Curriculum

The BTEC program can help us to understand the importance of maintaining a healthy and safe lifestyle in and out of the workplace. Recognising the importance of health, the risks and how to reduce the risks contributes to safer and more fulfilling lives. The importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle is important in reducing the risk of disease and obesity related illness. The importance of analysing and reducing risks in the workplace is integral to being able to perform any job in a safe and structured manner to increase both productivity and safety. Some career options will have a much greater focus and attention to detail than others but there is an aspect of safety and risk reduction in all fields of employment. Our curriculum is designed to give good anatomical knowledge as well being able to apply critical analysis to tasks with the aim reducing/avoiding risk.

• Human body – systems, components and functional properties
• Diet – Outlines what a balanced diet is and the negative effects of not consuming a balanced diet.
• Exercise & fitness – positive and negative effect of exercise and how to exercise safely
• Health in the workplace – identifying and reducing risks, adhering to safe practice.

Mathematics can help us better understand and describe the world around us. Recognising the importance of mathematics in life and in society contributes to living safe, healthy and fulfilling lives. Understanding there is a purpose to Maths beyond the classroom is our curriculum intent. The importance of mathematics is evident in our personal lives when calculating the number of tins of paint needed when decorating, managing expenses and savings, organising and planning a journey and estimating a bill when out for a meal. Some career options require subject specific knowledge but a wider variety depend mainly on ‘higher-order skills’ such as numeracy, the ability to think logically and quantitatively, to handle data and to analyse and solve problems. Our curriculum is designed to give a good mathematical education and to help develop these higher-order skills.

• Number representations – Proportion and types of number that are fundamental to all aspects of life.
• Dimension – Combines two complimentary aspects of human reasoning; logic and intuition.
• Algebra – Generalises arithmetic and develops analytical thinking.
• Problem solving – Helps us see things that would otherwise be hidden from our awareness.
• Graphs – Develop interpretation of real life scenarios and make predictions.
• Evaluate – Statistics enable us to reflect and refine.

Being a confident communicator and reader are key skills to be able to engage with the world and communicate with those around us. English at World will focus on creating enthusiastic and flexible communicators who can create and understand messages and their multiple layers of effect. We will learn to read and write for pleasure and to engage with the modern world. We will read in order to connect with experiences from around the world. Mastering the English language so we can share and shape the world.

• Comprehension – read a range of texts accurately.
• Understanding a range of reasons why people write – be able to draw connections between
  a writer’s purpose, personal experience and their message.
• Understanding how a range of texts can be built up – understand the reasons / effects behind
  this and be able to use this to communicate effectively in a range of different situations and
  forms.
• Understanding the effects of language – be able to explore how writer’s manipulate the
  effects and subtle messages created through their choice of words and use of literary
  techniques.
• Clear and confident communication – write and talk accurately using a range of vocabulary,
  punctuation and structures to create desired effects.
• Exploring the world – through reading and writing about a wide range of texts develop an
  appreciation for the people, places and experiences of our world.

The topic programme can help up to gain a wider knowledge of the world we live in giving greater understanding to so that we can approach many areas of life with an open mind. Many different areas are covered in the topic program such as history, science, geography, PSHE and art as well as things that are currently happening in the world at the time. The importance of being aware of problems and successes in the world in which we live in; whether it be present day or in the past is integral to shaping us into well rounded members of society with an understanding of different cultures, ways of doing things and how to act in specific circumstances. This broadening of horizons will be very important within many career paths as looking at problems from many different angles is important to employers. Also from the programme they will gain a lot of knowledge in different subjects which will aid in a lot of knowledge transfer when up against new experiences, problems or situations in the work place.

• History – ancient, medieval and modern
• Geography – maps, flags, the rock cycle and geological events
• Science – Reactions, electricity, evolution and states of matter
• PSHE – health & hygiene, race, drugs & alcohol and abuse
• Art – the history of and artistic flare
• Current news.