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