Key Stage 3
At Corby Business Academy we recognise the importance of developing high level literacy and numeracy skills and so all subject delivered at Key Stage 3 (Years 7 and 8) have a focus on the development of these core areas of the curriculum.
At Key Stage 3, all students study English, Mathematics, Science, Active (physical education), Design Technology, Modern Foreign Languages, Business, History, Geography, Computer Science and Music.
Success by the end of this key stage gives students the greatest opportunity to excel during Key Stage 4 (Years 9, 10 and 11) and Key Stage 5 (Sixth Form).
Active (Core PE)
Key Stage 3 overview: Students will cover a range of traditional and alternative activities to develop key skills and fitness components. This will include coaching, refereeing and leadership. The principle of the curriculum is based on the Head, Heart, Hands criteria where students look at all aspects of their development. Opportunities to extend their potential will be during session 5 activities, sporting fixtures for both the district and county and School Games competitions.
Year 7
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Term 1 |
Baseline Testing |
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Team Games: Netball, Football, Rugby, Handball |
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Alternative: Fitness, Dance |
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Term 2 |
Team Games: Volleyball, Football, Rugby, Handball |
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Alternative: Fitness, Dance |
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Term 3 |
Team Games: Football, Handball |
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Alternative: Fitness, Trampolining |
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Term 4 |
Team Games: Badminton, Football, Rugby, Handball, Hockey |
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Alternative: Fitness |
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Term 5 |
Athletics: 100m, 200m, 1500m, Shot Putt, Discus, Javelin, Relay, High Jump, Long Jump |
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Term 6 |
Striking and Fielding/Racket: Rounders, Cricket, Tennis, Softball |
Year 8
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Term 1 |
Team Games: Netball, Football, Rugby |
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Alternative: Fitness |
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Term 2 |
Team Games: Volleyball, Football, Rugby, Handball, Netball |
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Term 3 |
Team Games: Football, Handball, Hockey |
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Alternative: Fitness, Trampolining |
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Term 4 |
Team Games: Badminton, Handball, Hockey |
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Alternative: Fitness |
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Term 5 |
Athletics: 100m, 200m, 1500m, Shot Putt, Discus, Javelin, Relay, High Jump, Long Jump |
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Term 6 |
Striking and Fielding/Racket: Cricket, Tennis, Softball |
If you require further information about Active (Core PE), please contact the Director of Subject: Amy Harris aharris@corbybusinessacademy.org
Art and Design Technology
Key Stage 3 overview: Students take part in a variety of art and design subjects on a one week rotation cycle. Subjects include Art, Food Technology, Product Design and Textiles.
Year 7
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Art |
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Formal Elements Introduction Bug project |
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Food Technology |
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Health and safety |
Basic knife skills |
Hygiene |
Practical lessons |
Eat Well Plate |
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Product Design |
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Rocket Keyring Holder - Making & Evaluating |
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Textiles |
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Health & safety |
Skills |
Day of the Dead skills project |
Year 8
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Art |
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Contextual Art and Drawing Skills Vanitas |
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Food Technology |
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Recap Health and safety |
Hygiene |
Around the world dishes |
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Product Design |
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Bridle Link Toy – Design, Making and Evaluating |
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Textiles |
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Recap Health and safety |
Dying process |
Tie dye back pack |
If you require further information about Art and Design, please contact the Director of Subject: Emily Boyd eboyd@corbybusinessacademy.org
Business
Key Stage 3 overview: Students will develop teamwork and enterprise skills through a variety of business projects. Students are given the opportunity to identify new products including working on costs and marketing. These projects will also secure students' life skills through the presentation element of the projects.
Year 7 Enterprise and Entrepreneurial Skills
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Term 1 |
Team Work |
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Term 2 |
Enterprise Skills |
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Term 3 |
Coca Cola Challenge |
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Term 4 |
Coca Cola Challenge |
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Term 5 |
Northamptonshire County Challenge |
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Term 6 |
Learn to Earn |
Year 8 London Institute of Banking Certificate Level 1
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Term 1 |
Modern Banking |
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Term 2 |
Sources of Money |
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Term 3 |
Storing Money Safely |
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Term 4 |
Spending and Budgeting |
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Term 5 |
Saving, Selling and Borrowing |
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Term 6 |
What is Insurance |
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How do we keep our Money Safe |
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LIBF MOCK and TEST |
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Introduction to Entrepreneurship |
If you require further information about Business, please contact the Director of Subject: Sharon Scullion sscullion@corbybusinessacademy.org
Computer Science
Key Stage 3 overview: Computer Science and IT are combined in Key Stage 3. In Year 7 students start to develop their basic programming skills through the Scratch Programme. In Year 8 students then move on to text based Python programming.
