Key Stage 3
Guru Nanak Sikh Academy
Key Stage 3 Curriculum Overview
| Key Stage 3 | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Year 7 Big Picture |
Baseline Assessments The Big Question: How does maths help the world? Topic 1 – Use of Number The Big Question: What comes first the problem or the solution? Topic 2 – Sequences The Big Question: How do lines & angles relate to shapes? Topic 3 – Perimeter, Area & Volume |
The Big Question: What’s the point? Topic 4 - Decimals The Big Question: Who invented maths? Topic 5 – Working with Numbers The Big Question: Who invented pie charts and when? Where are they are used in real life. Topic 6 - Statistics |
The Big Question: Is there an effective way to find the unknown? Topic 7 - Algebra The Big Question: Is a calculator better than a brain? Topic 8 - Fractions The Big Question: Do all shapes occur naturally? Topic 9 - Angles |
The Big Question: How accurate are GPS Coordinates? Topic 10 – Coordinate & Graphs The Big Question: Is this offer really worth it? Topic 11 - Percentages The Big Question: Stick or switch? Topic 12 - Probability |
The Big Question: Is there beauty in maths? Topic 13 - Symmetry The Big Question: What is the relationship between x and y? Topic 14 - Equations The Big Question: Does data always tell you the real story? .... the whole story? …. the truth? Topic 15 – Interpreting Data |
The Big Question: Is there a life without shape? Topic 16 – 3D Shapes The Big Question: How do architects and engineers make use of ratio ? Topic 17 - Ratio End Of Year 7 Papers. |
| Year 8 Big Picture |
The Big Question: How does maths help the world? Topic 1 – Working with Number The Big Question: Are you able to understand and describe properties of shapes using mathematical terms? Topic 2 - Geometry The Big Question: Is a chance of something happening always out of 1? Topic 3 - Probability |
The Big Question: Is this offer really worth it? Topic 4 - Percentages The Big Question: Explain the difference between sequence & series. Topic 5 - Sequences The Big Question: Why is the Earth not a perfect sphere? Topic 6 – Area of 2D and 3D Shapes |
The Big Question: What is the relationship between a line and its perpendicular? Topic 7 - Graphs The Big Question: How does binary work? Topic 8 – Simplifying Number The Big Question: What is the probability of winning the lottery? How do they work this out? Would it change if we had more or less numbers? Topic 9 – Interpreting Data |
The Big Question: What formulas do you commonly use in other subjects that you have to be able to change the subject? Topic 10 - Algebra The Big Question: When enlarging a shape, what actually changes? Topic 11 – Congruence & Scaling The Big Question: Research 5 different jobs where you would need to use fractions, decimals or percentages. Topic 12 – Fractions & Decimals |
The Big Question: Does it work out cheaper to buy certain items on holiday? Topic 13 - Proportion The Big Question: How do we use circles in everyday life? Topic 14 - Circles |
The Big Question: Can you find any formulae commonly used where you may need to be able to change the subject? Topic 15 – Equations & Formulae The Big Question: What is the difference between discrete and continuous data? Topic 16 – Comparing Data |
| Year 9 Big Picture |
The Big Question: Why are base 2 numbers so important to technological changes? Topic 1 – Indices & Standard Form The Big Question: Does data always tell you the real story? .... the whole story? …. the truth? Topic 2 - Statistics |
The Big Question: What comes first, the problem or the solution? Topic 3 - Formulae The Big Question: Can you always predict the next term in a sequence? Topic 4 - Sequences |
The Big Question: Is it possible to draw a journey? Topic 5 – Graphs The Big Question: Why is the Earth not a perfect sphere? What happens to the volume of a cube when each side is doubled? Topic 6 – Perimeter, Area & Volume |
The Big Question: What are degrees? Who chose to use them and why? Describe how you’d use a clinometer to measure the height of a building. Topic 7 – Angles, Pythagoras & Trigonometry |
The Big Question: What is exponential growth? Where do we see exponential growth every day? Topic 8 – Percentages The Big Question: What is the golden ratio? Estimate what proportion of the year you spend in school. Topic 9 – Ratio & Proportion |
The Big Question: What is the probability of winning the lottery? Topic 10 – Probability End Of Year 9 Papers. One Calculator Paper & One Non-Calculator Paper |
