PERSONAL SOCIAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION - Students have one PSHE lesson per week. Content covered includes Social, Personal and Health education
ENGLISH - The year 7 English Course emphasizes on developing critical literacy skills through reading, writing, speaking and listening.
MATHEMATICS - The Year 7 Mathematics course is based on the English National Curriculum Key Stage 3. It covers all of the necessary elements of Algebra, Geometry, Arithmetic and Data Handling.
SCIENCE - Students will gain considerable knowledge and understanding of science and also the ability to handle information and solve problems
LANGUAGES - Choice of French or Spanish
ARABIC - There are three streams: First Language, Second Language and Non-Arabic Speakers. The aim is to provide students with a high standard of Arabic.
HUMANITIES - Looks at the culture, history, and interactions of human beings. It is an integrated approach including the subjects taught at this school of History, Geography and Business studies.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - Preparing students for both the IGCSE ICT and Computer Studies Curricula. Students will use: Spreadsheet, word processing, presentation authoring and Photoshop design.
ART - The Art course teaches students to create art by developing an idea from initial drawings into a well-designed, coherent final piece.
DRAMA - The aims of the course are to encourage creativity, develop ability, confidence and awareness.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION - comprises of a variety of activities which students are expected to progress through in terms of their understanding and skills
MUSIC - Year 7 students will study performance, composition, listening skills and theory throughout the year.
Y7 Curriculum documents:
Computing, Maths, Science, Humanities, Music, English, French, Art, Drama S1, Drama S2, Arabic 1st, Arabic 2nd, Spanish, PE.
PERSONAL SOCIAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION - ‘Teaching Future Leaders’ curriculum. This curriculum equips students with cutting edge leadership skills for the 21st century work place.
ENGLISH – The year 8 English course introduces students to the variety of skills they will be required to demonstrate throughout their studies in English. An emphasis is placed on developing critical literacy skills through reading, writing, speaking and listening.
MATHEMATICS - Covers all of the necessary elements of Algebra, Geometry, Arithmetic and Data Handling. These include: Sequences and functions; Equations and formulae; Measures and Mensuration; Geometrical reasoning; Integers, powers and roots; Calculator methods; and solving problems
SCIENCE - Within the parameter of the syllabus, students will gain considerable knowledge and understanding of science and also the ability to handle information and solve problems. Experimental investigations are an integral part of the course.
LANGUAGES - Choice of French or Spanish
ARABIC - There are three streams: First Language, Second Language and Non-Arabic Speakers. The aim is to provide students with a high standard of Arabic.
GEOGRAPHY - Examination of world population, its growth and distribution. This is followed by focusing on the physical geography of coastal areas, weather and climate, and different ecosystems. Population and the physical geography of areas studied are then combined in studying global warming and its impacts.
HISTORY
Term 1 – Industrial Revolution
Term 2 - Slavery
Term 3 – Civil Rights
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -
Term 1 - Website design - Level 1
Term 2 - Basic Flash - Level 1
Term 3 - Scratch
In parallel, students will be using different web 2.0 tools such as wikis, Vle, Q-rcode.
ART –
Term 1 - Image, Shape and Colour Harmonies
Term 2 - Applied Art: Carnival
Term 3 - Portraiture
DRAMA - The aims of the course are to encourage creativity, develop ability, confidence and awareness.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION - The Year 8 Physical Education programme comprises of a variety of activities which students are expected to progress through in terms of their understanding and skills. There is an emphasis on fitness awareness.
MUSIC -
Term 1 - Reggae Music - Composition and Performance
Term 2 - History of Music - 20th Century Music and Theory of Music
Term 3 - Music for Film and Rhythms of the World and African Music
Y8 Curriculum documents:
Computing, Maths, Science, Geography, Music, History, English, Spanish, Art, Drama S1, Drama S2, Arabic 1st, PE.
PERSONAL SOCIAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION - ‘Teaching Future Leaders’ curriculum. This curriculum equips students with cutting edge leadership skills for the 21st century work place.
ENGLISH - An emphasis is placed on developing critical literacy skills through reading, writing, speaking and listening.
MATHEMATICS – Course covers all of the necessary elements of Algebra, Geometry, Arithmetic and Data Handling. These include: Sequences and series; Proportional reasoning; Pythagoras Theorem; Equations and formulae; Mensuration; Geometrical reasoning; Transformations; Simple trigonometry; Integers, powers and roots; Calculator methods; and solving problems.
Skills * develop logical, critical and creative thinking * develop an understanding of the principles and nature of the subject * develop patience and persistence in problem solving * transfer skills to alternative situations and to future developments * communicate clearly and confidently in writing and in graphical form.
SCIENCE - The Year 9 combined science covers: Photosynthesis, Plants and Plant Nutrition, Reaction of Metals, Patterns of Reactivity, the Periodic table and Formulae, Motion, Speed, Pressure, Moments, Heat Transfer, Magnetism and Electricity.
LANGUAGES - Choice of French or Spanish
ARABIC - There are three streams: First Language, Second Language and Non-Arabic Speakers. The aim is to provide students with a high standard of Arabic.
GEOGRAPHY - The topics investigated in Year 8 are further developed with new modules studied. Namely, Development, Weathering, Global Fashion, and Tourism.
HISTORY
Term 1 - Dictators and dictatorships
Term 2 - Genocide
Term 3 - The First World War
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Term 1 Database using File maker - Level 3
Term 2 Website design using Dreamweaver- Level 3
Term 3 Spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel - Level 3
In parallel, students will be working on projects using Excel, File maker and Dreamweaver.
ART
Term 1 - Islamic Art
Term 2 - Expressionist Art
Term 3 - Perspective
DRAMA - The aims of the course are to encourage creativity, develop ability, confidence and awareness.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION - There is an emphasis on fitness awareness.
In Year 9 the students are expected to have developed their skills and a deeper knowledge, allowing them to progress to IGCSE Physical education if they so wish.
MUSIC
Term 1 – History of Music Podcast, Advanced Music Theory
Term 2 – Blues Music – Composition, Blues Music - Performance
Term 3 – Listening and Appraising of Music, Popular Music Song Compositions
OUTDOOR EDUCATION - The programme offers students opportunities to gain internationally recognised Sailing and Kayaking qualifications and outdoor life skills during two day courses in each sport.
Y9 Curriculum documents:
Computing, Maths Regular, Maths Accelerated, Science, Geography, Music, History, English, Spanish, Art, Arabic 1st, Drama S1, Drama S2, PE.