Download Y8 Week by week revision guide 2017

Week one
Biology
Chemistry
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Physics
RE
History
Geography
Latin
ADDITIONAL
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Gametes
Fertilisation
Pregnancy and development of the foetus.
Birth
Particles – states of matter and changes of state.
Movement of particles – diffusion
Gases under pressure
Atoms and elements - periodic table (H, C, O, N, S, Mg, Na, Cl, Ca, Cu,
Fe, He)
Groups in the periodic table (alkali metals, alkaline earth, halogens
and noble gases)
Forces and units and force meters
Effect of forces on objects
Balanced and unbalanced forces.
Springs
Gravity
Friction and its effects (stopping distances)
The old testament
 The Fall: Story, Key ideas and Contemporary Issues
 Evil and Suffering
The Norman Invasion
Causes
 Who were the three claimants to the Throne?
 Describe the details of each claim.
 How did the events of Summer 1066 and the Battle of Stamford Bridge
influence the Battle of Hastings?
Chapter 1: Earthquakes and volcanoes Page 1- 16
Case studies: Mt Etna volcano
Haiti earthquake
Nouns
First, second neuter declensions. The same for 3rd declension.
Their cases and uses---Nominative, vocative, accusative, genitive, dative and
ablative. Both singular and plural.
Target—to recognise cases in translations.
To recognise endings of third when asked to find one in grammar
section of paper
Level 3 5th declension endings.
French
Topic
Holidays
 Countries
 Transport
 Activities
 Link to weather
 Seasons – eg. en été nous allons en Italie mais en hiver j’aime
voyager en France pour faire du ski
Grammar:
 Opinions
 Justifications
 Question words
 Extn: irregular present tense
Week two
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
RE
History
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Changes during adolescence
Male and female reproductive parts – labelling and function.
Properties of metals (electrical conductivity, appearance, state,
magnetic?, thermal conductivity)
 Melting and boiling points and interpreting when something is a S, L or
G.
 Properties of non-metals.
 Compounds – identifying elements and atoms in a compound.
Properties of compounds.
 Speed
 Pressure
 Application of pressure
 Density
 Moments
The old testament
 The Ten Commandments: Story, Key ideas and Contemporary Issues
 Capital Punishment
 C) question structure and targets
The Norman Invasion
Event
 What types of soldiers and weapons were there on both sides?
 Describe the events of the Battle in chronological order.
 Analyse why one commander won or lost.
Geography
Chapter 2: Weather and climate Page 21 – 28
Case study: Hurricane Katrina
French
Topic:
Hobbies/sports/free-time activities
 Link to question words
 Extended answers
 Weather (incl s’il pleut… = if it rains; s’il fait chaud = if it’s hot etc)
 Finish holidays/free time activities speaking presentation
 30 second introduction
Latin
ADDITIONAL
Grammar:
 Present tense regular verbs (-er/-ir/-re endings)
 Present tense irregular key verbs (esp faire, aller, avoir and être)
 Present tense time phrases (normalement, d’habitude, le
weekend etc)
 Extn : Mrs Van de Tramp
The understanding of the way adjectives have to agree with the noun they
are describing. First, second, third and neuter .
Pronouns ego, tu, etc.
Prepositions 1. With the ablative---a/ab/cum/de/e/ex/in
2. With the accusative case—ad/contra /in /per/prope/trans
Level 3 Recognition of emphatic meaning.
Ipse himself/herself/itself
Idem –the same –recognition of meaning
Week three
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
RE
History
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Photosynthesis
Nutrient requirements for plant growth
The carbon cycle
Fertilisation and reproduction in flowering plants
Separating techniques (evaporation, distillation, fractional distillation,
chromatography, and filtration).
 How to purify rock salt.
 Dissolving – key language and what affects dissolving (solubility curves)
 Solvents.
 Mixtures (air, sea water and rocks)
 Poles of a magnet
 Magnetic field lines
 The effect of magnets around each other and magnetic materials.
 The earth’s magnetic field
 True test of a magnet.
The old testament
 David and Bathsheba: Story, Key ideas and Contemporary Issues
 Solomon: Story, Key ideas and Contemporary Issues
 Adultery
The Norman Invasion
Effect
 What methods did William use to control the Saxons after being
crowned King?
 What were the short, medium and long term effects of the Battle?
