1. Year 8 Revision Materials 2019
The following slides outline the topics that year 8 students will be tested on during their assessment period for each subject.
This assessment period will take place from 13th June until 21st June 2019.
Please note that assessments during this period will not take place for the following subjects as formative assessments have been taking place throughout the summer term:
P.E
D.T
Drama
Art

2. English Revision
Students in Year 8 have been studying the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.
They will be given an extract from Act 1 scene I and a question about how Shakespeare uses language and structure to present an idea in the extract.
Students should read and revise the Prologue and Act 1 scene I.
Students will be expected to use quotations from the given extract to explore the effects of language and structure. (Write ‘reading ladder paragraphs’)
Students are not expected to have finished reading the play but may write about other scenes and events they remember in the second part of their answer.
English teachers will instruct and support their classes but students can also use BBC Bitesize to revise the theme of conflict at home.

3. MathsWatch Clip number
Maths Revision- Set One
Objective
MathsWatch Clip number
Substitute a given value into an expression 95
Congruent shapes in a range of situations
12b & 166
Similar shapes in a range of situations
144
Understand and find the next three terms in any Fibonacci type sequence
141
Substitute numbers into formulae including terms in x2
Generate and find terms of a quadratic sequence from its nth term
213
Find the set of integers that are solutions to an inequality
138
Solve an inequality involving unknown on both side and brackets
139
Plot inequalities on a number line
Inequalities
Solving linear inequalities
Solving equations with unknown on both sides
100, 135a, 135b
Working out the probability from a tree diagram
151
Calculating probabilities (relative and theoretical) 59
Equation of a straight line
159a & 159b
Plotting cubic graphs
161
Plotting reciprocal functions
Speed, distance and time graphs
143
Time series
153
Bar charts 15
Scatter diagrams
129
Simultaneous Equations
140 & 162
Enlargements
148, 181a & 181b
Similarity of shapes
Transformations - rotations, reflections and translations
48, 49, 50 & 182
Students are to revise the following topics for their upcoming maths exams.
Students are also encouraged to ask for further advice from their class teachers.

4. MathsWatch Clip number
Maths Revision- Set Two
Objective
MathsWatch Clip number
Enlargement of shapes
148
Circle definitions
116
Circumference and Area of a circle
117 & 118
Volume of a cylinder
119
Substitute a given value into an expression/formulae 95
Change subject of a formula
136 & 190
Laws of indices 82
Factorise expressions 94
Expand expressions 93
Simplifying expressions
134a & 134b
Calculate with fractional and negative indices
154 & 188
Area of composite shapes
117
Plan and elevation 51
Use bearings to solve geometrical problems
124
Scale diagrams 38
Solving equations (with brackets and unknown on both sides)
135a & 135b
Venn Diagrams
127a
Sample Space 58
Frequency trees 57
Theoretical and experimental probabilities
125
Listing outcomes of events
Straight line graphs 96
Quadratic graphs 98
Speed, distance and time graphs
143
Grouped frequency tables
65a
Histograms
205
Scatter diagrams
129
Mean, median, mode and range 62
Mean, median, mode and range for grouped frequency
130a
Standard form 83
Calculations with standard form
Rounding and truncating
32 & 90
Upper and lower bounds
132, 206 & 155
Factorising quadratics
157
Expanding Quadratics
134b
Students are to revise the following topics for their upcoming maths exams.
Students are also encouraged to ask for further advice from their class teachers.

