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Year 7 What is Geography? Location Knowledge Kenya – A changing nation
Geography Tectonic Processes Earthquakes
Volcanoes

Year 8 Coastal Processes Ordnance Survey map Transport and Industry
Geography reading skills

Year 7 History What makes good History? Power of the Medieval Castles including mini study
Anglo Saxons Church and visit to Chepstow
Norman Conquest Henry II and Thomas Castle
The Battle of Hastings Becket - including murder in Parliament.
the cathedral Revision and final
The Crusades assessment
Year 8 History African Kingdoms. Medieval women Henry VIII and the King’s
Black Death The Hundred Years War Great Matter
Peasants’ Revolt Agincourt Black Tudors
Revision and final
assessment
Year 7 RS Glastonbury Pilgrimage Abrahamic faiths Judaism
Pilgrimages around the world (Islam, Judaism and Synagogue
Festivals of Light Christianity) Festivals – Passover
Story of Abraham and Isaac Shabbat
Pilgrimages in Islam and
Judaism
Year 8 RS What is Religion? Moral and Natural Evil Leaders in Society – Nelson
Arguments for and Against Can we ever Forgive? Mandela/Martin Luther King
God Role of Women Religious Leaders personal
Mental Health awareness Debating skills study
Remembrance

Year 7 French Self and family Weather Town
Likes and Dislikes Sports and activities Food
Personality High numbers Weekend activities
Time Descriptions At the café
Clothes Where I live Present tense – full
School Present tense – I, he/she, we) paradigm
Present tense – I, he/she, we) Opinion verbs Near future tense – I, he/she
Opinion verbs Infinitive structures Conditional – I, he/she
Nouns – singular/ plural Nouns – singular/ plural
Adjectives – masculine/ Adjectives – masculine/
feminine feminine

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