S T O SMUNDS S CHOOL YEAR 8 D Roberts September 2015

Year 8 Team 8Or - Mr Otter 8Ls - Miss Staddon 8Am/Rk - Mrs Adams & Mr Rooke 8Af – Miss Perring 8Mn/ER- Mrs Martin & Ms Restorick SLT Link – Mr Beet

Aims & Expectations for Year 8 Good work ethic from day one! Organisation Uniform Merits & Ticks Participation in clubs / school life Link books SUCCESS!!!

Curriculum Overview English I.Contemporary and Pre 1914 Literature (The Time Machine / The Sound of Thunder) II.Media (Christmas Adverts) III.Shakespeare (Much Ado About Nothing / Twelfth Night) IV.The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and Poetry

Curriculum Overview Maths I.Problem Solving II.Number Patterns III.Money IV.Shape V.Measurements VI.Data Handling

Curriculum Overview Science I.Sound and Light II.Metals III.Photosynthesis and Respiration IV.Space and Forces V.Revision and Transfer Tests VI.Ideas and Evidence

Curriculum Overview PE & Games I.Rugby II.Football / Hockey III.Netball / Basketball IV.Handball V.Sports Leadership VI.Tennis, Athletics, Striking & Fielding VII.HRF, Gym, Badminton, Table Tennis

Curriculum Overview TE I.Love, Peace, Justice & Forgiveness II.Faith into Action III.Is war ever just?

Curriculum Overview French I.Summer Holidays II.My Life III.A trip to Paris IV.Going out!

Curriculum Overview ICT I.E-Safety II.Validity & Bias III.What’s inside your computer IV.Develop own models / graphics V.Control insight VI.Digital privacy and rights

Curriculum Overview Humanities I.Rivers, Water, Flooding, China, India, Weather and Climate II.Slave Trade, Industrial revolution, WW2 & Winston Churchill

Curriculum Overview Music I.The History of Popular Music II.Christmas III.Film music IV.Battle of the Bands V.Dance VI.Reggae

Curriculum Overview Art I.Still Life II.Van Gogh III.Lino Printing IV.Wire Sculpture V.Figure Drawing

Extra-curricular overview Art Club Badminton Basketball Boys Football Cake Chess Conservation Girls Football Gardening Kindness Club Leavers Club Netball Overcoming Injustice Pizza Rugby Boys Running Club Table Tennis Eco Schools Vegetarian Club Warhammer and Yu-Gi-oh Club

Extra-curricular overview continued… Ukulele Club and Guitar Club 4 Bang on Percussion DASP Harmony Ukulele / Guitar Beginners Toot Sweet Recorders Tech Club Rock Club Ossie Singers Concert Band Kingdom Band FluteJuice and BlueTacks

Trips Overview River Trip (Sep) Cinema Trip (Dec) French Trip ( May) End of School trips (July)

Uniform School Uniform PE Kit Jewellery Make up and Hair colour!

Year 8… Homework timetable sent out Leavers Book and Hoody (£27) THS / Studio School applications

Finally…. Tutors: Communicate with them Concerns Successes Use of link book

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