Geography
Chapter 3: Rivers and coasts
Page 32 – 51
Case studies: Boscastle floods
Old Harry stack
French
Topic:
Town/local area
 Locations in town incl town hall/Lost Property office = le Bureau
des objets trouvés
 Going out in town (pocket money)
 Directions
Grammar
 Near Future tense: person + correct part of aller + infinitive eg: je
vais regarder un film au cinéma
 Future time phrases eg demain; samedi prochain; le weekend
prochain
 Extn: le Futur Simple – eg je regarderai un film
 Irregular stems/verbs in le Futur Simple
Latin
Recognise Present/ imperfect/perfect tenses—more importantly the
irregulars and the verb sum.
Demonstrative pronouns – is /ille/ hic
ADDITIONAL
Level 3 recognition of Passive tenses –present, perfect passive and
pluperfect passive
Week four
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
RE
History
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Aerobic Respiration.
The role and structure of the lungs
Respiration in plants
Tests for gases (oxygen, carbon dioxide and hydrogen.
Test for water.
Purity of water (freezing point and boiling point)
The Bunsen burner and flames.
Burning (combustion)
Fossil fuels and pollution (acid rain)
Sources of light
Speed of light
Reflection
Refraction
Dispersion
How we see objects
How we see colour.
New testament
 Zacchaeus: Story, Key ideas and Contemporary Issues
 D) Question structure and targets
 Outcasts and Discrimination
Thomas Becket
Causes
 How and why had power been given away to the Church to run itself
before Henry II took the Throne?
 Describe the life of Thomas Becket from Clerk, to Chancellor, to
Archbishop.
Geography
Chapter 4: Population and settlement page 57 – 63
Case studies: China one child policy
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
French
Topic:
Revise Moi, ma famille, mes amis et mes animaux
 Family members & personal ID
 Animals
 Descriptions – size/appearance
 Character
 Check you know your 30 second presentation
Grammar:
 Accents (especially: ma mère; mon frère ; mon père)
 Adjectives – colour/describing someone
 Possessive adjectives – mon, ma, mes …. Ton, ta, tes etc
 Comparative adjectives – plus …. que; moins….que; aussi …que
Eg. ma soeur est aussi grande que ma mère
 Adjectival agreement – eg des grandes chaussures bleues but
un grand pull bleu
Latin
Numbers recognition of cardinal and ordinals . Recognition of adverbs
The story of Odysseus and Perseus
ADDITIONAL
Level 3 recognition of Volo, Nolo, and fero (and passive of fero)
Week five
Biology
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Nutrition (food groups)
Digestion
The organs in the digestive system and their role
Absorption and Egestion (key terms)
Chemistry
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Signs of chemical change.
Chemical change In everyday life (ripening fruit, cooking food)
Conservation of mass.
Metals and oxygen (Oxidation)
Metals and acids
Metals and water
Circuit symbols
Series and parallel
Current and voltage measuring both of theses.
Physics
RE
New testament
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History
Geography
French
Latin
ADDITIONAL
Sinful Woman and Simon the Pharisee: Story, Key ideas and
Contemporary Issues
 Good Samaritan: Story, Key ideas and Contemporary Issues
 Racism and Martin Luther King
Thomas Becket
Event
 What were the events of the disagreement over Criminous Clerks
between Henry II and Becket?
Chapter 5: Transport and industry
page 67 – 73
Case study: Nike – a multinational company
Topic:
Food and drinks
 Numbers/prices – en Euros
 Quantities – kilos et grammes
 Menu – vocab for starter/main course/pudding/drinks
 Names of different meals
Grammar:
 Opinions linked to food
 Past Tense time phrases (Hier; le weekend dernier; samedi
dernier; la semaine dernière etc)
 Perfect (past) Tense – regular verb changes :
Person + correct part of avoir + regular verb ending =
(-er - é; -ir - I; -re - u) eg: j’ai mange; il a fini; nous avons
répondu.
* Extn : Irregular verb endings in Passé Composé (eg : j’ai mis ; j’ai
pris ; j’ai écrit ; j’ai lu ; j’ai bu ; j’ai connu ; j’ai su ; j’ai voulu, j’ai dû
… etc – refer to Galore Park 3 grammar section
Recognition of future tense and eo—I go, fueram --- had been , ieram—
had gone.
Level 3 Imperfect passive and future passive.
Week six
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
RE
History
Geography
French
Latin
ADDITIONAL
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Skeleton
Muscles
Joints
Movement
The role of the heart and circulation.
The effect of exercise on heart rate
Thermal decomposition
Displacement
Reactivity series
Resistance in circuits – what causes it and what is it.
Resistors
Switches – AND/OR circuits and truth tables.