5. MathsWatch Clip number
Maths Revision- Set Three and Four
Objective
MathsWatch Clip number
Angles on straight lines and triangles 45
Introduction to Percentages 40
Multiplying and Dividing fractions
73 & 74
Adding and Subtracting fractions
71a & 71b
Apply the properties of triangles to solve problems
122
Apply the properties of quadrilaterals to solve problems 9
Simplify an expression by collecting like terms 33
Expand single brackets 93
Substitute positive numbers into expressions and formulae 95
Convert between mixed numbers and top-heavy fractions 25
Write a percentage as a fraction 85
Write a quantity as a percentage of another
Percentage change
109
Increase/decrease by a percentage
108
Solving Equations (including the use of brackets)
100, 135a, 135b
Area and Perimeter of 2D shapes
53, 54, 55, 56
Find missing angles at a point, angles at a point on a line and vertically opposite angles
Find missing angles in triangles
121
Volume of 3D shapes
115 & 116
Working out the area of a trapezium 56
Working out the surface area of a 3D shape
114a & 114b
nth term of linear sequences
103
term to term and position to terms - linear sequences 37
Frequency tables
65a
Pictograms 16
Bar charts 15
Pie charts
128a
Transformations (rotation, reflection, translations)
48, 49, 50
Working out the mode, median, mean and range from a set of data 62
Working out the mode, median, mean and range from a frequency table
130a
Rounding to decimal places/significant figures
32 & 90
Calculations using estimations 91
Prime numbers & product of primes
28 & 78
Highest Common Factors & Lowest Common Multiples
79 & 80
Standard form 83
Converting between fractions, decimals and percentages
Students are to revise the following topics for their upcoming maths exams.
Students are also encouraged to ask for further advice from their class teachers.

6. Science Revision Topics that will be assessed are as follows:
8A Food & Nutrition
7A Cells, tissues, organs, systems
8B Plants and their reproduction
7B Sexual reproduction in animals
8C Breathing and respiration
7C Muscles and bones
8D Unicellular organisms
7D Ecosystems
8E Combustion
7E Mixtures and Separation
8F The Periodic table
7F Acids and alkalis
8G Metals and their uses
7G The Particle model
8I Fluids
7H Atoms, elements and molecules
8J Light
7I Energy
8L Earth and Space
7J Current electricity
9A Genetics and evolution
7K Forces
9B Plant growth
7L Sound
9F Reactivity
9I Forces and Motion
9J Force fields and electromagnets
All codes can be used in activelearn to provide activities targeted to support revision for that topic.

7. History Revision The topics to revise: Tudors and Stuarts:
Henry VIII – the Break with Rome, and his marriages
The religious changes under Henry VIII and his children (Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I)
Elizabeth I’s reign – the religious settlement, the problems that she faced
James I and Charles II including the English Civil WarThe rule of Oliver Cromwell
The Industrial Revolution
The Slave Trade
Living and working conditions
Make a glossary of all the key words from the topic. Warm: Type the word and write the definition. Warmer: As warm, plus add key dates and which King/Queen it is mainly about.
Key Words include:
Cavaliers
Levellers Diggers
Reformation
Catholic
Barebones Parliament
Protestant
Restoration
Pope
Glorious Revolution Bill of Rights
95 Theses
Six Articles of 1539 Lord Protectorate
Triennial Act
Slave Trade
Religious Settlement
Auction
Spanish Armada
Resistance
Divine Right of Kings Great Contract
Abolition
Trade Triangle
Grand Remonstrance
Industrial Revolution
Royalists

8. Other strategies to help you revise:
History Revision
Other strategies to help you revise:
Create flash cards of the events we have studied which include:
Name of the event
Date of the event
Reasons why the event happened
What happened
Consequences of the event
A timeline: create a timeline of the major events of the time period we have studied from 1500 to Use your exercise book to find events that you should cover.
Use the website
Read the information
Complete the activities
Watch the video clips
Take the tests

9. Geography Revision Topic: Population and urbanisation.
Use your exercise books and Kerboodle online textbook to revise the units. BBC Bitesize has useful reading on population.
Areas of focus:
Population and urbanisation on a global scale.
Causes of urbanisation and population growth.
Challenges and opportunities of population growth and urbanisation.

