SUBJECT

GUIDE
2017-18
YEAR 8 SUBJECT IN CAPS
Term Wks/Com Outline Skillzone Homeworks Assessments
4 Sep Year 8 will complete a series of
11 Sep 8a Food and Digestion homeworks throughout the year.
18 Sep

1 25 Sep
2 Oct
9 Oct
8b Respiration and Gas Exchange Exploring, evaluating,
investigation
These have been designed to
develop and enhance key skills.
Each pair of modules has five
16 Oct The first four paired modules are
assigned homework tasks. There
30 Oct
is also the expectation that followed by an End of module
6 Nov 8e Atoms, Elements and Compounds Hypothesising, teamwork, test to assess progress and
13 Nov preparation for tests will be
8f Properties and Reactions analysing understanding. The tests will
2 20 Nov
27 Nov
4 Dec
done as homework.

Homework number
inform interim reports.

11 Dec Approximate dates for these End

18 Dec 1 - Keyword spelling
19 Dec 2 Keyword definitions of Module tests are:
1 Jan Connecting with other subjects, 3 Skills based (see below)
8 Jan 8k Light Waves w/c 9th October
listening, questioning 4 Test style questions
3 15 Jan
22 Jan
29 Jan
8l Sound Waves
5 Revision task w/c 27th November
w/c 15th January
5 Feb Skills based homework detail w/c 12th March
8ab Data analysis
19 Feb Obesity
26 Feb 8g Earth and Rocks Comparing, describing , There is no end of module test

4 5 Mar
12 Mar
19 Mar
8h Atmosphere and Recycling presenting 8cd Presentation
Comparing adaptations
for Physics energy transfers and
magnetism, but it will be
26 Mar included in the end of year test.

16 Apr
8ef Presentation
23 Apr 8i Energy Transfers Elements
Explaining, linking to the real
5 30 Apr
7 May
14 May
8j Magnetism
world
8gh Data Analysis
Coastal Erosion
21 May

4 Jun Biology 8ij Planning End of year 8 test

11 Jun 8c Adaption Electromagnets w/c 4th June. This will cover all
18 Jun

6 25 Jun
2 Jul
9 Jul
8c Adaption
8d Evolution
8d Evolution:
Researching, preliminary work,
curiosity
8kl Planning
Light
topics except Biology CD
(adaptation and evolution),
which will be taught during term
16 Jul 6.