New testament
 The Sower: Story, Key ideas and Contemporary Issues
 Brush up on current affairs – News Round and The Week
Thomas Becket
Effect
 What happened to Henry II after the murder and how did it affect the
power of the Church to run itself independently of the King?
 How did the argument over the power of the Church to run itself carry
on throughout the topics until King John gives up his crown to the Pope?
Chapter 6: Map work page 78 - 81
Topic:
House, home and daily routine.
 Rooms in the house
 Chores at home/in garden (pocket money)
 Revise 30 second presentation
 Go through your Q&As from sheet
Grammar:
 Giving opinions in the past = the imperfect (c’était + adjective; il
faisait + weather and il y avait = there was/there were)
 Regular and irregular verbs in Imperfect tense
 NB translation of imperfect to English = I was doing or I used to
do
 Extn: Mrs Van De Tramp
Comparative and superlative adjectives and the irregulars, eg bonus
Trojan War
Level 3 Relative pronouns qui/quae/quod –who which where
Relative clauses and Past participle passive
Week seven
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
RE
History
Geography
French
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Living processes
Cells (animal and plant)
Cell organisation
Plant organs and tissue
Specialised cells
Microscopes
Reduction (extracting metals from their ores – copper, iron and
aluminium)
Uses of metals.
Electromagnets.
How to build one, how to make it stronger
Uses of electromagnets.
Magnetic fields around a current carrying wire.
Relays
New testament
 The Temptations: Story, Key ideas and Contemporary Issues
 D) Question practice
The Black death
 What was medical knowledge like in 14th century? (the 4 Humours,
plague theories)
 What was the Bubonic Plague and how did it spread so easily?
 What were the positive and negative effects of the Black Death?
 Can you categorise these effects into Religious, Social, agricultural and
medical change? Or any other categories change you can think of?
Global Knowledge
Topic:
School
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Subjects incl sports
Days & times
Classroom equipment & instructions
Timetable/routine
Schools ppt/word doc
Work on 30 second presentation – je vais parler de mon école
Practise Q and As orally/aloud from schools sheet
Grammar:
 Revise your tenses – 3 minimum, up to 6! And link to this topic
with relevant time phrases
Extn: MRS VAN DE TRAMP 
Latin
Irregular of possum . Questions using none & num
Prohibitions using noli and nolite. Reflexive pronouns me/te/se
ADDITIONAL
Level 3 Present participles / Imperfect subjunctive and purpose clauses/
Indirect commands and the use of UT
Week eight
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
RE
History
Geography
French
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Variation
Inheritance (genes and characteristics)
Selective breeding
Classification of animals and plants
The use of keys to identify organisms
Neutralisation
Everyday examples of neutralisation
Acids and alkalis
pH scale
Indicators
Acids in the environment
Limestone and chemical weathering.
Sound – what is it.
How we hear sound
Audible ranges
Reflection of sound (echo)
Ultrasound
Speed of sound
How sound travels in solids, liquids and gases.
The effect of loud sounds on our ears.
Volume and amplitude
Pitch and frequency
New testament
 Peter’s Declaration: Story, Key ideas and Contemporary Issues
 C) Question practice
Richard III
 How did Richard claim the throne and what happened to the Princes in
the Tower?
 What were the events of the Battle of Bosworth?
 Was Richard a good king – what were his successes and failures?
Chapter 4: Population and settlement page 57 – 63
Case studies: China one child policy
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Topic:
Jobs
 Be able to say your preferred job and to recognise other jobs in
case a section in comprehension
 ‘In the future I would like to be …’ = au futur/à l’avenir je voudrais
être acteur (actrice)/prof de maths/avocat/médecin/homme or
femme d’affaires
 Grammar :
 Conditional tense – time phrases and formation : je voudrais +
noun or je voudrais plus infinitive
 J’aimerais = I would like (same as je voudrais)
 Extn: Conditional tense regular endings and key irregular verbs in
Conditional
Latin
FOR ALL LEVELS
Perseus and Medusa
Theseus
Revise all tenses
Revise cases
KNOW YOUR TERMINOLGY –case/ number etc.
Week nine
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
RE
History
Geography
French
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Populations and habitats – what affects them?
How we measure and observe populations.
Population curves (graphs)
Food chains and webs
Protecting organisms and the environment (conservation and
sustainable development)
Adaptations of organisms to survive
Science skills
Independent variable
Dependent variable
Units
Drawing graphs
Writing conclusions
Evaluations
Fair testing
Control variables.
