Year 8 Curriculum & Arrangements

Term will formally start on Monday September 9^th.

Year 8 sessions will be four hours a day, Monday to Wednesday with an option to stay to Sports Coaching with Sport Elite 2-4pm each day.

We will also be offering a variety of activities on Freedom Thursdays and Freaky Fridays that are themed sessions supported by staff and guided by the students who attend and respond to the stimuli offered.

It is hoped that the majority of parents will wish to sign their young people up for the  three four hour mornings, however, depending on demand, there may be the opportunity to join the team for just one or two subjects per day. Priority will be given to those wishing to attend all four hours.

The Sport Elite session will take place 2-4pm three times a week and will be open to all home educators to enjoy.

The cost of the classes will depend on the number of students enrolled in each.

We will be taking bookings throughout the summer holiday and will advise parents of the charge of the session before the term formally starts on Monday September 9th. If only one student has enrolled for a class, parents will be given the option to withdraw before the first session occurs.

We ask that parents commit to a minimum of six sessions , giving three weeks notice if they do not wish to renew their booking for the next group of six weeks.

Cancellation Policy

Where staff availability exists, one to one sessions can be rescheduled once per half term, all other classes must be paid in full.

TimeTable

Year 8 Sessions – Monday Tuesday Wednesday

9.15 am
Meet, greet and discuss days highlights

9.20 – 10.15
Science

10.15 – 10.30
Let off steam/chill

10.30 – 11.15
English

11.15 – 11.30
Snack, drink etc
(bring your own. Due to allergens, no nuts or members of the oranges family please – and that includes orange juice – sorry!)

11.30 – 12.15
Arts

12.15 – 12.30
Steam or Chill

12.30 – 1.15
Maths

1.15 – 1.30
Celebrate success

1.30 – 2pm
If you are staying for sports, you can join the staff and enjoy your packed lunch that you brought from home. Don’t forget to bring trainers, T-shirts, shorts/leggings to change into for the afternoon session.

2pm – 4pm
Sport activities with Sports Elite.

Curriculum

The Core Maths Skills Year 8 Autumn Term

• Ratio, microwave cooking for one (scaling recipes).
• Working with scales, measurement and constructing scale models, reading map scales, planning cross country hikes.
• Multiplication and division of fractions, converting fractions to decimals and recurring decimals to fractions .
• Plotting co-ordinates, plotting graphs, scaling axis.
• Capturing, interpreting and displaying data, correlation line of best fit, cumulative frequency, box plots and quartile.

Year 8 Science Projects Autumn Term 2024

• Exploring digestion.  The human digestive system.
• Respiration, the human respiratory system.
• CPR and recovery position. 
• Rocks and Weathering.
• Magnets.

Year 8 English Topics

• Examine persuasion through advertising, and argument through formal writing
• Write formal letter to MP on matter of local or national importance.
• Organise a community event and plan press releases and publicity campaign. Run event and create SWAT analysis of outcomes.
• Develop an affinity, as both reader and writer, for plot and characterisation in fiction
• Explore the poetry of Cats TS Elliot, Ted Hughes, Peacock by Ted Hughes, Hyena by Edwin Morgan, Jaguar by Ted Hughes, The Tyger by William Blake and The Mower by Philip Larkin .Explore cultural stories embodying animals with human characteristics to teach morals. 
• Undertake public speaking and  debate activities, take part in Rotary Young Speaker Competition.

Year 8 Humanities Investigations Topics to be selected from.

• Coasts,  Urbanisation, Global Change.
• The significance and impact  of the  industrial revolution .
• The coming of the steam train.
• The evolution of the modern car.
• The mastery of the air.

Year 8 Art and Craft Projects to be selected from

• Exploring Clay, coil pots, thumb pots, modelling creatures from one piece of clay,  making clay tiles. Making garden gnomes.  Firing clay using a sawdust kiln.  Using clay to make moulds.
• Exploring photography, digitally editing and enhance image, digital art. Build models of shanty Printing , mounting , displaying.  Take part in Rotary Young Photographer Competition.
• Explore cubism.
• Design and build representations of housing , streets, towns, famous public building from around the world.
• Shadow puppets, sock puppets.
• Illusion.

Sport

Selected activities from Cricket, Archery, Athletics, Football skills, Jiu jitsu , Kick boxing, racquet skills, skipping skills, under the watchful and skilled mentorship of Elite Sports.