GENERAL
ENGLISH
The Year 7 examination is made up of two papers. Paper 1 is composed of a non-fiction comprehension and a poetry comprehension. Paper 2 is a composition paper.
MATHS
The maths exam will consist of two papers, a calculator and non calculator paper, both of 45 minutes and a short mental test.
Before half term boys will be given a revision sheet containing the topics we have covered this year along with some sample questions to tackle during the half term break. The most effective way to revise for a maths exam is to attempt questions. The text book is an excellent source of material with plenty of questions as well as worked solutions and the boy's test files contain the tests we have done throughout the year, giving examples of the types of questions that will be in the exam.
Websites can also be a good source of practice questions but boys must ensure they are tackling topics we have covered as well as at the required level, as a general rule we are working at key stage 3/GCSE foundation level.
Examples of sites: BBC Bitesize, S-cool!
SCIENCE
A good guide for what you need to revise is the success criteria given to you for each topic. Here is a brief summary of them.
Heating and cooling
How the particles are arranged in solids liquids and gases, what happens to the particles as they are heated and cooled. What happens to the temperature of a substance as it is heated and cooled; and as it changes state from solids to liquids to gases and back. What is meant by melting point and boiling point. How heat travels by conduction in solids
Chemistry
Chemical reactions
Effect of heating magnesium and copper in air, effect of heating hydrated copper sulphate.
Heating copper carbonate - lime water test for carbon dioxide, heating potassium permanganate - glowing splint test for oxygen.
How to find out what the products of a burning candle are, (lime water for carbon dioxide, condensation for water.
The composition of the gases in air.
Metals
Extraction of metals from their ores. Copper Oxide - heat to remove carbon dioxide, left with copper oxide, heat with carbon or more reactive metal to 'steal' the oxygen and leave pure copper.
Iron ore - iron oxide heat with carbon or more reactive metal to 'steal' the oxygen and leave pure iron.
Rusting and how to prevent it.
Reactivity series
Reaction of metals with water, use to put in order of reactivity.
Attraction for oxygen to decide their position in the reactivity series, (e.g. iron filings heated with magnesium oxide, no reaction - magnesium higher in the reactivity series; iron filings heated with copper oxide, iron oxide formed - copper is lower than iron in the reactivity series).
Displacement reactions between metal sulphates and metals to decide their position in the reactivity series - more reactive metals 'steal' the sulphate of the less reactive metal.
Human Body
Digestion and nutrition
Balanced diets, food groups (carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals and fibre), examples and particular use.
Digestion, structure of the digestive tract and absorption of food.
Respiration
Difference between respiration ('burning' of food with oxygen to release energy) and breathing (physically getting oxygen into the body and carbon dioxide out).
How to show that other living organisms breathe out carbon dioxide
The equation representing respiration, compare exhaled air with inhaled air.
The structure of the lungs and gas exchange, how oxygen gets from the air to the cells of our body.
Circulation
Jobs of blood, types of blood vessels, job of the heart. What happens to your pulse rate when you exercise.
Health and fitness
What keeps us healthy, exercise, not smoking, healthy eating.
Movement
Structure and function of the skeleton, muscles.
Food chains and webs
Producers, consumers, herbivores, carnivores.
Effect of adding or removing an organism in a food web.
Decomposers (fungi, bacteria, some small invertebrates ) effect of decomposers on dead material.
GEOGRAPHY
Revision guide: Year 7 Geography.pdf
HISTORY
William I : Describe The Battle of Hastings
How William controlled his kingdom
Explain Why the battle was fought
Why the battle was won/lost
How successful was William as king?
Henry II : Describe How did Henry try to control his kingdom?
The Murder of Becket
Explain How successful was Henry?
What did Henry and Becket quarrel about?
What were the consequences of Becket's death?
Timed single paragraphs can be practised at home to reinforce classwork.
FRENCH
All three tenses learnt:
- the passé composé - auxiliary verb (avoir or être) plus past participle (and remember what happens to tower verb past participles)
- the present tense - think of the rap endings but learn irregulars (eg
VIVs and 2nd division verbs)
- the near future - remember the sum: aller + infinitive = futur proche
Basic information about yourself
School vocabulary
- subjects / opinions and reasons for these
- pupil information
Holiday description vocabulary
Negatives in all tenses
Reflexive verbs in all tenses (perfect tense reflexives become 'Tower Verbs')
Adjective agreements
Topics from our grammar lessons (eg half tenses)