Year 7
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Term 1 |
7.1 Modelling with spreadsheets |
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Term 2 |
7.2 Creative computing with scratch |
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Term 3 |
7.3 Online safety |
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Term 4 |
7.4 Algorithms, binary and computational thinking |
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Term 5 |
7.5 Hardware, software and networks |
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Term 6 |
7.6 Programming with the python turtle |
Year 8
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Term 1 |
8.1 Visualisation |
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Term 2 |
8.2 HTML & CSS |
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Term 3 |
8.3 Python programming |
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Term 4 |
8.4 Flowcharts, pseudocode and searching and sorting algorithms |
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Term 5 |
8.5 Internet and the world wide web |
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Term 6 |
8.6 Faking IT – an introduction to photoshop |
If you require further information about Computer Science, please contact the Director of Subject: Martin Corbishley mcorbishley@corbybusinessacademy.org
English
Key Stage 3 overview: Students develop a love of literacy by exploring a range of different literary genres; debates and a range of topical issues. Non-fiction units develop students' ability to understand the wider-world, issues and form opinions to discuss these topics in preparation for GCSE.
Year 7
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Term 1 |
Modern Novel |
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Term 2 |
Modern Novel |
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Term 3 |
Conflict Poetry |
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Term 4 |
Modern Drama Text |
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Term 5 |
Shakespeare Play |
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Term 6 |
Creative writing unit |
Year 8
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Term 1 |
Dystopian Fiction |
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Term 2 |
The Great Gender Debate |
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Term 3 |
Modern Novel |
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Term 4 |
Modern Novel |
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Term 5 |
Shakespeare Play |
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Term 6 |
19th Century Gothic fiction |
If you require further information about English, please contact the Director of Subject: Laura Bond lbond@corbybusinessacademy.org
Geography
Key Stage 3 overview:
Year 7
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Term 1 |
Geography Road Trip |
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Geography Skills |
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Term 2 |
Geography Road Trip |
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Geographical skills |
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Term 3 |
Ecosystems |
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Term 4 |
Ecosystems |
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Term 5 |
Rivers and coasts |
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Term 6 |
Rivers and coasts Fieldwork |
Year 8
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Term 1 |
Globalisation |
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Term 2 |
Globalisation |
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Term 3 |
Disasters |
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Term 4 |
Disasters |
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Term 5 |
Developing World |
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Term 6 |
Zombie Apocalpse |
If you require further information about Geography, please contact the Head of Subject: Jordan Joseph: jjoseph@corbybusinessacademy.org
History
Key Stage 3 overview:
Year 7
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Term 1 |
Welcome to history |
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Term 2 |
Norman invasion |
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Term 3 |
Medieval England |
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Term 4 |
Tudors |
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Term 5 |
Native Americans |
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Term 6 |
English Civil War |
Year 8
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Term 1 |
Democracy |
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Term 2 |
Industrial revolution |
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Term 3 |
Slavery |
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Term 4 |
Civil rights |
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Term 5 |
Immigration |
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Term 6 |
Holocaust |
If you require further information about History, please contact the Lead Teacher for the Subject: Fiona Rowe frowe@corbybusinessacademy.org
Maths
Key Stage 3 overview: Students will focus on function skills and developing resilience through problem solving in preparation for GCSE.
Year 7
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Term 1 |
Analysing and displaying data |
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Number skills |
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Term 2 |
Expressions and formulae |
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Fractions |
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Term 3 |
Angles and shapes |
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Decimals |
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Term 4 |
Equations |
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Sequences and graphs |
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Term 5 |
Measurement |
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Perimeter, area and volume |
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Term 6 |
Ratio and proportion |
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Probability |
Year 8 HAP
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Term 1 |
Factors and Powers |
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Algebraic Expressions |
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Term 2 |
2D and 3D solids |
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Real life graphs |
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Term 3 |
Transformations |
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Fractions, decimals and percentages |
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Term 4 |
Constructions and loci |
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Probability |
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Term 5 |
Straight line graphs |
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Ratio and proportion |
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Term 6 |
Scale drawing and measures |
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Analysing and displaying data |
Year 8 Mixed Ability
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Term 1 |
Number |
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Area and volume |
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Term 2 |
Expressions and equations |
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Real life graphs |
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Term 3 |
Decimals and ratio |
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Lines and angles |
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Term 4 |
Calculating with fractions |
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Transformations |
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Term 5 |
Straight line graphs |
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Constructions and loci |
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Term 6 |
Percentages, decimals and fractions |
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Analysing and displaying data |
If you require further information about Maths, please contact the Director of Subject: Heather Thompson hthompson@corbybusinessacademy.org
Modern Foreign Languages
Key Stage 3 overview: Students will be introduced to all topics that they will encounter at GCSE. Students will learn grammatical foundations and lexicon; linking it back to the English language. Cultural elements embedded throughout support open-mindedness and values of respect for other cultures.
