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St BernardʼsCatholic High SchoolOur Curriculum2022 - 2023
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Pictured: Year 11 final project, mixed media
Pictured: year 9 computing lesson on animations
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Pictured: the library at St Bernards
The Island at the End of EverythingSeparated from everything she loves, Ami embarks on a daring journey to find a way back home. When she discovers an abandoned boat, she sets out to fix it. But is she brave enough to take it across the fierce waves and back to Culion?
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Pictured: French trip at Mont-Saint-Michel
Pictured: Year 10 field trip to Grasmere
fantastic places fantastic places
sustainability
systems approach
Pictured: Year 7 Motte and bailey castles
Pictured: Year 7 Book 2 ‘Boy’ by Roald Dahl
Waiting For Murder Going Solo
The Book of Dust Curious Incident
Shadowmancer The Chronicles of Narnia A Christmas Carol s Caged bird Caged BirdWilhelm Gustloff
Pictured: Matthew on pi day after reciting pi to 236 digits!
Pictured: Year 8 practicing chords
Pictured: year 10 cross country
Game sense - Invasion gamesCooperative learning - sport educationHealth senseBody management and control through trampoliningSkill development through net court gamesSporting competition fortnightSkill development through athleticsGames sense through striking and fielding gamesProblem solving through leadership challenges
Pictured: summer term Abbey Mass
Pictured: year 8 performing a flame test
Aerobic Respiration; The Heart; Anaerobic RespirationPhotosynthesis and its Importance; Factor affecting Photosynthesis; Adaptations of the Leaves and StomataInheritance; Variation; Natural Selection; Extinction; Biodiversity and Gene BanksEquipment; Variables; Table Design and Graphs; Methods; Investigation and AnalysisReactivity Series; Reduction; Metals and Acids; Metal Carbonates and Acids; Metal Oxides and AcidsSeparating Mixtures; Distillation; Pure Substance vs MixturesThe Earth and its Atmosphere; Earth’s Resources; Ceramics; Polymers; CompositesLight; Reflection; Refraction; Colour and Filters What is Sound? Speed of Sound; Uses of Sound; The Ear and ProtectionMeasuring Speed; Distance-Time Graphs; Motion; Machines and Moments; Hooke’s Law; PressureThe Universe; Stars; Red Shift; Gravity; Orbits and Satellites, Birth and Death of the Universe.
Communities, Abiotic and Biotic Factors, Adaptations, Sampling Techniques, Biodiversity, Human Effects on Biodiversity, Maintaining BiodiversityEukaryotic and Prokaryotic Cells, Cell Specialisation and Differentiation, Mitosis and Cell Cycle, Stem Cells, Diffusion, Osmosis.Atoms and Elements, Compounds, Formulae and Equations, Mixtures, Atom Development and Atomic Structure, Isotopes and Electron Configuration, Development of the Periodic Table, Alkali Metals, The Halogens, Noble Gases.Pure and Impure Substances, Formulations, Chromatography, Gas TestsEarth’s Early Atmosphere, Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere, Greenhouse Gases and the Greenhouse Effect, Carbon Footprint, Fossil Fuels, Combustion, Atmospheric Pollutants.Vectors and Scalars, Forces Between Objects, Resultant Force, Calculating Force, Centre of Mass, Hooke’s Law, Elastic Potential Energy, Parallelogram and Resolution of Forces.Energy Stores, Conservation of Energy, Energy and Work, Gravitational Potential, Kinetic and Elastic Stores, Energy Dissipation, Efficiency and Electrical Appliances, Energy and Power.Conduction, Specific Heat Capacity, Heating and Insulating Buildings, Energy Demands, Renewable Energy Resources, Energy Issues.
Organisational Hierarchy, Digestive System, Catalysts and Enzymes, The Heart and Blood Vessels, The Lungs.
Pictured: Year 9 desk light project
Pictured: Year 7 Lakeside trip, part of the ‘transition’ unit
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