising Unhealthy Relationships
- Consent
ATL: Self Management: Affective Skills: manage emotions, be mindful. Social Skills: Collaboration – be responsible
Module 1
Play Study:
A View From The Bridge
- Conventions of modern tragedy.
- Characteristics of a tragic hero and foil characters.
- Debate.
Writing Mastery
ATL: Communication
Assessment Criteria: A,
Module 2
Play Study: A View From The Bridge
- Conventions of modern tragedy.
- Characteristics of a tragic hero and foil characters.
ATL: Communication
Assessment Criteria: Ai, ii, iii
Creative Writing:
- Writing to describe setting, character and action.
- Conventions of structuring for engagement.
- Sensory writing to describe.
- Creating tension in fiction.
- Debate.
Writing Mastery
ATL: Communication
Assessment Criteria: B, C, D
Module 3
Language Study: Unseen Non-Fiction
- Reading to summarise.
- Analysis of non fiction text forms.
- Identification of non fiction form, audience and purpose.
- Comparing non fiction texts.
- Methods used by writers on non fiction to persuade, instruct and inform.
- Debate.
Writing Mastery
ATL: Research – Information Literacy
Assessment Criteria: A
Modules 4-5
Shakespeare Study: Othello
- Modern interpretations of ‘Othello’.
- Differences between verse and prose.
- Jacobean social and historical context.
- Exploring equality of class, race and gender.
- Analysing Shakespeare’s presentation of character and themes.
- Exploring social construction.
- Debate.
Writing Mastery
ATL: Thinking -Critical Thinking
Assessment criteria: A, B, C & D (mod 4), A & C (mod 5)
Module 6
Poetry Study: Conflict
- Comparing poems.
- Considering how poets present their views on their context.
- Analysing poetry: form, structure and language.
- Debate
ATL: Social – collaboration
Assessment Criteria: A, B, C,
Poetry Study: Sonnets
- Acclamation to Shakespeare’s language.
- Structure of a Sonnet.
- Creative writing.
Writing Mastery
ATL: Thinking – creative thinking.
Assessment Criteria: A, B, C, D
Module 1
Probability
- Fractions, Decimals and Percentages Review
- Probability
- Sets, Venns and sample space diagrams
ATL: Thinking Skills – Critical thinking
Assessment Criteria: A
Module 2
Linear simultaneous equations
- Solving algebraically
- Solving graphically
ATL: Thinking Skills – Transfer
Assessment Criteria: B, C
Module 3
Geometry of triangles
- Constructions, congruence and loci
- Pythagoras’ Theorem
ATL: Thinking Skills – Transfer
Assessment Criteria: D
Module 4
Ratio and proportion
- Ratio review
- Similarity and enlargement
- Surds and trigonometry
ATL: Thinking skills – Creative thinking
Assessment Criteria: A
Module 5
Quadratics
- Quadratic expressions
- Quadratic equations
ATL: Thinking skills – Creative, Self-management skills – organisation
Assessment Criteria: B, C
Module 6
Reasoning with number
- Indices and standard form
- Growth and decay
ATL: Thinking skills – critical
Assessment Criteria: D
Modules 1-2
Unit 9A:
- Biology: Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes; Specialised cells; Microscopy and Organisation
- Physics: Kinetic theory: Density and Gas pressure
- Chemistry: States of matter; Mixtures and separation; Structure of the atom; Electronic structure
ATL: Research;
Assessment criteria: A, B & C
Modules 2-3
Unit 9B:
- Biology:Health; Communicable and noncommunicable diseases
- Chemistry: Periodic Table; Ionic and metallic bonding
- Physics: Scalars and vectors; Acceleration and velocity; Contact and noncontact forces
ATL: Thinking – creative thinking
Assessment criteria: A and D
Modules 4-6
Unit 9C:
- Biology: Diffusion and active transport; Plant tissues, organs and organ systems; Nervous system
- Chemistry: Groups 1, 7 and 0; Covalent bonding
- Physics: Energy stores and transfers; Work done and Power; Energy efficiency; Energy resources
ATL: Communication; self management – organisation
Assessment criteria: B & C
Module 5-6
Unit 9D:
- BIology: Human defences to disease; Vaccinations; Ecosystems; Adaptations and interdependence
- Chemistry: Evolution of earth’s atmosphere; Gas tests
- Physics: Newton’s Laws; Circular motion; Terminal velocity; Forces and Elasticity
ATL: Self management – reflection; Research – media literacy
Assessment criteria: A & D
Modules 1-3
Is the weather getting worse?