Year 7
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Term 1 |
Introduction to basics |
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Term 2 |
My family and I |
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Term 3 |
Character and descriptions |
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Term 4 |
Food |
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Term 5 |
School |
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Term 6 |
Tenses |
Year 8
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Term 1 |
Sports and hobbies |
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Term 2 |
Town |
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Term 3 |
Houses |
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Term 4 |
Boy and illness |
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Term 5 |
Music and films |
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Term 6 |
Cultural topic and tenses |
If you require further information about Modern Foreign Languages, please contact Head of Subject: Sophie Allert sallert@corbybusinessacademy.org
Music
Key Stage 3 overview:
The course is divided into twelve units of work which last approximately a term each. During each of these units students will have the opportunity to perform on their own instruments and are encouraged to bring them to every lesson.
Steel drums
Students will study the rhythmic characteristics of calypso. They will perform in a steel band and also have an opportunity to perform in front of a large audience as part of a summer concert.
70’s Disco
Students will compose and perform various pieces of 70’s disco. They will compose a 70’s disco piece using either garage band or logic and use the state of the art recording studio to record the final vocal track.
Folk Music
Students will perform various pieces of folk music. They will compose a piece of Irish music based on the pentatonic scale. This will be based around a given structure.
Indian Classical / Reggae Music
Students will perform various pieces of world music. They will compose a piece of Indian music based on students own ‘Rag’ scale. This will be based around a given structure. Students will also perform various reggae pieces eventually composing their own reggae song.
Keyboard Music
Students will work individually on a series of differentiated keyboard pieces. They will be formally assessed at the end of the project and a certificate will be awarded and presented in assembly depending on the level achieved.
Riffs and loops
Students will listen to and perform various pieces of pop music based on riffs and loops. They will compose their own music featuring a number of riffs sing garage band.
Samba Drumming
Students will study the rhythmic characteristics of samba. They will perform in a samba band and also have an opportunity to perform in front of a large audience as part of a summer concert.
Solo performance project
Students will work towards a performance that will take place in front of the class. They will perform a solo piece of their choice that will be formally assessed.
At Corby Business Academy, one music room is equipped with 25 bespoke mac computers containing software such as garage band, logic and Sibelius. The other music room is equipped with 25 keyboards. We also have access to a set of steel drums, samba drums and ukuleles. In addition we have a state of the art recording studio.
Year 7
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Term 1 |
Introduction to Sequencing |
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Term 2 |
Music for Special Occasions |
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Term 3 |
Keyboard music |
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Term 4 |
Ukuleles |
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Term 5 |
Folk music |
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Term 6 |
Samba drumming |
Year 8
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Term 1 |
Film Music |
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Term 2 |
Disco |
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Term 3 |
Song writing |
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Term 4 |
Reggae |
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Term 5 |
Indian Classical Music |
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Term 6 |
Band skills |
If you require further information about music please contact the Director of Subject: Clive Wears cwears@corbybusinessacademy.org
PSHE
If you require further information about music please contact the : Elaine Wood ewood@corbybusinessacademy.org
Science
Key Stage 3 overview: Students will gain an insight into how science works whilst developing aspects of knowledge, methods and processes. Students will explore the natural world and will be challenged through practical activities, fostering their ability to evaluate claims based on science and preparing them for GCSE.
Year 7
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Term 1 |
Cells, tissues and organ systems |
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Acids and Alkalis |
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Term 2 |
Forces |
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Reproduction |
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Term 3 |
Electricity |
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Separating mixtures |
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Term 4 |
Muscles and Bones |
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Separating mixtures |
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Term 5 |
Particle model |
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Atoms, elements and compounds |
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Term 6 |
Ecosystems |
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Sound |
Year 8
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Term 1 |
Food and nutrition |
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Combustion |
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Space |
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Term 2 |
Plant reproduction |
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Periodic table |
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Light |
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Term 3 |
Breathing and respiration |
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Metals and their uses |
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Energy transfers |
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Term 4 |
Unicellular organisms
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Rocks |
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Fluids |
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Term 5 |
Plant growth |
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Making materials |
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Electromagnets |
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Term 6 |
Transition to GCSE material |
If you require more information about Science, please contact Joint Head of Subject: Louise Davison ldavison@corbybusinessacademy.org or Caitlin Smith csmith2@corbybusinessacademy.org