The relationship between earth, moon and sun.
Day and night
Seasons
Eclipses
Planets in the solar system
Orbits and gravity
Satellites
Key space terms
New testament
 Transfiguration: Story, Key ideas and Contemporary Issues
 C) and D) question practice
 Religious Experiences
King John
 What and why was there a crisis over who should succeed to the
throne?
 How did John lose Normandy?
 Why did John have money troubles and what did he do about it?
 Why did John give his crown to the Pope?
Chapter 5: Transport and industry
page 67 – 73
Case study: Nike – a multinational company
Topic:
 Parts of the body
 Health – illness and remedies
 At the doctor/dentist/hospital/chemist – in preparation for role
plays.
 Healthy/unhealthy living
Grammar:
 Opinions linked to health
 3-6 tenses linked to health
 Revise question words
Latin
Practice papers for all levels –see Miss Hordle
Week ten
Biology
Chemistry
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Physics
RE
History
Geography
French
Latin
Both levels
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Health – the effects of alcohol, solvents and drugs.
Bacteria and viruses
The body’s defence systems
Immunisations.
Common formulae and word equations. (water, carbon dioxide, oxygen,
methane, sodium chloride, hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide and
calcium carbonate)
Reacting elements (iron and sulphur, copper and sulphur, aluminium
and iodine.)
Energy resources
Renewable and non-renewable
The formation of fossil fuels
Units of energy
Energy transfer diagrams
Generating electricity
Different forms of energy
Conservation of energy
New testament
 Resurrection: Story, Key ideas and Contemporary Issues
 Near Death Experiences
King John
 What was the Magna Carta and how did it limit the power of the King?
 How did the Magna Carta influence the formation of modern
parliament?
 Was John a successful king?
Global Knowledge and map work
Topic:
 The Environment – vocab for recycling/ waste etc
 Recap 4 presentations
Grammar:
 3-6 tenses linked to this topic + relevant time phrases
 Opinions and justifications
Go over weak areas and practise comprehension section of paper
Top tips page
English
Miss Clegg will give advice if a key area needs revision on a week by week basis. All students will
have individual targets to work on in the different skill bases. Main targets are written in exercise
books.
The main themes will include:
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Revision of literary terms for poetry and narrative analysis. (Glossary lists in comprehension books.)
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Revision of spellings issued throughout the year, recorded in their spelling workbooks as a series of
lists. Looking over key errors in the composition book would be helpful.
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Revision of parts of the sentence, nouns, adverbs and so forth.
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Revision of punctuation- in particular apostrophe usage and speech punctuation.
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Brainstorming essay plans of possible questions. Pupils are free to submit any extra work for
feedback.
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Reading a variety of different books, as pupils are often asked to think about plot lines and themes
they have come across.
N/B: Use the RE Revision Guide Textbook – each of the 4 sections per topic corresponds to a) b) c) and d)
questions in the exam.
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Remember to look at all the topics, not just these ones. This is merely a guide as to what to focus on.
Also use the Y8 CE Revision sheet I have provided for the Question Guide and BA phrases.
French notes
This is not a finite list …. but so much of CE/Entrance exams is vocab based. Find the
best way for you to revise vocab … working by topic is best … use the alphabet to prompt
you, create mind maps, use flashcards for games, put post-its on the fridge door, in your
bedroom etc with linked words and phrases.
Make sure you use your ISEB blue text books – compiled by topic – refer to relevant
section and complete practice exercises to reinforce vocab and grammar.
Read through grammar notes and put salient points/words/endings onto flashcards. Test
yourselves on a whiteboard/devise a quiz for your family for car journeys….
Science notes
You have your: green revision guide, green science class books and old past papers as resources.
You may also find the following website useful:
http://science4ce.co.uk/
Use the lists each week to highlight off when you have completed revision on that area. Use a
colour code system for anything you need help with in class following your revision. Remember
revision is active! Make revision cards, take a topic and do a brainstorm of everything you can
remember. Then compare it with your revision guide and see what you missed off and got
confused with. If you got confused check it with the revision guide or green science class book
for further understanding. If you are still stuck, flag it and bring it to your teacher in your next
science lesson so we can go over anything together.
Latin notes
If you have the ISEB Latin revision book there are plenty of exercises for you to pick from. You
all have the Grammar booklet appropriate for your level, please use it. I will give exercises to
you all each week that fits in with your topic that week. This will also help with vocab. Any
problems, approach me in lessons and we can revisit as a class.