- Exploring different types of extreme weather
- Evaluating the impact of climate change and to what extent this is affecting the weather.
- What are the challenges facing the UK with increased bad weather incidents?
- What strategies are there to deal with the increased bad weather incidents?
Assessment Criteria: A, B, C, D
Modules 4-6
How has India developed?
- Case study exploration of development in Mumbai and in India.
- Exploring different settlements within India
- Understanding the impact of industry in India
- Analysing the future of India’s development and where they will go.
Assessment Criteria: A, B, C, D
Modules 1-3
Why do nations go to war?
- Exploration of the causes of WW1
- Understanding of some of the key events of WW1
- Understanding of why WW1 came to an end and an analysis of the Treaty of Versailles.
- Exploration of the causes of WW2
- Understanding of some of the key events of WW2 including Hitler’s rise to power.
- Lessons exploring the Holocaust in Nazi Germany.
Assessment Criteria: A, B, C, D
Modules 4-6
Does Protest really work?
- Exploring a history of protest within the United Kingdom.
- Analysing what sort of protest they used and how effective it was.
- Exploring other significant protests around the world – why they were protesting and the consequences of their protests. Such as Tiananmen Square, the Stonewall Riots and the Berlin Wall.
Assessment Criteria: A, B, C, D
Module 1
Unit 1: Musik
- Talking about types of music
- Talking about playing and singing in a band
- Discussing different bands
- Describe a music festival
- Interviewing at a music festival
ATL: Thinking – Critical thinking; Research – Media literacy
Assessment criteria: A, B
Module 2
Unit 2: Vorbilder / Role model
- Learning parts of the body
- Talking about role models
- Talking about experiences
- Discussing future plans and aspirations
ATL: Self-management – Affective; Communication
Assessment criteria: C, D
Module 3
Unit 3: Meine Ambitionen / My ambitions
- Discussing crazy ambitions
- Talking about part-time jobs
- Discussing what you would like to be or do
- Talking about working in a ski resort
ATL: Self-management – Affective
Assessment criteria: B
Module 4
Unit 4: Die Kindheit / The childhood
- Talking about your childhood
- Talking about childhood activities
- Comparing secondary school and primary school
- Talking about primary school friends
ATL: Organisation
Assessment criteria: D
Module 5
Unit 5: Rechte und Pflichten / Rights and duties
- Talking about age limits
- Discussing what is most important to us
- Comparing life now and in the past
- Discussing how we can raise money for good causes
- Discussing small changes that make a big difference
ATL: Communication; Self management – Affective
Assessment criteria: A, B
Module 6
Unit 6: Project: Exploring countries in detail
- Researching, exploring finding facts about countries in detail
- Creating your perfect country
ATL: Communication
Assessment criteria: C
Module 1
Unit 1: Cybersecurity
Digital Design:
- Social engineering
- Types of hacking
- Malware attacks
- Cloud security and storage
Product Design:
- Metal theory
- Metal manufacturing
- Stock forms
- Motion theory
- Advanced metal manufacturing
ATL: Thinking skills (critical)
Assessment criteria: A&B
Module 2
Unit 2: Computer Systems
Digital Design:
- Elements of a computer system
- The CPU
- Understanding binary
- Binary addition
- Storage devices
- Convergence and emerging technologies
Product Design:
- Identify and master the technical skills needed to produce design solutions.
- Produce a functioning prototype that could solve a relevant problem.
- Metal turning lathes
- Spot welding
- Sand blasting
ATL: Communication skills
Assessment criteria: C&D
Module 3
Unit 3: Algorithms
Digital Design:
- Writing algorithms
- Converting algorithms into Python code
- Binary logic
- Decomposition
Product Design:
- Sustainability
- Upcycling
- 2 point perspective drawing techniques
- Compare and contrast other work
ATL: Social skills
Assessment criteria: A&B
Module 4
Unit 4: Python – Next steps with Music
Digital Design:
- The basics
- Loops
- Lists
- Procedures
- Functions
- Intro to EarSketch
- Message in the Music
Product Design:
- Understand how to use real design techniques to solve real problems.
