Autumn: Space and solar system

Spring: Weather, growing plants and farming 

Summer 1: Animals and minibeats

Summer 2: Wonderful Water

Autumn 1: Seasonal changes and daily weather

Autumn 2: Animals, including humans (what is an animal?)

Spring 1: Materials

Spring 2: Plants (parts of a plants)

Summer 1: Revisit Animals, including humans

Summer 2: Revisit Plants, Seasonal change and weather

Autumn 1: Living things and habitats (MRS GREN, habitats and food chains)

Autumn 2: Animals, including humans (How do animals stay healthy and mature with age?)

Spring 1: Every day materials and uses

Spring 2: Revisit Living things and habitats 

Summer 1: Plants (Seeds, bulbs and how to keep plants healthy)

Summer 2: Revisit Animals, including humans

Autumn 1: Rocks

Autumn 2: Animals, including humans (Skeleton and muscles)

Spring 1: Forces (contact forces) and magnets

Spring 2: Light

Summer 1: Plants (Parts of flowering plants and how leaves make food)

Summer 2: Plants (Parts of flowering plants and how leaves make food)

Autumn 1: Living things and their habitats (vertebrates and invertebrates, classification)

Autumn 2: States of matter

Spring 1: Animals, including humans (teeth and digestive system)

Spring 2: Animals, including humans (teeth and digestive system)

Summer 1: Electricity (simple circuits)

Summer 2: Sound

Autumn 1: Properties and changes of materials 

Autumn 2: Animals, including humans (changing into adults)

Spring 1: Forces (friction and air resistance)

Spring 2: Earth and space

Summer 1: Living things and their habitats (life cycles and reproduction)

Summer 2: Forces ( levers and pulleys)

Autumn 1: Living things and their habitats (Carl Linnaeus and classification)

Autumn 2: Light

Spring 1: Animals, including humans (circulatory system)

Spring 2: Animals, including humans (water transport)

Summer 1: Electricity (series circuits and components)

Summer 2: Evolution and Inheritance

Autumn 1: Scientific enquiry skills, Particle model, Energy transfers  

Autumn 2: Cells, Separating mixtures

Spring 1: Movement, Forces and Speed

Spring 2: Plant reproduction, Earth structure

Summer 1: Metals and non metals, Universe

Summer 2: Human reproduction, Sound

Autumn 1: Breathing, Contact forces and Gravity

Autumn 2: Periodic table and elements, Heating and cooling

Spring 1: Digestion, Electrostatics and circuits

Spring 2: Aerobic and Anaerobic respiration 

Summer 1: Interdependence and ecosystems, Magnetism and electromagnets

Summer 2:  Moments and pressure, Chemical reactions

Autumn 1: Inheritance and variation, Wave properties and light

Autumn 2: Acids and Alkalis, Earth’s resources and the carbon cycle

Spring 1: Photosynthesis, Voltage and resistance

Spring 2: Review of chemical reactions and materials

Summer 1: Evolution, Energy costs and work 

Summer 2: Healthy lifestyles, Earth’s resources and climate project 

KS4 -Year 10 & 11 – GCSE Biology Course Overview:

Exam Board:  AQA Separate Biology

 AQA Science Trilogy

AQA-8461-Separate Biology specification-2016.PDF

AQA-8464-Trilogy Science-2016.PDF

Course Syllabus:

Students will study the following seven topics:-

• Cell biology
• Organisation
• Infection and response
• Bioenergetics
• Homeostasis and response
• Inheritance, variation and evolution
• Ecology  

Exam Structure

Separate Biology Paper 1: 1hr 45mins

Separate Biology Paper 2: 1hr 45mins

                        or 

Trilogy Biology Paper 1: 1hr 15 mins

Trilogy Biology Paper 2: 1hr 15 mins

Students will sit two Papers as follows:-

• Units 1—4 will be examined in Paper 1;
• Units 5—7 in Paper 2.  

Each Paper is worth 50% of the total GCSE.

Practical Skills

These will be developed throughout the course, covering a very wide range of skills.  There is a stronger mathematical emphasis in this new GCSE. Examination of practical skills will be incorporated within the final exams.

Further Study and Careers

GCSE Biology lays a strong foundation for AS/A Level Biology and related subjects. This could lead to degree courses in Biology itself, Medicine, Nursing, Physiotherapy and other medically related areas as well as Zoology, Botany and Environmental Sci

KS4 -Year 10 & 11 – GCSE Chemistry Course Overview:

Exam Board: AQA Separate Chemistry & AQA Science Trilogy

AQA | GCSE | Chemistry | Specification at a glance

AQA-8464-Trilogy Science-2016.PDF

Separate Chemistry Paper 1: 1hr 45mins

Separate Chemistry Paper 2: 1hr 45mins

                        or 

Trilogy Chemistry Paper 1: 1hr 15 mins

Trilogy Chemistry Paper 2: 1hr 15 mins

Course Syllabus:

Students will study the following ten topics:-

1. Atomic structure and the periodic table
2. Bonding, structure and the properties of matter
3. Quantitative chemistry    
4. Chemical changes          
5. Energy changes
6. The rate and extent of chemical change                      
7. Organic chemistry
8. Chemical analysis 
9. Chemistry of the atmosphere   
10. Using resources

Students will sit two papers as follows:-

• Units 1—5 will be examined in Paper 1;
• Units 5—10 in Paper 2.

Each Paper is worth 50% of the total GCSE.

Practical Skills

These will be developed throughout the course. Students will learn a number of new chemical techniques and focus on working safely.   Examination of practical skills will be incorporated within the final exams.

Further Study and Careers

GCSE Chemistry lays a strong foundation for AS/A Level Chemistry. This could lead to degree courses including Chemistry itself, Dentistry, Medicine, Pharmacy, Chemical Engineering and other related areas in the Chemical industry. It is a vital science for the majority of other scientific careers.