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KS3 Bright Sustainable Futures Curriculum
Our Bright Sustainable Futures curriculum ensures students engage in the real world and one of the ‘biggest questions’ for their generation, by looking at sustainability across their curriculum. Through this curriculum, students will also work to develop their careers awareness and learn that sustainability is threaded through a vast array of career opportunities.
Students explore key concepts and skills across Geography, Science, Design Technology and RS, in terms of ways of seeing. These are the core subjects which link across this curriculum, but other subjects are also threaded through. The topics across these subjects are all explored through the lens of sustainability. In Year 7, students explore the biodiversity of our urban environment and they will design products which aim to improve this biodiversity, for example. All their learning is deepened through our Drop Down Days and field trips for each year group. Due to the success of this curriculum, Year 7 now have a discrete Bright Sustainable Futures and Bishopshalt Experience lesson once a week, where they have opportunities to deepen their knowledge and learn beyond the classroom.
We want our students to have fluid knowledge and to understand the interdependence of our subjects, while also ensuring they gain the cultural literacy they need to excel and have power and influence; or in other words, to have ‘Bright Futures’. Our Bright Sustainable Futures curriculum is an education beyond examination.
Year 7
Year 7: Bright Sustainable Futures
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Curriculum |
Geography: Geographical skills (quadrats) Investigation and collecting data. What is the biodiversity of our school environment? Drama: Performance Skills - text link |
English: Persuasive writing (Climate change?) Geography: How can climate change be tackled on a local scale? |
Science: Energy - The impact of fuels as a source of energy on the climate History: Life in Medieval Britain - inc. climate |
Science: Applied Engineering - How can science be used to reduce the impact of climate change? History: Life in Medieval Britain - inc. climate |
DT Designing and making a bug hotel and bird boxes. How can products increase biodiversity in urban environments? Science - Healthy lifestyles & food sustainability with the changing climate |
Biodiversity Camp |
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NUMERACY |
Data analysis |
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Co Curricular & Trips |
Bertha Earth (& Jamie’s farm trip) 24 hour biodiversity camp - Great Big Green Week Wildlife photography house competition Trip: Eco School award / Bishopshalt sustainability programme |
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TT READING |
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CAREERS |
Agriculture Food Production |
Transport Museum |
Eglu |
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DDD |
LL Bertha Earth |
SK |
BF |
BC |
N/A |
CB - In school |
Year 7 Bright Sustainable Futures Lesson
Year 8
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Curriculum |
Geography What is the purpose of natural resources? Can we feed 9 billion people by 2050? Biology: Ecosystem processes (quadrats & investigating biodiversity) |
English: Ignite - Green Campaigning #iwill Text: Here I Stand Geography: How can we manage coastlines sustainably? |
Chemistry: The Earth and sustainable materials (Climate change revisited and recycling) |
History: Industrialisation and the impact on climate and society. |
DT: Sustainable fashion. How can we use recycled material to create products and avoid landfill? |
Eco Field trip: Residential to Swanage to look at coastal sustainability June 10 - 12th |
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NUMERACY |
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Co Curricular & Trips |
Bertha Earth (Year 2 cohort) Eco Field trip: Residential to Swanage to look at coastal sustainability June 10 - 12th DDD: Ignite environmental speeches Eco School award / Bishopshalt sustainability programme Trip: Natural History Museum |
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TT READING |
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CAREERS |
Food Production |
Engineering focus - Wave/Wind Energy |
The Digital Revolution.. |
Fast Fashion |
Amazon |
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DDD |
LL Berth Earth Revisited |
SK |
BC Ignite |
BF Future Jobs |
N/A |
CB |
Year 9
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Curriculum |
Design Technology / Food: LCA, Life Cycle Assessment. - Analysis of the environmental impact of dishes/products. (sequence rotation dependant) |
Geography: How can space exploration help on-Earth sustainability? |
Design Technology / Food: LCA, Life Cycle Assessment. - Analysis of the environmental impact of dishes/products. (sequence rotation dependant) |
Dance Choreography Challenge: The Earth’s Climate |
Design Technology: Designing a mechanical litter-picker How can products help tackle pollution and reduce waste? |
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NUMERACY |
SCS - Environmental Impact - |
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Co Curricular & Trips |
Eco School award / Bishopshalt sustainability programme Trip: Science Museum |
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TT READING |
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CAREERS |
Food Production - Fair Trade |
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DDD |
LL: Bright Sustainable Futures Sustainable Development Goals Campaigning #iwill |
SK |
BC |
BF Green Employer Engagement |
N/A |
CB |