- Analyse and apply iterative design processes.
- Product design development
ATL: Self-management (organisation)
Assessment criteria: C&D
Module 5
Unit 5: User Interface
Digital Design:
- Types of interface
- Factors affecting the choice of user interface
- Hardware and software influences
- Design principles
Product Design:
- Develop a design brief
- Research design responses in different cultures
- Smart and modern materials
- Production methods and material properties
ATL: Research skills (information)
Assessment criteria: A&B
Module 6
Unit 6: HTML and website Development
Digital Design:
- HTML
- CSS
- Design
- Development
- Creating a web form
Product Design:
- Modern manufacturing
- Produce a functioning prototype that could solve a relevant problem.
- Design development
- Rendering communication skills
- Prototype development
ATL: Research skills (literacy)
Assessment criteria: C&D
Module 1-2
Project 1: Icons
- Jewish Micrography.
- Influential People.
- Portraits and grid methods.
- Posterised portraits with collage
- Photoshop.
ATL: Thinking – Creative-thinking
Assessment Criteria: ABCD
Module 3-4
Project 2: Identity
- Fingerprint Identity Mind Map
- Sarah Beetson Artist Analysis
- Typography
- Sellotape Transfers
- Planning Composition
- Final Collage
ATL: Self Management – Reflective
Assessment Criteria: ABCD
Module 5-6
Project 3: Personal Project
- GCSE Structure.
- Independent learning and decisions on use of materials.
- Choice of topics.
- Independent final pieces.
ATL: Thinking – Transfer
Assessment Criteria: ABCD
Module 1
Unit 1: Health and Fitness
- Fitness testing
- Components of fitness
- Training methods
- Goal Setting
Assessment criteria: A
Module 2
Unit 2: Winter Sports
- Handball
- Basketball
- Different roles in sport
- How skills and techniques can impact performance
Assessment criteria: C
Module 3
Unit 3: Dance and Gymnastics
- Creating an effective performance
- Creating a routine
Assessment criteria: B & D
Module 4
Unit 4: Outdoor and adventurous activity (OAA)
- Leadership Styles
Assessment criteria: C&D
Module 5
Unit 5: Skills and techniques
- Volleyball (wet weather)
- Rugby
- Football
- How tactics and performance can influence game play
Assessment criteria: B & C
Module 6
Unit 6: Summer sports
- Athletics
- Cricket
- Rounders
- Fitness components and training methods relevant
Assessment criteria: A
Modules 1-2
Equality
- The Equality Act 2010
- Equality vs Equity
- Discrimination
- Equality in the UK
- A fairer society
- Why do people move around the world?
ATL: Thinking: Creative Thinking – connect ideas
Modules 2-3
PSHE: Making Safe Choices
- Mental Wellbeing: common types of ill health
- Drugs education
- Illegal drugs
- Managing influence
- Dependence and addiction
- Risk taking
- Financial Literacy (gambling awareness)
- Gangs
ATL: Research: Media Literacy – seek multiple perspectives, Self Management – consider implications of choices
Module 4
PSHE: My Future Pathways
- Goals and Aspirations
- Careers
- GCSE Options
- Enterprise
- Service
ATL: Self Management: Organisation – plan, set goals, identify strategies, take action
Module 5-6
PSHE: Community Project
- Rights and responsibilities
- Exploring community needs
- Planning and designing a project
- Implementing ideas
- Reflection and evaluation
ATL: Thinking: Creative Thinking – problem solve, Research – evaluate and select information, sources and digital tools, Self Management – be self motivated.
Modules 1-2
Healthy Minds: Resilient Relationships
- Beliefs
- Communication
- Challenging Beliefs
ATL: Self Management: Affective skills – manage emotions, show resilience
Modules 3-4
Safe Relationships
- Safe family relationships
- Recognising unsafe relationships
- Criminal behaviours within relationships
- Controlling behaviour
- Sexual harassment
ATL: Social: Collaboration – be responsible and advocate for yourself, share responsibility and roles with others, build consensus and resolve conflict.
Modules 5-6
Healthy Minds: Sex Ed Sorted (Part 2)
- FGM
- STIs and sexual activity
- Sex in the media and social media
- Consent
- Contraception
- Risks related to unprotected sex
ATL: Self management – Affective – manage emotions, show resilience, Thinking: Critical Thinking – evaluate risks