KeyStage 3 (Ages 11-14, Year Group 7 - 9)

At this level we provide a Personal Learning Programme that supports your child’s needs, the National Curriculum and, if required, prepares the student for the KS3 SAT.

English Topics Covered

Reading (En 3)

• Comprehension – Understanding more complex texts. Supporting study of older texts i.e. Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’.
• Understanding the writer’s craft the techniques used in fiction and non-fiction texts – similes, onomatopoeia, assonance, emotive language, rhetorical questions, repetition etc.
• Comparing texts
• Media Texts – Analysing visual differences of layout, structure and language between media-based texts (newspaper/ magazine articles).

Writing (En 3)

• Composition – Extensive use of grammar and application of style and form according to type of text. Understanding target audience, different texts and their effects
• Formal and Informal Writing – Distinguishing different types of essay writing i.e. Descriptive, Factual, Controversial, Imaginative, Report, Article, Review and Letter Writing.
• Punctuation and Spelling
• Standard English and Language Structure – Grammar, Vocabulary and Spelling.

Maths Topics Covered

Number and Algebra (Ma 2)

• Properties of Whole Numbers: Primes, Multiples and Factors
• Squares, Cubes, Powers and Roots
• Mental methods
• Calculator and Non-Calculator Problems
• Fractions, Percentages, Decimals, Ratio and Proportion
• Use of Symbols
• Number Patterns
• Solving Equations
• Using Formulae
• Co-ordinates and Graphs

Shape, Space and Measure (Ma 3)

• Area and Perimeter
• Lines and Angles
• Symmetry
• Solids and Nets
• Volume and Capacity
• Circumference, Diameter and Radius
• Geometrical Reasoning
• Pythagoras’s Theorem
• Trigonometry
• Tessellations
• Reflection and Rotation
• Map Scales
• Metric and Imperial Units

Handling Data (Ma 4)

• Graphs and Charts
• Mean, Median, Mode and Range
• Frequency Tables/ Bar Charts/ Pie Charts
• Scatter Diagrams
• Probability
• Questionnaires