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Rooks Heath School

Rooks Heath School

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Key Stage 3

Curriculum Timetable – Year 7

Set out below are all the subjects students will learn in Year 7. Please click on each subject page (to the right) for more details.
Subjects studied all year round:

Subject Number of Lessons per Fortnight Number of Groups
Art 2 8
Computing 3 8
Design Technology 2 8
Drama 2 8
English 6 8
Food Technology 2 8
Geography 3 8
History 3 8
Maths 6 11
Music 2 8
Personal, Social and Health Education 2 8
Physical Education 4 8
Religious Studies 2 8
Science 5 8

Languages: 
Latin + French 
French + German 
German + Latin
Chinese* 

6 (3+3) 8

*Most students study two languages in Y7. Some students are selected for the DfE’s Mandarin Excellence Programme and study Chinese as their only language. 

Curriculum Timetable – Year 8

Set out below are all the subjects students will learn in Year 8. Please click on each subject page (to the right) for more details.
Subjects studied all year round:

Subject Number of Lessons per Fortnight Number of Groups
Computing 3 8
Drama 2 8
English 6 8
Geography 3 8
History 3 8
Maths 6 10
Music 2 8
Personal, Social and Health Education 2 8
Physical Education 4 8
Religious Studies 2 8
Science 6 8

Language Option 1:

Subject Number of Lessons Number of Groups
French 3 3
German 3 2
Latin 3 5

Language Option 2:

Subject Number of Lessons Number of Groups
Chinese 4 3
French 4 1
Foundation Learning 4 2
German 4 2
Italian 4 3
Latin 4 2

Subjects on a Carousel (students study these subjects in blocks of approximately 9 weeks, before moving onto the next subject within the carousel):

Subject Number of Lessons Number of Groups
Art Block 1 4 3
Art Block 2 4 3
Food Technology 4 3
Design Technology 4 3

 

Curriculum Timetable – Year 9

Set out below are all the subjects students will learn in Year 9. Please click on each subject page (to the right) for more details.

Core Subjects:

Subject Number of Lessons per Fortnight Number of Groups
English 8 8
Maths 7 10
Personal, Social and Health Education 2 8
Physical Education 4 8
Religious Education 2 8
Science 7 8

Option Choices (In Year 9 students study five of the option choices below):

Subject Number of Lessons per Fortnight Number of Groups
Art 4 4
Chinese 4 2
Computing 4 2
Design Technology 4 2
Drama 4 3
Food Technology 4 2
French 4 1
Functional Skills 4 2
Geography 4 5
German 4 3
Gratin (Latin & Ancient Greek) 4 1
History 4 4
I.C.T. 4 3
Latin 4 3
Media Studies 4 3
Music 4 3
Personal Development 4 1
Physical Education 4 2