Term

Year 7 (starting 2021)

Year 8 (starting 2022)

Year 9 (starting 2023)

Autumn 1

• Cells, tissues, organs and systems (7A)
• The particle model (7G)

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• Food and nutrition (8A)
• Combustion (8E)

• Genetics and evolution (9A)
• Plant growth (9B)

October Half Term

Autumn 2

• Energy (7I)
• Sexual reproduction in animals (7B)

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• Fluids (8I)
• Plants and their reproduction (8B)

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• Making materials (9E)
• Reactivity (9F)

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Christmas

Spring 1

• Mixtures and separation (7E)
• Atoms, elements and compounds (7H)

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• The periodic table (8F)
• Light (8J)

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• Forces and motion (9I)
• Force fields and electromagnets (9J)

February Half Term

Spring 2

• Current electricity (7J)
• Muscles and bones (7C)

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• Breathing and respiration (8C)
• Metals and their uses (8G)

• Biology revision and projects (9C)
• Biology transition (9D)

Easter

Summer 1

• Sound (7L)
• Acids and alkalis (7F)

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• Energy transfers (8K)
• Unicellular organisms (8D)

• Chemistry revision and projects (9G)
• Chemistry transition (9H)

Summer 2

• Forces (7K) &
• Ecosystems (7D)

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• Rocks (8H)
• Earth and space (8L)

• Physics revision and projects (9K)
• Physics transition (9L)

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