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Meryam
Year 8 · Key Stage 3 (Year 7–9)
17 subjects, integrated science, and the first big assessment weeks.
Subjects
- English
- Mathematics
- Science (integrated)
- Computing
- Design & Technology
- Drama
- Geography
- History
- French
- Music
- Art & Design
- Food & Nutrition
- Arabic A/B
- Islamic Education A/B
- PE
- Senior MBA
- MSCS + POSANA
- Year 9 has Options Meetings (choosing IGCSE subjects for Year 10)
Curriculum — what is being taught
Autumn 1A
- English: Romeo & Juliet — Jacobean context, language, structure
- Maths: factors, multiples & primes; index laws
- Science: biology – health & lifestyle; chemistry – periodic table
- Computing: introduction to networks
- Geography: map skills & data representation
- History: elements of historical enquiry — sources
- French: greetings and social contexts
- Music: Classical era (1750–1830)
- Art: elements of art — space and perspective
Autumn 1B
- English: news & media texts
- Maths: algebra — equations, brackets, factorising, substitution
Spring
- Maths: direct proportion; probability
- Science: chemistry — reactivity
- Geography: population
- Drama: Greek theatre
Summer
- Maths: shapes, angles, quadrilaterals; 3D properties
- Science: physics — motion & pressure
- Music: minimalism
Assessments this year
- CAT4
- PASS wellbeing survey
- Baseline assessments
- Subject assessments through the term
- Formal Assessment & Examination Week in November
- GL Progress Tests (English, Maths, Science)
From the school's Term 1 assessment letter and Student Assessment Calendar.
Equipment & preparation
- Fully charged laptop during assessment and examination windows
- Headphones for CAT4, NGRT and NGST
- Microsoft login working
- Pens, pencils, ruler, standard exam equipment
- Calculator and geometry set for Maths and selected Science
Revision material on file
- Y7 and Y9 GL practice tests + answers (English, Maths, Science) multi
- AGS Year 7 / 8 / 9 End-of-Year Revision Checklists small
- Science — Y7→Y8 and Biology/Chemistry/Physics — Y8→Y9 Summer Transition Work 9 MB total
- Year 8 End of Year Assessment Timetable 0.2 MB
Held in the family revision library — open it.