10. Religious Studies Revision

11. German Revision Y8 German End of Year exam
During the exam week there will be 2 German exams:
Reading exam: You will do a reading exam which covers all content from Y8 – 1 hour exam
To revise for this: Learn the spellings and meanings of the vocab lists from your Echo 1 workbook:
pages for Unit 4 Freizeit, p for Unit 5 Mein Zuhause and p for Unit 6 Stadt und Land
in addition you have a vocab list for Unit 1 of Echo book 2 Die Ferien stuck in the back of your yellow German exercise book
Writing Exam: Focus on Die Ferien (current unit only): be prepared to write words in the past tense about a holiday you have been on and describe a photo card
To revise for this: learn vocab for Die Ferien, from vocab list as above, and review your written work on this topic in your exercise book

12. Module 4 (only what has been covered will come in the exam)
Spanish Revision
Spanish – End of Year 8 exam
Topics to revise:
Reading:   reading comprehension tasks; translation into English
Writing:  describing photos; writing short paragraphs;  translation into Spanish
Students should consider their pathway when preparing for the writing exams.
Examples of written model texts for the different pathways will be shared with students on Google. Classroom during half term.
Mira 1 Module 5
Mira 2 Module 1
Module 2
Module 3
Module 4 (only what has been covered will come in the exam)
El tiempo libre
La gente
¿Vamos a salir?
Mis vacaciones
La comida

13. French Revision During the exam week there will be 2 French exams:
Reading exam: You will do a reading exam which covers all content from Y8 – 1 hour exam
To revise for this:
Learn the spellings and meanings of the vocab lists from your Expo 1 workbook: pages for Unit 4 En Ville, p for Unit 5 Ma Journee and p.60-1 for Unit 6 On s’amuse
In addition you have a vocab list for Unit 1  of Expo book 2  Famille.
Writing Exam: Focus on Famille and Domicile (current unit only): be prepared to write words about yourself and family demonstrating that you can also use the near future tense and describe a photo card.
Learn vocab for Famille, from vocab list as above, review key phrases and grammar on this topic in your exercise book and go back over near future work from the end of Expo 1 Unit 6 .

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Topic
What do you need to know?
Instruments of the orchestra
-The 4 families of the orchestra: Strings, Woodwind, Brass, Percussion
- Which instruments belong to each family?
- Which instruments are high pitched? Which instruments are low pitched?
- What does each instrument sound like?
Elements of music
-What are the elements of music and what do each of them mean?
-Melody, Tempo, Pulse, Rhythm, Dynamics, Timbre, Pulse, Duration, Texture, Harmony, Silence
Treble Clef & Bass Clef
-You will need to know how to read the notes of these clefs. (Line notes & space notes)
- You will need to be able to read notes outside of the stave
- You will need to know how to label a keyboard without using a keyboard card.
Note Values
-How many beats is each note worth? What are the names of these values & what do they look like?
-Semibreves, dotted minims (3 beats), minims, crotchets, quavers, semi quavers
- What is a tie?
Italian Terms & Signs
You need to know the meaning of several keywords associated with music.
Accidentals
Flats, sharps and natural signs
Scales
-Where do the halftones and whole tones fall in a major scale & a minor scale?
W W H W W W H
-What is a pentatonic scale?
Time Signatures
What is a time signature? What do the top number and bottom number mean? Can you apply the correct time signatures to a piece of music?
4/ / / / / / /8
Chords
What is a chord? (Root, Third, Fifth)
Major Chord versus minor chord: What is the difference?
Can you construct a chord?
Stomp
- What techniques can be used to develop a piece of stomp music?
Example: augmentation, retrograde, cross-rhythms, note addition/subtraction, ostinato, motif, etc..
Musical Theatre
- Keywords/or features of musical theatre
- Know a little bit of the background of the musical Wicked
- Where does the piece Defying Gravity come from and who wrote it?
Bossa Nova
- Keywords from the unit
- Origin & Features of Bossa Nova
- Who is Esperanza Spalding?
- Be familiar and know some facts about the song Samba Em Preludio
Music Revision
1. Create a revision resource that includes detailed information on the following topics. You can create your resource using Google Slides.
2. When you have completed a topic, tick it off in the left hand column.
This revision resource will help you prepare for the year 8 music exam in a few weeks time. Use your planner, folder, survival kit and any further resources you have been given for support.