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Year 8 roadmap

The whole year, at a glance

Every subject split into three terms, in the order it is taught. Tick off topics as you go and always see what's coming next.

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Autumn term

September – December · Settling in and building the foundations everything else stands on.

Maths0/16 lessons this year
  • Number, powers and accuracyPowers and roots, swapping between fractions, decimals and percentages, and rounding and estimating to check your own work.
    0/3 lessonsUp now
  • Algebraic reasoningSimplifying and factorising expressions, solving equations that need rearranging, and reading straight-line graphs.
    0/3 lessonsComing up
English0/10 lessons this year
  • Reading like an examiner: language and structureHow writers build meaning word by word, and how to write about it the way GCSE answers do.
    0/2 lessonsUp now
  • Two texts, two viewpointsComparing what two writers think and how they say it, and choosing the right level of formality yourself.
    0/2 lessonsComing up
Science0/11 lessons this year
  • Reproduction, plant gas exchange and particles on the moveHow new humans begin, how a leaf breathes, and how particles spread out on their own.
    0/3 lessonsUp now
  • Living things and a changing environmentHow organisms change the place they live in, how poisons build up a food chain, and what pushes a species to extinction.
    0/2 lessonsComing up
History0/10 lessons this year
  • Crown, Church and country, 1509–1745How the Tudors and Stuarts changed religion and the reach of royal power.
    0/2 lessonsUp now
  • Crown against ParliamentWhy the English Civil Wars happened and how Parliament ended up on top.
    0/2 lessonsComing up
Geography0/10 lessons this year
  • The restless EarthWhy plates move, why earthquakes and eruptions happen where they do, and why people still live there.
    0/2 lessonsUp now
  • Weather, climate and living thingsHow climate is measured, how it has changed since the Ice Age, and how biomes match the climate they sit in.
    0/2 lessonsComing up
French0/18 lessons this year
  • Ma vie, ma familleTalking about yourself, your family, your pets and your personality using avoir and être.
    0/3 lessonsUp now
  • Au collègeSchool subjects, the timetable, telling the time and giving opinions with parce que.
    0/3 lessonsComing up
Spanish0/18 lessons this year
  • Yo y mi familiaIntroducing yourself, describing family and pets, and using ser and tener with confidence.
    0/3 lessonsUp now
  • En el institutoSchool subjects, the timetable, telling the time and giving reasoned opinions with porque.
    0/3 lessonsComing up
Animals (her subject)0/15 lessons this year
  • How animal bodies workSkeletons, diets and respiration, learned through the animals that do each job to an extreme.
    0/3 lessonsUp now
  • Variation, adaptation and survivalWhy no two animals are identical, how adaptation is tested by the environment, and how traits are passed on.
    0/3 lessonsComing up

Spring term

January – Easter · New ideas that build on the autumn — this is where it starts joining up.

Maths0/16 lessons this year
  • Ratio, proportion and ratesSharing in a ratio, percentage change and original values, direct and inverse proportion, compound measures and scale.
    0/5 lessonsComing up
  • Angles, congruence and similarityAngle sums in triangles and any polygon, proving triangles congruent, and enlarging shapes by a scale factor.
    0/2 lessonsComing up
English0/10 lessons this year
  • Poetry: conventions and precise wordsForm, rhythm and imagery in poems, and stealing better vocabulary from what you read.
    0/2 lessonsComing up
  • Writing at length, then making it betterPlanning and sustaining a full essay or story, then redrafting it properly.
    0/2 lessonsComing up
Science0/11 lessons this year
  • Energy sums, pressure, waves and circuitsCounting energy before and after, squeezing fluids, comparing light with sound, and measuring current and voltage.
    0/4 lessonsComing up
  • Measuring well and showing your resultsChoosing instruments, judging whether your method can be trusted, and turning numbers into a table and a graph.
    0/2 lessonsComing up
History0/10 lessons this year
  • Industrial Britain, 1745–1901Steam, cities, factory work and the fight for public health and the vote.
    0/2 lessonsComing up
  • Empire, enslavement and abolitionBritain's transatlantic slave trade, the resistance against it and how it ended.
    0/2 lessonsComing up
Geography0/10 lessons this year
  • Rivers and coastsThe processes that carve valleys and cliffs, the landforms they leave, and how those landscapes keep changing.
    0/2 lessonsComing up
  • Population, cities and movementWhere people live and why they move, and a fair comparison of a region in Africa with a region in Asia.
    0/2 lessonsComing up
French0/18 lessons this year
  • Ma ville et les transportsDescribing where you live, asking for directions and getting around by bus, train and bike.
    0/3 lessonsComing up
  • Manger et rester en formeFood, meals, ordering in a café and talking about a healthy routine.
    0/3 lessonsComing up
Spanish0/18 lessons this year
  • Mi ciudad y el transporteSaying where you live, asking for and understanding directions, and travelling around.
    0/3 lessonsComing up
  • La comida y la saludFood, ordering in a café, healthy routines and using gustar-type verbs correctly.
    0/3 lessonsComing up
Animals (her subject)0/15 lessons this year
  • Animals in ecosystemsFood webs, human impact and how to plan a real animal investigation you could actually carry out.
    0/3 lessonsComing up
  • Where animals liveBiomes, a regional study through its wildlife, and reading maps the way a field biologist does.
    0/3 lessonsComing up

Summer term

Easter – July · The stretch topics and rounding off, ready for Year 9.

Maths0/16 lessons this year
  • Probability and dataProbabilities that sum to one, listing outcomes without missing any, and comparing distributions properly.
    0/3 lessonsComing up
English0/10 lessons this year
  • Persuading a real audienceWriting for a named audience and purpose, then standing up and saying it out loud.
    0/2 lessonsComing up
History0/10 lessons this year
  • Thinking like a historianRunning your own enquiry and tracing one theme right across the centuries.
    0/2 lessonsComing up
Geography0/10 lessons this year
  • Reading the map like a geographerOrdnance Survey maps, grid references and scale, then digital maps and a UK–world comparison.
    0/2 lessonsComing up
French0/18 lessons this year
  • Les vacances et le passéHolidays, weather and telling the story of something that already happened.
    0/3 lessonsComing up
  • Le monde francophoneFrench beyond France, reading a short poem, and working out unfamiliar words for yourself.
    0/3 lessonsComing up
Spanish0/18 lessons this year
  • Las vacaciones y el pretéritoTalking about past holidays using the preterite, and writing a longer account.
    0/3 lessonsComing up
  • El mundo hispanohablanteSpanish across the world, festivals, music and reading short literary texts.
    0/3 lessonsComing up
Animals (her subject)0/15 lessons this year
  • Animal data handlingPresenting and comparing wildlife data properly, using the statistics work of the KS3 programme of study.
    0/2 lessonsComing up
  • Writing for animalsTurning what you know into writing that changes what a reader thinks or does.
    0/1 lessonsComing up
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