Year 8 Parent Support Evening Science. Mrs Temple Director of science

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1 Year 8 Parent Support Evening Science Mrs Temple Director of science

2 About us and Ks3 Director of science: Mrs Temple Deputy Leader: Miss Simona Trignano Progress Leader KS3: Miss Hannah Whittington Progress Leader PP: Mr Alex Mohammed

3 About us 14 further specialist science teachers. 7 lessons a fortnight. Differentiated Scheme of work. Mrs McCulloch once a week will support a small group of PP student a Tuesday period 5 (X band in the autumn term, Y band in the spring term and Z band in the summer term) To support with homework, Mr Mohammed will run a homework club on a Tuesday in G16s For our science enthusiastic students, we have Science Club, very week after school on a Wednesday in G09 completely free.

4 Which topics will your son/daughter cover during year 8 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Lab Safety and Atomic Structure States of matter and Pressure Energy Transfers and Sankey Diagrams Energy Calculations Cells Diet and Nutrition Gas exchange Skeletal and muscular Acids bases and Chemical reactions Circuits and Electrical Current Electrostatic Attraction Reproduction Genetics and evolution Plants and stomata Ecos

5 Term length 8X1/8Y1/8Z1 8X2/8Y2/8Z2 8X3/8Y3/8Z3 8X4/8Y4/8Z4 8X5 Autumn Term 7 Lab Safety and Atomic Structure States of matter and Pressure End of half term assessment 7 Energy Transfers and Sankey Diagrams Energy Calculations End of half term assessment Spring Term 6 Cells Diet and Nutrition Gas exchange Skeletal and muscular End of half term assessment 5 Acids bases and Chemical reactions End of half term assessment Summer term 6 Circuits and Electrical Current Electrostatic Attraction End of half term assessment 7 Reproduction Genetics and evolution Plants and stomata Ecos Lab Safety and Atomic Structure States of matter and Pressure Energy Calculations Energy Transfers and Sankey Diagrams Cells Diet and Nutrition Gas exchange Skeletal and muscular Chemical reactions Acids bases and Electrostatic Attraction Circuits and Electrical Current Plants and stomata Ecos Reproduction Genetics and evolution Lab Safety and Atomic Structure States of matter and Pressure Energy Transfers and Sankey Diagrams Energy Calculations Cells Gas exchange Skeletal and muscular Diet and Nutrition Acids bases and Chemical reactions Circuits and Electrical Current Electrostatic Attraction Reproduction Genetics and evolution Plants and stomata Ecos Lab Safety and Atomic Structure States of matter and Pressure Energy Transfers and Sankey Diagrams Energy Calculations Cells Skeletal and muscular Diet and Nutrition Gas exchange Chemical reactions Acids bases and Electrostatic Attraction Circuits and Electrical Current Plants and stomata Ecos Reproduction Genetics and evolution Lab Safety and Atomic Structure States of matter and Pressure Energy Transfers and Sankey Diagrams Energy Calculations Cells Diet and Nutrition Gas exchange Skeletal and muscular Acids bases and Chemical reactions Circuits and Electrical Current Electrostatic Attraction Reproduction Genetics and evolution Plants and stomata Ecos

6 Which topics will your son/daughter cover during year 9 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Reactivity series Chemical reaction 1 Chemical reaction 2 Speed Forces (Hooke s Law, Terminal Velocity) Moments/Levers Cells and Diffusion Cellular Respiration Microbes Rates of Chemical Reactions Energetics Gas Exchange System (ISA) Diet and Nutrition Genetics and evolution (link to eco) Sound Hearing Pressure/Density

7 What can you do to support your son/daughters progress? Ensure your son/daughter have the correct equipment pens, pencils, ruler, planner and a calculator. Ensure that they complete and hand in all homework tasks. All homework set can be found on the homework website, which also provides details of due dates. Encourage them to read around the topics that they are covering in class-this can be done using the internet, books, magazines and by watching documentaries on TV e.g. visit Science section of BBC website or use YouTube. Help them with their revision using Bitesize on the internet - BBC - KS3 Bitesize: Science

8 How will your son/daughter s progress be tracked? At the end of each term all students will complete a 1 hour exam paper that assesses all content covered to date (cumulative papers). For each assessment your son/daughter will be given formative feedback/ targets explaining what they need to do to improve and further progress. Teachers will also use other types of assessment e.g. practical investigations, presentations and assessment for learning tasks to assess the progress that your son/daughter is making. Homework will also be set at the end of each topic, marked by teacher and targets set to help them progress further.

9 What next? GCSE options Courses delivered: o Double GCSE option (2 GCSEs) Core Science Additional Science o Triple Science GCSE option (3 GCSEs) Biology Chemistry Physics

10 Assessment of GCSE courses Module 1: 60 minute paper-25% Module 2: 60 minute paper-25% Module3: 60 minute paper-25% Controlled assessment (ISA)-25% Students are now assessed for the quality of their written communication within each exam paper. There has also been in literacy demands of assessments. How Science Works-Scientific enquiry skills will be developed at key stage 3 and embedded into teaching at key stage 4. These skills will be assessed through the ISA and within module exams.